A behavioural agreement for comedians performing at a charity gig? So what would he have been left with after having to sign it? Knock knock jokes?
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/dec/11/comedians-asked-to-sign-behavioural-agreement-for-soas-gig
I bet it was a blast eh...?
I know its in the Fail but it's an interesting follow on article written by one of the comedians who when asked to sign the agreement cancelled his gig instead.
After all, I've been a stand-up comedian for three years now — I'm used to contracts — and the gig wasn't until January. What possible surprises could there be?
As it turned out, its contents were as depressing as they were alarming.
Scrolling through the small print, I found something plucked out of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four called a 'behavioural agreement form', which prescribed an endless list of themes I couldn't make jokes about: 'Racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia or anti-religion or anti-atheism.' Phew!
I can just imagine the response if Apey had been sent a contract like that. Tell the potential client to bugger off and then start writing a new show that included everything that was banned.
Soon after I went public with this ridiculous invitation, I was asked to perform at Comedy Unleashed, a new comedy club set up in London to discourage self-censorship and promote freedom of expression.
I read out the behavioural agreement form and got a few nice laughs. I then announced that I would be doing my normal set in the spirit of SOAS's rules to be 'respectful and kind'.
'Hello, my name is Konstantin Kisin,' I announced. 'Thank you very much — good night!'
And walked off the stage to huge cheers.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6493921/Comedian-signed-behaviour-agreement-reveals-family-fled-censorship-Soviet-Russia.html