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Milo Edwards
Mediumstand-up, podcasting, writing
Websitemiloedwards.co.uk

Milo Edwards is a comedian, podcaster and writer. He is cohost of the podcasts Trashfuture, Masters of Our Domain and Toomuch (Тумач) . He has performed comedy in both English and in Russian including on the Russian TV shows Open Microphone and StandUp. He has been a comedy writer for Late Night Mash, Mock The Week, Hello America, Breaking The News and The News Quiz and has written for Private Eye and The New Statesman.

Comedy

Edwards was a member of the Footlights at University of Cambridge.[1] In 2015 he moved to Russia where he performed on Open Microphone (Открытый Микрофон) and StandUp an the Russian TV channel TNT Television (ТНТ).[2][3][4][5] In 2018 he moved back to the UK and in 2019 performed his show Pindos at Edinburgh Fringe about his time working as a comedian in Russia.[6][7][8][9]

Podcasting

Edwards is a cohost of TrashFuture "a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism" with Hussein Kesvani, Alice Caldwell-Kelly, Nate Bethea and Riley Quinn.[10][11][12] He also cohosts Masters of our Domain with Pheobe Roy a podcast about Seinfeld and the Russian language comedy podcast Toomuch (Тумач) .[13]

Writing

Edwards has been a comedy writer for Late Night Mash, Mock The Week, Hello America, Breaking The News and The News Quiz.[2][14] He has written for Private Eye and The New Statesman.[14][15][16]

References

  1. ^ "An Interview with Professional Stand-up Comedian Milo Edwards". The Cambridge Student. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  2. ^ a b "About". Milo Edwards. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  3. ^ "10 questions: Milo Edwards". Varsity Online. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  4. ^ Evans, Tom (2020-01-10). "Comedy: From Russia with laughs - Milo Edwards brings his acclaimed show to Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  5. ^ "Pindos: 4 star review by Claire Louise". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  6. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Pindos". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  7. ^ "I think he'd be pleased: Comedian performs Edinburgh show after father's death". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  8. ^ "Q&A Milo Edwards". Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  9. ^ "Opinion: Milo Edwards On His Decision To Continue To Perform In Edinburgh After His Father's Death". Beyond The Joke. 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  10. ^ "Tragic but true: how podcasters replaced our real friends". the Guardian. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  11. ^ "Sound and fury: are political podcasts the future or just an echo chamber?". the Guardian. 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  12. ^ "TEAM | Trashfuture podcast". TrashFuture. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  13. ^ Development, PodBean. "Masters of Our Domain". domainmasterspod.podbean.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  14. ^ a b "Milo Edwards". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  15. ^ "For god's sake stop putting comedians in charge of governments". New Statesman. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  16. ^ "Comedy needs a trade union – before it's just independently wealthy men called Hugo". New Statesman. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-02-06.