Stand Up Comedy — Easier Said Than Done

I’ve been playing with the idea of doing stand up comedy for a few years now. Not seriously, because well, it’s comedy, funny stuff, isn’t it, not serious stuff, right?

But of course if you’re decided you’re going to put on an act, and ask people to pay money to see your perform, then it does actually get a bit serious, more serious than you realise, at the start.

If you’re doing a show, you need material to perform, a persona to perform as, and an outfit perhaps. And you definitely need a venue to perform in, as well as a way to sell the tickets so you get paid for doing what you do.

That all takes organising …

I know that because I’ve had a bit of a go at this stand up comedy thing in a half-arsed lame kind of way, putting out feelers, trying things out. I have the person I can perform as, I have an outfit, and I’ve done a few little bits and pieces of my act, and those present have laughed, so I guess that was successful.

But this wasn’t doing an act for the general public as such. I was actually doing the act for my support worker, and while she laughed, she may have done that to keep me happy, because I was her client … She says no, I was actually funny, but I can’t help feeling she would say that, to keep me happy …

I also did the act for a group of carers, having a meeting with someone from a company that provides assistance to carers, the ones who care for family members, not paid carers.