How to build an Edinburgh show

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 you live life on your own terms and be the best comedian you can be. Todays guest is the amazing, John Gordillo,he is an award-winning script editor/director who has worked with Eddie Izzard, Seann Walsh, Josh Widdicombe, Shappi Khorsandi, Dara Ó Briain, Paul Chowdhry, Michael Mcintyre, Mark Steel and Reginald D Hunter. In this episode, we talk about his journey into stand-up, why he left stand-up to become a director, what newer comedians get wrong with a show, strategies of different idioms for producing shows and at the end of the pod, why a comedy director is needed.To find out more about John, you can look at his new podcast about his beloved daughter, "A podcast for kel," here is the link:https://bit.ly/3hvAUsq. You can also reach him on Twitter at JohnGordillo, If you would like to find out more about Marvin, you can reach him on his social media at riceandchips1 on Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram , Twitter and Youtube.