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Comedy with an Accent
by Kuan-wen Huang
Comedy with an accent - comedy with a different point of view! Join Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen as he finds out the amusing tales, obstacles and strategies of other non-native speakers who perform English stand up comedy on the UK circuit. We also peek into the comedians' foreign upbringings and cultures, how they approach the English language, how they switch between languages and any random anecdotes that get caught in the chitchats. Leave your comments on the podcast's Instagram page (@comedywithanaccent). You can also email your comments and/or questions to [email protected] Follow your host Kuan-wen on Instagram (@kuanwencomedy)
Episodes
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S02E35 Xhuliano Dule, Italian/Albanian speaker - From Elbasan, Albania 🇦🇱
“Your existence is an act of politics” Italian stand up comedian and playright Xhuliano Dule only knows it so well. Our *third Italian-speaking guest is able to claim dual cultural heritage, as he originally comes from Albania across the Adriatic sea. He arrived in l’Italia as a small child on a...
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S02E34 Kathryn Mather, English speaker (Lancashire accent) - From Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Our latest focus on distinct accents on the British isles turns to Northwest England. Our guest Kathryn Mather comes from Rochdale, historically part of Lancashire but now part of Greater Manchester. “Likkle girl down in hospical” - have you heard that one before? Kathryn was crowned winner of…
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S02E33 Your host Kuan-wen’s Monologue #4 🇹🇼 2025 Review, Intercultural sensitivity, Tommy Robinson Rally
A year end review based on 2025 Spotify Unwrapped and the podcast platform statistics, released on the penultimate day of 2025! In case you are not a stats nerd on where the podcast is consumed, this monologue episode also includes a brief discussion on the Bennet scale, also called the...
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S02E32 Dimitri Bakanov, Russian Speaker - From Kherson, Ukraine 🇺🇦
Language itself should be a neutral issue; but it never is in the real world. Dimitri Bakanov is a London-based Ukrainian comedian. He is also a native Russian speaker, having lost the full fluency of his Ukrainian when he moved away with his family at the age of 11. When languages are tangled…
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S02E31 Your Host Kuan-wen’s Monologue #3 🇹🇼 Comedy Lost In Translation
Is it possible to perform stand up in yet another language (aka not English, not your mother tongue, also less fluent) but relying solely on translating whatever existing materials in English you have? Technically - yes. Though some jokes are simply not translatable. Some can be translated but it...
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S02E30 Mike Rice, English Speaker - From County Kilkenny, Ireland 🇮🇪
Mike Rice is probably THE guest this podcast has had so far who proved to be the best at impersonations and accent mimicry. During the course of this interview alone, he improvised a South London, a posh West London, a stereotypical Essex woman and a generic American accent. In his comedy…
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S02E29 Spring Day, English/Japanese Speaker - From Kansas City, Missouri, USA 🇺🇸
Have you ever tried to learn a foreign language so hard, that it influences and moulds your speech pattern in your native tongue? That you moved to a foreign land to learn that foreign language, consequently your English vocabulary becomes restricted to the more common words, just so people…
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S02E28 Martin Durchov, Bulgarian Speaker - From Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Martin Durchov has never done any podcast interview - not until this episode popped his podcast cherry. You can find his Instagram profile, but be warned there’s not a single comedy-related content on it. The Bulgarian native is one giggly and happy chap, described by your host Kuan-wen as a very...
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S02E27 Shalaka Kurup, English/Hindi/(Childhood Malayalam) Speaker - From Bengaluru (Bangalore), India 🇮🇳
Shalaka is a self-proclaimed nerd with a PHD in trains whilst loading herself with Millennial angst. Those are supposed to be the most interesting and unique things about her. However, just because she’s from India, the audiences in the UK expect her to talk about being Indian or South Asian. In...
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S02 Bonus Episode [Recorded in French] En Savoir Plus Sur French It Up ... en français
This bonus episode (90% in French and the remainder in English) was recorded as part of the conversation with French It Up Comedy Club founder Jeff Vitale, the majority of which was released as season 2 episode 26 in the previous week. ------------------- Cet épisode bonus est un extrait de...
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S02E26 French It Up - French Comedy Show in London, Jeff Vitale - From Marseille, France 🇫🇷
“French It Up est LE comedy club français à Londres. Lancé en 2016 par Jeff Vitale, depuis rejoint par Fabrice Edouard Laroche Francoeur, le concept séduit un public francophone de plus en plus large et fait émerger une nouvelle scène d'humoristes français à Londres.” After introducing London’s...
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S02E25 Your Host Kuan-wen’s monologue #2 🇹🇼 Learning English v.s. performing stand up comedy in English
Celiac, dyspraxia, sporran, ricochet, hypochondriac, cheugy, mausoleum, flab… how many of these English words do you - as a non-native English speaker - know? Similar question for the native English speakers again: any of these words that you are not aware of? These are just a sample of words in...
