Posts tagged Edinburgh
Tea Time with Lindz: Joyful Raven : Breed or Bust

Joyful Raven’s solo show Breed or Bust will be performed at the Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023 2nd - 28th August. Tickets can be found at www.gildedballoon.co.uk

Joyful Raven is an actor, writer and comedian. Born into an iconic political theater family, she has been devising theater for over 25 years. Her last solo comedy Tales of a Sexual Tomboy was dubbed “…one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages” by the SF Chronicle. Tomboy won “Best of the Fringe '' at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival and was awarded an ‘Encore Performance’ at the 2017 United Solo Festival in NYC. Her additional theatre credits include lead actor and co-author of four plays for “Prize of Hope '' winning company Human Nature and co-founder of the ensemble-driven theatre company Rococo Risqué, winner of SF Weekly Best Theater Ensemble.

Joyful has also appeared as an actor in many projects on stage and film, including Odyssey Works, an immersive theatre project; The Pursuit of Happiness, with Will Smith; and Spring Awakening, directed by Broadway and West End director Stafford Arima. She studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in theater from UC Davis. She teaches Solo Performance and Storytelling at Berkeley Rep School of Theater. 

Tea Time with Lindz: Ali James

Ali James is a multi talented actress, improviser, director, teacher, overall great human and a Showstopper, literally. You can go watch Ali in Showstoppers the Musical in London. You can also catch this fab person in Scared Scriptless, the fully improvised show that performs in Southend that is quite literally the funniest show I have ever seen.

Not only is Ali a great comedian, she is also an incredibly talented musical theatre performer, having toured the UK as well as performed multiple times in the West End as well as performing up in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival.

Want to see an improvised Panto in February? Ali has you covered. I told you, she does it all.

You can follow Ali on:

Twitter and Instagram @ali_james22

Showstoppers @TheShowstoppers