Alice O'Brien
- Improviser, researcher and writer
Press clippings
Why you should avoid pandemic jokes like the plague
Like most of you, I am excited to return to the stage. It will be wonderful to no longer hear computerised static laughter that just doesn't sound genuine, or to worry if your internet will freeze up just before a punchline, or, worse, have a cat filter stuck on. Yet, as we gear up to enter those wonderful windowless basements once more, we need to make something clear, no one wants to hear your pandemic jokes. This is because every pandemic joke has been done, and in some cases, done well. Just before you @ me, let me make my case. TikTok. Case closed.
Alice O'Brien, Funny Women, 29th March 2021