Mikey4021

In Scotland the only answer is the Stand Comedy Club. There is lots a new act nights and new material venues but your creditability comes from one club and one club alone.

As for the second question, my courage is from nothing other than self delusion in the early stages. I cant's speak for anyone else but when i started i was a numbskull who had half a decent onstage ability and gibberish.

That through gigging got refined into some great bits that work in front of crowds. I am at the stage when the stuff that gets you noticed has to evolve into stuff that is genuinely good. I personally have not made that transgression yet. thought I did dial my comedy career back for a few years to make sure i had a lucrative plan B.

I worked at stand up for 5 years. 2 years overlapping with my previous job In the British Army working alongside (NRPS - non regular permanent staff) I was a STAB.

I flitted from studying law and biology whilst i was gigging to make my name and being a young idiot i spent more time on comedy thand my studies and got chucked out. I decided in 2012 after the demise and a large comedy club chain who made my career choice viable to go back to school and study Marine operations.

At this point i am a fully qualified Navigational Officer and looking for temporary contract jobs in that field. and using my stand up to keep myself afloat in the mean time whilst working on TV projects with some writing partners/geniuses that will inevitably be bought for tuppence and go no where.

Lots of things. Most of them bleak,

The fact we are the first nation in history to vote against our own freedom (sorry Quebec but in my limited knowledge you where never autonomous.)

The almost retarded animosity between Catholics and Protestants, especially within the west of Scotland where I live. I personally find it embarrassing but people out there are still willing to hurt each other over it. I find this pathetic.

The insane differentiation in accents throughout Scotland that I only learned about after joining the Armed Forced (Reserves) initially then after i left gigging throughout the country and understanding that what i thought was a Scottish accent as a true born Scott was only about 10% of the sounds that my county could make using the word "Cunt"

I wish i had the ability to make myself look cool using filters.

It was an odd one. I was a comedy anorak who was a frequent flyierin my local comedy club The Stand in Glasgow. I became such a regular face comics started to recognise me and the sound tech and I became very good friends.

My first gig was the result of being at a party in a friends house and receiving a "Drop out email from the club saying they needed and extra body for the following nights "Red Raw" which was the open spot night. I replied in an attempt to impress a girl I liked who came to the gig the next night. I did pretty good with the gig but awful with the girl.

Such is Life.