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Don't be too disheartened by my Final comment, for three reasons.
A friend of mine who started out pretty terrible has, after a year of performing and refining her act, become pretty competent. Still not great, but you don't spend the act willing h…
Awesome list, you should be a cracked.com writer!
As a comedy performer, and comedy snob I guess, I agree! I've seen too many acts who've been told by their mates at the pub that they're funny get up on stage and inflict their stupid observations o…
The 5 mistakes I’ve noticed new comedians make quite a bit.
First of all - I’m not a comedian, but I am a pretty obsessive comedy fan, so take this advice not from an experienced performer, but with the ‘pinch-of-salt’ and contempt it deserves.
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I reckon the interface needs tidying up a bit: n00bs might find all the options a bit offputting (mayhap merge photo's, video's and audio stuff into it's own category) "Gigs and Events" should be like the 2nd most prominent option - It'd be great to…
But if you grab at the handles
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- Location:
- Brighton
- What's your favourite comedy movie?
- Shaun of the Dead
- What are your influences?
- Stewart Lee, Daniel Kitson, Gideon DeFoe, Tim Vine, Douglas Adams, Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Jon Blyth, Richard Herring,
- Name a hairy dog
- Jeff.
- Are you a writer, performer, promoter, venue owner or other?
- Writer
- Have you got some other website somewhere? Huh?
- http://nostrilsoup.blogspot.com
- What, if anything, are you hoping to get out of this network?
- Sex. Lots and lots of sex. Maybe some paid work. Who knows?
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The 6 mistakes I’ve noticed new comedians make quite a bit.
The 5 mistakes I’ve noticed new comedians make quite a bit.
First of all - I’m not a comedian, but I am a pretty obsessive comedy fan, so take this advice not from an experienced performer, but with the ‘pinch-of-salt’ and contempt it deserves.
1. Too honest too early.
British comedy has taken a (rather delightful) turn towards self-confessional rants and revealing personal embarrassing information. Whilst this can endear the audience to you, it should be left until after you’ve made some dec… Continue
First of all - I’m not a comedian, but I am a pretty obsessive comedy fan, so take this advice not from an experienced performer, but with the ‘pinch-of-salt’ and contempt it deserves.
1. Too honest too early.
British comedy has taken a (rather delightful) turn towards self-confessional rants and revealing personal embarrassing information. Whilst this can endear the audience to you, it should be left until after you’ve made some dec… Continue
Posted on September 14, 2009 at 5:24pm — 2 Comments
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- At 12:35pm on April 27, 2009,
Lloyd said…
- Glorious Photo ma frien'! are you available for private hire?
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