The comedians paradise

We meet performer, theatre maker, director, teacher and originator of dark clown, Peta Lily.  She is one of the ground-breaking performers involved in shaping the Physical Theatre work of the 1980s. She is well known for her one-woman shows, physical theatre productions and it was a pleasure having her on the podcast. Here is an overview of what to expect:

[[02:14]] How Peta started her journey and concert pianist Victor Borge

[[06:03]] Having a buffet of performance teachers and how they shaped me

[[09:02]] Creating dark clown

[[16:07]] How stand up and clowning can be similar

[[20:02]] Teaching dark clown

[[26:00]] What makes dark clown standout

[[30:00]] How a lot of dark clown scenarios are set in an imaginary torture realm

We chat to the host and founder of the podcast, Marvin McCarthy, a promoter, comedian and clown. Here is an overview of what to expect:

[[03:07]] How I started my comedy journey

[[09:28]] What not to do when running a comedy club

[[22:34]] The mistake I made running a podcast

We chat to Sam See, a comedian and promoter based in experience with over a decades experience in Singapore. Here is an overview of what to expect:

[[12:40]]How being a booker gives you power

[[15:55]]The common troupes I have seen in comedy scenes across the globe 

[[20:27]]What I don’t understand about other comedians 

[[28:37]]The Malaysian and Singapore rivalry 

[[35:00]]Whats it like working with the biggest names in comedy

[[37:16]]My opinion on the UK comedy scene

[[48:51]] Comedians being the outcast in schools 

[[62:01]]Why I love zoom comedy

[[01:41]] How I became a clown and improviser

[[11:57]] Working with different performers

[[14:45]] Don’t get bogged down in one group

[[17:26]] Being in Edinburgh and dealing with its madness

[[21:53]] Follow the fear to progress in your life

[[24:43]] Stumbling across clown

[[30:44]] If there is one thing that you would take for performing arts in Poland?

If you would like to know more about Piotr, you can reach him on his Facebook at https://bit.ly/3EuLVpd and Instagram at https://bit.ly/3RODmbZ. If you enjoyed the episode you can help support the podcast by donating to the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise or follow Marvin through his Linktree at https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster. 

[[03:18]] How being taken the piss out of led to me being a comic

[[05:02]] How a lot of comedy comes from pain 

[[11:43]] How Glasgow and Edinburgh hate each other

[[18:03]] How people from different places banter and engage

[[19:41]] Comedians are a lot like high school children

[[22:08]] Comedy vs music

[[29:22]] Is the reason for offence people not going through enough hard knocks

[[41:17]] At what point do we forgive and forget

If you would like to know more about Peter, you can reach him on Facebook at peterwoodcomedy, Twitter at @pwcomedian and Tiktok at scottishlion. If you enjoyed the episode you can help support the podcast by donating to the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise or follow Marvin through his Linktree at https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster. 

[[01:21]] How I came up with my name

[[02:25]] British audiences are more rowdy than the Danes

[[06:20]] How Geo got into comedy

[[10:42]] What is the difference between the UK and Denmark

[[19:02]] How long it took for me to make it in comedy

[[25:04]] Having cancer and how it affected Geos comedy

[[31:42]] The annoying thing that people who haven’t had cancer don’t get

[[36:42]] How people changed when I made it in comedy

If you would like to know more about Geo, you can reach him on his website at  geocomedy.dk, Youtube at https://bit.ly/3BNqvk8 and Facebook at https://bit.ly/3UGhRwz. If you enjoyed the episode you can help support the podcast by donating to the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise or follow Marvin through his Linktree at https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster. 

We chat to Geoff Rowe, the founder of the Leicester comedy festival, which he started 30 years ago, here is an overview of what we talked about:

[[01:59]] How I started the Leicester comedy festival

[[08:58]] When it became my main job

[[11:52]] How much time does it take to build the festival

[[14:23]] Setting up a festival is all about experimenting and failing 

[[21:26]] The worst thing about other festivals 

[[26:52]] The worst thing about being a comedian before social media

[[29:36]] Why I love festivals 

[[33:31]] Working hard or smart?

[[42:31]] Comedy is like different tastes in music

[[43:50]] How to make a living from the creative arts

[[50:42]] The wrong and correct way to contact people

If you would like to know more about the Leicester comedy festival, you can go on https://comedy-festival.co.uk/. If you enjoyed the episode you can help support the podcast by donating to the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise or follow Marvin through his Linktree at https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster. 

We chat to Tim Hill English comedy promoter, tour guide in Amsterdam, where we chat about the Amsterdam comedy scene, here is an overview of what we talked about:

03:36 Being fluent in Dutch an English

10:17 A racist holiday

11:28 Very hard to shock dutch audiences

13:41 Why the dutch speak English so well

21:54 English vs Dutch speaking comedy scenes

24:07 The worst thing when doing comedy in a foreign language

27:38 What to do if your starting out in the Amsterdam comedy scene

30:03 Working on so many things, work smarter not harder

43:35 How much of standup represents life

If you would like to know more about Tim, you can reach him on his website at the comedy embassy, here is the link:https://www.comedyembassy.com/. If you enjoyed the episode you can help support the podcast by donating to the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise or follow Marvin through his Linktree at https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster. 

We chat to former comedian, James Harris, a comedian with over 20 years experience in the UK and German comedy scene, who after many years of being a standup, decided it wasn't for him, here is what we discussed:

[00:00] Intro

[01:02] Popular German saying, "Give the monkeys their sugar."

[05:25] The difficulties of doing comedy in another language

[13:02] His overall comedy journey

[18:54] When is the time to leave your dream 

[23;40]How comedy is focused on marketability

If you would like to know more about James, here are links to his latest works:https://stiffupperquip.substack.com/ and https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midlands-James-Harris/dp/B0B38CX11P. If you enjoyed the episode you can help support the podcast by donating to the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise or follow Marvin through his Linktree at https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster. 

We chat to a man, who you name it, has done it on both the black and mainstream comedy circuits of the UK, Mr Cee, he has travelled across the globe, has been doing comedy for over 20 years and has supported Kevin Hart, Dick Gregory, Paul Mooney, Felix Dexter, Gina Yashere & Clint Da Drunk on their UK tours. He is an overview of what we discussed:

[04:55] When Jongleurs was king of the jungle

[06:28] Being from a family of jokers

[09:32] The black and mainstream comedy circuit

[21:11] How to deal with your first bomb

[29:05] Be great at what you do, don't make excuses for bombing in comedy rooms

[51:03] You have to earn your stripes in comedy and continue smashing to progress

[55:23] Maddest moments on stage

[59:03] Stop focusing on the audience members that ain't laughing

If you would like to know more about Mr Cee, you can follow him on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter at mrceecomedian or contact Harvinson Jenkins at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the episode you can help support the podcast by donating to the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise or follow Marvin through his Linktree at https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster.