Alan Artek on Comedy, Taxi Driving, Mental Health and Comedian Tattoos All Over His Body скачать в хорошем качестве

Alan Artek on Comedy, Taxi Driving, Mental Health and Comedian Tattoos All Over His Body

Join photographer Steve Best for a fascinating and deeply honest conversation with comedian, electrician and tattoo-covered performer Alan Artek. In this episode, Alan talks about getting his start in stand-up at the legendary Up The Creek Comedy Club, the best and worst gigs of his career, and the comedians who shaped his unique style — and inspired the tattoos covering his body. Alan reveals the stories behind tattoos dedicated to comedy legends including: Mick Flanagan Lee Evans The Two Ronnies Laurel and Hardy Tommy Cooper Billy Connolly He even has the iconic The Comedy Store logo tattooed on his body. Beyond comedy, Alan shares powerful insights into mental health, grief, and how the death of his father profoundly affected him — both personally and creatively. He also talks about his tattoos inspired by the Falklands War, revealing the deeper meanings behind his ink. We also dive into shared passions beyond the stage — including watches. Steve is wearing the Christopher Ward C60 Trident Reef, while Alan sports a TAG Heuer. CW watch is here https://www.christopherward.com/c60-t... This is a raw, funny and heartfelt conversation about stand-up comedy, tattoos, resilience, inspiration, and life beyond the stage. 👉 Don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe for more in-depth conversations with fascinating creatives. #AlanArtek #SteveBest #StandUpComedy #BritishComedy #ComedyPodcast #MentalHealth #Tattoos #FalklandsWar #TheComedyStore #UpTheCreek My Comedy Snapshot book - https://www.stevebest.com/books COMEDIANS book - https://www.stevebest.com/copy-of-home COMEDIANS II book - https://www.stevebest.com/copy-of-com... Watch more funny interviews -    • Alexandra Haddow on Comedy, ADHD, gigging,...   Nina Conti is going viral -    • Nina Conti on Comedy, Puppets & Life with ...   All the stills of were shot by me on my medium format Fujifilm GFX100s - https://fujifilm-x.com/global/product... A superb camera - talk to me if you want to know more MY SOCIALS Instagram -   / stevebestpics   YouTube -    / @stevebestshoots   Steve Best is a comedian and a photographer. He has done nothing else. He has never had another job. Steve was a finalist in the Young Magician of the Year in 1985, passed Grade 8 on the flute, learnt to ride a uni-cycle, can juggle 5 balls, and was in the under 14s Surrey county table tennis squad. When he was 19 he took up the guitar and sat for 8 hours a day practicing until his fingers were sore. Steve has been all around the world being silly, toured with Frank Skinner, Omid Dialili and Craig Charles, been on TV a few times and is a visiting lecturer at Middlesex university teaching stand-up comedy on the third year drama course He has always taken photographs. It was some 10 cars ago that he started bringing his camera into comedy clubs and shooting his fellow comics. He has two little chunky books published, Comedy Snapshot (Articul8 2014) and Joke Face (Unbound 2017) https://www.stevebest.com/books. Between them there are over 1000 of his photos of comedians from the UK comedy circuit, each with one of their own jokes and several of their weird and wonderful facts. It has never been done before and is a true documentation of the comedy world that he inhabits. During that time he started approaching the photographic documentation of the comedy circuit with much more of an artistic vision. HIs third book. COMEDIANS, is the culmination of the journey. Although COMEDIANS II is the culmination of the culmination of the journey. Will there be more? www.stevebest.com You can commission Steve Best to photograph your performance, special events or portraits. You can also book Steve to give his unique talk. ​ Email: steve@stevebest.com