How do you make comedy out of stuff that hurts?  The low-falutin’ Jarlath Regan opens up about the near-tragic event he turned into a show, and why he had to leave his own country to pursue comedy.
We also explore the pros of flyering your festival show yourself; posing as your own agent; and what Jarlath will say to Louis CK’s face if he ever meets him…

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Filed Under: Andrew Maxwell, Bill Cosby, Carl Donnelly, Dara O'Briain, Demetri Martin, Dylan Moran, Ed Byrne, Edinburgh, Festival, Fringe, Interview, Irish, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Carr, Joe Wilkinson, Louis CK, Maeve Higgins, Mental Health, Mitch Hedburg, Podcasting, Ricky Gervais, So You Think You’re Funny, Steven Wright, The Comedy Cellar, Tom Gleeson, TV Comedy, YouTube

Talented, dedicated and analytical, Melbourne-based Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall is part of a new generation of comics.
We discuss the acquisition of stage-time in a town with relatively few gigging opportunities, and geek out over the “mathematics” of joke-writing. Alasdair also reveals the ten thousand dollar motivational gamble that got his head in the game…

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