273 - Laura Davis

Incredibly insightful and darkly funny, Laura Davis is a truly gifted artist who holds aspects of herself up to the light and says "you too?" We discuss the iron resolve that took her from an "extremely shy and extremely loud" girlhood, to performing jokes without victims, inside a duvet cover. If you've ever thought of jokes as "ideas refracted through a prism of other people's experience", you're going to love this one...*Content Warning*: This episode contains a discussion of suicidal feelings. Extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club include:Some tips on wielding status for naturally shy comediansA defence of the right of artists to make shitty workA reflection on an early piece of Laura's work in which she deliberately entrapped the audience in an abusive relationship...Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insidersFollow Laura Davis @LauraDavisComicwww.lauradaviscomedy.comhttp://comedy-festival.co.uk/event/laura-davis-cake-in-the-rain/http://comedy-festival.co.uk/event/laura-davis-work-in-progress/https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton/comedy/laura-davis-ghost-machine/  Book now for LIVE ComComPods:Feb 2nd 4.30pm - Live special with hilarious rubber-limbed melodramatists POLICE COPS @ Vault Festival London! Mar 23rd 1pm - Live special with comedy legend TBC @ Birmingham Podcast Festival! Don't miss out! you only have until 31st December to pre-order the insanely good new ComCom T-shirt designed by @LiseRichardson at www.comedianscomedian.com/merch      Stu’s 2019 tour of “End Of” is on sale now! “A comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive” (The List)Tickets for the first half of the tour at these links:22/02/2019 Maidenhead – Norden Farm01/03/2019 Falmouth – The Poly13/03/2019 Salisbury Art Centre20/03/2019 Cheltenham Playhouse29/03/2019 Crawley -The Hawth05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.