Steffan Alun
@steffanalun.bsky.social
Comedian. Bisexual. Welsh.
I'm going in the other direction, but you were right to identify the Welshness of this anecdote!
September 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'm going in the other direction, but you were right to identify the Welshness of this anecdote!
Oh, that's so nice!!
August 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Oh, that's so nice!!
Ooh, that would be wonderful.
(Comedians Play Videogames will also be continuing in a new form!)
(Comedians Play Videogames will also be continuing in a new form!)
August 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ooh, that would be wonderful.
(Comedians Play Videogames will also be continuing in a new form!)
(Comedians Play Videogames will also be continuing in a new form!)
Thank you!! And thanks for recommending my show to your friends!
August 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thank you!! And thanks for recommending my show to your friends!
So kind!! Thanks so much for coming along. 💚💚
August 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So kind!! Thanks so much for coming along. 💚💚
So my plans scale up! A tour. And work on a follow-up show - which has to be better than the first, of course.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
So my plans scale up! A tour. And work on a follow-up show - which has to be better than the first, of course.
I have a mailing list now!
Join me:
gmail.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
I have a mailing list now!
Join me:
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For the final performance, the room was full to the brim (one comedian sat in the tech seat), and my show received a standing ovation.
I've NEVER experienced that EVER - it was the most surreal thing.
The reviews and award are lovely. But the audience response is the most important thing.
I've NEVER experienced that EVER - it was the most surreal thing.
The reviews and award are lovely. But the audience response is the most important thing.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For the final performance, the room was full to the brim (one comedian sat in the tech seat), and my show received a standing ovation.
I've NEVER experienced that EVER - it was the most surreal thing.
The reviews and award are lovely. But the audience response is the most important thing.
I've NEVER experienced that EVER - it was the most surreal thing.
The reviews and award are lovely. But the audience response is the most important thing.
I wrote up a list of my reviews and achivements, and filled out the rest of the page with wonderful audience reviews from the EdFringe website.
I printed them myself, and stapled them individually to my flyers.
I printed them myself, and stapled them individually to my flyers.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I wrote up a list of my reviews and achivements, and filled out the rest of the page with wonderful audience reviews from the EdFringe website.
I printed them myself, and stapled them individually to my flyers.
I printed them myself, and stapled them individually to my flyers.
On the final weekend, I won the Pegasus Award for Best Newcomer!
I love the Pegasus Awards. Richard Wright's hilarious night, celebrating underdog shows, with a deliberately low-cost aesthetic. Expensive banners celebrate the winners' prize money: 1p!
I love the Pegasus Awards. Richard Wright's hilarious night, celebrating underdog shows, with a deliberately low-cost aesthetic. Expensive banners celebrate the winners' prize money: 1p!
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
On the final weekend, I won the Pegasus Award for Best Newcomer!
I love the Pegasus Awards. Richard Wright's hilarious night, celebrating underdog shows, with a deliberately low-cost aesthetic. Expensive banners celebrate the winners' prize money: 1p!
I love the Pegasus Awards. Richard Wright's hilarious night, celebrating underdog shows, with a deliberately low-cost aesthetic. Expensive banners celebrate the winners' prize money: 1p!
But then the month kept progressing. I got more great reviews from more publications. The audience size kept growing.
I glued stars and quotes to my own posters. I kept waking up to messages from Ignacio or Flick announcing good news.
They also organised a press event for the Welsh acts.
I glued stars and quotes to my own posters. I kept waking up to messages from Ignacio or Flick announcing good news.
They also organised a press event for the Welsh acts.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
But then the month kept progressing. I got more great reviews from more publications. The audience size kept growing.
I glued stars and quotes to my own posters. I kept waking up to messages from Ignacio or Flick announcing good news.
They also organised a press event for the Welsh acts.
I glued stars and quotes to my own posters. I kept waking up to messages from Ignacio or Flick announcing good news.
They also organised a press event for the Welsh acts.
The month started incredibly well. In the first few days, I got a 4.5* review from A Young(ish) Perspective, and jokes from the show were chosen for the Best Jokes of the Fringe lists in the Telegraph and Times.
The first few shows had audience numbers between 10 and 20 - and I was more than happy.
The first few shows had audience numbers between 10 and 20 - and I was more than happy.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The month started incredibly well. In the first few days, I got a 4.5* review from A Young(ish) Perspective, and jokes from the show were chosen for the Best Jokes of the Fringe lists in the Telegraph and Times.
The first few shows had audience numbers between 10 and 20 - and I was more than happy.
The first few shows had audience numbers between 10 and 20 - and I was more than happy.
We went with Hoots' Apex Hotel on Grassmarket as our venue. I love Hoots - they strike an incredible deal by Edinburgh standards, and the hotel is air conditioned and accessible.
I love the guys who run it, and I love the shows they pick for their venues. New kids on the block, but already great.
