This week we sat down with up and coming comedian Dom Mackie, he is currently on tour with his show Comedy Masterpiece and is doing a set at the Museum of Comedy in London as part of the competition New Comedian of the Year. We went to find out more….

Hello Dom! Tell us a little bit about yourself 

My name is Dom Mackie, I am 20 years old, I am a student at the University of East Anglia. I have been doing stand-up for nearly 2 years now, with many successful gigs as a result for it. In future, my plans are to either pursue a career in stand-up comedy or go into my other passion, which is teaching.

What’s the time and price of your show?

The show starts at 9:00 and tickets are £10

Tell us about the show at the Museum of Comedy 

The show is actually a competition for the New comedian of the year award, it isn’t my show, but it is something that I put in my tour so people can go to it.

How did you get into comedy?

I was always told by my friends that I was funny, people thought I had an ability to just make people laugh by saying stupid things or telling silly stories. I got recommended to do it by the president of the comedy society at my uni, after doing a good improv set and since then, I’ve had a drive to do more.

Who are your comedy inspirations and why?

People like Frankie Boyle, Jimmy Carr and other comedians who are known for their sometimes ‘dark’ humour I really look up to. Because even if it may cause some offence to people, they understand it’s a joke and they don’t take it seriously, so they don’t let anything stop them from telling their jokes.

You run a comedy night as well – tell us a little bit about that!

The name of the Comedy Night is the ‘Fiendishly Funny Few’ and it is held at the Workshop bar and café in Norwich. There are usually eight acts who take part, with a headliner at the very end. The fourth night for it will be on October the 12th with the improv group ‘the Intellectual Hooligans’ as the headliner. The night also has the competition for the ‘Fiendishly funny favourite’, where the best act (voted by the audience) would win a tenner.

What’s the best thing about performing comedy in front an audience

The best thing is the satisfaction I get from making people laugh. If I make someone happy and laugh at my material it fills me up with joy, that the humour I thought of has actually paid off.

What’s the worst? 

Sometimes, it doesn’t go well, the humour doesn’t budge the audience’s funny bones and the gig goes flat. When that happens, it sometimes make me have a desire to quit, which has actually happened (I quit for 7 months at one point).

There is now a virtual reality environment that allows stand up comedians perform to a virtual audience. What is you thoughts on this and what other ways do you think technology will change the comedy format? 

I like the idea, you can perform without the stress of having to travel far for it and if loads watch it, then you can get your name across a wider audience. I think some stand up nights may start being live-streamed over the internet so audience members don’t even have to go out to see it, as society does use technology a lot more now, it is a possibility.

If people want to find out more  about you where can they find you on social media?

I have a facebook page which has details of gigs (https://www.facebook.com/Domstandup/), I also have a twitter page but I don’t use it as much (@domstandup). The Fiendishly Funny Few also has their own page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FiendishlyFunnyFew/) .

Finally in three words – why should people come and see you?

I’m Fun, chatty and silly (I know that’s five words but I just included the adjectives as the three words).