Oliver Double on teaching comedy
Published: Friday 12th June 2020
Erstwhile comedian Oliver Double is the author of Alternative Comedy: 1979 And The Reinvention Of British Stand-Up. He is also a lecturer in drama at the University of Kent, where he curates the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive. We previously spoke to him about spoke to him about alternative comedy. To follow up on that, here he talks about teaching comedy:
What can aspiring comics get out of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive?
Once lockdown is over, we would welcome anybody who wants to come and look at the stuff. Before the archive was properly up and running, when it hadn't...
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Alternative Comedy: 1979 And The Reinvention Of British Stand-Up is out now from Methuen Drama.
The A History Of Comedy In Several Objects podcasts are available via Apple Podcasts