Lindsey Santoro: ‘The problems I have are my own – I’ve caused them, I’m the issue!’
The standup on bad gigs at motorway service station hotels, her nan’s reviews and the pressure to be ‘prize pig’ at the Edinburgh fringe Who
The standup on bad gigs at motorway service station hotels, her nan’s reviews and the pressure to be ‘prize pig’ at the Edinburgh fringe Who did you admire when you were starting out? I loved Lee Evans because of how he ran around on stage.
I want to be more like him but I just physically can’t. I try to sometimes; I’ll move my arms. Now I understand why he was so sweaty! Best heckl e? I was doing a gig and this woman was quite drunk and talking really loudly.
I said, “Hello, what’s going on here?” And she went, “Don’t worry about me, love. You’re losing them as it is.” And I was like,
OK. Well, that’s brilliant. Lindsey Santoro: It Was Like That When I Got Here is at Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh, 19-30 August Continue reading...
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