“It used to be you'd focus on one thing and you'd focus to do it to the best of your degree, but I think now everyone has to be really multidisciplinary” - This episode's guest Elf Lyons who has a broad range of talents that we discuss in the podcast.  

We talk about her Edinburgh show this year ‘Heist’ with Duffy and how audience response turned a two week run into a whole month and how it impacted her approach to being in Edinburgh compared to previous years and her experience this year directing a number of shows by fellow artists at the Fringe.

Elf’s previous Fringe show ‘Raven’ is playing for 2 nights on 27th/28th October at Soho Theatre in London and we talk about the balance of putting shows on yourself versus working with promoters/theatre companies to remove some of the stress of promoting and financial risk and balancing that with a lower return.

Elf also has a YouTube special - “Elf Lyons Talks Dirty” and we discuss the Work In Progress process and development aspects of Stand Up comedy and finding the right platform for you whether that’s Live, TikTok, Twitch or any other medium.

Elf also has a podcast called ‘Elfonomics’ that she runs with her father -  Economist Gerard Lyons taking a look at a range of Economic questions such as the benefits of an artist having an OnlyFans account or what lessons artists can take from footballers.

Links

‘Heist’ co-performer Duffy: https://www.instagram.com/darklydreamingduffy 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elflyons/ 

Website: https://www.elflyons.com/ 

“Elf Lyons Talks Dirty” YouTube Special: https://www.youtube.com/@ElfLyonsComedy 

Raven @ Soho Theatre 27th/28th October: https://sohotheatre.com/events/elf-lyons-raven-2/ 

Elfonomics Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elfonomics 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ELFONOMICS

Episode Transcript: https://podcasting.makingcreativitypay.com/blog/elf-lyons-comedy-and-performance-episode-transcript/