Open Mike Comedy Performances
tags: comedian, comedy, open mike
One of the best risks to take in trying to get your break in the comedy industry is to go to open mike performances. These are free events, and different rules will usually apply depending on the place where the open mike performance is being held.
First off, just what is an open mike performance? And if your reply is that it’s the opposite of a closed mike performance, you just earned yourself a swift kick in the butt. Seriously, it’s an event held in a club or hosted by a comedy group that allows aspiring comedians (and bored people in the audience) the opportunity to go on stage and perform stand up comedy for a set period of time, usually lasting 5 to 15 minutes.
