Alexandra Haddow on Comedy, ADHD, gigging, fear of flying & Frankie Boyle | Steve Best Shoots

🎤 In this lively and honest episode of Steve Best Shoots, hugely funny stand-up comedian Alexandra Haddow joins Steve for a brilliantly entertaining conversation about life on and off the stage. Alexandra opens up about: Her journey into stand-up comedy The best and worst gigs she’s ever done (cringe incoming!) Navigating life and creativity with ADHD Getting advice from Frankie Boyle and what it meant to her Her fear of flying Her love of clothes, fashion, and how it shapes her on-stage persona The role music plays in her comedy and daily life Full of laughs, relatable stories, and a few surprises, this is a must-watch for fans of comedy with attitude, heart, and a killer playlist. 🎭 Subscribe for more unfiltered interviews with brilliant comedians: ‪@SteveBestShoots‬ #AlexandraHaddow #SteveBestShoots #WomenInComedy #StandUpComedy #ADHD #FrankieBoyle #WorstGigs #ComedyFashion #ComediansOnMusic #UKComedians Filmed and edited by Frankie Lowe - https://www.frankielowe.com All the stills of Alexandra were shot by me on my medium format Fujifilm GFX100s - https://fujifilm-x.com/global/product... A superb camera - talk to me if you want to know more Cubitts Glasses here - https://cubitts.com I love the shoes I'm wearing from Grenson Shoes - https://www.grenson.com/ SOCIALS Instagram - / stevebestpics Twitter - / stevebestpics Facebook - / stevebestpics YouTube - / @stevebestshoots Steve Best is a comedian and a photographer. He has done nothing else. He has never had another job. Steve was a finalist in the Young Magician of the Year in 1985, passed Grade 8 on the flute, learnt to ride a uni-cycle, can juggle 5 balls, and was in the under 14s Surrey county table tennis squad. When he was 19 he took up the guitar and sat for 8 hours a day practicing until his fingers were sore. Steve has been all around the world being silly, toured with Frank Skinner, Omid Dialili and Craig Charles, been on TV a few times and is a visiting lecturer at Middlesex university teaching stand-up comedy on the third year drama course He has always taken photographs. It was some 10 cars ago that he started bringing his camera into comedy clubs and shooting his fellow comics. He has two little chunky books published, Comedy Snapshot (Articul8 2014) and Joke Face (Unbound 2017) https://www.stevebest.com/books. Between them there are over 1000 of his photos of comedians from the UK comedy circuit, each with one of their own jokes and several of their weird and wonderful facts. It has never been done before and is a true documentation of the comedy world that he inhabits. During that time he started approaching the photographic documentation of the comedy circuit with much more of an artistic vision. HIs third book. COMEDIANS, is the culmination of the journey. Although COMEDIANS II is the culmination of the culmination of the journey. Will there be more? www.stevebest.com You can commission Steve Best to photograph your performance, special events or portraits. You can also book Steve to give his unique talk. ​ Email: [email protected]