Gig 21: A Comedy Journey – From Onions to Hamster Death @ Sandbar, Manchester – 26th November 2011

Following my last gig,  I wrote that I needed to do some more straight stand up gigs and then, as if by magic, I was offered a spot at this anniversary show.   Some of the fine folks that I’ve met through improv and doing gigs were celebrating their first year in stand up, and, due to a cancellation, I was offered a last-minute spot.

As I only found out the day before the show, I didn’t have time to prepare anything new and decided to go with the set I performed at Gigs 17 & 18.  Luckily, it came back pretty easily and I only needed a few run-throughs to get it straight.  I decided to throw in one new line because it was just something daft that I said at work and wanted to know whether it would work or not.

I was really pleased with how my spot went.  I think a combination of a friendly audience and performing a set that I know works allowed me to really relax into it and hopefully bring out some more of my own personality.  In terms of development, I probably need to do some more gigs with less friendly audiences, but you might as well enjoy it while you can.

As it was a special gig, with lovely people, I’ll give you the full running order:

Lee Moore (MC)

 

Sally Jones

Rachel Lancaster

Heena Patel

 

Conor Aylward

Me

Jackie Hagan

It was a genuinely entertaining evening throughout.  Often with a show that’s a bunch of open-micers, you’ll get a few lulls, but there was none of that here.  It was a genuinely talented bunch (although I may have been the lull) and it will be interesting to see how they all develop.

 

 

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