10 business lessons you can apply to stand-up
Ian Hawkins gets all corporate...
26/06/2012 … I spent five years working for JLA, the UK’s biggest agency providing speakers to address events.
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Tue 26 June 2012
Thu 21 June 2012
Carr-eer suicide?
JR Moores wonders if the tax scandal will hit Jimmy Carr's comedy
21/06/2012 … Among all the references to Alexei Sayle, Ted Chippington and Simon Munnery in Stewart Lee’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate nestled some unexpectedly gushing praise…
Wed 20 June 2012
Why do I keep tolerating these nights?
Elliot Wengler on the 'joys' of the open-mic circuit
20/06/2012 … About 20-25 gigs into the open mic comedy-gigging world is when you realise that you’re an idiot.
Sun 17 June 2012
Should Armando have accepted the OBE?
17/06/2012 … Should Armando Iannucci have accepted his OBE? Former Blair spin doctor Alastair Campbell certainly doesn’t think so.
Fri 15 June 2012
Talking shop...
Yianni Agisilaou goes to the Chortle conference
15/06/2012 … When the alarm rings at 6:45am and you – a comedian – pull your covers aside and arise, it’s usually to head to some remote ‘London in name only’ airport…
Wed 13 June 2012
Fri 08 June 2012
The geeks shall inherit the mirth
Ashley Frieze looks at how technology has changed the comedy business
08/06/2012 … The stand-up world seems to grow larger every year with more and more acts looking for an in-road into this highly competitive business.
Thu 07 June 2012
The measure of my success
Geoff Norcott on the concerns of the not-famous comedian
07/06/2012 … I have no idea what someone like Rhod Gilbert would view as success, the first time they - or their people - run a sales report for their Edinburgh fringe run in…