Stand-Up Diversity Podcast

By: Oliver Double
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  • Summary

  • The Stand-up Diversity Podcast celebrates diverse performers in comedy, past and present. Each episode features a long-form interview with an individual comedian in which they discuss their craft, their unique contribution to the stand-up scene and the joys and challenges of their comedy careers. Produced as part of a research project at the University of Kent, the podcast documents the contribution that diverse people have made to British stand-up comedy, and looks at what still needs to be done to recognise and promote diversity in the comedy industry.


    Hosted by Dr Oliver Double and Dr Sophie Quirk, with support from Research England’s Participatory and Co-produced Research Fund.


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Episodes
  • Elf Lyons

    Elf Lyons
    Jun 16 2023

    Elf shares her unique approach to making ‘comedy spectacles on a budget’. She explores the development of her career from 2008 - present, including: subverting expectations; the importance of knowing what the audience see; the benefits and accessibility of performer training; marketing of identity and representation; the importance of active involvement in your own industry.


    Content warnings: mention of rape from 11:25 – 11:50; discussion of a routine referencing sexual assault and the sexualisation of children from 31:20 – 34:00.


    More Elf Lyons at:

    www.elflyons.com 

    https://twitter.com/elf_lyons 

    https://www.instagram.com/elflyons/


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Bernard Padden

    Bernard Padden
    Jun 9 2023

    Bernard beguiles us with his experience as surrealist stand-up in the 1980s and 1990s. He covers a varied career, from his first stand-up gig to creating the exceptional Binky and Boo, his involvement in Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, and crossing paths with Alan Bennett and Doctor Who. He discusses: the value of relying on material over labels; changes in attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community from the 1980s onwards; his absurdist and unconscious influences. 


    More Bernard Padden:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ7nhOzuwvI (Binky and Boo, animated adaptation of a Bernard Padden routine)


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79_7iScDv3k (Bernard Padden routine adapted for Channel 4’s One in Five)


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    57 mins
  • Tanyalee Davis

    Tanyalee Davis
    Jun 2 2023

    Tanyalee shares her experience of performing on both sides of the Atlantic, from the 1990s - the present. She talks about stand-up as medium to celebrate her wonderful life before elaborating on: using comedy as inspiration; the impact a comedy career has on home life; the extra labour required to combat disability discrimination and disorganisation; the UK’s aversion to discussing disability; the importance of being ‘unstoppable me’. 


    More Tanyalee Davis at:

    www.tanyaleedavis.com 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVA1FmwAM_0 

    https://twitter.com/TanyaleeDavis


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    51 mins

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