Put comedy on a boat and it changes.
The venue becomes part of the performance: acoustics, rhythm, persona all shift.
The barge taught me more about framing than a theatre ever did.
More in the latest blog: www.ruddygreatcomedy.co.uk/2025/07/come...

New blog post: Comedy Afloat – exploring venue, voice, and performance theory via York’s Floating Fringe.
Stand-up in a barge as a live case study in the Comedic Multiform.
Full reflection: www.ruddygreatcomedy.co.uk/2025/07/come...
#StandUpStudies #FloatingFringe #ComedyResearch

Big shoutout to the team behind York’s Floating Fringe for an epic success — proving that comedy and theatre don’t just thrive in black boxes but float, shimmy, and surprise aboard barges.
This is grassroots artistry at its most buoyant.
#FloatingFringe #YorkComedy #StandUpStudies #ArtsAfloat

The comic isn’t just a performer.
They’re a live strategist — rewriting structure mid-set, in front of you.
#PerformanceStudies #LiveComedy #StandUpTheory

When a heckle becomes a callback, the chaos has been domesticated.
That’s not luck — that’s compositional skill.
#Improvisation #StandUpComedy #ComedyCraft

New post just dropped:
Hecklers and the Art of Improvised Timing in Stand-Up Comedy - A short look at disruption, control, and why responsive improv is structured chaos.

www.ruddygreatcomedy.co.uk/2025/07/heck...

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Stand-up isn't just jokes. It's framing.
Hecklers don't break the set — they break the frame.
And the best comics know exactly how to rebuild it.
#ComedyTheory #Heckling #StandUp

Every heckler putdown, every mic check, every compere intro—it’s not improv, it’s tradition. Stand-up is memetic culture, live and looping. #ComedyResearch #MemeticsOnStage

🔍 New on the blog:
Why dissecting a punchline isn’t killing the joke—it's revealing the craft.

www.ruddygreatcomedy.co.uk/2025/07/diss...

#StandUpTheory #ComedyAnalysis

Hello, Bluesky.
I research stand-up comedy—structure, rhythm, persona, memetics.
Why jokes land. Why they linger.
My blog is now live! Dive into The Comedic Multiform and how it all fits together: ruddygreatcomedy.co.uk
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