In this episode, Marissa is joined by Su Mi.
Su is a British Queer Malaysian Alternative Comedienne / Musician born from the treacherous depths of East London. She has played to sold out audiences for her one woman show ‘ Banana Beard’ which was performed at Leicester Comedy Festival, Glasgow Comedy festival and is coming to Brighton Fringe , Edinburgh Fringe and more!
She is also BBC New comedy Awards TV regional semi-finalist, Winner of Queerovision 2022 , Winner of Beat the Frog 2022, Rising Star finalist 2022 , Hastings Newcomer award Finalist 2022, Semi-finalist for the Comedy Max Turner prize 2021 , Semi- finalist for Get Up stand up 2022, Leicester new comedian of the year Semi- finalist 2022, 2NorthDown Semi finalist 2022 and Musical Comedy awards finalist 2023 AND Founder and Resident MC of Misfit Comedy night in Shoreditch, London.
Originally recorded in April 2023, Marissa and Su talk about:
2:00 = The expectation to be funny
3:12 = How Su fell into the world of comedy
4:16 = Women of colour in comedy
8:00 = Can anything be funny?
14:37 = What if they don't find you funny?
17:10 = How to look after yourself as a performer
20:33 = Performing with a 9 to 5
22:33 = Banana beard (that's not a typo)
25:25 = What needs to change in the industry
31:05 = Beef
34:15 = If Su ruled the world...
Find Su over on Instagram @sumicomedy