
What’s behind the recent boom in stand-up comedy , a cultural sea change that’s propelled the number of local stand-ups to around three dozen from practically none? Constantinos Psillides has a simple one-word answer:
“Netflix!”
45-year-old Psillides pre-dates the boom, having been performing since the ‘practically none’ days. At the time – 10 years ago, say – there was only him, Louis Patsalides (the father of stand-up in Cyprus) and