I love the guys who run it, and I love the shows they pick for their venues. New kids on the block, but already great.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We went with Hoots' Apex Hotel on Grassmarket as our venue. I love Hoots - they strike an incredible deal by Edinburgh standards, and the hotel is air conditioned and accessible.
I love the guys who run it, and I love the shows they pick for their venues. New kids on the block, but already great.
I love the guys who run it, and I love the shows they pick for their venues. New kids on the block, but already great.
Shoutout to my fellow debutante Josh Elton - brilliant Welsh-Jewish comedian (we all have a thing; I'm bisexual). Josh and I worked on our shows in tandem, putting on previews across the country.
Josh was also produced by Ignacio's company Comedy Sheep, and the brilliant Flick Morris was our PR.
Josh was also produced by Ignacio's company Comedy Sheep, and the brilliant Flick Morris was our PR.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Shoutout to my fellow debutante Josh Elton - brilliant Welsh-Jewish comedian (we all have a thing; I'm bisexual). Josh and I worked on our shows in tandem, putting on previews across the country.
Josh was also produced by Ignacio's company Comedy Sheep, and the brilliant Flick Morris was our PR.
Josh was also produced by Ignacio's company Comedy Sheep, and the brilliant Flick Morris was our PR.
Since this would be my first hour-long show, it would technically count as my debut. I'd be eligible for Best Newcomer awards! Hahaha!
Funny to think, but really, I just wanted to announce to the industry that I exist, and that my work's worthy of critical attention. Nice reviews is all I need.
Funny to think, but really, I just wanted to announce to the industry that I exist, and that my work's worthy of critical attention. Nice reviews is all I need.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Since this would be my first hour-long show, it would technically count as my debut. I'd be eligible for Best Newcomer awards! Hahaha!
Funny to think, but really, I just wanted to announce to the industry that I exist, and that my work's worthy of critical attention. Nice reviews is all I need.
Funny to think, but really, I just wanted to announce to the industry that I exist, and that my work's worthy of critical attention. Nice reviews is all I need.
The next 7 months were spent preparing the show, and raising the necessary money. I wanted to pay the thousands and thousands of pounds needed for the run from money I made from gigging - no debts, no dipping into savings.
I just about managed it. I gigged like crazy, including private bookings.
I just about managed it. I gigged like crazy, including private bookings.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The next 7 months were spent preparing the show, and raising the necessary money. I wanted to pay the thousands and thousands of pounds needed for the run from money I made from gigging - no debts, no dipping into savings.
I just about managed it. I gigged like crazy, including private bookings.
I just about managed it. I gigged like crazy, including private bookings.
Over Christmas I met for drinks with the brilliant Welsh/Spanish comedian Ignacio Lopez - and he revealed his plan to start producing solo shows. I told him my ideas, he mocked the parts that deserved it (I'd expect nothing less), but crucially, he was on board. He wanted to produce my show.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Over Christmas I met for drinks with the brilliant Welsh/Spanish comedian Ignacio Lopez - and he revealed his plan to start producing solo shows. I told him my ideas, he mocked the parts that deserved it (I'd expect nothing less), but crucially, he was on board. He wanted to produce my show.
But also - the world is changing, and my career with it. It feels like a scary time for the queer community, and my instinct is to become louder. Prepare myself for what's coming.
This might seem self-aggrandising, but I can explain. I'm a standup comedian. I'm inherently self-aggrandising.
This might seem self-aggrandising, but I can explain. I'm a standup comedian. I'm inherently self-aggrandising.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
But also - the world is changing, and my career with it. It feels like a scary time for the queer community, and my instinct is to become louder. Prepare myself for what's coming.
This might seem self-aggrandising, but I can explain. I'm a standup comedian. I'm inherently self-aggrandising.
This might seem self-aggrandising, but I can explain. I'm a standup comedian. I'm inherently self-aggrandising.
So the time had come to scale up. I wanted to make the move to a paid venue for a couple of reasons. Firstly, accessibility. I've started talking more about disability in my work (dyspraxia and ADHD), so it felt wrong to be in inaccessible venues. The ability to actually book a ticket helps too.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
So the time had come to scale up. I wanted to make the move to a paid venue for a couple of reasons. Firstly, accessibility. I've started talking more about disability in my work (dyspraxia and ADHD), so it felt wrong to be in inaccessible venues. The ability to actually book a ticket helps too.
I've been doing the Fringe for years - keeping my shows to 45 minutes, and doing them in Free Fringe rooms, to keep my costs low and my chances of being noticed by the industry to a minimum.
Nonetheless, people come to my shows year after year. Last year was a roaring success.
Nonetheless, people come to my shows year after year. Last year was a roaring success.
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I've been doing the Fringe for years - keeping my shows to 45 minutes, and doing them in Free Fringe rooms, to keep my costs low and my chances of being noticed by the industry to a minimum.
Nonetheless, people come to my shows year after year. Last year was a roaring success.
Nonetheless, people come to my shows year after year. Last year was a roaring success.