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NEWSLETTER ISSUE 487
“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.”
Charles Mingus
Greetings Comedy Crowders,
Think about your favourite comedy shows or sketches. We'll bet that at the heart of them is a very clear idea. So clear that it feels obvious, inevitable that someone was going to make a comedy about it.
What is that idea for you right now? The key to making it happen could be to keep it beautifully simple.
Opps time…
COMMUNITY NEWS
Mr Showbusiness by Christian Jegard
Those who joined us at Chorts Fest in March were lucky enough to enjoy a taster of Christian Jegard’s character “Mr Showbusiness” - a man providing solid entertainment no matter how recent the breakdown of his marriage.
This Wednesday, 30th April, he is giving the full showbiz experience at the Museum of Comedy in central London. If you are able, we highly recommend joining Christian and Mr Showbusiness for an evening of comedic entertainment. And you get songs. Ventriloquism. Tap Dancing. Showbiz stories. Mind Reading..
OPPORTUNITIES
Would you like to see your opportunity featured in this newsletter, sent to over 10,000 creators worldwide? Contact us at theccteam@thecomedycrowd.com
Global Opportunities
Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award
This competition is designed to motivate non-American novice writers (sorry US friends, not a Trump thing) under the age of 30, and offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead to a successful career in television scriptwriting. Entrants are asked to create a completed half-hour to one-hour English-language television drama script.
The award winner receives $2,500.
The Treason Show
The creators of the Treason Show are now looking for parody songs (well known tunes) short topical sketches, monologues, running gags, one liners and captions.
UK Opportunities
Film Hub North | Script Lab 2025
Script Lab is back, offering 10 new writers expert guidance and support to turn a short film idea into a ready-to-shoot script.
The programme is open to writers - from any creative discipline and experience - with an initial idea for a short film under 15 minutes in length.
Inspiration
Game Theory - 4 key principles
This video, from the ‘Veritasium’ channel has become a seminal essay on Game Theory, a concept that looks at how to behave optimally in different contexts (games) to be successful. All games are different, but it turns out there are some key principles which seem to indicate success and [activate clickbait mode] they might surprise you…
Newsletter over and out!
Carry on creating and we'll see you next week.
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