The sobriety of variety: Why we made the Diversity Quota
Contributed by Eliott Simpson Comedy provides more than laughter; it provides understanding, empathy, education, and absurdity from an all-sorts assortmentContinue Reading
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"We won’t learn until something big happens to shock us." | Laura Lexx on dissecting the personal impact of society's problems for Knee Jerk
Photo credit: Karla Gowlett Tell us about your show, Knee Jerk. The tour version of Knee Jerk is so excitingContinue Reading
"Stinkbombs can make you more right wing." | Alex Kealy on finding humour in political turmoil for Rationale
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"Why did it take me to get this started?" | Siân Davies on the importance of Best in Class for working class comedians
Tell us about the concept behind Best in Class. Best in Class is a crowd funded, profit sharing show thatContinue Reading
"We own it, we aren’t afraid of laughing at ourselves." | Siân Davies talks coming of age in her late twenties on austerity sponsored travels
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Introducing your line up for Blizzard #11
Blizzard Comedy is a proud safe space with explicit content policies on Racism/sexism/homophobia/transphobia/ablism, and a general blanket ban on beingContinue Reading
"If you start taking things too seriously you’re done for." | Joe Hobbs talks navigating masculinity for his show, Big Boy
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"I just have to be careful with over-sharing about my partner." | Sam Lake talks equal marriage, event planning and Eurovision for his show Cake
Tell us about the show you’re bringing to the Vault Festival, Cake. Cake is the story of how I metContinue Reading
"Often silly, sometimes clever, always funny." | Just These Please talk bringing 5 star, sell out sketch comedy to Vault Festival
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