Want comedy success? Think like an entrepreneur
15/04/2013 … I was considering my comedy career recently; and concluded that I think too much like an employee rather than an entrepreneur.
Latest Opinions
Chortle's Opinions section is an arena for fans to share their views on any aspect of comedy.
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Mon 15 April 2013
Thu 11 April 2013
Acting crazy - it's the new blackface
Tim Renkow wants comics to think more about mental illness
11/04/2013 … I was at an open mic night, recently, watching a plethora of middle-class white people trying to be edgy with poorly thought-out jokes about race, rape, child abuse,…
Wed 10 April 2013
My car's earning more than me
Ashley Frieze on the economics of being a comic
10/04/2013 … At a certain level on the comedy circuit, life revolves entirely around being on the road, quite literally.
Tue 09 April 2013
Say neigh to Brookerburgers
Alan Varley has a beef about British satire
09/04/2013 … In December 2009, as an unlikely battle for the Christmas No 1 was waged, Charlie Brooker wrote an article in which he clearly came down on the side of Killing In…
Sun 07 April 2013
Trapped by being free...
Comics have to work for nothing, but a union will stop exploitation, says Dave Cohen
07/04/2013 … Are you following me on Twitter? Have you read any articles by me on this website? Did you see me at one of the 30 or so gigs last year where I was trying out stuff…
Sat 06 April 2013
Everyone loves hearing about horrible gigs...
Milo McCabe has a backlash to the backlash
06/04/2013 … The backlash Kai Humphries got on these pages for posting an account of his demolition of a heckler struck a chord with me for a number of reasons.
Fri 05 April 2013
A hero... or just an egotist?
Mike James takes issue with Kai Humphries' heckler takedown
05/04/2013 … In a Correspondents piece earlier this week, Kai Humphries described how he silence a bullying heckler at a poorly arranged gig in Melbourne, by jumping on to the…
Comedy's in great shape! Spread the news...
Diane Spencer thinks comics should be more evangelical
05/04/2013 … A journalist rang me.