EP63 – Ariane Sherine – How to move from TV writer to stand up comedian

Ariane Sherine (@ArianeSherine) is a British musical stand-up comedian, comedy writer and journalist. She created the Atheist Bus Campaign, which ran in 13 countries during January 2009. In her career in TV she's written for My Family, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Countdown, The Story of Tracy Beaker and more!

I got her on the podcast to talk about -  Getting hate mail for the athiest bus campaign Dealing with a mental breakdown Fearing going to the final of a competition in case she got a bad review which might lead to loss of TV writing work. Coming out as having a mental illness Explanations of TV jargon terms like “shadow script” “sample script” “script polish” etc. Does having a baby hold you back in stand up / lose you work in TV?  

AND MORE!

You can join her mailing list to hear about adventures as a stand up by emailing her on ariane@arianesherine.com.

This podcast would be useful to anyone interested in writing for TV, how comedy competitions work and how having a baby impacts being a performing.

You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/ArianeSherine
Or get it on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937

If you enjoyed it please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a Patron for only $1 (80p) per episode! https://www.patreon.com/AskTheIndustryPodcast 

You can also find my tour dates for 2016 here - http://simoncaine.co.uk/BuddhismAndCats2016

Every little bit helps! Alternatively you can support the show by giving it a review in iTunes or just by sharing the episode with a friend or two!

Thanks,

Si
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Want more content from me? Why wouldn't you!    Please check out my other podcast - The Audio Time Capsule. In each episode a guest comes on, leaves 20 questions, then a year later comes back on and answers them. I then edit it so they're talking to their past self.   Here are the links -    iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-audio-time-capsule-podcast/id1303205943 Webstream - http://simoncaine.co.uk/AudioTimeCapsulePodcast YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFZ_FLH1XqrCZysA1nFISw Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1008996252556647/?ref=br_rs Twitter - https://twitter.com/audiotimetravel