E23: What Every New Comic Needs to Know - Alfie Noakes | MC/Promoter |
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
Release Date: 07/08/2022
S2E18: REPLAY: Why Letting Your Set BREATHE (by doing THIS) is So Important
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
Have you ever been out to dinner with a group of friends and after a bunch of chit chat the table falls to a dead silence… And as that awkward feeling starts creeping up your shoulders someone starts babbling again and relief washes over you? What is it about silence that gets to people? I think that we are so used to being bombarded by sound, that when silence arrives, it’s so unfamiliar that we have an unconscious need to fill it back up. Why? Because nature abhors a vacuum. We have an unconscious need to fill empty space. What does this have to do with comedy? Well, It’s been said...
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S2E17: REPLAY: The Best Nuggets From Season 1
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
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S2E16: REPLAY: Going PRO - What It Means To Be A Professional Comedian
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
-If you are going to do this, just decide to be a professional. Learn some skills; give it some time. It's not going to be easy; set proper expectations, go out there and give it your best and just keep doing it.- 'Go Pro' by Eric Worre. For some people, being professional is synonymous with having years of experience on stage. For others, it could be the aura you emit, the way you carry yourself, what style you show up with, your outfit, and a host of others. Robin Williams said, "Comedy is the only art form that you can use everything you know." In this episode, Linda Schwartz takes us...
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S2E15: REPLAY: Pt2 Going From A Tight 5 to Tight 7 - Deconstructing My 7 Min Set
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
Standup comedy is a personal development course in action, according to our host, Linda Schwartz. Her comedy is a work in progress, as is she, but she’s sharing her (cringeworthy) experiences to help you improve, too. On the last episode of She Shed Comedy, we dissected Linda’s tight five from her 2022 Pretty Funny Women show. Today, we’re taking a look at her seven-minute set, so get ready for some laughs and a few lessons! Perhaps one of the most important things to remember about crafting a set is that the time of a set isn’t how much time you actually have. This is comedy, after...
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S2E14: REPLAY: Going From A Tight 5 To A Tight 7 - Deconstructing My 5 Min Set
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
Every comic starts out with a five-minute set or what the industry refers to as a ‘tight five’. This tight five will evolve over time and eventually expand into a seven-minute set, then a 15-minute set, then a 45-minute set, and so on. Since Linda started performing, her set has evolved constantly, with minor tweaks from show to show. Today, we deconstruct her tight five and take a look at how she put her set together to get it as tight and structurally cohesive as possible. This episode offers insight into the methodology behind crafting a set using Linda’s performance from the Pretty...
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S2E13: REPLAY: Bombing Pt 1: Why You Must Embrace This To Get Better
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
A comic’s biggest fear is going on stage and hearing crickets, or worse, heckles. Bombing on stage is quite traumatic, it can stay with you for years to come and even be the reason you leave comedy all together. However, chances are, most comics WILL bomb, it’s just the name of the game. So how can we look at bombing differently and reframe our perspective to make it work for us? On today’s episode, you will be hearing 5 different women comic’s takes on their bombing experience, what they felt when it was happening, and what they learned from it. These incredible...
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S2E12: REPLAY: How To Mine Your Life For Comedic Gold
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
We’ve heard this from women time and time again, “I don’t want to become my mother”. This begs the question, why are mother-daughter relationships so complicated? This is a tricky question, especially if you’ve grown up with a mother who was abusive, narcissistic, and neglectful. As a comic, you would think, wow, these traumatic events could be comedic gold, because comedy equals tragedy plus time right? Well, there is a missing piece to this equation, and that is the part in between tragedy and time, which is, reconciliation. To not retraumatize yourself as a...
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S2E11: REPLAY: Funny Mom? Start Here… This Episode is For YOU.
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
“You can’t pour from an empty cup”, is a quote our host Linda Schwartz now lives by. Linda lived this reality when realizing she had abandoned herself and her creative pursuits after diving headfirst into motherhood. However, being a mother and a wife doesn’t mean you stop being you. This is a fact Linda wants to drive home to you listeners by hearing her journey how she came back to herself to become the comic she is today. In today’s episode, Linda gives her backstory of becoming a mother and living with guilt and regret only to realize...
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S2E10: News News News: NEW YORK & Holiday Hiatus
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
As Fall rolls through, it's time for us to slow down and get settled into a space of reflection. As Linda heads to NY next week for the NY Comedy Festival, we are winding down the year with a Holiday Hiatus and will not be producing new episodes until the new year. If you're in NY and want to attend a show Linda's performing in, please . Until NEXT YEAR, Stay safe, Stay Happy, & Stay Healthy!
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S2E9: Pausing: Why Letting Your Set Breathe(by doing THIS) Is So Important
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
Have you ever been out to dinner with a group of friends and after a bunch of chit chat the table falls to a dead silence… And as that awkward feeling starts creeping up your shoulders someone starts babbling again and relief washes over you? What is it about silence that gets to people? I think that we are so used to being bombarded by sound, that when silence arrives, it’s so unfamiliar that we have an unconscious need to fill it back up. Why? Because nature abhors a vacuum. We have an unconscious need to fill empty space. What does this have to do with comedy? Well, It’s been said...
info_outlineYou don’t have to be a comedian if you want to have a career in comedy. If you want to make an impact in comedy while also understanding the craft and business, you can have a career in comedy without needing to go on stage.
Our guest today has an impressive CV making a major splash in comedy. He is the host of “We Are Funny Project” in London, England which is currently in its 9th year, MC, promotor, and comedy tutor. What isn’t on his CV is, comic. Alfie Noakes has played an influential role in the comedy world and has helped many new comics make a name for themselves through his courses and workshops.
In today’s episode, we discuss how Alfie decided on a career in comedy and why he doesn’t call himself a comic. Since Alfie is heavily involved in live shows, we ask him how the digital age has impacted live shows, and if they are doomed because of it, as well as a host of other questions our listeners are sure to benefit from.
Tune in for a closer look at what Alfie offers in his workshops and courses, as well as many helpful tips to new and up and coming comics.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How Alfie became a comedy tutor and promoter
- How Alfie conducts his workshops and curriculum
- Empower people to pursue comedy as a career
- Why open mic is important to a new comic
- Impact of social media ie. TikTok and Instagram on comedy
- Are live comedy shows doomed in the digital age?
- Managing nerves on stage
- Comedy festivals and their importance for comics
- Tips for up and coming comics
Connect with Alfie Noakes and the “We Are Funny Project”:
Connect with Linda Schwartz:
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