Milo Edwards: Moscow Misadventures - From Cold Calls to Callbacks

Milo Edwards moved to Moscow to work in financial services, ended up performing stand-up on Russian television, and has been explaining that sequence of events ever since.Milo Edwards is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Essex, a former Cambridge Footlights member who moved to Moscow in 2015 and performed on Russian TV before making his mark on the UK comedy scene with his Edinburgh Fringe shows. He hosts the podcasts Trashfuture, Masters of Our Domain, and Glue Factory, and has written for Mock The Week, The News Quiz, Private Eye, and The New Statesman.How a job in financial services became a back door into Russian stand-up televisionThe immense resolve required to navigate Moscow's bureaucracy as an expat comedianWhy the discipline of working in a completely alien environment makes you a better performerThe unexpected skills that transfer from finance to comedy — and the ones that really don'tConnect with Milo here:InstagramYouTubeTikTokFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.