Making Creativity Pay

“I have to do the fringe because I have to do a show, I'm telling myself it is better that I do like, God forbid, it's better to have a one star show that you do than a show that does not exist that in your mind has four stars or five stars.Like you just have to do the thing. Because otherwise, you know, I'm not a natural jumping off the cliff kind of thing. I'm naturally really risk averse, but I just have to do a show. It's like something in me”Latest episode is with comedian Davina BentleyDavina is currently preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe where she is performing her show ‘Dancing While Old’, we talk about why this year is the right year to debut, and moving away from a legal career to focus on comedy.We also talk about building a social media presence and creating comedy both online and for radio.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davinabentleycomedy/ Fringe Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/davina-bentley-dancing-while-old Episode Image: https://www.instagram.com/bekor_/ Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/

“Everybody says that the best person to flyer your show is yourself. And that's true apart from when it's me. I'm really bad at flyering. I'm someone who wears their emotions on their sleeve quite a lot, people can tell that I'm not enjoying myself when I'm flyering. When you're trying to get yourself in the mindset for a show and be positive, there are better ways to prep for that than being rejected 150 times by people saying, are you funny though? Are you funny? We'll come if you are”Latest episode is with comedian Richard Stott.Richard is currently preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe where he is performing his show ‘Streets won’t forget’, we talk about nightmare reviews, bad flyering experiences and a lot of good experiences too such as reaching the final of the UK pun championship.We also talk about how his day job and comedy experience combine creating social media content for organisations.Website: https://www.textualhealing.co.uk/richard-stott-thpr-2026 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_rstott Fringe Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/richard-stott-streets-won-t-forget Episode Image: Andy Heathcote https://www.instagram.com/andyheathcote/ Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/

“It’s written, performed, directed and produced entirely by women and there’s something ridiculously refreshing about that” - Claire RaffertyOn this episode I spoke with some of the writers and performers of Gobby Girls: The Afterparty which is on at the Soho Theatre from 20th-22nd NovemberWe talk about their sold out Edinburgh Fringe run and how it went from idea to performance in just a matter of weeks and taking a new show to Soho Theatre.We also talk about the importance of community and the support they get from group as well as discussing how the show came about, online promotion and value of improvisation.Soho Theatre Tickets: https://sohotheatre.com/events/gobby-girls-the-after-party/ Gobby Girls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gobbygirlproductions/ Female Pilot Club Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femalepilotclub/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/gobbygirlproductions Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beyond_the_Pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/

“ So we have a main rule at comedy club that there's no toilet humour because it's too easy, I can make a fart sound and the room will explode with giggles. So we try and really emphasize that it's about being clever. I want you to go home to your grownups, whoever's looking after you. And I want them to be like, I'm genuinely impressed that you've come up with that joke or that character or that sketch idea or whatever.”Comedian, Podcaster, Poet and more Charlotte Cropper.We talk about Charlotte’s job working as a facilitator for kids after-school comedy workshops, her comedy night Slumber Party that she runs in Manchester, as well as Fight Club a writing support group and collective and a load of other creative endeavoursInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/croppachoppa/ https://www.instagram.com/slumber.party.comedy/ Website: https://www.charlottecropper.co.uk/ Nottingham Comedy Festival (2nd Nov):https://www.nottinghamcomedyfestival.co.uk/charlotte-cropper---beth-moore--croppachoppa-s-slumber-party Golden Time Podcast:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1821766240 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1fAE9Ovn1FWYi58HwI2Ke0 Other Gigs, Fight Club and more:https://linktr.ee/charlottecropper TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@croppachoppa Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’Website: https://podcasting.makingcreativitypay.com/episodes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beyond_the_Pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/

“ We've done a couple of boat cruises with Brian Blessed called Overboard with Brian Blessed, which was great fun 'cause people just love being in the room with him.The first one we did on the Thames, we'd written this beautiful script about all of the facts about this, that and the other when we passed them on the river and he sort of had the piece of paper and went, what the fuck is this? And just literally threw it out the window and then just started telling stories for two hours.” Giles Gear founder of Giddy Aunt Comedy and founder of the Cheerful Earful Podcast festival which starts in the UK on the 12th October.We talk about how the festival came about, the importance of building a community and also other parts of Giddy Aunt comedy including the fantastically named Golden Lobes which is a podcast awards evening which has representation from indie podcasters through to national giants.We also talk about the range of live events Giddy Aunt has set up including Louis Theroux, Brian Blessed and many more. Festival Tickets: https://cheerfulearful.podlifeevents.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheerfulearfulpodfest/ https://www.instagram.com/giddyauntcomedy/ Website: https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/ https://www.giddyauntcomedy.com/ Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’Website: https://podcasting.makingcreativitypay.com/episodes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beyond_the_Pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/

This episodes guests are Comedian and Author Laura Lexx and Dr. Oliver Double, Reader in Comic and Popular Performance at the University of Kent.We talk about their new YouTube show and podcast "The Comedy Bureau" described as "set in afictional-but-familiar academic department within UNI - The University of Niche Interests.This dusty, underfunded - yet somehow still operating - department is staffed by two real-lifecharacters from opposite ends of the comedy world: full-time performer Lexx, and renownedcomedy scholar Double, once dubbed by Stewart Lee as 'the Charles Darwin of alternativecomedy'."We talk about dissecting comedy, how the show came about and the various areas around promoting a new show from Social Media clips through to YouTube thumbnails.Links:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@the.comedy.bureau Laura Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexxlaura/ Oliver Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliver.double Laura Website: https://lauralexx.co.uk/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-bureau/id1836934156 Episode Image: Karla Gowlett https://www.instagram.com/karlagowlett/

" I just wrote 40 pages, booked in a preview in October last year at the Bill Murray, knowing I didn't have an ending I was like, just do it, perform it, then chat to the audience. I even sold it as like, please don't come, to really thin out the people who were gonna go. So, I think we had like 30 people at the Bill Murray who were gathered, who were like the hardcore and wanted to see a play about a puffin."Stuart is at the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a variety of shows ranging from a play to stand-up to saying never for an hour dressed as Michael Caine. We talk about the development of the shows, the difference between comedy in a play versus stand-up, his work directing others and creating shows with his production company Turtle Canyon.Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on?search=true&text=stuart%20laws Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stuartlawscomedy/ Website: https://www.stuartlaws.com/ Podcast/Tour Dates etc., https://linktr.ee/stuartlawscomedy Turtle Canyon Comedy: https://www.instagram.com/turtlecanyoncom Sketchburn: https://www.sketchburn.com/ Stuart Laws: Is that Guy Still Going? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeOYMIEXu44 The Debuts (Fringe Film): https://youtu.be/U013qgaOJU0Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’Website: https://podcasting.makingcreativitypay.com/episodes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beyond_the_Pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/