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S02E24 Radu Isac returns (From Vaslui, Romania 🇷🇴; From Season 1 Episode 6-7)
Veteran London-based Romanian comedian Radu Isac returns after his last interview on this podcast in 2022. Radu catches up with your host Kuan-wen to chat about how his career plans and gigging pattern change along with the moving landscape of the comedy industry. Between this episode and the…
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S02E23 Peter Flanagan - English/Irish speaker, From County Kildare, Ireland 🇮🇪🍀
Given Ireland and Britain’s complex history, not least over 700 years of colonisation and dominance and the most recent thorny issue of Northern Ireland’s border during Brexit negotiation, what does a comedian’s Irish accent represent in the eyes of British audience? There are in fact quite a few...
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S02E22 Tatty Macleod - English/French speaker, From Camors, Brittany, France 🇫🇷 🏴
Name a stand up comedian who’s like the ambassador of both the English and French cultures? Many of you probably think of her bright pink hairs straight away. Yes, you have Tatty Macleod in mind, and she really has been given the title of an honourary ambassador for the British Council and was...
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S02E21 2024 Review + Your Host Kuan-wen’s Monologue 🇹🇼
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This is a one-off monologue (without a guest!!) before 2024 comes to an end. But hey. monologo(s) do also mean stand up comedy in Spanish and Italian. This episode covers the 2024 Spotify for Podcast unwrapped to share with the listeners data of your…
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S02E20 Vlad Ilich - Macedonian speaker, From Kumanovo, North Macedonia 🇲🇰
North Macedonia’s proudest export to the UK and so far the only North Macedonian comedian performing professionally on the UK comedy circuit, Vlad has appeared on BBC Stand Up for Live comedy in 2021. He took home various awards wins from Comedy Store London King Gong, Up The Creek Comedy Club’s...
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S02E19 Comedy Por Favor - Spanish Comedy Show in London, Sergi Polo (From Barcelona, From S01E16) returns
¿sabias que todos los meses se hace un show de monólogos de comedia en español en Londres? One half of the masterminds behind the popular Comedy Por Favor show, Sergi Polo returns to talk about how the idea of a comedy show in Spanish in London came about and why the brand has been a massive...
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S02E18 Louise Atkinson, English speaker (Hull/East Yorkshire accent) - From Kingston upon Hull, England 🏴
Our third ever guest from England hails from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. For listeners interested in the numerous accents that exist in the UK, the Hull accent is considered one of the most distinct accents. Louise Atkinson has provided the tour support for Live at the Apollo stars…
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S02E17 Donatas Kveselys, Lithuanian speaker - From Raseiniai, Lithuania 🇱🇹
Donatas Kveselys is the second Lithuanian comedian featured on this podcast. This episode, however, feels half-dedicated to the Kingdom and the people of Sweden, for Gothenburg, Sweden is where Donatas currently lives and where he started performing stand up comedy (in English). Donatas is a…
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S02E16 Samira Banks, [Unnamed language]/German/English speaker - From an unidentified country in the Middle East
Winner of the prestigious So You Think You Are Funny competition in 2023, Samira Banks is a bright new star making waves on the UK comedy circuit. Her trademark jokes include her family’s journey fleeing their homeland as refugees. The crowd’s laughters are often raucous but some sensitive souls...
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S02E15 Sam Yarb, English speaker - From Post Mills, Vermont, USA 🇺🇸
How do you perform and progress on the comedy circuit, when you as a native English speaker already moved to an Asian country where the population does not speak English as their mother tongue (and there really isn’t much stand up comedy going on)? Such is the story of Sam Yarb, co-founder of the...
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S02E14 Kat Nip, Polish speaker - From Skrzyszow, Poland 🇵🇱
Polish stand up comedian Kat Nip is a Berlin-based but globe-trotting performer. She runs her own comedy show in Berlin but is also a regular at comedy clubs in London, including the popular Top Secret Comedy Club. Winner of London Comedy Store gong show, Kat Nip has written for and acted in…
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S02E13 Tiziano La Bella, Italian speaker - From Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
As one of the founding members of Becomedy - a comedy show production team in the English as well as Italian languages in both Italy and the UK - Tiziano La Bella is a stand up comedian performing professionaly in both languages. He has appeared on Comedy Central Italia and Amazon Prime and only...
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S02E12 Sam See (From Singapore 🇸🇬, From S01E25) returns
Our first returning guest is Singaporean comedian Sam See, previously featured in Episode 25 of the first season. Since the last recording in January 2023, Sam has uprooted himself and relocated from Singapore to the UK as - in his own words - he has reached the ceiling in Singapore. Sam shares…
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S02E11 Marjolein Robertson, Shetlandic/English speaker - From Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland 🏴
Marjolein Robertson is a Shetlandic comedian, actor and storyteller. She was Scots Speaker of the Year in 2022, ranked number three in The List’s Hot 100 as one of the top Scottish cultural contributors. Hey 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show “Marj” also received award nominations and was one of the best...
