My Edinburgh Fringe preparations were all going just a little too well and I had a feeling that something would go wrong at some point. It happened this week, when…
Category: Comedy gigs
Two months to go
I have almost exactly two months left until my Edinburgh show begins and I have not gigged at all this past week. This would ordinarily be a concern, and perhaps…
The first hour
I performed my first ever hour-long show on Sunday and was expecting it to go well, because it often is the way when you do something like this for the…
New ground approaching
Tomorrow, I will perform the preview of my first ever solo show. The thought of doing a solo show fills me with both excitement and dread, which are useful for…
Payment and returning to Norfolk
This past week, I have received the most money for performing comedy to date. And while it certainly isn’t enough to live on, it is nice to not be out…
Due Southcote Road
The title of this blog gets half of its name from the road I have lived for the last 20-odd months, the other half is from the 1990s Mountie-cop show.…
Goings-on
It has been about a month since I gave an update to my increasingly dwindling readership, so here is the latest. I am currently putting together my first hour show…
Trying stuff
This week, I have been trying out some totally new material at open mic gigs in London that were attended by handful of people. The beauty of doing gigs such…
Gong wrong
Last year, I romanticised the King Gong at the Comedy Store as a tale of almost-redemption for my failures seven years previously. Well, I can now console my 21-year-old self…
Outside the Fringe
It would be wrong for me to perform in Edinburgh and feel anything but exhausted. Thankfully, I was able to ensure this through booking myself into a ten bed dorm…