STRATFORD — Aug Stone, a Stratford native and surrealist comedian who performs stand-up under the name “Young Southpaw,” came to his profession past a few loose ends.
Though he now has more than 80 performances under his belt and a podcast where he releases additional content, the draw of stand-up was not immediately part of the pattern.
Initially, he pursued his first love: music.
After learning to play the guitar at age 10 and playing with numerous bands throughout his teen years and early 20s, in 2003 he followed his passion to England, where for the next 10 years — before returning to the U.S. — he recorded music with one of his favorite producers.
He also began a project that would ultimately span more than a decade — writing his first book. And somewhere along the way, his love of comedy blossomed.
He began to write comedy with his friends, including a skit about unlikely buddies who unite to solve crime which eventually became a short film called “The Oxford Dons.”
In 2014, he self-published “Off-License To Kill,” a comedic novel about James Vagabond, an agent of ‘Britain’s Drunken Secret Service’ who is sent back in time to stop U.S. prohibition from ever happening.
Despite Stone’s early forays into comedy, he didn’t start thinking about doing stand-up until the idea was placed in his head from left field, he said.
The suggestion might have been a joke in itself.
In 2015, Stone began began studying philosophy with a Chinese metaphysics teacher who told him, “You will find fulfillment in life by risking embarrassment in public.”
Immediately Stone wondered whether stand-up could fit the bill — but still did not act...
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