Fans of live comedy in Brighton will undoubtedly recognise Julie Jepson. She’s a popular compere at nights including Comedy Station at The Station pub in Hove, Red Brick at Kemp Town’s Upstairs At Three And Ten and Komedia’s Comic Boom.

As she takes the plunge with her first solo show – a double-bill with musical comic and fellow Funny Women Awards finalist Rosie Wilby – Julie spoke to the Guide Daily about camouflage wedding dresses, the perils of being a biker in Brighton and her ambitions to tour ... village halls.

First things first, what on earth is an “Inner Badger”?

“The title refers to how right-on Brighton is as a place to live and work. It really amused me that the council’s application form had more categories of sexuality than anywhere else I’d ever lived – straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual and then OTHER.

“I just wondered what OTHER could be, transbeastial? I pictured some straight, quite hirsute bloke called Derek who worked in accounts who was struggling to release his Inner Badger. I also really like badgers.”

How would you describe the show?

“It’s about growing up in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, being the only girl in a family with three older brothers – I became very good at wrestling – and coming out to a mother who makes wedding dresses for a living.

“It took her a bit of time to come to terms with it, but she’s fine now – I think she’d like to make me a nice camouflage wedding dress one day. The show’s also about being mistaken for a bloke and life in the West Country and Brighton.”

How does Brighton compare with the West Country?

“Brighton is VERY busy! The colourful characters you get here are second to none and it’s a fantastic place to live especially if you’re a comedy fan. I think Brighton has a totally different atmosphere and the fact it is such a liberal and accepting place is one of its main attractions.

I still love escaping to the West Country when I can though ... and of course the beaches are better there!”

What’s your biggest bugbear about life in “London-by-the-sea”?

“Parking restrictions! I ride a motorbike and Brighton is the only city I’ve ever known that insists you park your bike in a specially prepared box. Bikers will tell you that one of the best things about biking, apart from the freedom, is that you can pretty much leave it anywhere. But not in Brighton. I think they’ve got OCD.”

What’s next for you?

“Writing stuff to take to the Edinburgh Fringe and trying to secure more gigs. I’d also like to arrange a West Country tour to all the little village halls I used to perform in as a drama student many moons ago.”

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