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Comedy Audience Expectations: What Audiences Actually Want Now

April 12, 2026 River Leanox

Here’s what’s killing comedy venues right now: they’re trying too hard. While venue operators spend months perfecting lighting rigs and sound systems, their best seats…

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Comedy Set Length: What Venues Actually Need

April 10, 2026 River Leanox

Comedy venues across the UK are obsessed with the wrong problem. Everyone debated whether five-minute sets outperform ten-minute ones. Meanwhile, venues close because they can’t…

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Breaking Into Austin Comedy: How the Texas Capital Got Its Edge

March 18, 2026 River Leanox

Austin’s comedy scene is booming. Here’s the real roadmap for how comedians break in, the venues that matter, and what it actually takes to build comedy work.

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Comedy Mental Health: Stand-Up as Medical Prescription

February 21, 2026 Tracy Spungeon

Comedy has always helped people process difficult experiences. But recently, the idea that stand-up might support mental wellbeing has started to move beyond comedy clubs.…

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How to technology comedy: How Technology Is Actually Changing Stand-Up Comedy (For Better and Worse)

September 22, 2023 Tracy Spungeon

Stand-up comedy used to run on word of mouth, dodgy phone calls to venue managers, and hoping someone in the audience knew someone who knew…

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