The QuaranTea Break Podcast
Ep 8: Kiri Pritchard-McLean – talking Comedy at The Covid Arms, stand-up in lockdown and breaking a virtual World Record
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Episode notes
We cannot quite believe we’ve arrived at EPISODE 8. I hope you’ve been keeping well this week and are settled indoors with a brew for today’s conversation with double Chortle Award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and satirist Kiri Pritchard-McLean. I have wanted to get Kiri on the show since day one; not only because she’s one of the funniest comics on the circuit, but because I have been a huge fan of her brilliant work on The Covid Arms weekly digital comedy nights.
This was such a good conversation. We chat about The Covid Arms, how it got started and how it broke a World Record. Kiri talks about what it feels like to be a comedian during lockdown and see an industry put on hiatus overnight. I ask what happened when she tried her hand at gardening (spoiler: it includes the most painful ‘slut drop’ in history). And Kiri makes her pitch to present a certain BBC show. There’s also the usual lockdown chat and telly recommendations.
I can’t recommend The Covid Arms enough. Not only will your ticket help support live comedy and comedians, but it’s honestly the best digital thing I’ve done during lockdown. Visit www.comedyatthecovid.co.uk now to buy your ticket (you can get also pay a little bit extra to get front row tickets to interact with the acts – but get in early as those sell out fast). You can also buy merchandise on the website, with all the money going to the acts and The Trussell Trust.
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