“I no longer need to get sports injuries by playing sports. I but my back out recently by having sex – in a dream.”
WHO: Josh Elton
WHAT: “Josh Elton’s brand of barnstorming comedy is the perfect show to start the day. Razor-sharp jokes, unshakeable confidence and an award-winning comedy mind. A Welshman, a Jew and a damn fine comedian, Josh Elton takes a sidewise look at life, the universe and why Swansea is a bit rough. ‘Rocks every show’ (Ignacio Lopez). ‘Really really funny’ (David Baddiel). Winner: Welsh Unsigned Stand-Up Award.”
WHERE: Hoot 4 at Hoots @ The Apex (Venue 108)
WHEN: 20:00 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
The Fringe is like Mecca for attention seekers and I am making the holy pilgammage for the fourth time. This is my debut year! That’s industry jargon for the first full hour you do. Which means I’m throwing everything at it. I’m. doing my best stuff, at a good time for comedy (8Pm) in an air-conditioned room (thank God), the show is looking great. It makes it so much easier when you haven’t walked 20,000 steps hungover at midday, trying to convince someone to come see your show in a dilapidated phonebooth with a rickety mic stand.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2024 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
That is the year I left the 18-34 bracket. The lesson I’ve learned is that I no longer need to get sports injuries by playing sports. I but my back out recently by having sex – in a dream. Nowadays if my friend says “smell my fingers” it means he has new moisturiser. I’ve become a tax paying adult. Which is disgusting. To be honest I’ve spent the year for the first time as a full time comic, which involves driving, driving, doing jokes, driving and driving. I’m basically a long haul trucker, who delivers punchlines, eats out of a thermos and drives 4 hours home. That’s why I’ve cannibalised my life story for this show.
Tell us about your show.
This show is the story of my life. A story of bullies meet boy, boy meets puddle… comedian origin story, then a big chunk of 2017 with nightmare gigs, the world’s most embarrassing car crash, being humiliated on BBC News and a very silly life saving event starring fairies. I wrote it all with a pen, a dream and mountain of credit card debt. My good friend Ignacio Lopez (of Live at the Appollo and HIGNFY fame) is producing the show which has been AMAZING.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Ignacio Lopez is producing my show but he’s also previewing a work in progress called Nada. I’ve been lucky to see him work up new stuff. It’s taught me a work ethic that if people turn up to your show it doesn’t matter if it says “work in progress” on the ticket, they paid to see you, you’d better be funny. He’s also producing Steffan Alun: Stand Up, which the debut of a friend of mine, who has been a stalwart in the Welsh comedy scene for years. Both of these guys totally big brothered me (by which I mean mentored, not installed telescreens to spy on my house). If you like me, you should go see them.
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