Stevie Martin interview
I interviewed comedian Stevie Martin ahead of live recordings of her new show Clout. We discussed her online success, returning to the stage, and her upcoming appearance on Taskmaster…
Comedian Stevie Martin originally gained recognition as a member of sketch trio Massive Dad, before going solo in 2018. She’s also a familiar face on TV shows like 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Starstruck and The Mash Report, host of the Nobody Panic podcast, and a writer published everywhere from Vice to the Guardian.
Her live stand up career upended by the pandemic, Stevie quickly pivoted to making sketches on social media, gaining a massive following as a result. Last year she returned with her first show for five years, Clout - in part a document of her time making digital content.
Having previewed an early version of the show at Chump’s Comedy in Margate last June, she brings the finished product back for two nights in April, which will be filmed ahead of tour dates in the autumn.
Ahead of all that, Strange Tourist caught up with Stevie to talk about the perils of a show heavily reliant on tech, being a “slow perfectionist, and why filming the new series of Taskmaster felt like “weird dream under anaesthetic.”