The online playing field is a whole new ball game for stand-up comedians, and ahead of the first one-hour virtual show he will perform this weekend, Azeem Banatwalla explains why.

Banatwalla tells us that the maximum disruptions he would face at a physical event would be people talking to each other or someone's phone starting to ring. "However, online, someone can walk into the listener's room and start talking; a pressure cooker can suddenly start whistling; or the sound of azan can start filtering in through the windows. So, it's an entirely different world of distractions we have to deal with," says the founder of comedy group East India Company.