“Now I know that the more specific to me that I make something, the more other people will love and connect with it. What an incredible gift!! I’m freaking out!!!”
WHO: Abby Wambaugh
WHAT: “Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee and ISH Awards Best Newcomer Winner, Abby Wambaugh, returns with her critically acclaimed debut show before it transfers to New York, Off-Broadway this autumn. After waking up in the hospital following a late miscarriage, Abby – still high on anaesthesia – made an unexpected decision: to become a comedian. Now, in her uniquely goofy and heartfelt hour, Abby shares her 17 best ideas for her first show. ‘A masterpiece of construction’ **** (Guardian). ‘Utterly charming’ **** (Telegraph). ‘Sheer genius… I did not want this show.”
WHERE: Upstairs at Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)
WHEN: 20:20 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This is my second time there with my debut show!! I am so excited I get to come back with a show I already know I love to perform. I was also there for a week long split bill in 2022 and as part of The Pleasance Reserve in 2023. The Edinburgh Fringe is where I fell in love with comedy for the first time and really figured out that it can be anything.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2024 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
Last year I was bringing a brand new show that I didn’t know if people would like or connect to or get. This year I’m bringing the same show, having performed it over 50 times and now I knooooow people love it and laugh and cry and it frees me up to have a new and different experience of performing it each time. Now I know that the more specific to me that I make something, the more other people will love and connect with it. What an incredible gift!! I’m freaking out!!!
Tell us about your show.
I made the show with the help of my director and sweetest friend Lara Ricote. I wanted my show to feel how our friendshipt does, very silly, very loving, openly weeping plenty, and honest and warm as hell and she really helped me do that. I also got great notes, advice and peptalks from Sofie Hagen, Dec Monroe, Katie Coyle, Josh Herring (who teched my show last year and did the music), Ellen Paulig, and actually a ton more people, so many people helped me. My producers are Mick Perrin Worldwide and they took a big swing on me that I’m so grateful for. I got to do two weeks at the Soho Theatre in London, and I’m SO THRILLED to say that I will be doing the show in New York for 4 weeks Off Broadway with an incredible, unbelievable, I actually can’t believe it team and I am so excited about it I keep repeating it to myself like i just woke up from a coma and am trying to remember the facts.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Bangtail by Lil Wenker, That’s her real name and I can’t even believe it.
Lara Ricote always.
Kemah Bob who I don’t think is at fringe this year but I don’t care, go whenever you get a goddamn chance.
Josh Glanc always and immediately.
And I can’t wait to see the new shows from Shalaka Kurup, Sharon Wanjohi, Rohan Sharma, Sam Williams, and Allison Spittle who are all charming funny and kind as can possibly be.
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