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Comedy with an Accent

Comedy with an accent - comedy with a different point of view! Join Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen as he finds out the amusing tales, obstacles and strategies of other non-native speakers who perform English stand up comedy on the UK circuit. We also peek into the comedians" foreign upbringings and cultures, how they approach the English language, how they switch between languages and any random anecdotes that get caught in the chitchats. Leave your comments on the podcast"s Instagram page

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49:52

S02E13 Tiziano La Bella, Italian speaker - From Rome,...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/08/29

As one of the founding members of Becomedy - a comedy show production team in the English as well as Italian languages in both Italy and the UK - Tiziano La Bella is a stand up comedian performing professionaly in both languages. He has appeared on Comedy Central Italia and Amazon Prime and only just recently relocated from London back to his home town Rome. Tiziano came to the UK with a clear objective to hone his craft, at a time when there simply wasn’t much stage time for stand up comics -

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S02E12 Sam See (From Singapore 🇸🇬, From S01E25) returns

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2024/08/13

Our first returning guest is Singaporean comedian Sam See, previously featured in Episode 25 of the first season.Since the last recording in January 2023, Sam has uprooted himself and relocated from Singapore to the UK as - in his own words - he has reached the ceiling in Singapore. Sam shares his gentle criticism of the comedy audience in Singapore.Sam also just finished supporting Ed Byrne on tour in 17 locations, including some well-off towns and some run down places. The bulk of this episode

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56:54

S02E11 Marjolein Robertson, Shetlandic/English...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/07/31

Marjolein Robertson is a Shetlandic comedian, actor and storyteller. She was Scots Speaker of the Year in 2022, ranked number three in The List’s Hot 100 as one of the top Scottish cultural contributors. Hey 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show “Marj” also received award nominations and was one of the best reviewed show at the Fringe. Technically, Marjolein is this podcast’s second guest from Scotland, but same with every other island, Shetlanders see themselves as Shetlanders first and Scottish second.The

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S02 Bonus Episode [Recorded in Mandarin] 原名不詳，中文藝名...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/07/23

This is a special episode recorded in Mandarin with our guest Blank Peng from last week前一集的英文訪問 Blank 提及她在中國喜劇圈表演的一些經驗，第二段用中文訪談，主持人與來賓都能比較自然地暢所欲言（但也不能到太暢所欲言啦......這就點到為止就好）。Blank 解釋為何她的普通話在中國被視為不夠標準，甚至她的閩北口音會被其他省份的中國人嘲笑為『台灣口音』，主持人一同討論台灣與中國一些中文用語和發音的差別。在表演部分，Blank 也剖析為何她會在台上稍微觸碰政治的議題，為何她現在在英國選擇先專心發展英文的單口喜劇演出，以及她對倫敦當地中文單口喜劇的觀察。The next English bi-weekly episode will be available on Tuesday 30 July

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38:52

S02E10 Blank Peng, Mandarin speaker - From Fujian...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/07/16

Making headway to big comedy clubs’ paid spots within two years of arriving in the UK, Blank got into almost all the major Comedy New Act Competition finals and collected gong show wins like a dedicated Pokemon player collecting the Poke gym badges.“Blank is an incognito bilingual stand-up comic,” so goes her comedy profile on some of London’s top comedy clubs’ websites. It is not by accident she’s named Blank; it’s a deliberate choice of a stage name to keep her quite literally incognito - for

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39:54

S02E09 Micky Overman, Dutch speaker - From Almere,...

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2024/07/02

Describing her accent as “a beautiful mess”, comedian Micky Overman’s show “The Recipe” was amongst the best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023. The excellent show is now free for viewing on Micky’s Youtube channel and forms the basis of this interview.Micky has one of those accents of a proficient non-native English speaker that not everyone can work out what her mother tongue is. Despite this, unsolicited advice still found its way to Micky, that she should play up her foreignness and

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45:13

S02E08 Guido Garcia Lueches, Spanish speaker - From...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/06/18

Guido Garcia Lueches is a theatre maker, actor from Uruguay. His one man show “Playing Latinx” - though categorised as Theatre rather than Comedy in last year’s Edinburgh Fringe - packed in so many jokes that it was probably funnier than many shows under “Comedy” had to offer.To be fair, the show was also marketed as “Half stand up”, but to its creator, genre is not something he’d bother. It’s whether the audience gets his intent that counts.The show weaves in multiple Latino stereotypes and is

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45:47

S02E07 Philipp Kostelecky, English/German speaker -...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/06/04

In Philipp’s comedy set, he likes to open with “Hi, my name is Philipp. I come from Austria, America and Slovenia.” In real life, sometimes Austrians do not see him as Austrians (He left Austria at the age of four), Slovenians may not seen him as Slovenians, Americans might find something a bit off about him. Those Americans not familiar with an English accent might even think his accent is English.A breakout star turned a regular at many best known comedy clubs across the UK, including The Comedy

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43:33

S02E06 Mark Silcox , Hindi speaker - From Ganj...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/05/22

Best known as the mischievous private investigator on Channel; 4's Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, Mark Silcox is an accomplishment stand up comedian in his own right, even though he claims not to be a very ambitious comedian himself. For comedy "is just a way of spending time with friends"Apologies for the delay in publishing this week's episodeMark's distinct deadpan and at times anti=comedy style makes him many comedians' comedian.Mark talks about not being listened to or taken seriously by students

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47:08

S02E05 Alice Frick, German speaker - From Vienna,...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/05/07

