Comedian Kiran Saggu, who is performing at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, is tired of dating men who think they can do stand-up comedy.
Why does seeing a girl do something make you think that you can do it too? ‘Go on then, tell me a joke!’ To most: a lighthearted icebreaker. To comedians: an infantilising taunt. To single, straight female comedians: a taunting opening message from an insecure man on Hinge. When you start comedy, you have to endure something called ‘bringer gigs’, which are open mic shows where you have to bring another person for the audience in order to get a spot on the lineup to perform.
But the hardest part is knowing that at any given point, your potential partner could suddenly admit they want to do stand-up comedy. Since I started stand-up, I’d fluctuate between hiding or advertising it on dating profiles, knowing that comedy was a major part of my life, but wanting to avoid any ‘I could do that’ energy from my potential partner.
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