Seriously funny: the new comedy agents steering standups' careers
An alternative style of artist management is helping talents such as James Acaster and Dane Baptiste take a long-game approach. Rule No 1? Be niceBack in the 1990s, when club comics such as Frank Skinner, Jack Dee and Lee Evans were becoming household names thanks to the "comedy boom", being a comedy agent was often a cutthroat business, fighting for the few opportunities on TV and radio. But with the rise of panel s…