I’ve been doing Standup Comedy for five years. Well, mostly getting barred from venues but it still counts. I think there is a big overlap between writers and standup comics. My favourite standup acts follow a traditional storytelling arc …start slow, develop the characters, hit peak action, resolve the narrative and exit stage left. That’s what I like to do too. That way if the audience whinge ya can say in your head ‘fuck em, they got full throttle’. It’s not a trendy style but so what, not everyone has to do forced banter with the punters.

Below is my latest standup effort -it creaks a bit. The problem was that the time limit of seven minutes meant cutting the tale short, and a story is, well, whatever length it takes to tell. Missing is a bit of singing, spoofing about being on Jupiter and taking the piss out of ‘hey guys, do you ever do the very normal relatable thing?, so do I’ comedy material. Anyways, the bit is about ambition -a sort of cautionary tale. The delivery was too quick, and the end is not up to spec. But if you’re a comedy nerd then it’s an example of where alternative comedy is in 2026: