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Mic Time7. Amy Albright: yes, it's a woman doing comedyWhen I started the comedy course run by Phil Smith and Fran Garrity, I met lots of great people. But someone who seemed to be way ahead of the rest of us very early on (I think we managed to level up later) was Amy Albright.Now, we’ve done gigs together, I’ve been on the Too Grand open mic, and we’ve chatted socially, but I’ve not managed to get her onto the podcast so far. Until now!Amy chats about a few things, from that course that kicked it all off...2024-05-2126 min
Mic Time2. Open Mic Nights and More Fran GarrityI’m Mick Karma, and welcome to my podcast. If you were here last time, you would have heard my chat with Fran Garrity, a comedian from Teesside who I first met back in September 2023 when he co-presented a course on getting started in stand-up comedy.We continue as Fran explains what it was like to receive a “joke request” at a gig in December.We also chat about jokes, fantasy gigs, and the Stockton on Tee-Hees Intro to Stand-up Comedy course run by Shoecake Comedy.Oh, and Linda and Tony.Showno...2024-03-0526 min
Mic Time1. Chatting with Fran GarrityI’m Mick Karma, and welcome to my podcast. In Mic Time, I chat with comedians and share my experiences about the first stages of stand up comedy. I first performed in October 2023, and so far it has been a thrilling - and fraught - experience!Recently, I chatted with Fran Garrity, a local comedian and radio presenter, about how he got started in comedy.In the first episode of Mic Time, you can hear the first half of the chat, along with my thoughts and recollections of attending a stand up comedy course which wa...2024-02-2826 min