Continuing our Edinburgh Month... Canadian comedian Michelle Shaughnessy fast made a name for herself across North America. She’s had numerous appearances on television and her debut album “You Know What You Did” hit number one on the iTunes comedy charts. Her sophomore album “Botoxic” received a coveted 5 star review from Toronto’s NOW Magazine. In 2017 she was a finalist in Canada’s “Top Comic” competition and her audition video has since gone viral, with 5 million views and climbing. In 2018 her original scripted pilot was a finalist in Just For Laughs Stand Up and Pitch” sitcom contest. Michelle is also an accomplished writer and actor with credits that span commercial, variety, scripted and unscripted television. Her acting work has been featured on Hulu, Amazon Prime and Netflix. Now based in London Michelle is becoming a fan favourite all over the UK. She appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022 with her show “Be Your Own Daddy”, which was directed by Adam Hills.

Michelle Shaughnessy is guest number 407 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

Tickets for Michelle Shaughnessy’s Edinburgh show are available here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/michelle-shaughnessy-too-late-baby .

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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

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