Milo Edwards Explained

Birth Name:Milo Leonard Edwards
Birth Date:February 1993
Birth Place:Harlow, England
Alma Mater:Peterhouse, Cambridge
Medium:stand-up, podcasting, writing

Milo Leonard Edwards (born February 1993) is an English comedian, podcaster and writer.[1] He co-hosts the podcasts Trashfuture, Masters of Our Domain, Toomuch (Тумач), and Glue Factory. He has performed comedy in both English and Russian, including on the 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. He has been descdribed by Chortle as ‘one of the UK’s smartest, most vital stand-ups'.[2]

Early life

Edwards is from Harlow, Essex.[3] He attended Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge before going on to study Classics at the Peterhouse, Cambridge.[4]

Career

Stand-Up Comedy

Edwards was a member of the Footlights at the University of Cambridge.[5] In 2015 he moved to Russia where he performed on Open Microphone (Открытый Микрофон) and StandUp on the Russian TV channel TNT Television (ТНТ).[6] [7] [8] [9] 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.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] In 2022, he returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Voicemail which was released as a special on YouTube in July 2024.[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] In 2023 Edwards brought his new show ‘Sentimental’ to the Fringe which was described as ‘one of the best hours so far this year’.[21] [22] [23] [24] Sentimental also appeared on the The Telegraph’s best jokes of the Fringe list in 2023.[25] In 2024 Edwards Edinburgh Fringe show ‘How Revolting! Sorry to Offend’ was featured in The Telegraph’s best jokes of the Fringe 2024.[26] [27] He has been described by Chortle as ‘one of the UK’s smartest, most vital stand-ups.

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, November Kelly, Nate Bethea and Riley Quinn.[28] [29] [30] [31] He also cohosts with Phoebe Roy Masters of our Domain, a podcast about Seinfeld as well the podcast Glue Factory. He previously hosted the Russian language comedy podcast Toomuch (Тумач) which has now finished.[32]

Writing

Edwards has been a comedy writer for Late Night Mash, Mock The Week, Hello America, Breaking The News and The News Quiz.[33] He has written for Private Eye and The New Statesman.[34] [35]

