An Intro
By Martin Willis. In August of last year, our production company produced, printed and handed out 3500 copies of a Small Book on Mental...
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Writing and illustration on mental health by and for the comedy industry
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May 1, 20204 min read
A Fringeless August
By Katy Koren. It’s been a rollercoaster of a few weeks (how many times have you heard that phrase recently, along with ‘unprecedented’,...
Apr 27, 20204 min read
It Was All Going So Well
By Rich Wilson. Illustrated by Michael Julings. It was all going so well wasn’t it. Wasn’t it? We had plans, we had jobs and we could...
Apr 27, 20203 min read
We’re All Bits
By Pope Lonergan. Illustrated by Jimmy Slim. I’m self-isolating with my parents. My Mum is 5ft 6” and unapologetically bolshy. The kind...
Apr 27, 20202 min read
I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, 5G is all around me
By Jenny Collier. Illustrated by Hannah Eachus. Since this is a global catastrophe, and we are putting our collective livelihoods,...
Apr 24, 20204 min read
The You That Was Here All Along
By Joz Norris. Not gonna lie – lockdown has, predictably enough, been a fairly lonely experience so far. And yet I’m finding, bit by...
Apr 20, 20203 min read
Can we talk about something else, please?
By Rachael Healy. Illustrated by Ella Mclean. On the Sunday night before the government announced lockdown, my brain decided to...
Apr 20, 20203 min read
Depression, the NHS and The Marathon We Ran Standing Still
Or 48 Hours In The Dark Room is Easier Than 36 Hours On-Call For the NHS By John Robertson. I think it was about 40 hours into the show...
Apr 17, 20205 min read
An Interview with EJ Penalba, NextUp’s Community Manager
By Martin Willis. If you, like the subject of this article, identify as a ‘big old comedy nerd’, then you’ve probably been aware of...
Apr 13, 20201 min read
Pants drawer
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