Tell us about your style of comedy. I’m trying to get a catchphrase going: Do you like silly? Because that’s what I aim for, just plain silliness. I’m trying to veer from more straight stand-up into clowny, alternative, silly stuff. It’s clever, I make my own props that are way too time consuming. At the … Continue reading “I use my comedy to invite people into my world” | Mette Kousholt on exploring philosophy and neurodivergence through Eurovision-level silliness

Tell us about your style of comedy. I like to watch comedy that is alternative with a capital A - think formally trained clowns covering themselves in raw egg. While I’m not quite that weird, I like to think of myself as someone who enjoys and embraces the fact that standup is a rule-free world. … Continue reading “Laughing together in a room full of other people at the same stuff feels really nice, doesn’t it?” | Ali Panting on revelling in the weirdness of standup, props and radio comedy

Tell us about your style of comedy. A two-way street of anxiety-fuelled self-deprecation. “I'm weird, and that's funny. But we're all weird, and that's funny, too.” How did you get into comedy? My good friend Edward Roworth inspired me, and I then took improv classes while living in Berlin. Proof that Germans (and Southerners) have … Continue reading “Ideas are born when they’re ready.” | Stuart Dunlop explores his unquitable, meandering creative journey through comedy, improv and more