Are you excited for the Brighton Comedy Festival? I am terrifically excited! Brighton has been one of my favourite places to play for many years – I’ve been playing the Komedia since I began and think if I played only Brighton audiences till I die I’ll die a happy man. What do you enjoy most about being part of a comedy festival? The comedy community is a lovely one and packed with such diverse figures. Before I started stand-up I genuinely thought other comics would be cruel, but the opposite is true. So as much as I love performing comedy at comedy festivals, my favourite part is hanging with other comics. What is your show about? It’s a sort of love letter to Birmingham and also a rant about a stag do I went on and there are some of my daft letters in there and all. How did you first get into stand-up comedy? I thought I was going to be a big Hollywood actor and then I realised I hate being told what to do and what to say so I tried stand up and it is really fun! What’s the strangest thing that’s ever happened to you [...]