{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/56fa6167-5307-4e9b-9902-68cfb3ddf555/4b89a5a0-a80f-4ccf-9ef8-8e40dd81bf51?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 15 - Laura Lexx","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ee2d477b57990bc2e77e33/60ee2d5f25bc7b0012902ec1.png?height=200","description":"<p>Good lord who’s this plodding up the beach covered in kelp?</p><p>It’s only star of BBC2’s Live at The Apollo and host of Radio 4’s Comedy Club - comedian and writer Laura Lexx!</p><p><br></p><p>Laura won best performer at the Comedians Choice Awards, best MC at the 2017 Comics Comic Awards. She was 3 time nominee at the Chortle Comedy Awards, and she was in the top ten in Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe.</p><p><br></p><p>Laura has gigged all over Europe and is currently starring in her new show Knee Jerk at the Edinburgh Fringe:</p><p><a href=\"https://gildedballoon.co.uk/programme/laura-lexx-knee-jerk/\" target=\"_blank\">https://gildedballoon.co.uk/programme/laura-lexx-knee-jerk/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Our castaway is a member of the Comedians Cinema Club improv troupe as well as having articles published by Glamour and Standard Issue.</p><p>She has also found time to write her first novel and has a comedy drama series optioned for the telebox.</p><p><a href=\"http://www.lauralexx.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.lauralexx.co.uk/</a></p>","author_name":"Desert Island Crisps"}