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Off the mic : the world's best stand-up comedians get serious about comedy / by Deborah Frances-White and Marsha Shandur.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Performance booksPublisher: London, UK ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015Description: xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781472526380 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.76028092 FRA 23 009278
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. One Preparation 1.Inspiration 2.Material Deborah Frances-White talks to Paul Provenza 3.Persona Deborah Frances-White talks to Marcus Brigstocke 4.Structuring your Set Deborah Frances-White talks to Sarah Millican pt. Two Performance 5.Getting Started Marsha Shandur talks to Stewart Lee 6.Developing your Comedy Deborah Frances-White talks to Robin Ince pt. Three Mastering more than the Basics 7.Owning the Room John-Luke Roberts on the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society 8.The Best-laid Plans pt. Four Lifestyle Phill Jupitus talks to Eddie Izzard.
Summary: "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 bete noirs and their biggest fears. Featuring interviews with a host of comedians including Stephen K Amos; Mick Foley; Andrew Maxwell; Mark Watson; Greg Davies; Richard Herring; Phill Jupitus; Jim Jeffries; Marc Maron; Brendon Burns; Nathan Caton and Judah Friedlander, this excellent book lets you in to the hearts and minds of celebrated comedians, away from the stage and off the mic"--
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Includes index.

pt. One Preparation
1.Inspiration
2.Material
Deborah Frances-White talks to Paul Provenza
3.Persona
Deborah Frances-White talks to Marcus Brigstocke
4.Structuring your Set
Deborah Frances-White talks to Sarah Millican
pt. Two Performance
5.Getting Started
Marsha Shandur talks to Stewart Lee
6.Developing your Comedy
Deborah Frances-White talks to Robin Ince
pt. Three Mastering more than the Basics
7.Owning the Room
John-Luke Roberts on the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society
8.The Best-laid Plans
pt. Four Lifestyle
Phill Jupitus talks to Eddie Izzard.

"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 bete noirs and their biggest fears. Featuring interviews with a host of comedians including Stephen K Amos; Mick Foley; Andrew Maxwell; Mark Watson; Greg Davies; Richard Herring; Phill Jupitus; Jim Jeffries; Marc Maron; Brendon Burns; Nathan Caton and Judah Friedlander, this excellent book lets you in to the hearts and minds of celebrated comedians, away from the stage and off the mic"--

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