Kay Stonham (Creating and sustaining a career as a comedy writer )

Danielle Krage interviews Kay Stonham. Kay is a comedy writer-performer who has worked extensively across TV, film, theatre and radio. For example, she has written 10 original series for Radio 4, including Robin and Wendy’s Wet Weekend, and Bad Salsa.

She’s also the Co-Founder of Female Pilot Club , which was founded to amplify women’s voices and give women writers the chance to prove their jokes and characters in the room – as seen in their sold-out read-throughs of comedy pilot scripts to audiences of writers, producers and comedy lovers.

In this conversation, Kay shares really practical insights and advice for writers wanting to create and sustain a career in writing comedy.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

02:25 Selecting Scripts for Live Performances

04:45 Developing Scripts for Showcases

07:09 Pitfalls in Script Submissions

09:58 Script Consultancy and Considerations

16:21 Misconceptions about the Production Process

24:54 Sustaining a Creative Career

29:29 PhD Research on Comedy Writing and Identity

39:55 Upcoming Projects and Female Pilot Club

 

You can find out more about Kay Stonham and her work here:

Kay’s website: https://kaystonham.com

Kay’s agent: https://mmbcreative.com/clients/kay-stonham/

Kay’s Audible Series: https://www.audible.co.uk/search?searchAuthor=Kay+Stonham

Female Pilot Club: https://www.femalepilotclub.co.uk/

Female Pilot Club Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/female-pilot-club/id1598357325

The previous episode with Chelsea and Emily from Female Pilot Club is here:  https://youtu.be/sFXuYQN2cPw

Previous guest, Lucy Lumsden (Yellow Door Productions) was a judge and sponsor of the live showcase we referenced (along with sponsors Imagine Talent). You can find Lucy’s episode here: https://youtu.be/axiGW8iqMkc

You can find the transcript at:

https://comedymasterclass.com

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