Your Jokes Aren’t the Problem... The Gig Is!

Most open mics seat the audience cabaret-style: tables scattered round the room, half the room facing each other instead of the stage. Here's why that costs you laughs, why theatre-style rows work so well at pro gigs, and the seating structure I think beats both: the Bear Pit (named with my mate and fellow comic Chris Norton Walker). Have you ever played a Bear Pit room? Tell me in the comments. 0:00 Can seating change your laughs? 0:13 Cabaret seating at open mics 0:50 The ideal: theatre-style seating 1:07 3 reasons rows work 2:07 An even better seating structure 2:22 The Bear Pit 2:59 3 reasons the Bear Pit wins 4:59 What if the seating is terrible? 5:36 Thanks for watching