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.…
Category: Comedy gigs
Returning of returns
I have returned from a most excellent week in North Devon. It was sunny every day, but that nice autumn heat that is a pleasant one and never gets too…
Winding up the freelancing
This week was my final full week as a freelance journalist, at least for the time being. That is if it’s possible to have a full week as a freelance…
Admin time
In what must be my most productive day of comedy admin for about three years, I sent three emails for booking gigs yesterday. I sent one, then saw other spots…
Return of the quiz
Thursday saw my first performance of How To Win A Pub Quiz in 18 months. When I last performed it, I was in Wellington, NZ, and would start off making…
Another gig
I had my second gig on the Covid comedy comeback trail on Monday. It was in Swindon, so only 40 minutes drive away. This is considered local in comedy. Despite…
Gigging again
On Thursday, I performed a stand-up set at an actual physical comedy gig for the first time in ten months. And it was also back in Cirencester, where I had…
In the diary
I have an actual comedy gig booked in this next week. Although after a ten-month absence from the stage, my admin skills are a little rusty. I was convinced it…
Edinburgh sensations
A few things this week have made me think of Edinburgh Fringe. One thing, strangely enough, was the EdFringe website itself. Odd, that. I had a look to see what…
Back on the road
This week, it felt like I was heading to a gig. And by that, I mean that I had to get to the motorway during rush hour. But it wasn’t…