Comic Lou Sanders: ‘I went around the houses trying to find my onstage persona. Turns out, it’s just me’ | Lou Sanders

He was born in Devon in 1978, the comedian actor Le Sanders I grew up in Broadstairs, you. In 2018, her Dame Pig’s show was the joint winner of the Comedian Choice Award for Best Festival Fringe. She appeared on Qi, 8 out of 10 cats and taskmaster, which she won in 2019. Her notes, what is that lady doing? , It was published in 2023. Sanders performs its new show, not kissing in the Bingo Hall, throughout 2025.

This is six years oldThe presence of a cake game in a garden in second. My brother and I, in addition to my eldest son, could be the father’s wife, who was beautiful, but it is completely different from us. It was in the copper band and Super Smart, while we were alone, very free – the type of children who would scatter the cream of a cake with our fingers.

The outfit is not particularly strange, but I liked clothes when I was bigger. My mom says I will change three times a day to fit my mood. I felt as if I had completely lost myself every time I wore school uniforms, especially when I reached high school. We had to wear a three -quarters blue and green Tartan with a large safety pin. I was very big and did not match my body. I thought, “I cannot die in this outfit!”

I will not say that I was funny as a child. I was very busy because I am an enjoyable person – emotionally achieved, making sure that everyone was fine. You, however, are confident and female. My mother gave us a lot of independence and fortunately took things, which, to think, is a bad idea for a six -year -old child. If the wall is very high or it seems unsafe, my brother will send me to try it first as a Guinea pig, and you are always binding. Once I imagined a school boy and set a party until he came. When everyone arrived, they were asking: “Why is this party in a bedroom if, and where is the food?” It turns out that a party in a bedroom without food is completely turning off.

I was the type of teenager who wore Dr. Martins and I have “meat killing” stickers. This looks very great, but I was doing it mainly for attention, and the actual girls in the school were among the groups in which it was overlooked. They will continue in the strawberry lip balm – I couldn’t believe the time they could withdraw a conversation about those things. School reports will say that I was a ridiculous tons and amzes, and perhaps in the first five centers, in intelligence. It does not matter that the class has only 10 people.

I was such a penis when I was 15 years old. I was determined to do what I wanted, and who was exclusively kissing the children. Nothing will stand in my way of achieving my goals. I felt that my city was not great enough for me, and I was desperate to go to London. I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I wanted to do something. The problem was, I was not good in anything. For a while I thought I could be an actor, but then I realized that I was not great to be another person. Then I decided to be a television introduction. I went to search for talents for showcases – I and some thousands of other young people have appeared and I had to show a committee of television executives how we were open. Cringe was very. I was very big and have acne, and of course the slim blond girl who was very animated got the job.

for me 20s was turbulent It is mainly the drinking of alcohol and drugs. I had no self -esteem or belief that I could do. I didn’t know that I wanted to try the comedy- when I was drunk, I would tell my friend at the time that the reserve was my ambition. The real turning point occurred in the mid -twenties of my age when my beautiful friend Sally went to a festival. Everyone continued to come to me and told me that Sally was beautiful. In the end, I thought, “I am not her guard – why don’t you tell her?” One of these people was a man who worked for a media company and also said: “You are really funny, you must do comedy.” I stick to that – “Finally, someone told me that I should do comedy. In addition to being a middle -aged man, they know everything!” After that I did Standop in London, one day per week for six weeks. Then I was on my way.

Early vehicles were painful. My jokes were very great – so much has not changed there. But I did not feel free to be myself. I left a lot of times because I did not feel confident. I was wandering around the homes in an attempt to find my personality on the stage and it turned out to be just.

Now I find it impossible not to be myself, which can be a problem when I face a bad day. There was one margin in Edinburgh where I was suffering from a collapse, and as a result, I would act on the stage and behave greatly. Years ago, I was engaged, and on the night I separated, I went out directly to do disturbed. You are a shell for a person and the audience can capture it. In the end, I told them that I was divided with my fiancé. I penetrated the atmosphere and went to get a good disturbance. But a horrific private life.

At the thirties of my age, I was embarrassed by my life. But not anymore. The prevailing message is still that women get their strength from the curse, and while I sometimes feel panic and I think that I may get the lifting of the face and neck, then I think: Why? I don’t want to look like a child. I had an actionist once, and she had this long white hair and was very elegant. Just wear a scrap of the moisturizer, shake the dust from the mascara if it is a big day. She had this innate peace and thought: “This is the type of beauty that you cannot inject in you.” However, on Sunday I was a lunch recently talking about this, and when I saw a clip of it online after that, I thought: “The damned hell, I look old.” I must eat some of my medications, but it is not easy.

I would like to think I am happy. I own two trampoline. I took skiing, gymnastics. But often it is about the mentality. I feel very lucky to do a comedy for a job. I recently made a breakthrough, 16 years after Biz, I will enjoy everything. For a long time, indulge in what my contemporaries do. I was watching James Aquaster and I think: “Wow, I love this. His writing is very good. Every line of mines should be good.” But this is not the comedian. I will never make a perfect offer.

However, sometimes it is difficult to remain positive. There are times in which I think: “My mother suffers from dementia. His leg has been amputated. I wish I had a partner.” It seems as if, the greater, the easier the negative feeling, as if the world is more difficult and smaller. When this happens, I must stop myself from the transformation. Life should not be very dangerous. Go and look at this amazing sunset, or go and get the WhOPIE pillow. The third trampoline. All it takes.