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The Secret Reviewer Performance

The Secret Reviewer #51: Cracking the WIP

  • Wednesday 7th June 2023

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: It's time for comics to show us their workings.

Barmy Dale exhibition at Wirksworth Heritage Centre. Image shows left to right: Stuart Wheeldon, Martin Skellern

The business of creating Barmy Dale

  • Thursday 1st June 2023

Martin Skellern and Stuart Wheeldon, the writers and producers of audio sitcom Barmy Dale, talk about how they launched their project and built it up to the point it now features stars from shows including Hi-De-Hi!, 'Allo 'Allo!, Radio Active and Brush Strokes.

Louis Paxton

Louis Paxton on bringing Calamity James to the screen for the BBC

  • Wednesday 31st May 2023

Edinburgh-based writer and director Louis Paxton talks about bringing Calamity James, the first adaptation of a Beano character for adult audiences, to the screen as part of the BBC Comedy Short Films strand.

Jon Petrie

Jon Petrie's BBC Comedy Festival 2023 speech

  • Wednesday 24th May 2023

Here is the speech BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie has given to launch the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff.

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How comedy creatives can use social media

  • Tuesday 23rd May 2023

Social media can be useful for building your comedy career. You should at least consider it. Here's why...

Sean Foley. Credit: Kris Askey

My Comedy Career: Sean Foley

  • Sunday 21st May 2023

"Rigid organisation. Total flexibility." Ahead of the Sky Comedy Rep showcases, writer and director Sean Foley tells us about his career.

Sky Comedy Rep 2023. Image shows left to right: Asia Wray, Mahad Ali, Aoife Kennan, Doug Crossley, Tom Critch, Hattie Soykan, Alice Etches, Georgie Morrell Writing

Sky Comedy Rep: Writers interview

  • Friday 19th May 2023

We talk to the writers selected for the Sky Comedy Rep 2022/2023 scheme to find out more about their experiences of the development programme. They offer up some interesting specifics in terms of what they have learnt during the six months of mentoring.

Five hands, counting on fingers to five Writing

The five stages of sitcom

  • Thursday 18th May 2023

We thought it might be useful to run through, in brief, the barebones of the sitcom writing and production process.

Dec Munro Production

My Comedy Career: Dec Munro

  • Tuesday 16th May 2023

Dec Munro, who is behind a number of live comedy shows and venues, tells us more about what he does in his job.

Networking

Comedy industry networking

  • Thursday 11th May 2023

Whether you like it or not, networking is something that you're just going to have to do if you want to get ahead in the comedy industry. In this article we talk about the benefits of meeting others, and how to go about it.