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This is kind of a dumb question, what's the comedy club equivalent for oral storytelling? Does this get billed as one man show theatre?
by dalbasal 8y ago
This is kind of a dumb question, what's the comedy club equivalent for oral storytelling?
Does this get billed as one man show theatre?
- essayist 8y agoThe Moth, maybe? https://themoth.org/about-moth-events https://themoth.org/about-moth-events
- v64 8y agoMy experience with oral storytelling has been through festivals dedicated to it. This[1] is a list of storytelling festivals around the US and some other countries. [1] http://www.sostoryfest.com/festivals.html http://www.sostoryfest.com/festivals.html
- xattt 8y agoA local group does oral storytelling, and it is promoted as such. https://kingsplayhouse.com/event/the-four-tellers-the-last-laugh/ https://kingsplayhouse.com/event/the-four-tellers-the-last-l...
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- sacado2 8y agoI'm in France, so my answer might not apply to where you live, but we typically have yearly festivals, monthly open mics in theaters, plus the occasional one-shot in theaters (where a famous storyteller is invited for his new/famous set of stories). We are considered as actors/comedian and are paid accordingly (or not at all, for open mics, obviously).
- dalbasal 8y agoWe are considered as actors/comedian and are paid accordingly Maybe you should bill yourself as "speakers." They get paid better. :)