The Brutal Reality of Becoming a Stand-Up Comedian with Eshaan Akbar

Описание: From Bollywood dance choreographer… to HSBC speechwriter… to one of the sharpest comics in the UK.

Eshaan Akbar breaks down what stand-up actually teaches you: reading rooms, earning trust, surviving bad gigs, and why “bombing” is often an audience warm-up problem (his words… 😅).

If you’ve ever felt like you’re starting late, pivoting careers, or trying to build confidence in rooms that weren’t made for you, this one lands.

Chapters

00:00 Who is Eshaan Akbar?
01:20 The pre-comedy life
04:26 Why comedy started (a course, not a dream)
05:51 Family, immigrant pressure, and dad’s support
08:16 First open mic, March 2014
09:13 Mum’s sudden death + comedy becoming a lifeline
14:27 Therapy 10 years later + what finally made him face it
19:19 The grind years: unpaid gigs, long drives, learning every room
29:24 Kings Lynn: the gig that turned ugly
41:38 How he writes: no scripts, built on-stage + reading rooms
46:19 Crowd work, social media, and comedy’s new era
58:32 Opening for Mickey Flanagan + the O2 arena reality

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