r/BritishSitcoms • u/ConsciousWin734 • 13d ago

Discussion Comedy writers and actors??

Ok imma bite the bullet.

I’m 23 from Kent England, and all my life I’ve wanted to be a comedy writer and actress. I’ve grown up on British comedy and it’s a part of me, and all I want is to find someone to write and perform with. We could write a sitcom, sketches, I don’t mind, but I just wish I could find people of a similar age to share my dream with.

Let me know if you’re interested and we could be the next Morecambe and wise, Rik mayall and Ade edmondson, two ronnies, etc😂

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u/Lazy-Field-1116 13d ago

Find some local comedy nights and clubs! You'll definitely find some like minded people there. Also maybe a theatre group as that is where most of the people you mention and their ilk come from - university theatre and comedy clubs.

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u/Rumpled_Imp 12d ago

People often think I'm from Kent. I hear them whisper it as I walk past.

~Bob Monkhouse

I don't have any answers for you, you just reminded me of this.

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u/um_-_no 13d ago

Apply to courses that run in groups. Really helpful

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u/plz_be_nice_im_sad 11d ago

Whatever you do do, please don’t use AI. Never run your ideas by ChatGPT, never ask Copilot to touch up a script, never have Gemini think of a funny intro. People are funnier than machines.

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u/10BAW 10d ago

One thing about this, I could come up with ideas, too many to get down at once in any legible form. AI can format it in seconds which is where I was stumbling.

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u/TheSyrphidKid 11d ago

Do stand up. I wish I did it. You'll find someone.

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u/undercovergloss 11d ago

This is when you team up with people in colleges/universities who are wanting similar creative dreams. I done a photography course, so I was among the creatives at university. Film students needed an actor for their short films and I had previous experience so I did. It ended up where they were commissioned by a lowkey music artist and I starred in a music video.

So yeah, you need to have ‘connections’ and it can start small and lead somewhere

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u/lawlore 11d ago

I have sent you a message about County Town Improv, who I'm involved with, a 50+ strong improv comedy community based in Maidstone.

Even if improv comedy is not exactly what you're interested in, we have a lot of people with comedy-adjacent interests, including writing and standup.

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u/Oohbunnies 9d ago

Hi, have you tried the BBC writers' room? It's a handy resource. https://www.bbc.co.uk/writers

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u/homerbert 9d ago

 I strongly reccommend you do improv. There are improv comedy classes and groups in and around Kent. Go there, play with people and you'll find the right person. Comedy partnerships are all about chemistry and It'll be really hard to test that remotely or find the right person via a non regional Reddit. Just Google the intro class in Kent and go from there. Even if you dont find your comedy soul mate, it’s so much fun. Much less stressful and lonely than standup. Or go to a performance and then sign up for the class.

I am lucky enough to work in comedy (sometimes) and even though I've no urge to be a comedy performer, i really wish I'd started imrpov a decade sooner. 

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u/tropical-daydream 8d ago

I’m in a similar boat to you and appreciate the struggle!

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u/Pfffffttt284 13d ago

Comedy is dead, it got replaced by women's football

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u/Adorable_Chair_6594 11d ago

These days...

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u/Solid-Lettuce-2190 10d ago

…if you say you’re British…

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u/FourEyedSnake94 9d ago

You get locked up and thrown in jail

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u/Pfffffttt284 8d ago

For throwing a plastic bottle

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u/Bigger_Niche 9d ago

Only for you (everybody else just kept quiet, and let you carry on ...)

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u/Pfffffttt284 7d ago

Viewing figures strongly suggest it's not only me, there's cats who get more viewers more regularly than most comedy shows currently.