Mike Mindel

Performance

Spoken word & stand-up

Writing for the room, performing live and helping first-timers find their voice on stage.

01 / spoken word

Spoken-word performances

YearPerformanceWhere
November 2023Spoken word artistThe Red Lion, Eynsham
December 2023Spoken word artistThe Art House, Southampton
02 / comedy bootcamps

From the first line to a live set

Created and ran comedy bootcamps in partnership with award-winning comedian Joe Bor.

1 Line Wonders (Comedy Challenge)
A one-session taster: complete beginners learn to write original one-liners, workshop them in small groups, then perform live on stage.

5 Minute Wonders
A multi-week programme taking novices from zero material to a confident five-minute stand-up set, building material and stagecraft week by week, ending in a live showcase.

Here's my own five-minute set, from 11 June 2014. Watch it on YouTube.

I think 5 Minute Wonders was productive, welcoming, collaborative and inspiring! I bet that doesn’t happen too much on the comedy circuit!!

— Judy Goldberg

The same teach-through-practice pattern runs through Stride, just in a different medium: a method, fast feedback and reps until it sticks.

1 Line Wonders comedy bootcamp poster