Welcome to the first installation of Top Talent Spotlight: we’ve set the stage, so gather round for a show of brilliant comedy. In our Top Talent Spotlight series, we put the creators from our exclusive talent pool centre stage, getting into what we love about their work, regaling you with tales of their great comedic […]
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What is a brand to do when they find themselves on the wrong end of a comedian’s wit? That was the dilemma faced by Waitrose after they were the latest subject of Milo McCabe’s Greeter’s Guild series in which Troy Hawke delivers impeccably styled compliments to customers at the door. The staff, somewhat bemused, summoned […]
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This July, The Comedy Crowd teamed up with The Awkward Yeti creator Nick Seluk to launch an exciting new comic writing competition. We waited with baited breath to see what you comedians and funny people would come up with, and you did not disappoint! We had heaps of fantastic entries from across the globe, just […]
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At the Comedy Crowd we run our annual 2 minute comedy sketch competition “Chorts” for one reason: to discover exciting new comedy talent. So when someone completely original, confident, clearly very funny and right at the start of their creative journey comes along, we tend to get excited. This can sometimes result in the sharing […]
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by Ailish McCarty (@thesleepycomedian) Hey everyone! Very excited to be submitting pieces to the Comedy Crowd, a fantastic platform that encourages creativity and showcasing comic talent. I’m writing a series of how comics can increase their brand online through my own trial and error. Tiktok has managed to outshine Instagram in terms of online content […]
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This video, by Sven Pape of the excellent ‘This Guy Edits‘ YouTube channel is an incredibly valuable insight into comedy creation through the eyes of an editor, specifically Roger Nygard, who has worked on ‘Veep’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’. He talks about a number of key lessons for editing comedy, and many of these should […]
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This week’s featured creator is Holly Hall, the newly crowned winner of the BBC New Comedy Award’s Digital Comedian of The Year!
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This week’s featured creator is Ania Magliano, one of the 4 four regular writers on the ‘Have I Got News For You’ Twitter account.
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We are looking for an aspiring animator intern to develop a comedy project. This is a paid role at student intern rates for 5/6 hours per week that would be ideal for someone looking to gain experience alongside their studies or work. Details below! Role: Animator intern – animating comedy content for distribution across multiple digital channels […]
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This week’s featured creator is Izzy Radford. Izzy is a bold, young and exciting new writer who leads the Scripted department for TV production company ‘Ten66’.
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This video, by the ‘Comedy Without Errors’ YouTube channel is an equally informative and entertaining piece on heckling, and how to respond. It profiles the different types of people who heckle, and the varying responses that can blunt them. Weaved in are some classic examples of comebacks, ranging from the ‘meet fire with fire approach’ […]
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By Paul Holliday. I’m excited to be producing my first live comedy show, ‘A Little Bit Sketchy‘. And at the Lowry no less! It’s been quite a trek to get the show up and running and thought to share a few bits of my experience.
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