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Saturday, 21 November 2015

Comedy Club

Last night I attended a Comedy Club. I won't name the venue but it was advertised as starting at 8.30pm but didn't get underway until 9.15pm and for a middle aged non drinker like me that was a long time to be fiddling with your phone. I had gone undercover to do some research. To see how the pros or semi-pros do it because three years on from attending a BBC Radio 2 Stand Up Comedy Workshop at the Glee Club Cardiff I still harbour ruthless ambitions of having a go as a Stand Up Comic as opposed to the sit down variety which in my more grandiose moments, I think I am. One thing I learnt was how to deal with a heckler or rather somebody under the influence who was blurting out random words and phrases as she saw fit. She was not middle aged and not a non drinker. So there I was, the moral majority sitting at the back, squirming at what the aspiring comedians had to deal with. Hats off to them. The compere was a thorough professional and did well with what I thought was a difficult audience. I thought they were difficult because of the amount of alcohol they had consumed in that three quarters of an hour before the gig had started but what do I know. So I am working on my 5 minutes of material and keeping my eyes peeled for a gig at a Temperance meeting. If you hear of anywhere, please let me know.