Making people laugh is the greatest feeling in the world, the challenges you have to overcome are not. Join comedian and promoter Marvin McCarthy as he interviews larger-than-life characters that will help comedians live life on their terms and find their niche.

In this episode we chat to James Alderson . James is a professional comedian and a well-known comedy promoter of one of the best comedy club chains in the South Coast of England. Here is an overview of what we discussed:

[[11:02]] Why every promoter wants what Hotwater have

[[15:16]] Why James runs monthly shows

[[26:42]] The annoying thing about being a comedian

[[36:05]] The golden point of any comedy evening

[[46:23]] What eats comics alive

[[68:44]] Flyering in takeaways and guirella marketing

[[76:44]] Getting a strange 1 star review and not giving people an excuse not to come.

If you would like to know more on James Alderson, you can reach him on his website at https://www.jamesalderson.net/, if you want to come to one of shows and by a ticket you can go on the Stitches comedy club website at https://www.stitches.fun/.

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