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10/24/2011

Manchester Comedy Festival Round-up

The Manchester Comedy Festival is on and I'm doing two show and helping with two others; Gag Reels at the Frog and Bucket - Tuesday 25th October The Frog & Bucket comedy club are showing another of their 'Gag Reels' night where a comedian gives a running commentary over one of their favorite films. I've been invited […]

09/27/2011

Bedford, Poole, Taunton, Eastbourne, Southsea, Alnwick

Day 20 - Bedford We turn up at the civic theatre on time but it is locked. When we are let in by one the tech's I take a look around and see a very old theatre looking the worse for wear. It does though come as a surprise that we will be one of the last […]

09/22/2011

Hexham, Kendal, Coventry

Day 15 - Hexham Showime. I.m standing back stage composing myself and staring at the curtains. The curtain stare back. It is a tiny bat staring back at me. I signal the stage manager, who is about to give me the green light to go on and we pause briefly while he fetches a small […]

09/15/2011

Truro, Scunthorpe, Barnsley

Day 11 - Truro The Braintree show is hard work, easily my least pleasant of the tour so far and feels like going through the motions to get a response. After an overnight stop in Reading (the hotel room has a microwave - result!) we motor on to Truro. Truro seems to be pretty laid […]

09/11/2011

Chesham, Norwich, Braintree

Day 7 - Chesham The Ark show in Borehamwood went well, and then on to Chesham to the Elgiva theatre, it's a pleasant place with a new coat of paint. Their panto posters adorn the backstage walls and I'm keen enough to spot that in 1998 the under-rated ex-Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner directed Aladdin - which […]

09/07/2011

Northampton, Didcot, Great Torrington, Borehamwood

Day 2 - Northampton Having been in Northampton once already for a radio appointment we're back again. It's only day two and I have spent most of it sleeping. The theatre is massive, and the crowd is too, it's a cracking show. I don't recall much else. Day 3 - Didcot Didcot Cornerstone is a […]

09/03/2011

Tour Support Three

I've still got the taste of Edinburgh in my mouth, and with two days rest I'm off doing my third support tour for the One Man Star Wars show, I've blogged it here before, and with a whole bunch of new places to see, here we go again. Day 1 - Corby Actually more like […]

08/31/2011

Bye Bye Scotland. Hello Lodnod.

The Edinburgh Festival is over. I was only able to blog until day six when everytihng in my head became to big to write about. I met some ace people such as Chris and Paul from New York City who do funny sketches and was allowed to go on Comedy Countdown a few time in […]

08/06/2011

Edinburgh Day 3 and 4

I was nervous as it was the first day of my show in Edinburgh and I wanted everything to be right. I have made some placards and covered them with book-cover-film to keep the rain off. They look proper good. At the show there were hiccups of a technical nature. The little telly I had […]

08/04/2011

Edinburgh Day 2

I bought a new biro for 45p, then another better rollerball pen for a pound. I was meeting the publicity man and wanted to look professional. At the meeting we both had a cup of tea and the waitress brought it in a pot, so I decided to take charge and be mother. On the evening there […]

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