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The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

39 - Felicity Ward

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Stuart Goldsmith

Jokes, Unknown, Society & Culture, Widdicombe, Learn, Comedy, Performing Arts, Burr, How To, Carr, Acaster, Cope, Writing, Interview, Persona, Arts, In-depth

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2013

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Felicity Ward hilariously combines expert physical characterisation with heartfelt storytelling. Speaking just after the recording of her first DVD in Melbourne, she describes her creative process, her experiences in pilot season in L.A., and her strategies for coping with the self-criticism that can make her want to run from the stage.


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0:14.4

Hello, Stue here. This isn't an ad. This is me telling you that you have got to get hold of a copy of Adam Blooms book, Finding Your Comic Genius. It's just so great, and I want everyone to buy it for everyone else for Christmas. We discuss it in detail on episode 437 and at the time of recording this it has 66 five-star reviews out of 66 reviews on Amazon.

0:21.2

So go and find Adam Blooms book, repeat. This is not an ad and I'm not

0:24.7

being remunerated. Or remunerated. I can never get that right. May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get

0:39.1

10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.

0:46.0

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0:51.0

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1:24.0

This is a podcastians comedian podcast. Pod part of this year's tour and this one is with the fascinating and very funny Felicity Ward.

1:27.0

So Felicity Ward, how the devil was Monday night?

1:35.0

Oh my goodness, it was magical.

1:38.0

You were at the Affinayam, which is a 900 seat at 8, 8.

1:41.0

850, and you were doing the Hedgehog Dilemma which is the show of yours I saw last year

1:45.7

at Edinburgh and to a large invited audience and taping it.

1:50.3

Tell me everything there is to know about that experience. Um, all right. Yes.

1:53.0

All right. It was much larger than I would have booked for myself.

1:58.0

Okay. I am, this is why I like having a producer.

2:01.0

Because I go, we should probably do it in like a 50-seater, make sure that it's sold out and he's like, nah man,

2:06.1

we've got to do it big and so the idea behind it was I was going to America.

2:10.5

I went to America in February March to do pilot season.

2:14.6

Okay.

2:15.6

Auditions and gigs and stuff like that.

2:18.2

And so I wasn't going to be able to write and I didn't want to break in a new show at

2:22.7

Melbourne Comedy Festival. I usually do Adelaide Fringe Festival and the show is

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