The Angel Comedy Podcast with Sikisa!
In this brand new episode of The Angel Comedy Podcast, you'll hear a conversation between Barry Ferns and UK renowned comedian, performer (and immigration lawyer) Sikisa!
During this episode, Sikisa talks about growing up as a black woman, how that shaped her material in the future, as well as not always catering your set to the audience you perform to. All things comedy started at The Cavendish Arms, for Sikisa, so she gives a good amount of details into the inner workings of working and performing there, as well as her route to comedy through Burlesque!
2:00 How would you describe yourself
7:00 Growing up as a black woman
10:00 Growing up on council estates
13:00 Balancing jobs and studying
15:00 Writing on stage, improvising
18:00 Dyslexic qualities, how the routine must be shaped around that
22:00 Dealing with criticism
26:00 Feeling of impostor syndrome for big events
31:00 How being an only child changes the mentality of responsibility
33:00 Barry’s MC course
36:00 Jonathon Ross performance
38:00 Post lockdown social interactions, succeeding under pressure
40:00 Burlesque experience – standing out in that industry
43:00 Cavendish Arms, starting it all up for Sikisa
47:00 How Sikisa describes the Cavendish Arms
51:00 Expectations when starting up your career (funny section)
57:00 Leicester Comedy Show
1:00:00 Not always catering to your audience in terms of material
1:07:00 Current writing material, politically oriented
1:09:00 Pick one thing you’ll be doing in 5 or 10 years time
1:14:00 The endings
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