Felt Nowt is the UK’s first comedy company that is “run by comedians for comedy fans”.
The co-op consists of around 60 gigging comedians who are available for hire, running comedy nights and delivering workshops around the north-east and Cumbria. Felt Nowt’s aim is to generate as much work as possible for each other while growing the region’s local comedy scene.
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Si [Beckwith] explains that bringing 60 comedians together under one banner is a stronger way of working. Before, they were isolated freelancers, competing against each other for work. Even though this competition still exists to an extent, the co-op now provides a structure that can help any comedian working in the local scene develop their comedy career to whatever level, and in whatever way, they choose. Felt Nowt is open to all comedians at any stage, whether they are working full time as jobbing comics, or doing comedy alongside other work.
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