28/08/07
Sat 25th Aug -
Categories: Had a massive moan about my show and told Manera and Lucy that I was going to do the show without the songs and props and just do an hour of stand up. I was that fed up. Manera pointed out that he wanted to see the sow and wanted to see the proper version. He then said he’d manage the door for me.
I am now going to wax lyrically about Manera more than I normally do. He made sure late comers didn’t interrupt punch lines and told women going to the toilet to be quiet and stopped anyone coming in after 20 minutes as It was pretty full and was one of the best shows I’d done. I could relax and do the show as it was intended. It went really well. People kept talking to me after, the collection was generous and it was a great way to finish the show.
Had a few beers with Greame Casey then Eric walked in and we all gassed till I got a cab to Lindsays. It was a good send off. We were rammed, all the acts did well. I wasn’t supposed to go on, but Manera insisted. I was a bit pissed and so was Ismo who was amazing. Andy White destroyed the first section and Andrew Roper closed brilliantly.
It was rammed. We must have turned away 40 people. Got loads of stroppy people complaining about not getting in, but they were FUCKING LATE! So had to man the door constantly. It was a fitting way to end the shows.
After show we drank till very late and James Sherwood brilliantly played the piano as we all sat around singing songs. This is what I love about Edinburgh and the last time I was in a similar situation James Sherwood was there as well. Good man. He really knows how to orgamise a knees up. At one point I got my blonde wig out and camped it up by singing Lola and Wuthering Heights. I think a few were a little shocked at my behaviour. I got a cab back but the gang went to the library bar. Bloody Exhausted.
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· http://www.pearshapedcomedy.com They are worth their weight in gold.
After a load of drinkers walking into Pear Shaped as though it doesn't exist of late
and trying to start fights I also put a polite notice on the door.
A simple piece of paper asking people not to walk in with no shame
and pricking the conciences of unpaying hecklers.
I thought it wouldn't work but it's made a huge and amazing difference !
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Welcome to the Pear Shaped door.
A door is a panel or barrier, usually hinged, that is used to cover an opening in a wall or partition giving onto a building or space. A door can be opened to give access and closed more or less securely. The term door is also applied to the opening itself, more properly known as the doorway. Doors are nearly universal in buildings of all kinds, allowing passage between the inside and outside, and between internal rooms. When open, they admit ventilation and light when closed they are designed to act as physical and social barriers. Next to the door you will find an explanation of the Pear Shaped Comedy Club as well as posters to indicate the existence of the club; these combined with the door, the posters beyond the door and the curtain behind the door are all designed as various levels of social barrier.
The purpose of a door closure is primarily to give occupants of a space privacy and security by regulating access. In the case of the Pear Shaped door its closure is usually to enable the acts to perform to the paying audience and those intending to pay the entrance fee without people wandering in “by mistake”. So please do not pass this point without payment and expect the audience, the acts and the comperes to think your action a mistake rather than a transgression. Behind the door is a “door person”* who’s job is to help regulate the ingress and egress of punters and acts with minimum disruption to the show. Please have your money to hand or if you have already paid the numbered ticket which indicates you are one of the 1,800 paying punters silly enough to pay to enter this room over the past 7 years. Thankyou for your cooperation and for not heckling from behind the curtain – many of the acts are fragile souls who were bullied at school; they don’t need more of it in their adult life. I’d like to say there are consequences for ignoring this notice but there aren’t really. Only empty threats.
*When Ava doesn’t have children to mind.
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