My first entry!

Thought I'd start with a new photograph taken of me at a fantastic comedy club. "Lock N Load" in Blackburn has been running a few years now and I've always had a great time there, one of the few clubs on the "alt" circuit I actually enjoy doing! The photo in question was taken on a night when I wasn't even supposed to be on the bill! What happened was, I'd just done a wedding at a notorious venue in Blackburn, Y had gone to Lock n Load on her own 'cos she'd seen a million nights like the one I was about to have. When I turned up at the wedding the bride was in the usual taffeta and unbelievably the groom was wearing a Burberry cap as well as his wedding suit...a truly "Chav" wedding! The gig itself was pretty good, they got most of my knob gags and the clever stuff sailed over their less then pretty little heads. So pocket full of chav cash I got a taxi and hoofed it out of there down to watch SH, an act I'd only ever seen in the north east. On arriving the promoter asked if I'd do a ten to fill in some time. I naturally asked SH if this was ok as I was to be going on before him (note to comics, it's common courtesy to do this and costs nowt!) He had no problem, so I stepped on to the stage to a fantastic welcome from a crowd that had only seen me headline there weeks previously. I arsed about a bit to be honest talking about the wedding I'd just done, but got some real laughs along the way! It turns out that the BBC were there and reviewed it! Phew!..could've shot myself in the foot with that one. A full review of the night along with details of the club can be found at www.locknloadcomedyclub.com
Well it's been a funny week in lots ways. It started well with a brilliant gig at the lovely Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven. I'd driven over from Sunderland having done a sportsman's dinner with SAFC legend Gary Rowell the evening before. What a nightmare journey! first of all it was dark and raining so the A69 Carlisle was worse than ever and the stretch from Carlisle to Whitehaven seemed to go on for ever! It was a good turn out and my co-headliner JJS was superb, she warmed a nice crowd up perfectly for me. The compere JC struggled at times but his natural warmth and with set us both nicely. How did I do? Fucking stormed it! almost an hour doing material, riffing it and arsing about in a funny way ! My best gig for a long time This was my second gig at this theatre and second time I've done well. JC and I went out afterwards to watch a dreadful blues band "Men Performing Badly" they were called..weren't they?
Sunday disaster struck! I was taken ill with what I thought was a re-occurrence of the liver illness I had in April, an ambulance was called and I spent the night in Wigan Hospital doubled up in pain. It turned out to be similar but not as serious as April but a bit of a kidney infection alongside it didn't help. The TLC from the nurses certainly did and I've spent the last few days sleeping and slowly getting back to my old self.
Tomorrow I'm working in the West End of that London, tell you more about it then.
FTM!