The Angel Comedy Podcast with Sikisa!

In this brand new episode of The Angel Comedy Podcast, you'll hear a conversation between Barry Ferns and UK renowned comedian, performer (and immigration lawyer) Sikisa!During this episode, Sikisa talks about growing up as a black woman, how that shaped her material in the future, as well as not always catering your set to the audience you perform to. All things comedy started at The Cavendish Arms, for Sikisa, so she gives a good amount of details into the inner workings of working and performing there, as well as her route to comedy through Burlesque!We hope you love this episode, if you did, then leave us a nice review, or let us know what you think @angelcomedy on Instagram and Twitter! Enjoy!Timestamps:2:00 How would you describe yourself7:00 Growing up as a black woman10:00 Growing up on council estates13:00 Balancing jobs and studying15:00 Writing on stage, improvising18:00 Dyslexic qualities, how the routine must be shaped around that22:00 Dealing with criticism 26:00 Feeling of impostor syndrome for big events31:00 How being an only child changes the mentality of responsibility33:00 Barry’s MC course36:00 Jonathon Ross performance38:00 Post lockdown social interactions, succeeding under pressure40:00 Burlesque experience – standing out in that industry43:00 Cavendish Arms, starting it all up for Sikisa47:00 How Sikisa describes the Cavendish Arms51:00 Expectations when starting up your career (funny section)57:00 Leicester Comedy Show1:00:00 Not always catering to your audience in terms of material1:07:00 Current writing material, politically oriented1:09:00 Pick one thing you’ll be doing in 5 or 10 years time1:14:00 The endings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.