Chris McCausland - Blind Comedian
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/interviews/13-questions-chrismccausland.shtml
Chris McCausland is a 31 year old professional stand-up comic living in Surrey. You might also recognise him as the market trader in CBeebies show Me Too! Chris is blind, but apart from a few ice-breakers to get the audience comfortable, he doesn't tend to focus on disability in his act. His current self-titled show is about to tour, so what better time to ask Chris McCausland some probing questions.
Uppermost in my mind today is ...
Writing a show which I'm performing next week and doing gigs to make sure the material is working. It doesn't matter whether a show is ready or not, it will always get changed up to 10 minutes before.
People think I'm...
Blind. Before I start the comedy their assumption is, "oh God, this is going to be a load of blind jokes". It happens in every walk of life. There's nothing more boring than a black guy doing only black jokes, or a fat man doing only fat jokes...