'It's everything I wanted': how standups swapped the fringe for Twitch
There has been a huge comedy boom on the gaming platform, enabling acts such as Bilal Zafar to gain creative control and reach new audiences A Bonjela-addicted football manager berates his pixelated players. A CEO builds a cat-milk empire. A cannon fires sausages across a garden. This is a new wave of comedy, where performances last for hours and audience input is actively encouraged. When the pandemic began, comedia…