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Originally Posted by Beatrix Von Bourbon
1. Stand up isn't easy. Don't think for one micro second that it will be.
2. Go with your guts 'cause your brain will talk you out of it.
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Great that you are giving this a go, well done you!
I do stand up comedy, I've done slots of between 5 - 10 minutes so far and I absolutely adore it! Great fun and you meet great people. How long is your set and where are you doing it?
Your friend is right though, it isn't easy. I spent months writing and re-writing before I did my first gig. Trying to work out what sort of persona I wanted to have, my tone of delivery, timing (which is a HUGE factor) etc.
Atleast you already have the advantage of being used to the stage
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Originally Posted by Beatrix Von Bourbon
I'm still trying to suss out what my motivation is for doing this. I think it's a combination of being a frustrated audience member (i.e. if the comics can't get it right, I'd better do it myself) and wanting to add another skill to the repertoire
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Both reasons are good motives. A lot of people are giving comedy a go nowadays because I think people do look at the big name comedians that they see and want to give it a go. It's becoming much more mainstream, there are courses at Universities and hundreds of workshops and books on the art of comedy. But making it more widely available like this also means that there will be an influx of people who don't think too much about the work that goes into it and just head into it thinking it'll be easy. Hence, as you described, there are sometimes reams of people who just want to give it a go but haven't actually thought about the fact that just because a few friends think they are funny, doesn't mean the same will be said of a paying/non paying, possibly drunk, possibly rowdy audience. I admire anyone who gives it a go though because the only way to find out if your material is any good is by trying it out on an audience.
The adding another skill motive is good too, I adore performing stand up and I'm looking to get into performing Burly so hopefully they will compliment each other
Let us know how it goes! xx