Stand-up Comedy

West Cathy

Description

Learn what it means to be a stand-up comic and discover the best places to perform. Find out about famous stand-up comics and their styles. Find out how to start on the road to a career in comedy. Then read the story 'Jess Terr's Funny Life', about how Jess, the college joker, turns the tables on her teacher. Glitz! Glamour! Drama! Delve into the fantastic world of the performing arts with this book from the Starstruck series. A non-fiction section is followed by a fiction story on the same topic. Filled with striking photographs and illustrations, this book is ideal for any child who has an interest in an aspect of the world behind the stage curtain.

Informations

• Publié par: Ransom Publishing Limited
• Date de parution: 26 juin 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781781272336
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 71 Mo

Extrait

by Cathy West

Standup Comedy by Cathy West

Illustrated by Georgina Fearns

Published by Ransom Publishing Ltd. Radley House, 8 St. Cross Road, Winchester, Hants. SO23 9HX www.ransom.co.uk

ISBN 978 178127 233 6 First published in 2014 Copyright © 2014 Ransom Publishing Ltd.

Illustrations copyright © 2014 Georgina Fearns Photographic images copyright ©: cover – joshblake; pages 4, 5 – joshblake; pages 6, 7 – KenTannenbaum; Nick (http://www.flickr.com/people/11540081@N05); pages 8, 9 – Nikada; Shappi Khorsandi courtesy of Henry Cooksey, http://www.flickr.com/photos/henrycooksey/; Festival Fringe Society; pages 10, 11 – Nikada; Dame Edna: Eva Rinaldi (http://www.flickr.com/people/58820009@N05) from Sydney Australia; Jim Summaria (http://www.jimsummariaphoto.com/); pages 12, 13 – carlosphotos; pages 14, 15 – miflippo; Robin372; pages 16, 17 – vusta; black satin, passim – Jon Helgason. A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorized distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights, and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly. The rights of Anita Loughrey and of Stephen Rickard to be identified as the authors and of Georgina Fearns to be identified as the illustrator of this Work have been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.

Contents

All About Standup Comedy

What is standup comedy?

 Where can you see standup comedy?

 Kinds of standup comedy

 A career in standup comedy

 Getting started in standup comedy

 How do I stay funny?

Fiction Story

Jess Terr’s Funny Life

Curtain Call

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