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Advice on following your dreams, especially those about stand-up comedy

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 […]

How to crowdfund an ISIS tragicomedy

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 […]

All Souls Productions – Shooting Low-Fi Comedy Films

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 […]

Tales from a new stand-up comic – Beating the Frog

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 […]

Seinfeld’s Elaine – the trailblazing ‘anti-woman’

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 […]

How ‘Nathan for You’ redefines the ‘prank show’

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 […]

Surviving Edinburgh Fringe

By Marysia Trembecka We have just passed the midway point of Edinburgh Fringe (it runs for three and a half weeks in August) and all us Fringe performers are feeling the constant pressure of the shows, late nights, the stresses of ensuring we have audiences that day. Plus there is the need to smooth over […]

How to set up a production company and enter film festivals

Michael James Dean is the founder of comedy production company Posh Dinosaur Productions. He has recently finished taking their latest film “Already Dead” on a successful year long film festival run. Now he’s taken the time to answer questions on setting up a production company, making a short comedy film and entering festivals. There is […]

On The Blog – Making a comedy website

By The Duntmeister After 30 years down the Information Technology pit at the data face, I decided to throw the towel in. After throwing the towel, I then left the job, turning my back on the grey world of IT forever and breathed in the fresh clean air of . . . . well . […]

Making the most expensive and offensive thing on the internet

By Dave McKenna The tale of how I became the man making the ‘most expensive & offensive thing ever made for the internet.’ Like many of the episodes of The Hateful Tate it started with too much alcohol and spending unnecessary amounts of money. It was a standard night in Margate, there was a rave […]

8 tips for performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival without losing your shirt..

By Marysia Trembecka – The Singing Psychic Edinburgh Fringe is still, despite the cost and the competition, the mecca of the comedy world. It’s the largest arts festival in the world where you can test your sketches, comedy character or indeed entire shows on audiences who are wild, free and looking to be entertained. Plus […]

How to get into Live Sketch Comedy

By Jason Flamm At The Comedy Crowd we talk a lot about why comedy creators should get involved in sketch groups, but how should you actually go about it? In this post Jason Flamm, Comedy Crowder and founder of Sketchpad Comedy, responds to that question when asked by a reader. “Hey I read your article and loved it. Not […]