Alice Frick is a comedian, writer, producer originally from Vienna, Austria, who is also the show runner of "Laughing Labia", an all-female line up comedy show and one of the longest-running LGBTQ+ comedy show in London with a loyal following.Alice talks about the articulation lessons she has been having and how her English went from American-sounding to more obviously German when she decided to switch to British pronunciation. We also learn why Alice is happy to go with the Alpine Milk Maid

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51:47

S02E04 Arielle Souma, French speaker - From...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/04/23

Comedy powerhouse Arielle Souma is the very first French guest on this podcast after more than thirty episodes (FINALLY!). Unapologetic, unfiltered and oozing “I don’t give a f**k” energy, Arielle is known for her commanding stage presence and her punchy, intense and impactful comedy delivery. Arielle talks about keeping her English simple and accessible, thus easier to understand for non-native English speakers in the audience. Also, some of those long words are just too pompous for her

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55:05

S02E03 Gino Christofaro, German / Portugese speaker -...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/04/09

Gino Christofaro is the podcast’s first guest whose home city is not indicated in the episode title. He simply cannot name one.Being an embassy kid, Gino never had a childhood home like many of us do.Gino has been featured on Comedy Central Germany’s Roast Battle and is a now TV writer in both English and German for Comedy Central, ZDF, Paramount+ and Amazon.Born in São Paolo, Brazil, Gino was brought “back” to Bonn, Germany then moved with his parents to Saudi Arabia, Argentina…. just to name a

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25:20

S02 Bonus Episode [Recorded in Mandarin]...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/04/02

This is a special episode recorded in Mandarin with our Chinese guest Jamie Wang from last week. For the non-Mandarin-speaking guests, our regular episode in English will be updated next Tuesday April 9th at 7am. （It's the normally bi-weekly schedule so this bonus episode does not come at the expense of regular English episodes！）延續上一集，本節目特別用中文額外錄製一段主持人 Kuan-wen 與來自上海的表演人 Jamie Wang 訪談內容。Jamie 回顧自己如何站上舞台開始表演單口喜劇，又為何偏好透過英文表演。Jamie 也談到語言特性以及就喜劇的節奏和喜感，台灣所用中文與中國所用中文間的區別。另外本集也未通篇針對喜劇討論，Jamie

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33:33

S02E02 Jamie Wang, Mandarin / Shanghainese speaker -...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/03/26

How do you perform stand up comedy when half of the audience sees you as the enemy at worst, or not knowing what to think of you at best, in a language that is neither your or the majority audience’s mother tongue?Given the complex relationship between China and Taiwan, how does one position herself when they are known as “The Chinese comedian” in Taiwan?Jamie Wang is a student from Shanghai, China, who came to Taiwan for her master degree but became the rising star of the relatively small English

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56:21

S02E01 Victor Patrascan, Romanian speaker - From...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/03/12

Could you ever imagine no longer having a fixed place you call home, not even having a storage space to keep your belongings, that you are just constantly on the road, crossing borders at times, moving from one city to another?Such is the life style of Victor Patrascan, a truly nomadic comedian who has been on the road since 2020, all for his love for performing stand up comedy. In 2022 alone, he has traveled to 27 countries across 2 continents and performed in 70 cities.In the first episode of this

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1:57

Comedy with an Accent is back! Season 2 incoming

Comedy with an Accent ·

2024/03/04

Comedy with an Accent is back! Sorry for the prolonged break but we are back with another fun season, First episode will be out at 7am (GMT) on Tuesday 12 March. See you then!

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47:20

S01E31 Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa, Sinhala/English...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2023/07/18

One of the fastest rising stars selling out venues across European cities, Sri Lankan born Vidura spent his childhood, his teenage years and his young adulthood in small chunks of time in different countries, Vidura is a globe-trotter. To him, Berlin sometime feels more like home than Colombo. In the final episode of the first season of this podcast, Vidura is our perfect guest to illustrate how conventional definitions of "homeland", "mother tongue" no longer make senses to the globally mobile

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1:20

End of Season 1 Announcement (But NOT the Podcast!!)

Comedy with an Accent ·

2023/07/16

Hi all! Thanks so much for your support in the last year. Season One of Comedy with an Accent Podcast is coming to an end at episode 31 - there's one more episode to be released this month. The podcast will go on! It's just that it will take a summer break in August and return in autumn. Your host Kuan-wen explains why the summer break is needed. Please don't unfollow because we will be back very soon (also, you have one more episode to look forward to!)

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46:21

S01E30 Denis Chuzhoy (Dan The Stranger), Russian...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2023/07/04

When your host messaged Dan about the interview at the start of this year, he replied that he was still on the move after leaving Russia. He could not be sure where he will have a legal paper to stay.It's a weirder-than-ever time to be a Russian comedian, especially one who dared to joke about Putin's height in his comedy special. Dan followed his instinct to become a 'travelling comedian'. Travelling or exiling, depending on how you see it.In deciding to leave Moscow, Dan ditched a successful

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42:58

S01E29 Schalk Bezuidenhout, Afrikaans / English...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2023/06/20

Schalk Bezuidenhout was tour support for Trevor Noah and won South African Comics' Choice Awards' Newcomer and Break Through Act of the Year. This episode was recorded in May when the South African star brought his show to Soho Theatre in London for a 5-day run, filling the room with South African expats and local Brits alike.Schalk explains the stereotypes attached to Afrikaans and talks about how Afrikaans speakers are often on the receiving end of jokes in South Africa, how the Afrikaans accent

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