How do I get over stage fright and nerves???
- experience. keep doing it. concentrate on the material and connecting with the audience.
- Continue on your comedic route. You’re bound to get used to performing in front of people, which in turn will help you get over your nerves. Practice makes perfect.
- well i don’t do stand up comic but i have performed in front a big group of people and what i did to get over it was just stopped thinking about it and just did wut i had to do didn’t care about wut anyone else thought and come on now for you to try stand up comic i don’t think alot of people have the guts to even do that so just think stuff like that if u enjoy at wat u do it won’t matter where ur performing at and who it is for just think “f$#@ it!! that’s what i did and its worked out great.
- I hope you improve on your improv. Your nerves are affecting your spelling. Seriously, it’s about confidence and faith in your material. Improv is friendlier. Even if you crash and burn, the audiences generally laugh even if you struggle. Stand up is less forgiving. Try out your material with a few friends. Better still, find a stand up class if you can and have professionals check out your stuff.
- Ofcourse it will go away! I’m in a choir and just imagine your singing to your bestfriend or your boyfriend/girlfriend, or your favorite person (s) and just her/him/them! Or try even imagining singing to your dog or cat or animal, etc. Even if it’s not singing or acting, or maybe ‘Stand up Comedy.’ Or you could ask the stage director before the show to turn up the lights. If he/she does this, you won’t even be able to see the crowd. Just think “funny” thoughts!
- this always works with me you can either… look above the audience and think there not there or you can also do which works for me best i tend to think i’m alone and say what i think or what i’m meant to say … if you do these you will be able to do this easily
- one way to getting rid of stage fright is to have some of as the audience and pretend that you are on a stage and do what ever you need to do!!!!
- That stress will never go away, not completely at least. But stress isn’t always a bad thing, it can be incredibly motivating and —when you’re on stage— give you an adrenalin rush that makes you do things you would have never thought possible.
I saw a comedian use his stage freight to his advanatage once. 50-cent rap music came blasting out from the speakers, and a big black guy came strolling out on stage with a gangsta limp. The music died down and he introduced himself with a queen’s English accent, and mentioned he was a little bit nervous—just a little. He turned around to reach for his drink, revealing heavily soiled white trousers. The audience loved it, bursting out laughing.