I have taken the plunge and forked out almost £300 to be listed in the main Edinburgh Fringe brochure. It has been long four years since I last did this…
Author: Alex Love
On a downer
At my gig in Walthamstow last night, I was due to honour an agreement made the previous month to down a pint of Guinness on stage. Despite anyone there barely…
Return to the Forbidden Planet
When it comes to 7-12 February, I often think back to what I was doing in the year 2000. I was 15 years old and had somehow landed the lead…
Gigging commences
I’ve had my first three gigs of 2015 this week and if they are any indicator of how my comedy year is going to be, then it’s going to be…
2015
It has now been five years since I moved to London. I came here without a job or any real idea what I was doing, a bit of luck helped…
2014: A half-arsed review
With the remnants of 2014 fast slipping away, I will now summarise the past 365 days. Also, I am still back home and am running out of things to do.…
Stay on target
At the start of this year, I set myself three comedic targets and am only likely to meet two of them with the days of 2014 now dwindling. As Meatloaf…
A private matter
This week, I have gigged in Nottingham and dressed as a giant penis. I should add that they were separate events and I was in my normal clothes when I…
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
This week, we said goodbye to Ruby Tuesdays. Well, we said goodbye to the ‘Tuesday’ part in October 2013. This week, we said farewell to the rest of it. We…
Once more unto the breach
I have made a return to regular gigging after taking it easy in September to recover from the Fringe and settle back to working full-time in the real world. Fortunately…