How to Set Up a Comedy Show

I was doing a gig at the BBC bar. It's still the BBC, but it's a canteen. And I go into the bar and the bar is like definitely not set up for comedy. There's no stage, just a little area in the corner of the room. No mic stand. The microphone comes off a mixing desk which is on a sort of, there's like a pew in the corner,. So listen, as a pew is where a priest would lead a sermon in a church. But for some reason, there's a pulpit in this bar. Don't know why.