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S02 Bonus Episode [Recorded in Mandarin] 原名不詳，中文藝名 404，現居倫敦的中國單口喜劇演員 Blank Peng
This is a special episode recorded in Mandarin with our guest Blank Peng from last week 前一集的英文訪問 Blank 提及她在中國喜劇圈表演的一些經驗，第二段用中文訪談，主持人與來賓都能比較自然地暢所欲言（但也不能到太暢所欲言啦......這就點到為止就好）。Blank 解釋為何她的普通話在中國被視為不夠標準，甚至她的閩北口音會被其他省份的中國人嘲笑為『台灣口音』，主持人一同討論台灣與中國一些中文用語和發音的差別。 在表演部分，Blank...
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S02E10 Blank Peng, Mandarin speaker - From Fujian province, China 🇨🇳
Making headway to big comedy clubs’ paid spots within two years of arriving in the UK, Blank got into almost all the major Comedy New Act Competition finals and collected gong show wins like a dedicated Pokemon player collecting the Poke gym badges. “Blank is an incognito bilingual stand-up…
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S02E09 Micky Overman, Dutch speaker - From Almere, The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Describing her accent as “a beautiful mess”, comedian Micky Overman’s show “The Recipe” was amongst the best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023. The excellent show is now free for viewing on Micky’s Youtube channel and forms the basis of this interview. Micky has one of those accents…
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S02E08 Guido Garcia Lueches, Spanish speaker - From Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇾
Guido Garcia Lueches is a theatre maker, actor from Uruguay. His one man show “Playing Latinx” - though categorised as Theatre rather than Comedy in last year’s Edinburgh Fringe - packed in so many jokes that it was probably funnier than many shows under “Comedy” had to offer. To be fair, the…
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S02E07 Philipp Kostelecky, English/German speaker - From Ljubljana, Slovenia 🇸🇮
In Philipp’s comedy set, he likes to open with “Hi, my name is Philipp. I come from Austria, America and Slovenia.” In real life, sometimes Austrians do not see him as Austrians (He left Austria at the age of four), Slovenians may not seen him as Slovenians, Americans might find something a bit…
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S02E06 Mark Silcox , Hindi speaker - From Ganj Basoda, India 🇮🇳
Best known as the mischievous private investigator on Channel; 4's Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, Mark Silcox is an accomplishment stand up comedian in his own right, even though he claims not to be a very ambitious comedian himself. For comedy "is just a way of spending time with friends" Apologies...
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S02E05 Alice Frick, German speaker - From Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
Alice Frick is a comedian, writer, producer originally from Vienna, Austria, who is also the show runner of "Laughing Labia", an all-female line up comedy show and one of the longest-running LGBTQ+ comedy show in London with a loyal following. Alice talks about the articulation lessons she has…
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S02E04 Arielle Souma, French speaker - From Bossise-le-Roi, France 🇫🇷
Comedy powerhouse Arielle Souma is the very first French guest on this podcast after more than thirty episodes (FINALLY!). Unapologetic, unfiltered and oozing “I don’t give a f**k” energy, Arielle is known for her commanding stage presence and her punchy, intense and impactful comedy delivery....
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S02E03 Gino Christofaro, German / Portugese speaker - Brazilian 🇧🇷/ German 🇩🇪 Comedian
Gino Christofaro is the podcast’s first guest whose home city is not indicated in the episode title. He simply cannot name one. Being an embassy kid, Gino never had a childhood home like many of us do. Gino has been featured on Comedy Central Germany’s Roast Battle and is a now TV writer in both...
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S02 Bonus Episode [Recorded in Mandarin] 來自中國上海卻「入虎穴」台灣的單口喜劇演員 Jamie Wang
This is a special episode recorded in Mandarin with our Chinese guest Jamie Wang from last week. For the non-Mandarin-speaking guests, our regular episode in English will be updated next Tuesday April 9th at 7am. （It's the normally bi-weekly schedule so this bonus episode does not come at the...
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S02E02 Jamie Wang, Mandarin / Shanghainese speaker - From Shanghai, China 🇨🇳
How do you perform stand up comedy when half of the audience sees you as the enemy at worst, or not knowing what to think of you at best, in a language that is neither your or the majority audience’s mother tongue? Given the complex relationship between China and Taiwan, how does one position...
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S02E01 Victor Patrascan, Romanian speaker - From Vameș, Romania 🇷🇴
Could you ever imagine no longer having a fixed place you call home, not even having a storage space to keep your belongings, that you are just constantly on the road, crossing borders at times, moving from one city to another? Such is the life style of Victor Patrascan, a truly nomadic comedian...
