How do you know when you're going to do a good show? 

I don't know what it is but I know that our next show, is going to be a good one.  I've still got loads of work to do but I've got the hard stuff out of the way - booking acts, sorting out the music, thinking up our sketches - and so now all that is left to do is the fun stuff, rehearsals, cheographing dances, making signs, laughing lots.  oh, I do have to write my solo piece but I wouldn't be me if I didn't leave it right until the last minute.

Speaking of solo work, I did my very first solo gig a couple of weeks ago.  It went down like a sack of shit!!  Oh I....well, I was just about to say I did have high hopes for it but that's a lie as I don't really think I had any expectations about it.  I guess I was hoping that it would go down well but I knew that a large part of why it had been a success at my night was because the majority of people knew me.  I went to this solo gig only armed with my over excited, pissed friend Catherine.  She loved it.  She also loved the whole evening which I actually thought was quite poor!

To start there were 20 slots!!  I was placed second to last!  I eventually went on stage at 10.30pm.  Oh my god, if the audience wasn't asleep they were pissed and bored.  I rushed it,  was underconfident, I went out in a blackout and started when no one could see me.  I've tried to forget about it and as My friend Daniel said just book your next gig straight away and forget that one ever happened....

SO....

Me and Reedy are doing Spank. Spank is another comedy night at The Albany but is far rowdier, drunker and harsher than anything I like to go see, let alone be a part of, but it's all part of getting the fear and seeing whether or not random people find us funny....

Keep them fingers crossed.
Love
matt's little sister xxx