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Welcome to Ask a Comedian - our little corner of the NextUp community for getting closer to the people who do the mindblowing, and surprisingly full-on job of making people laugh. 🎭This channel is a place to drop questions for comedians about anything comedy. From writing and finding ideas, prep and pre-show routines, nerves and confidence, gigs that went great (and gigs that didn’t) to touring, crowd work, heckles, bombing, you name it! Ask what you’re curious about, whether you’re a comedy nerd, a casual watcher, or someone who performs. Keep it respectful (obvs!)How it works: We’ll post when we're meeting up with a comedian to film their special or chatting with them, you leave your questions in the comments and we’ll pick 3–5 to put to them, and share the answers back here. 🎤

Kai - Community Admin

March 10

• Edited (Mar 10, 2026)

NextUppers!

We’re filming a brand new special with comedian Henning Wehn this Sunday and if he's willing, we’re also grabbing a little Q&A while we’ve got him. 🤩

So: what do you want to ask Henning?

A reminder that anything comedy is fair game. Writing, prep, nerves, heckles, bombing, warm-ups, favourite rooms, how a joke actually makes it into a set, whatever you’re curious about.

Drop your question in the comments below 👇

We’ll pick 3–5 and get Henning to answer!

Answer's must be in by Friday 4pm GMT. 😁

Kai - Community Admin

February 24

Welcome to Ask a Comedian - our little corner of the NextUp community for getting closer to the people who do the mindblowing, and surprisingly full-on job of making people laugh. 🎭

This channel is a place to drop questions for comedians about anything comedy. From writing and finding ideas, prep and pre-show routines, nerves and confidence, gigs that went great (and gigs that didn’t) to touring, crowd work, heckles, bombing, you name it! Ask what you’re curious about, whether you’re a comedy nerd, a casual watcher, or someone who performs. Keep it respectful (obvs!)

How it works: We’ll post when we're meeting up with a comedian to film their special or chatting with them, you leave your questions in the comments and we’ll pick 3–5 to put to them, and share the answers back here. 🎤

Kai - Community Admin

February 23

NextUppers! Hey!

We’re filming a brand new special with comedian Marcus Brigstocke this Thursday…and we’re also grabbing a little Q&A while we’ve got him. You lot were really up for this idea in the NextUp survey, so we’re bringing it to life.🤩

So: what do you want to ask Marcus?

Anything comedy is fair game. Writing, prep, nerves, heckles, bombing, warm-ups, favourite rooms, how a joke actually makes it into a set, whatever you’re curious about.

Drop your question in the comments below 👇

We’ll pick 3–5 and get Marcus to answer!

(And yes, I'm obliged to say there are no stupid questions.😆)