Stand-ups sketch out the alternatives

From The Metro:

Stuart Goldsmith is practically a veteran of the stand-up scene, a comic known for his slick monologues and excellent one-liners. He's very good at what he does, and lots of audiences agree. Strange, then, to discover that for this year's Fringe, he's thrown all that aside and teamed up with his pal Richard Sandling to form the sketch show Kiosk Of Champions. So why's a comedian like him decided to make such a U-turn?

'It's not about doing it because it's fashionable or anything,' explains Goldsmith, whose show runs as part of the Free Fringe. 'It's just that people are now realising there are no rules as to how comedy has to be performed. Everything's allowed in sketch comedy. You can do anything you want, and that's very attractive to stand-ups.'

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It's an interesting article. And it makes me want to take a sketch show up to Edinburgh again. Anyone else here perform their own sketches live? Is there a circuit for sketch comedy, or do you have to crash stand-up nights? So many questions...

There are quite a lot of sketch/character nights around these days. It seems to be very much in vogue. Places like the Albany, the Pleasance, the Canal Cafe (amongst others, I'm sure) seem to be favourite venues for this sort of malarkey. So it's probably quite a good time to get involved (or re-involved) in performing live stuff. Just doing 5-10 mins on someone else's night is great for trying new stuff out.

That's good hear. I'm working on a couple of sketch projects so maybe its the way.