It’s a no-laughing matter.
A world-famous comedy club has banned individuals with Botox — for a hilarious reason.
The Top Secret Comedy Club in London’s Covent Garden has prohibited attendees from sitting all the way down to benefit from the show if their faces are “frozen” from injections.
On March 5, the team began conducting “expression tests” together with standard ID checks on the front door to ensure everyone who enters can depict how funny — or not funny — they discover a joke.
The “tests” were implemented after comics repeatedly complained of looking into an audience of straight faces after telling their best jokes.
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“Our incredibly talented comedians are fed up with performing to reactionless faces,” owner Mark Rothman told The Independent.
“I’ve had quite a few complaints from performers who find it increasingly difficult to gauge audience engagement and bounce off their reactions.”
Botox is the brand name of the most well-liked neurotoxin injection, which temporarily disrupts the nerves from communicating with the muscle, which prevents it from contracting, often reducing the intensity of facial expressions.
An estimated a million Botox injections got within the UK last 12 months, the Independent reported.
While this may increasingly have you ever looking younger, it won’t enable you to get into Top Secret Comedy Club.
“Comedy thrives on connection, and facial expressions play an enormous part. We wish people to laugh, cry, frown, sneer, but frozen faces from Botox impact your entire atmosphere,” Rothman said.
He’s not mistaken.
Research has shown that Botox injected into the brow altered people’s brain chemistry, impacting how they interpreted other people’s emotions.
“We hope trialling this ban will help move the needle and get facial reactions back into the room – for the good thing about our comedians and the audience,” Rothman said.
Andrew Mensah, a comedian who repeatedly performs on the venue, defended the choice.
“Performing to an audience with frozen faces may be incredibly tough,” he insisted.
“Comedy is a two-way street — we feed off the energy and reactions of the gang. Mark and the team are at all times devising recent ideas to support us comedians — this have to be his best one yet.”
It’s a no-laughing matter.
A world-famous comedy club has banned individuals with Botox — for a hilarious reason.
The Top Secret Comedy Club in London’s Covent Garden has prohibited attendees from sitting all the way down to benefit from the show if their faces are “frozen” from injections.
On March 5, the team began conducting “expression tests” together with standard ID checks on the front door to ensure everyone who enters can depict how funny — or not funny — they discover a joke.
The “tests” were implemented after comics repeatedly complained of looking into an audience of straight faces after telling their best jokes.
Google Maps
“Our incredibly talented comedians are fed up with performing to reactionless faces,” owner Mark Rothman told The Independent.
“I’ve had quite a few complaints from performers who find it increasingly difficult to gauge audience engagement and bounce off their reactions.”
Botox is the brand name of the most well-liked neurotoxin injection, which temporarily disrupts the nerves from communicating with the muscle, which prevents it from contracting, often reducing the intensity of facial expressions.
An estimated a million Botox injections got within the UK last 12 months, the Independent reported.
While this may increasingly have you ever looking younger, it won’t enable you to get into Top Secret Comedy Club.
“Comedy thrives on connection, and facial expressions play an enormous part. We wish people to laugh, cry, frown, sneer, but frozen faces from Botox impact your entire atmosphere,” Rothman said.
He’s not mistaken.
Research has shown that Botox injected into the brow altered people’s brain chemistry, impacting how they interpreted other people’s emotions.
“We hope trialling this ban will help move the needle and get facial reactions back into the room – for the good thing about our comedians and the audience,” Rothman said.
Andrew Mensah, a comedian who repeatedly performs on the venue, defended the choice.
“Performing to an audience with frozen faces may be incredibly tough,” he insisted.
“Comedy is a two-way street — we feed off the energy and reactions of the gang. Mark and the team are at all times devising recent ideas to support us comedians — this have to be his best one yet.”
