From BBC Radio 4 to The Now Show to a regular writing spot on the ‘The Kumars’ comedian Nish Kumar is set for his 10th appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his new show ‘Long Word Long Word Blah Blah Blah I’m So Clever.’

A soaring feat for a 30-year-old. He told us, “Even though it’s my 10th time at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I still get the nerves. It’s those nerves and the adrenalin that give you the edge.

"It makes you more alert. When I first started out, the nerves would last the whole day. Now they kick in about 10 minutes before the show.

“Stand up is my first love. That feeling of being on stage is unparalleled.”

Nish reveals that he does not feel pressure to portray a certain image due to his ethnicity.

“I’m 30-years-old, so I have grown up in a generation where the battles were already fought for us.

“The Goodness Gracious Me lot fought and won those battles. They are the pioneers that broke down the barriers.

“I am a good Indian boy. But I’m not living a life that the community would traditionally have approved of.

“In my first show I talked about the natural immigration fear of kids not having traditional jobs.

“I was born here. My generation has a more secure place amongst British society. My career choice is no longer an issue.

“With all comedians, it takes a lot of time to gain success. You have to do a lot of work for free.

“But once you do something on the BBC, people then think you have done something worthwhile and important.

“Even my grandmother who lives in Kerala watches the BBC World Service!”

“I have a DVD coming out soon which I am so excited about! That material is what I featured in Edinburgh last year. Having my own DVD was always an ambition of mine.”

In his new show Nish asks, does comedy need to be politically neutral? Why is comedy leaning to the left and is that even a problem? Nish looks at a world in which a black James Bond seems achievable, and asks whether the Labour party is worse at branding its ideas than Islamic fundamentalists.

“I consider myself to be relatively inoffensive. 
“In the new show I talk about ISIS and how they have branded themselves in a sophisticated way. They operate like a big chain. They have an acute level of brand awareness. The Labour Party could learn from them!

“When you talk about religion, you’ll inevitably rub someone up the wrong way.

“I’m careful with my material if I think it is emotive to people.

“I have a certain level of responsibility with my material.

“A lot of the barriers of what you can and can’t talk about on stage have been broken down. But freedom of speech works both ways.

“As a comedian you have to handle the right to reply.”

Nish Kumar:  Long Word Long Word Blah Blah Blah I’m So Clever’ will be at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from the 8th – 30th August in the Pleasance Courtyard – Upstairs at 7.15pm.