I trained as a classical pianist when I was growing up and started writing my own songs – funny, silly songs – when I was 12. I figured out somewhere along the line that I didn’t want to do just music professionally, but being able to incorporate it into my comedy feels like I didn’t waste all that time – or my parents’ money – on piano lessons. It wasn’t until I started doing improv at college that I realised I wanted to be a comedian.
My new show, Taste, feels like a sister to [2023’s] Sophie Sucks Face. There’s a delusional main character – which is the point of view I like to write from – and a narrative element, but that’s where the similarities end. I’m a writer at The Daily Show and I’ve been writing punchline setups every day for the past two and a half years, so I wanted to use that skill to create a show that was less one-woman musical and more stand-up.
Taste is a pretty scathing takedown of this one kind of guy who’s a very hip, casual misogynist. I go in pretty hard and I don’t think there’s a light, fuzzy takeaway at the end. Fans of Josie and the Pussycats will like it. [That film] is for cool, smart girls and that’s who I want to pay attention to my comedy.
By Danielle Goldstein
Header image: Josie and the Pussycats © Alamy
Sophie Zucker: Taste runs 30 July – 24 August at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. sophiezucker.com
This article appears in the Summer 2025 issue of JR.
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