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Milo Edwards
Birth nameMilo Leonard Edwards
BornFebruary 1993
Harlow, England
Mediumstand-up, podcasting, writing
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge
Websitemiloedwards.co.uk

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.

Early life[edit]

Edwards is from Harlow, Essex.[2] He attended Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge before going on to study Classics at the Peterhouse, Cambridge.[3]

Career[edit]

Comedy[edit]

Edwards was a member of the Footlights at the University of Cambridge.[4] In 2015 he moved to Russia where he performed on Open Microphone (Открытый Микрофон) and StandUp on the Russian TV channel TNT Television (ТНТ).[5][6][7][8] 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.[9][10][11][12][13][14] In 2022, he returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Voicemail.[15]

Podcasting[edit]

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.[16][17][18][19] He also cohosts with Phoebe Roy Masters of our Domain, a podcast about Seinfeld as well as the Russian language comedy podcast Toomuch (Тумач) and the podcast Glue Factory .[20]

Writing[edit]

Edwards has been a comedy writer for Late Night Mash, Mock The Week, Hello America, Breaking The News and The News Quiz.[5][21] He has written for Private Eye and The New Statesman.[21][22][23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Unbearable Shiteness of Being". Varsity.
  2. ^ Muggleton, Daniel (31 October 2019). "Actually Russia is 150% More than the Stereotypes feat. Milo Edwards". The Union Jack Off. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Alumnus Milo brings his show to the ADC Theatre, Cambridge". Hills Road Community Network. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ "An Interview with Professional Stand-up Comedian Milo Edwards". The Cambridge Student. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  5. ^ a b "About". Milo Edwards. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  6. ^ "10 questions: Milo Edwards". Varsity Online. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  7. ^ Evans, Tom (2020-01-10). "Comedy: From Russia with laughs - Milo Edwards brings his acclaimed show to Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  8. ^ "Pindos: 4 star review by Claire Louise". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  9. ^ "Pindos". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  10. ^ "I think he'd be pleased: Comedian performs Edinburgh show after father's death". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  11. ^ "Q&A Milo Edwards". Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  12. ^ "Opinion: Milo Edwards On His Decision To Continue To Perform In Edinburgh After His Father's Death". Beyond The Joke. 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  13. ^ "Edinburgh Fringe Review 2019 – Milo Edwards, Pindos, Just The Tonic @ The Charteris Centre". Beyond The Joke. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  14. ^ Cristi, A. A. "Comedian Milo Edwards' Award-Winning 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Show PINDOS to be recorded live in London On 1st May". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  15. ^ "Milo Edwards: Voicemail: 4 star review by Katerina Partolina Schwartz". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  16. ^ "Tragic but true: how podcasters replaced our real friends". the Guardian. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  17. ^ "Sound and fury: are political podcasts the future or just an echo chamber?". the Guardian. 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  18. ^ Gogarty, Josiah (1 February 2024). "These news podcasts will make you feel smarter than anyone and everyone". British GQ. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  19. ^ "TEAM | Trashfuture podcast". TrashFuture. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  20. ^ Development, PodBean. "Masters of Our Domain". domainmasterspod.podbean.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  21. ^ a b "Milo Edwards". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  22. ^ "For god's sake stop putting comedians in charge of governments". New Statesman. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  23. ^ "Comedy needs a trade union – before it's just independently wealthy men called Hugo". New Statesman. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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