I’m taking part in a comedy competition next Tuesday.

The winner will be decided by this voting system: each act and their bringer gets a first and second preference vote, and up to 13 members of the audience will get to vote their first and second preferences as well.

I don’t think it takes too much thought to see that the more people I can get to show up who want me to win, the better my chances of winning.

So please come to this and vote for me:

Tuesday 23 November 7:30pm - G & B Comedy New Act Competition, Kings Cross

The Star of Kings, 126 York Way, London N1 0AX

Multiple cool and sexy people have already agreed to come, so you can hang out with them. I’ll buy you a drink and if I win, the prize money is going behind the bar.

I won’t send any mid-week emails pestering you for the rest of the year, I promise.

Bonus content of interest only to comedians

To apologise for bothering you, I’ve written a little listicle:

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Things I wish I'd known when I started stand-up

There’s a weird sort of gatekeeping based on gig count that is inflicted on beginner stand-ups. I’ve seen people blithely assert that you can’t be any good at standup unless you’ve done some magic number of gigs, often 100. I’ve seen promoters advertise a spot as only for stand-ups who have done 200+ gigs. And yet of course we all know that there are st…

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9 months ago · Ben

Let me know what you think. I’m especially keen to know if there is anything you disagree with.

Please come and vote for me. Please. Bye.