By Jon Holmes. In 2017 comedian Hari Kondabolu created the documentary “The Problem With Apu“. It was a made-for-TV doc that addressed the racial incoherence of a fictional character: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. While I don’t claim to be of any sort of minority, I certainly always admired The Simpsons and still to this day will cite […]
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An interview with Steve Whiteley, creator of the comedy character Wisebowm, recently commissioned for a 30 minute BBC Radio 4 pilot. OK so it’s a 26 minute video, but that’s just because there is so much gold here for comedy creators. If you don’t want to watch 2 blokes chatting for that long and want […]
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By Chris Head I coach and direct stand-up and am the author of “A Director’s Guide to the Art of Stand-up”. Meanwhile I have an annual gig working with undergraduates at Bath Spa University to develop a multi-cam studio sitcom, I coach writers and I am about to script-edit a BBC Radio 4 sitcom pilot. […]
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By Jon Ornoy, Producer and Director, Animal Mother Films. As an independent producer, figuring out how to do a lot with a little is pretty much the name of the game, and as I now embark on producing my first narrative feature film that maxim is only proving more true. The other guiding principle that […]
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By Chris Head. So you want to create a comedy character. Perhaps it’s a character for you to perform or for a sitcom/comedy drama script. In this blog I am particularly thinking of narrative comedy script characters, but these thoughts can be equally useful for sketch characters and so on. Here are some ways you […]
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OK comedy creators. We know building an audience sounds like a bloody daunting nightmare. One of those where the cold sweat makes the bed all clammy with Facebook likes. But now it’s time for a totally fresh start. Forget making a website, a mailing list, all that stuff. Now you have a brand new page […]
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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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