Understanding your show and your fans What’s the big idea? You know your comedy idea is damn good. But to find out who your true fans are, you need to think about your show in a different way. Who are the people, places, and groups that will give you a try when they’ve never heard […]
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Now you understand your fans, it’s time to go where they hang out and share your show. And before we enter this murky world don’t forget the most important thing, make this fun for you and your team! Stay in the moment and do what feels natural. This is rule number 1. OK enough pep […]
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Once your first fans have found out about you and come to your Punkanary page, it’s vital to provide them with a good volume of content (not necessarily videos) and interact with them, inviting and responding to comments or questions. Your Punkanary page is the home of your show. This means you don’t need a […]
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By Peter Wright. You’re about to go on a journey from horticulture to comedy commissioning… buckle up, it’s going to be quite a ride (or scroll to the bottom for a summary of what we learned). Look out for: – Vegetable violence advocated – Analogy creep – Pun based callback (capitalised for easy detection) – […]
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By Martin Jordan I have been an amateur stand up comedian on and off for just over a year. Or nine years if you count the time between my first and second gig because that’s how long it took to overcome my first gig at the London Comedy Store’s king kong. Yes, I am now […]
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We’re Wound Up Theatre, and our critically acclaimed, award-winning play ‘Bismillah! An ISIS Tragicomedy’ is transferring for a three week run to the Pleasance Theatre, London, following a sell-out run at the 2018 VAULT Festival. None of this would have been possible without the Kickstarter campaign that provided the means to stage it at the […]
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All Souls Productions are a comedy film group from Manchester comprising professional actors and a filmmaker. They focus on sketch comedy and are developing a sitcom. Meet the team in this video as they give great tips for shooting low-fi films, working as a collaborative team, and being part of the fringe comedy scene. Well […]
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By Jon Benoy My current stage of “I Am Writer Hear Me Roar” includes submitting anything that I feel I can write something worthwhile for, and – in turn – anywhere that is taking submissions. Yes, you feel a little sleazy at times, and occasionally you will sob in the shower, but actually I’d recommend […]
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In August 2016 Adam Martin wrote this piece about his first foray into the world of stand-up. His latest post is an update on his journey… Since I last typed at you I’ve done some stand up gigs. Chief among these are the two attempts to Beat the Frog – Manchester’s comedy answer to the […]
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By Esyllt Sears She’s fascinated with Greenland. She enjoys teasing animals, banlon, and seeing people running for their lives. She loves throwing garbage out the window, yet she’s extremely dainty. [Jerry Seinfeld on Elaine, The Pilot, 1993] Elaine Marie Benes, performed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been in my top five comedy characters for the last […]
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In the first in a series of articles looking at undiscovered or underrated comedy shows and characters, Tom Ratcliffe looks at how ‘Nathan for You’ has elevated the prank show genre beyond its crude beginnings… When you hear the words comedy prank show you may well, like myself, vomit enthusiastically. This may be due to […]
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‘Those Three Girls’ are a comedy writing/performing trio who won the 2013 Sitcom Mission with their Sitcom, ‘Girlband’, which follows the fans of a 90’s pop band (check out the trailer). We asked them to put together a short video to explain how they took ‘Girlband’ from script to pilot. Girlband is being screened at […]
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