167 - Comedy, Character & the Fakir Academy - the Headmaster of Pain Håvve Fjell part 2 of 2

About this episode

The episode explores the art of pain-proof performance with guest Håvve Fjell, focusing on the balance between shock and audience engagement.

Pain stunts can shock anyone. The real question is: how do you turn shock into something people actually want to come back for? I sit down again with Hoverfiel, the Norwegian pioneer behind Pain Solution, to talk about the hard-earned craft of pain-proof performance and why “keeping it real” is more than a slogan. We get into what happens when you refuse illusions, build shows around music cues, and design an act you can carry solo in a gig economy without watering down the material. F...

People in this episode

Host: Captain Frodo

Guest: Håvve Fjell

Topics covered

• comedy
• performance
• pain-proof
• gig economy
• illusion
• music cues

Keywords

• pain stunts
• performance art
• comedy
• gig economy
• illusion
• music cues
• Håvve Fjell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pain Solution

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