The room I am staying in is a child's bedroom. There is a large woolly parrot in the corner and a bookshelf with the high school musical annual on it. I have read he annual.

I went to the venue to do a 'technical'. The room was dark and I put a chair on he stage but we did not need it in the end. I put the map up on the easel, but I have done that before.

Next I paid a visit to the team at Gag Reflex. They are looking after me while I do my show and are very nice. I asked what was for tea, but they don't do that apparently, but were happy to make me a cup tea. The tea was yorkshire tea so that was good, I had a small chocolate mars from a box of celebrations too.

There is nothing to celebrate yet but the nice girls who were made to sit on the floor were stapling my reviews from Buxton on my flyers, the well mint one's with the 4 stars on them. One of the bits of paper with the 4 stars on them came off and there was a bit of distress for a moment, but it was over quickly.

I then went to the piemaker for a cornish pasty.

Today I bumped into Lee Fenwick, Seymour Mace, Phil Ellis, Juliet Meyers and Mick Ferry. I shouted at Rob Deering out of a window and ate four savouries.

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It's time for another playtime.

I will be at the Lass O'Gowrie in Manchester to try out lots of new things and idea what are all part of the show going to Edinburgh later in the year. This will be the last playtime before the Edinburgh Previews in June and July. There will be a guest who is Vic McGlynn doing some stuff too.

It is a free night, but there are not many seats, so get on the seating list by emailing thelassevents@gmail.com

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In August I will be doing a full proper show at the Edinburgh Festival. I have been to loads of places now and got a lot of stuff to talk about. The show is so big I have drawn a big map on a sheet of A0 paper, what is the biggest normal sized sheet of paper you can get before you have to go to a proper printers and order reams.

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