Jesting
Making people laugh, sometimes on purpose
Performance History
A living timeline of every time I've stood in front of a microphone and tried to make people laugh. Some go better than others.
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The Same Faces
The Pomfret Arms, Northampton
My first time performing comedy on stage. Performing at The Pomfret Arms in Northampton with The Same Faces. This included singing a song about having erectile dysfunction - ironically hard for my first performance.
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The Same Faces
The Pomfret Arms, Northampton
Back at it again doing improv with The Same Faces at The Pomfret Arms in Northampton.
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Improv Deathmatch at Camden Fringe
Aces and Eights Saloon Bar, Camden
Our group, OOF Comedy, performed in the Improv Deathmatch at the Camden Fringe. Hosted by (and against) City Impro. (We won)
At the Aces and Eights Saloon Bar in Camden.
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Improv Deathmatch at Camden Fringe
Aces and Eights Saloon Bar, Camden
Returning to the improv deathmatch to perform with The Same Faces. (We lost)
At the Aces and Eights Saloon Bar in Camden.
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Atic Open Mic
Atic
My first time doing stand-up!
I dug through random digital notes I had laying around for a long time and managed to piece together a bunch of jokes which I stood in front of a microphone and read out... It went fine.
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Atic Open Mic
Atic
My second time up, tweaking material a bit and trying not to hold a verbatim print-out while performing.
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Canny Funny
The Pomfret Arms, Northampton
Getting back on the improv stage for the first time in a while, performing at The Pomfret Arms in Northampton with the lovely bunch at Canny Funny.
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James Tavern Open Mic
James Tavern
Taking the material on the proverbial road, a lot scarier being at a different location around almost no-one I know. Laughs felt harder to earn but more satisfying to achieve.
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Atic Open Mic
Atic
Back again to try out a couple of new jokes and the more refined existing ones.
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Saints Coffee New Act / New Material
Saints Coffee
My first "paid" appearance performing a 5 minute spot at a ticketed event. My first payment was a deceptively tasty fruity beer (I don't like beer.)
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Atic Open Mic
Atic
Went along to support a couple of mates and spectate. The bill was a bit short so got asked last minute to perform.
Read random puns off my phone and finished by doing some sole improv, oddly successful showing!
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Royal Pug New Act / New Material
Royal Pug
A second appearance on a ticketed bill.
This was the toughest night I've had on stage, the audience felt tough to win over, I managed to recover a joke and get the audience on-side before fumbling the pay-off. All-in-all a valuable learning experience but a huge knock to confidence.
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Atic Open Mic
Atic
The strangest and most enjoyable act I've put together. The character of "Sturat" performing rat-based observational humour (I'll never recover the expenditure on an adult rat costume).
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Atic Open Mic
Atic
Returning to the stage with absolutely none of my existing/good content to perform a set purely written about Christmas. It went down alright for a set written about 3 days before.
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Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
My first time having a 10 minute spot. Compiled a "best of" of my material, fleshed out some bits and managed to hold roughly 9 minutes of the slot. Probably my most "professional" performance.
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Atic Open Mic
Atic
Filling in when a few last minute spots opened up
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The Bell Open Mic
The Bell
Spontaneously put my name down for the Open Mic night happening whilst out with some coworkers. A night for music, spoken word and comedy.
I was the only one not doing music so besides telling some puns I read out An Ode To The Feeling.
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Atic Open Mic
Atic
A very fun mic, wrote an entire set (about becoming a father) and rehearsed more than usual, overall quite an enjoyable writing and performing experience.