The Inside Story of UK Stand-up in the 21st Century - Jonathan Grant: Reading The Room

“[After stand-up] I moved into advertising, I'm a creative director in advertising so I write for a living and stand-up has always been a huge interest and so I realised a few years back I have lots of books about stand-up but there wasn't one about UK stand-up certainly over the last 25 years and so I thought that maxim ‘write the book you want to read’” This episode is with Jonathan Grant author of “Reading The Room: The Inside Story of UK Stand-up in the 21st Century”   We talk about his experience both inside and outside of stand-up comedy, why he wanted to write the book and some of his thoughts about the process.  The book includes a wide range of stand-ups including Jen Brister, Ed Byrne, Ivo Graham, Sofie Hagen, Wil Hodgson, Richard Herring, Elis James, Phill Jupitus, John Kearns, Nish Kumar, Zoe Lyons, Stevie Martin, Geoff Norcott, John Robins, Suzi Ruffell and Isy Suttie.  Book:  https://gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cgi?showfull=69222  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jonogr/    Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/  Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/