HeyJaredSusan’s Substack
My personal Substack about improv comedy, character comedy, creativity and living life as a freelance creative.
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How to stay sane at the Edinburgh Fringe (opens the original)
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It’s August. August, for uk based comedians, is dominated by the Edinburgh Fringe. It is the largest arts festival in the world and looms over us like an exciting yet tiring lover, one who has incredible ideas for dates but always makes you pay for them. If you’re reading this and have no idea what the Edinburgh Fringe is like then this might give you a glimpse behind the curtain/bit of shitty fabric held up by gaffer tape. And if you’re up in Edinburgh doing a show, then this one’s for you baby
How to get over a rejection? Eat some chocolate. (opens the original)
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As well as being a character comedian, improviser and writer, I am also an actor. When I was young I mostly did “normal” theatre, but as time went on I gravitated more and more towards comedy. Now, as is the case for many of my peers, I tend to juggle all of it, which includes auditioning for things now and again. Once in a blue moon I hold out hope that I’ll get an acting job I’ve auditioned for. The standard advice for actors used to be “As soon as you leave the audition put the pages of the s
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