Alison Spittle: 'Think of the most shameful thing you have done, then imagine your mum watching!'
The Irish comedian on good gigs, bad gigs, her standup heroes and what makes a good soup How did you get your start in standup?I did work experience at a radio station when I was in college. The breakfast DJ was Bernard O'Shea, a big comedian in Ireland. He told me I should try standup because I was always joking around in the office, but I ignored him. Then he booked a gig [for me] to MC and I had two weeks to prepa…