Stand-up: taking to the comedy stage for the first time
Despite the fear and core-shaking anxiety, Vanessa Caldwell wanted to try stand-up comedy and she recently took the stage for the first time with some help from the all-girl stand-up class, Comedy Girl.
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Picture this: You're alone on a stage, bright lights are shining on you making the audience seem like a hazy mirage. But the lump in your throat reminds you, they're all too real. And now ... you need to make them laugh.
Despite the fear and core-shaking anxiety, Vanessa Caldwell wanted to try stand-up comedy. She recently got up on stage for the first time with some help from the all-girl stand-up class, Comedy Girl. But when it came time to perform, it was just her and that microphone.
Vanessa Caldwell performs on stage at Comedy Bar in Toronto
7 years ago
Duration 2:19
Despite the fear and core-shaking anxiety, Vanessa Caldwell wanted to try stand-up comedy. She recently got up on stage for the first time with some help from an all-girl stand-up class.
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Vanessa Caldwell Vanessa Caldwell is a digital producer at CBC Parents and Kids' CBC (and an aspiring stand-up comedian). She's also worked with The Current, As It Happens, q, and other shows as a digital producer at CBC Radio. She lives in Toronto.
