Overview
What
is it to be a stand-up comedian? To be funny, solo? You have no
character-role, no double-act partner, and nowhere to look but out into
the darkness, with just a microphone, an audience and your imagination.
This
is a job without an annual appraisal; a job where you are publicly
appraised every ten seconds. The results are harsh and obvious: if the
audience isn't laughing, you 'died'; if they can't stop, you 'killed'.
Deborah
Frances-White and Marsha Shandur unpack the inner-workings of the minds
of comics, sharing their secrets, insecurities and successes; their
bêtes noires and their biggest fears. Featuring interviews with a host
of comedians including Eddie Izzard, Moshe Kasher, Sarah Millican, Jim
Jeffries, Stewart Lee, Lewis Black, Jenny Eclair, Todd Barry, Richard
Herring, Marc Maron, Stephen K Amos, Rich Hall, Zoe Lyons, Marcus
Brigstocke, Phill Jupitus, Gary Delaney, Mark Watson, Greg Davies and
many more, this excellent book lets you in to the hearts and minds of
celebrated comedians, away from the stage and off the mic. - See more
at:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/off-the-mic-9781472526380/#sthash.PbmW7v8q.dpufWhat
is it to be a stand-up comedian? To be funny, solo? You have no
character-role, no double-act partner, and nowhere to look but out into
the darkness, with just a microphone, an audience and your imagination.
This
is a job without an annual appraisal; a job where you are publicly
appraised every ten seconds. The results are harsh and obvious: if the
audience isn't laughing, you 'died'; if they can't stop, you 'killed'.
Deborah
Frances-White and Marsha Shandur unpack the inner-workings of the minds
of comics, sharing their secrets, insecurities and successes; their
bêtes noires and their biggest fears. Featuring interviews with a host
of comedians including Eddie Izzard, Moshe Kasher, Sarah Millican, Jim
Jeffries, Stewart Lee, Lewis Black, Jenny Eclair, Todd Barry, Richard
Herring, Marc Maron, Stephen K Amos, Rich Hall, Zoe Lyons, Marcus
Brigstocke, Phill Jupitus, Gary Delaney, Mark Watson, Greg Davies and
many more, this excellent book lets you in to the hearts and minds of
celebrated comedians, away from the stage and off the mic. - See more
at:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/off-the-mic-9781472526380/#sthash.PbmW7v8q.dpufWhat
is it to be a stand-up comedian? To be funny, solo? You have no
character-role, no double-act partner, and nowhere to look but out into
the darkness, with just a microphone, an audience and your imagination.
This
is a job without an annual appraisal; a job where you are publicly
appraised every ten seconds. The results are harsh and obvious: if the
audience isn't laughing, you 'died'; if they can't stop, you 'killed'.
Deborah
Frances-White and Marsha Shandur unpack the inner-workings of the minds
of comics, sharing their secrets, insecurities and successes; their
bêtes noires and their biggest fears. Featuring interviews with a host
of comedians including Eddie Izzard, Moshe Kasher, Sarah Millican, Jim
Jeffries, Stewart Lee, Lewis Black, Jenny Eclair, Todd Barry, Richard
Herring, Marc Maron, Stephen K Amos, Rich Hall, Zoe Lyons, Marcus
Brigstocke, Phill Jupitus, Gary Delaney, Mark Watson, Greg Davies and
many more, this excellent book lets you in to the hearts and minds of
celebrated comedians, away from the stage and off the mic. - See more
at:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/off-the-mic-9781472526380/#sthash.PbmW7v8q.dpufWhat
is it to be a stand-up comedian? To be funny, solo? You have no
character-role, no double-act partner, and nowhere to look but out into
the darkness, with just a microphone, an audience and your imagination.
This is a job without an annual appraisal; a job where you are publicly
appraised every ten seconds. The results are harsh and obvious: if the
audience isn't laughing, you 'died'; if they can't stop, you 'killed'.
Deborah Frances-White and Marsha Shandur unpack the inner-workings of
the minds of comics, sharing their secrets, insecurities and successes;
their betes noires and their biggest fears. Featuring interviews with a
host of comedians including Eddie Izzard, Moshe Kasher, Sarah Millican,
Jim Jeffries, Stewart Lee, Lewis Black, Jenny Eclair, Todd Barry,
Richard Herring, Marc Maron, Stephen K Amos, Rich Hall, Zoe Lyons,
Marcus Brigstocke, Phill Jupitus, Gary Delaney, Mark Watson, Greg Davies
and many more, this excellent book lets you in to the hearts and minds
of celebrated comedians, away from the stage and off the mic.