By Dan Page

Hello!

Only a few short weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the Craft of Comedy conference in Llandudno.

The conference was welcoming, inspiring, engaging, insightful and informative – I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Nestled in amongst the talks, seminars, coffee and networking were the Comedy Crowd’s Chorts! Showcase, featuring a series of 2min videos featuring brand new comedy characters created by the citizens of the Comedy Crowd.

The showcase was slated to play on loop throughout the conference and then during the lunch session but a technical hitch at the venue meant the videos failed to play at all…

With disaster looming Steve Doherty (@SteveDoherty1), the conference organiser (and head honcho at Giddy Goat Productions) stepped in with a generous offer – the Chorts! would be played out as the last session of the conference. In the main hall. In front of every…single…delegate.

So there we were, a hall full of the great and the good of the comedy world, watching YOUR creations.  We’re talking heads of comedy for all the major channels, world-renowned performers and top class writers.

And, more often than not, they laughed.

As the Chorts! blared out on a 20-foot high projector screen with the sound turned up to 11, the audience enjoyed what was before them.  The hard work, the writing, filming, editing, polishing all paid off.

Yes, some videos got bigger reactions than others – sometimes it was a murmur of appreciation, other times a belly laugh, but all were applauded and appreciated.

It was a generous reaction from a generous crowd.

There may be a long way to go, but by Theresa May’s leopard skin shoes, that was one heck of a strong and stable start.