15 October 2025
Eleven Holes?
It's approaching the end of the Fringe (for Rich at least) and his guest is, I think we can all agree, at least his equal as a ventriloquist, Nina Conti. They talk about her fantastic new independent film, Sunlight, how it's a dark love story about a suicidal man, a woman in a monkey suit and an attempt to dig up a grave to recover a $20,000 dollar watch, but so much more than that. How the idea and the real life love began in the middle of a 50 hour improv session, the dangers of going under water in a monkey suit, how the film might appeal to Furries, how it could never be written by AI and why you should definitely see it. Plus how Nina ended up in Spinal Tap 2 and a good indication of why Richard didn't, how ventriloquist dummies become their own people (or monkeys), the dark past of ventriloquists and whether Nina resents her monkey.
Nina's directorial debut film 'Sunlight' will have a UK theatrical release from 18th October 2025 (screening details here https://theninaconti.komi.io/), or you can pre-order it on Apple TV here https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/sunlight/umc.cmc.4ojx0r3x4tbpiz2huixkm32ie (UK) and here https://tv.apple.com/ie/movie/sunlight/umc.cmc.4ojx0r3x4tbpiz2huixkm32ie (Ireland) - available digitally from 28th November 2025.
Nina Conti has a UK tour extension of her hit live show 'Whose Face Is It Anyway?' from 30th September - 30th October 2025. Tickets here - https://www.ninaontour.com/
