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Gig 113: SOS Comedy @ 3MT, Manchester – 1st June 2013
I had three pieces planned for this month’s SOS Comedy. Firstly, I wrote a new Gold & Brass sketch which further cranked up the tension between Simeon and Oliver. I also had another...
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TGB37 – Gig Diary #8a – 12
They said it couldn’t happen, but here’s a third episode of The Gravy Boat in which I read from my gig diary. And, if that’s not enough, this is the third successive week in which I’ve released an...
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TGB38 – Gig Diary #13 – 19
Welcome to a bumper edition of The Gravy Boat! Don’t worry, it’s not a podcast about bumpers, there’s just loads of stuff in it! (MEGALOLZ). This week I read the diary entries for Gigs 13 to 19. The...
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Not At, But Not Quite With
A few months ago, I read an interview that Richard Herring did with The Psychologist (read it, here). In it, he made the following observation: I have noticed that the best and the worst performers...
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Gig 116: The Worst Comedy Night in Salford @ The King’s Arms, Salford – 18th...
With a regular MCing gig, I don’t like to use my usual stand up material for fear of burning through it and being forced to repeat myself. If you have any hope of building a regular audience then you...
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NOT Gig 117: Comedy Night @ The Dog and Partridge, Bolton – 20th June 2013
So, you can probably deduce from the title of the post that last night’s gig didn’t go ahead. If you can’t deduce that, then you may be brain damaged. Seek medical attention immediately. Sadly –...
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The Audience
An example of an audience. They’re apparently in Hong Kong. In the early months of performing comedy – specifically when doing ‘straight’ stand up, as opposed to character comedy or spoken word – I...
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Aims
When I completed my first year of performing comedy, I wrote a series of posts (imaginatively titled “A Year in Comedy“) reflecting on my experiences. On my second anniversary of performing comedy, I...
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TGB40 – Gig Diary #27 – 31
Yes, I know, another episode of The Gravy Boat for you to listen to. It’s almost as if I’m doing these weekly or something. So, I’m still reading out from my gig diary (as you may have gathered from...
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One Month To Go
So, it’s one month today until my (and Tim Wilderpin’s) show, Multi-Levelled Morons, opens at the Edinburgh Fringe. This will be my first full run at the Fringe and I’m the first to admit that I don’t...
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TGB41 – Gig Diary #32 – 37
Another week, another episode of The Gravy Boat. I recorded this episode last Saturday (I’m far too organised), so I can’t really remember what happens in it, other than the fact that I read out my...
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Gig 119: SOS Comedy @ 3MT, Manchester – 6th July 2013
Following a solo a appearance from Simeon Gold on Friday (Gig 118), he returned a day later as part of Gold & Brass for SOS Comedy. I’d written (and learned) a sketch for last month’s show (Gig...
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Three Weeks To Go
The Edinburgh Fringe starts in exactly 3 weeks, so I thought I’d give a quick update on how my preparations are going. As mentioned in the post One Month To Go, I had a mini-preview of Simeon Gold’s...
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Gig 122: The Worst Comedy Night in Salford @ The King’s Arms, Salford – 16th...
My main aim whilst compering this week’s TWCNiS (other than enjoying the madness) was to try and squeeze in a few bits from my intended set for Multi-Levelled Morons. As I mentioned in the post Three...
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Gig 123: Spotlight @ The Storey, Lancaster – 19th July 2013
Ho! Lancaster’s Spotlight has always been one of my favourite places to perform, because it isn’t solely a comedy night and so there’s more opportunity to experiment. There’s a mixture of poetry,...
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TGB43 – Gig Diary 44 – 47
The observant amongst you might notice that this week’s episode of The Gravy Boat contains fewer diary posts than usual, but is slightly longer in length. The reason for this is not that I talked...
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One Week To Go
The Edinburgh Fringe starts in one week’s time. If you can’t hear me screaming in sheer terror, it’s only because I wrote this some time ago and I’m probably now curled up in a ball quivering. These...
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Tomorrow
So, the Edinburgh Fringe starts…blah blah blah. I was going to write a post on my feelings on the eve of the Fringe starting, but I’m too bloody knackered. A combination of the 4 hour drive, carrying...
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Gig 126: Multi-Levelled Morons @ The Jekyll and Hyde, Edinburgh – 1st August...
So, on the plus side, show number one is out of the way. But, Christ, was it ever hard work. We met up with Tim (my fellow moron) at 11:30 to go through some last minute details and do some flyering...
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Looking Through The Binns For a Late Night Currie
Oh, Steven, why are you writing this blog post so early? Because I couldn’t sleep because my brain is too active. That’s why. Shortly after the less than auspicious opening of Multi-Levelled Morons...
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