comedians get personal about their backstage dramas

Photo: Rachel Sherlock

If you're doing comedy or funny theater, what's the last thing you should include in your show? For years - for most of entertainment history, in fact - the answer would have been behind-the-scenes struggle. No one wants to see that show about how you're drifting apart as a double act, how touring live comedy just doesn't pay the bills, or how your company is in the late stages of collapse. Remember when Morecambe and Wise reveal the tensions in their off-stage relationship? Of course not. It didn't happen. It wouldn't have brought you any sunshine.

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