#138 Samira Banks

Always Be Comedy - EP138 - Samira Banks Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Samira Banks! Follow Samira on instagram on @samirabankscomedy To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected] --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Junior Booker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVIvNVMLBvE Opener - Heidi Regan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wMtNSuPERw Middle - Lara Ricote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYENqnOf16M  Closer - Jordan Brookes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbkfFdgrbM8 and Ayoade Bamgboye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r-RaS5BPOg About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices