Anu Vaidyanathan is a filmmaker, comedian and engineer whose memoir Anywhere But Home was long-listed for the Mumbai Film Festival's word-to-screen market in 2016. Her show 'Blimp' is part of Edinburgh Fringe 2023, tickets are currently available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/anu-vaidyanathan-blimp

We talked to Anu about her segue into comedy via engineering, her time at the Philippe Gaulier clown school and using comedy as a vehicle to express bigger themes.

Get more from the BLANK Podcast at patreon.com/blankpodcast

Massive thanks to our patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness.

@blankpod

@eliistender

@jimdalycomedy

@anu.vaidyanathan

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices