A blog about grass-roots live comedy.
Some advice and lessons I’ve learned from my many years experience of getting nowhere in standup comedy.
Edit: I wrote this a long time ago when I was very new to doing open mics and didn’t know anything about anything. The short, simple version of how to get started in stand-up is to write as much new material as you can and get as much stage-time as you can, and keep doing it … Read more
The most common fear people have when they’re thinking about trying stand-up comedy is getting heckled. Nobody gets into stand-up because they want to spend every gig dealing with hecklers. It would be great if you could just go up on stage and do your material without any fear of some rowdy audience member giving … Read more