Awards

He won the award for Best Poster at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 and his show Voicemail was nominated for Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival in 2023.[36] [37] [38] His show Sentimental was nominated for NextUp’s 'Biggest Award in Comedy' and was long-listed for Best Show at the Edinburgh(Ish) Comedy Awards at the Fringe in 2023 and was shortlisted for Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2024.[39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Unbearable Shiteness of Being. Varsity.
  2. Web site: Bennett . Steve . 'He's quietly becoming one of the UK’s smartest, most vital stand-ups' : Features 2024 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2024-08-02 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
  3. Web site: Actually Russia is 150% More than the Stereotypes feat. Milo Edwards. The Union Jack Off. Daniel. Muggleton. 31 October 2019. 11 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Alumnus Milo brings his show to the ADC Theatre, Cambridge. Hills Road Community Network. 1 May 2019. 11 January 2024.
  5. Web site: 2019-05-03. An Interview with Professional Stand-up Comedian Milo Edwards. 2022-02-06. The Cambridge Student. en-GB.
  6. Web site: About. 2022-02-06. Milo Edwards. en.
  7. Web site: 10 questions: Milo Edwards. 2022-01-27. Varsity Online. en.
  8. Web site: Evans. Tom. 2020-01-10. Comedy: From Russia with laughs - Milo Edwards brings his acclaimed show to Liverpool. 2022-01-27. Liverpool Echo. en.
  9. Web site: Pindos: 4 star review by Claire Louise. 2022-02-06. broadwaybaby.com. en.
  10. Web site: Pindos. 2022-02-06. British Comedy Guide. en.
  11. Web site: I think he'd be pleased: Comedian performs Edinburgh show after father's death. 2022-01-27. www.shropshirestar.com. en.
  12. Web site: 2018-12-07. Q&A Milo Edwards. 2022-01-27. Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank. en.
  13. Web site: 2019-08-20. Opinion: Milo Edwards On His Decision To Continue To Perform In Edinburgh After His Father's Death. 2022-02-06. Beyond The Joke. en.
  14. Web site: 2019-08-13. Edinburgh Fringe Review 2019 – Milo Edwards, Pindos, Just The Tonic @ The Charteris Centre. 2022-02-08. Beyond The Joke. en.
  15. Web site: Cristi . A. A. . Comedian Milo Edwards' Award-Winning 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Show PINDOS to be recorded live in London On 1st May . 2022-08-08 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  16. Web site: Milo Edwards: Voicemail: 4 star review by Katerina Partolina Schwartz . 2023-06-22 . broadwaybaby.com . en.
  17. Web site: Crae . Ross . 2022-08-19 . Edinburgh Fringe review: Milo Edwards, Voicemail . 2024-08-02 . The Sunday Post . en-US.
  18. Web site: MIlo Edwards: Voicemail . Broadway Baby.
  19. Web site: Milo Edwards: Voicemail (Impatient Productions) ThreeWeeks Edinburgh . 2024-08-02.
  20. Web site: Guide . British Comedy . Milo Edwards: Voicemail . 2024-08-02 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  21. Web site: 2023-08-13 . Milo Edwards: Sentimental – The Wee Review Scotland’s arts and culture magazine . 2024-08-02 . en-GB.
  22. Web site: Harding . Tim . Milo Edwards: Sentimental : Reviews 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2024-08-02 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
  23. Web site: Milo Edwards: Sentimental . Broadway Baby.
  24. Web site: 2023-08-09 . Milo Edwards: “Sentimental” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023 – The Comic's Comic . 2024-08-02 . en-US.
  25. News: Desk . Telegraph Culture . 2023-08-02 . Vote for your favourite: The 70 funniest jokes at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe . 2024-08-02 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  26. News: Writers . Telegraph . 2024-07-26 . Funniest jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, from Zoe Brownstone to Alex Kitson . 2024-08-02 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  27. Web site: Street . 180 High . Edinburgh . Eh1 1qs . Kingdom +44131 226 0026 . United . Milo Edwards: How Revolting! Sorry to Offend . 2024-08-02 . Edinburgh Festival Fringe . en.
  28. Web site: 2021-06-07. Tragic but true: how podcasters replaced our real friends. 2022-01-27. the Guardian. en.
  29. Web site: 2020-03-14. Sound and fury: are political podcasts the future or just an echo chamber?. 2022-01-27. the Guardian. en.
  30. News: Gogarty . Josiah . These news podcasts will make you feel smarter than anyone and everyone . 1 March 2024 . British GQ . 1 February 2024.
  31. Web site: TEAM Trashfuture podcast. 2022-01-27. TrashFuture. en.
  32. Web site: Development. PodBean. Masters of Our Domain. 2022-01-27. domainmasterspod.podbean.com. en.
  33. Web site: Milo Edwards. 2022-01-27. IMDb.
  34. Web site: 2021-06-07. For god's sake stop putting comedians in charge of governments. 2022-01-27. New Statesman. en-US.
  35. Web site: 2021-06-07. Comedy needs a trade union – before it's just independently wealthy men called Hugo. 2022-02-06. New Statesman. en-US.
  36. Web site: Guide . British Comedy . 2023-03-07 . Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2023 nominations . 2024-08-02 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  37. Web site: Bennett . Steve . Leicester Comedy Festival announces its 2023 award nominations : Other news 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2024-08-02 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
  38. Web site: Bennett . Steve . Edinburgh Poster Award winners revealed : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2024-08-02 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
  39. Web site: Leicester Comedy Festival Awards . 2024-08-02 . Leicester Comedy Festival . en-GB.
  40. Web site: Bennett . Steve . Leicester Comedy Festival announces its 2024 award nominees : News 2024 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2024-08-02 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
  41. Web site: Street . 180 High . Edinburgh . Eh1 1qs . Kingdom +44131 226 0026 . United . Comedy awards . 2024-08-02 . Edinburgh Festival Fringe . en.
  42. Web site: Bennett . Steve . 'Biggest award in comedy' announces its nominees : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2024-08-02 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
  43. Web site: Guide . British Comedy . 2023-08-14 . (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards announce longlists . 2024-08-02 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  44. Web site: Bennett . Steve . Alternative Edinburgh comedy awards announce their longlist : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2024-08-02 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.

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