This week marked two years since I arrived back from New Zealand. I had been travelling for more than 30 hours, then passed through through an eerily quiet Paddington Station…
Category: Comedy gigs
To fringe or not to fringe?
A friend posted a picture of the proof for her Edinburgh show this week and it got me thinking about it. Do I want to go there? If I do,…
In an ideas world
I was chatting to my old comedy partner, aged 46, about what the future holds. He has no direct information on the future, despite what he may claim. He turned…
Too many projects, not enough focus
I have various things I want to write but have difficulty focusing on one project. As a result, very little ends up getting written. Or I do a bit on…
2022: what awaits?
At the start of every year, provided I remember, I like to write a post on here with my hopes and aims for the next 360-odd days. Part of the…
Farewell, 2021
The 12 months of 2021 has been another Covid year when everything has remained on-hold. I’ve spent time waiting for things to get back to something vaguely normal, only for…
Doing a gig
I had an actual gig on Thursday night. I was in Ashton Keynes, which was another area that my local paper used to cover. But it was my first time…
Somebody save me
I have a gig on Thursday, which will be my first one for a month. Even if there are last-minute petrol shortages – and I know I risk causing one…
Metacrisis
Facebook has this week revealed a corporate name change to Meta, which I am sure is going to solve all its problems. A creepy video was released, where Mark Zuckerberg…
On the road again
On Friday night, I drove 100 miles down to Swansea to actually perform a comedy gig. It was fraught with delays, taking an hour longer than it should have done.…