Vote Frank Chickens!
Stewart Lee on that Foster's poll
30/07/2010 … In the small hours of July 20, I received a badly punctuated e-mail advertising Foster’s through the medium of The Foster’s Comedy God poll, which invites the…
2010 Opinions
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Fri 30 July 2010
Thu 29 July 2010
Like being a comedian, only verse...
Tim Clare on the stand-up poet's lot
29/07/2010 … So the gig was going great.
Notes from a newbie
Johnny-come-lately Lee Kern tells the comedy world what's what
29/07/2010 … I only started doing stand-up in November.
Fringe lessons learned...
Lynn Ruth Miller on performing at Edinburgh
29/07/2010 … I became a performer at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005.
Wed 28 July 2010
Who *are* these people who want to see me?
Giacinto Palmieri studies his ticket sales reports
28/07/2010 … For all performers, these pre-Edinburgh days are filled with hope, fear and expectation.
Tue 27 July 2010
Two's a crowd?
Linus Lee on his smallest audience so far
27/07/2010 … Last weekend I played to the smallest audience I’ve ever experienced: two people.
Mon 26 July 2010
What can we learn from comedy?
Alan Driscoll ponders the science of stand-up
26/07/2010 … EB White once said words to the effect of: ‘Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog.
Sun 25 July 2010
How to be happy
Diane Spencer's picked up some tips for comedians
25/07/2010 … I’ve just been reading The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt, an analysis of Eastern and Western religious ideas, ancient wisdom and modern philosophies which…