Oh it was so much fun and so brilliant and I had such a good time and we had great acts and I did my first solo piece and it went down really well and now I'm scared because the next one has to be bigger and better and what if it isn't and........

Breathe!

It was so great.  In brief. I won't bore you. 
At 11.30pm the night before someone dropped out.  Oh the fear!  He was doing two acts and he was playing the music at the end of our show.  I turned up for a rehearsal for the final song and he looked like death - not warmed up...simply death.  Bless him, he was trying to solider on and didn't want to let me down but I bravely said 'No, you're not going anywhere near my stage mainly because you're having trouble walking from room to room and...well, basically you can't breathe!'  He very quickly downloaded 'Somebody to love' by Queen for me and I cycled home cursing my chosen career.

How did I manage to end up in this position with yet again too few acts?  Not to worry, Lovely Colin Hoult from Colin and Fergus came to my rescue.  I sent out a panic text saying please can you do more sketches.  He came up with one better and found me another act.  I was feeling slightly underconfident about our new sketch, not because it wasn't funny but because it's a very laid back and it was basically just us chatting - not to worry.  The power of a wig and a scottish accent...Oh, and a jumpsuit is amazing.  Also we sang our amazing song 'Platform 19' at the end and I - very surprisingly - was right on key.  My friend Tim was actually quite disappointed as she prefers it when I'm screeching like a dying fox.

Anyway, then came my solo.  I'd only finished the bloody thing about an hour before I left the house! (my procrastinating was at an all time high)  and I didn't know how it would be recieved but it seemed to go down well.  I do know though that I was performing to a room full of friends and the real test of whether it's funny or not will be in front of a completely neutral audience.  Something I must do soon.  I think we're going to perform our new sketch, Den and Denise, at Spank which is a another comedy night at Lowdown at the albany.  We're not inviting anyone and so we'll really see how well it goes down - I'm slightly worried!

So, what with the last show being great - The next show has to be better and that is a lot of pressure.  I have already bagged myself one brilliant gal who I saw in her one woman show at the Hen and Chickens.  She is called Zoe Gardner and she was fabulous.  There wasn't a period/boyf/reaching 30 joke in sight and I felt very inspired seeing her.  She was terribly timid afterwards too and very endearing.

In the process of trying to upload a video onto youtube but I've been waiting an hour...Is that normal?  Pah..I'm so crap on the 'puter's I hate them.  In the meantime check out these video's made by friends of mine, I think they're great:

Neil Catchick: A Ramblers Tale.
Dan Taylor: Stackers

You might recognise a lot of the people in them as people I've worked with, went to uni with, good friends with and ....Well my husband is in Stackers!
Must go and write fabulous show and go for a run even though my right foot has been aching for 3 days now...Is that normal?
Love
matt's little sister xxx

Ps.  Have added new backstage photos from our Valentine special.  Look at the headings on the right. xx