As we approach the end of the first week of the year 2023, it at least gives me some sort of deadline to write an update for January. I have…
Category: Comedy gigs
Cheerio, 2022
What is there left to do in this… year? Did I achieve what I had set in my sights? Well, the short answer is: no. In numerous ways, 2022 has…
Getting the bug
I had a gig last week, which has taken me a little while to write about for reasons that I shall divulge. There were about 20 people in. They were…
Moving slowly
I have been planning to move back to London at various points over the past five years, only for stuff to get in the way. I was talking about it…
Dropping in
I had a gig in Gloucester this week in a pub that I have driven past hundreds of times, if not thousands, over the years but had never been in…
Drafted in late
I had an unexpected gig on Friday night. I was just finishing some work, or trying to start some, and received an email from a promoter just before 6pm to…
A positive visit to Edinburgh Fringe
A week ago, I was in Edinburgh for five nights. It felt much like returning to the MCU after the Blip. It was familiar, but also different. And someone else…
Training it
It doesn’t really feel like Edinburgh Fringe is happening at the moment, largely because I’m not there. But also, because the Fringe hasn’t been a focal point of my life…
My Edinburgh Fringe in songs
Edinburgh Fringe has started and I am not there. Having not been there for three years, it doesn’t feel that strange. What also helps is that I am locked out…
A gig and travel plans
I had a gig last night near the Forest of Dean, sticking with my unintentional policy of only doing gigs this year in Gloucestershire. The only exception to this so…