Stand-up Comedian - Doug Chappel

STAGES with Peter Eyers · Jul 28, 2019 · 52m

Stand-up comedy is an art form requiring tremendous courage, quick wit and unique charm. Speaking directly to a live audience, the performance can deliver the comic terrific euphoria, or bewildering frustration, as the humour lands perfectly or somehow misses the mark. It is acknowledged as the freest form of comedy writing and regarded as an extension of the person performing, who often draws upon their own lived experience. Doug Chappel is a Melbourne based comedian who draws on such experience, citing that he performs 'routines' rather than 'jokes'. His is a career that has provided many…