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Comedy with an Accent is back! Season 2 incoming
Comedy with an Accent is back! Sorry for the prolonged break but we are back with another fun season, First episode will be out at 7am (GMT) on Tuesday 12 March. See you then!
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S01E31 Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa, Sinhala/English speaker - From Colombo, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
One of the fastest rising stars selling out venues across European cities, Sri Lankan born Vidura spent his childhood, his teenage years and his young adulthood in small chunks of time in different countries, Vidura is a globe-trotter. To him, Berlin sometime feels more like home than Colombo. In...
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End of Season 1 Announcement (But NOT the Podcast!!)
Hi all! Thanks so much for your support in the last year. Season One of Comedy with an Accent Podcast is coming to an end at episode 31 - there's one more episode to be released this month. The podcast will go on! It's just that it will take a summer break in August and return in autumn. Your…
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S01E30 Denis Chuzhoy (Dan The Stranger), Russian speaker - From Kursk, Russia 🇷🇺
When your host messaged Dan about the interview at the start of this year, he replied that he was still on the move after leaving Russia. He could not be sure where he will have a legal paper to stay. It's a weirder-than-ever time to be a Russian comedian, especially one who dared to joke about...
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S01E29 Schalk Bezuidenhout, Afrikaans / English speaker - From Kempton Park, South Africa 🇿🇦
Schalk Bezuidenhout was tour support for Trevor Noah and won South African Comics' Choice Awards' Newcomer and Break Through Act of the Year. This episode was recorded in May when the South African star brought his show to Soho Theatre in London for a 5-day run, filling the room with South…
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S01E28 Joshua Bethania, Kannada/ Tamil/ Hindi/ English speaker - from Bengaluru, India 🇮🇳
Having only started performing comedy in the UK in 2021, Joshua was crowned winner of So You Think You Are Funny in 2022 and bagged another win at London Comedy Store gong show. He was finalist at BBC New Comedy Award 2022 and nominated as Best Newcomer by Chortle. The Southern India's native…
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S01E27 Jomi Cruz, Portuguese speaker - From Cascais, Portugal 🇵🇹
Our very first Portuguese guest is comedian Jomi Cruz who radiates tons of youthful energy and resembles a junior Eurovision contestant. Jomi shares how he acquired a quasi American accent that is not good enough to fool Americans but just enough to trick some Brits. Jomi chats about the few...
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S01E26 Evaldas Karosas, Lithuanian speaker - From Rokiskis, Lithuania 🇱🇹
Evaldas could have stayed in his native Lithuania and earned much more from doing comedy. After all, he started performing at a critical time in Lithuania when anyone who decided to perform was almost automatically a professional comedian. Instead, the hopeless romantic fan of stand up comedy…
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S01E25 Sam See, English / Singlish speaker - From Singapore 🇸🇬
Described by some as the "mother hen" of Singapore's burgeoning stand up comedy scene, Sam has just performed his solo show "Government Approved Sex" to critical acclaim at this year's Melbourne Comedy Festival. This episode was recorded at the start of 2023 when Sam returned to the UK after a...
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S01E24 Anne Klein, Luxembourgish/ German/ French speaker - From Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Actor and comedian Anne Klein is the first Oscar nominee (In the short film The Red Suitcase) and the first Luxembourgish guest on this podcast. Fluent in English, French, German and her native Luxembourgish, Anne has this amazing ability to switch between languages and disguises her accent(s) to...
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S01E23 Adam Hopkins, English/Mandarin Speaker (West Yorkshire Accent) - From Leeds, England 🏴
This week, your host Kuan-wen would like to introduce the burgeoning comedy scenes in his native Taiwan - both in English and in Mandarin - as an example of how Asia is catching the stand up comedy fever (and catching up!). Since he has not lived in Taiwan for over a decade, the introduction is...
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S01E22 Viggo Venn, Norwegian speaker - From Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
Our mini Scandinavia tour comes back to Norway again after two recent episodes feauturing guests from Denmark and Sweden. Viggo Venn, previously half of clowning duo Zack & Viggo, is our second guest from Norway. Viggo trained as a clown at the renowned École Philippe Gaulier, where he is now a...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Comedy with an accent - comedy with a different point of view!
Join Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen as he finds out the amusing tales, obstacles and strategies of other non-native speakers who perform English stand up comedy on the UK circuit. We also peek into the comedians' foreign upbringings and cultures, how they approach the English language, how they switch between languages and any random anecdotes that get caught in the chitchats.
Leave your comments on the podcast's Instagram page (@comedywithanaccent). You can also email your comments and/or questions to [email protected]
Follow your host Kuan-wen on Instagram (@kuanwencomedy)
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