Sunday 13th August 2006

Yep, spoke too soon. The "Sold Out" kid got stuck in the bathroom or something and it was back down to earth with this evenings show.

I didn't prepare myself properly for the show in fairness. I sat in the Pleasance Green reading "Hamlet" and feeling very self conscious that if I continued I could very well end up being discussed in Russell Kanes Theory of Pretension show. I discussed my paranoia with Marek Larwood as he came out of the Klang show. Marek said that "Hamlet" is a "fucking great" play but I could tell he'd never read it.

Adding to the woe of my lower audience figures tonight was the fact that Alex (or her name might be Emily...not sure...either way she's a lovely girl) one of my street team/flyering people told me that there was a gang of ten girls who wanted to see my show but were just too late to get tickets. I have a feeling they may have made a difference tonight.

All pretty low key onstage this evening, felt in a slightly low mood for some reason which was compounded by the fact that a girl fell asleep in the front row after four minutes. Now that takes some doing. Only a certain level of performance ability can lull someone into slumber that quickly. If the girl in question can keep her eyes open long enough to happen upon this blog, you know, thanks for the tenner and all that (well, thanks on behalf of The Pleasance for the tenner), but I really wouldn't have minded if you'd gone to bed instead. Just so you know for future.

I wandered over to do the Free Beer Show after mine, in a mild state of weariness, to be told that I wasn't meant to be doing it. I was glad of this, which isn't the attitude I have been trying to maintain up here this year, but I am allowed one slip. I said a brief hello to Glen Wool who was almost in tears when he heard I wouldn't be compering. We did a quick private gig together to make him feel better. I hope he did well in the real show...I wasn't allowed on that one.

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