Richard Filby

2020 was arguably the worst year on record to be a live performer. We did what we could, practised our skills and threw together low budget online events. But we couldn’t do the one thing that makes up so much of who we are. 2021 got off to a slow start, but now there are

I’m going to work. I’m doing my job, and I’m not ashamed of it or showing any remorse. How can I be so selfish? To be honest, yes, it is selfish of me. I’m doing it because I love my job and I want to do it. I’m doing it for the money. I have

With lockdown easing, the forums I subscribe to have discussed the safety of performing again, notably on the street. Many artists say that they don’t believe it is ethical or moral to head out to the street and perform for a live audience again. There is no governing body of street performers worldwide. Nobody is

After a week back, after a lengthy lockdown, I have grown as a performer more rapidly than ever before in my career. It’s as if I got to start again, except this time, I had the knowledge of over ten years of experience. I went from amateur to professional in a matter of weeks. This

I have returned to work. This means I’m out on the street juggling and telling my jokes to anyone walking past. In normal times this is always seen as positive and beneficial to the atmosphere of a street. In the middle of a pandemic though, this buffoonery could be controversial. We are still in the

Well, it’s been a full year now. As the end of this madness is just around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about returning to work. It’s been an impossible year for us all – live performers especially. But it is time to throw off our shackles to head back out there and share