“It really helped me look at life from a different angle.” | Ophélie Hocquard talks tackling the patriarchy through crystals

Tell us about the show you’re bringing to the Vault Festival, Crystal Clear. It’s an hour of stand-up comedy in which I explain why I’m quitting stand-up comedy to become a crystal healer. What inspired you to write a show about crystal healing? I got really into meditation around the time I started stand-up, it … Continue reading “It really helped me look at life from a different angle.” | Ophélie Hocquard talks tackling the patriarchy through crystals

“We kind of stumbled our way through learning to write.” | Croft and Pearce on crafting narrative through sketch for Double Take

A bit about yourselves, what you do, why you do it etc... We met at school when we were 16 and started doing comedy together when we ran out of things to talk about (approx ten years into our friendship). We went from doing two minutes on a sketch night to taking a show to … Continue reading “We kind of stumbled our way through learning to write.” | Croft and Pearce on crafting narrative through sketch for Double Take

“Promoting other people’s creativity is a lot more productive for making change.” | Edalia Day on mixing comedy, songs and video to explore life outside the box

Tell us about your show, Too Pretty to Punch. Too Pretty To Punch is a comedy spoken word show about gender, the media and not fitting any of the boxes. It combines interactive video projection, physical comedy, spoken word and a banjo to break down our ideas of what gender is and what it means … Continue reading “Promoting other people’s creativity is a lot more productive for making change.” | Edalia Day on mixing comedy, songs and video to explore life outside the box