insideKENT Magazine Issue 43 - October 2015 | Page 31

SO YOU WANT TO BE A comedian… If you want to make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh, we’ve got some top tips to get you started in your comedic career! • Open Mic Go to as many open mic nights as you possibly can – it’s great experience, and will give you an idea as to whether stand up is for you. Are they laughing? Excellent! Are they staring stonyfaced? Hmm… time for some new material perhaps. • Make Notes People do and say funny things all the time. It’s the comedian’s job to remember them and make them funnier. So make sure you note down everything you hear that could turn into an amazing comedy routine. 31 • Network Make friends with club owners, get in touch with other comedians, talk to audience members – you never know who you are going to meet, or what opportunities they might offer you. • Get A Web Presence Start a blog, organise a YouTube channel, make a Facebook page – get yourself out there and let people know what you do so they can hire you. • Ignore Other People Well, some of them, anyway. The ones who laugh not at your jokes but at your dream of being a comedian. If that’s what you want, do it.