This time at the Fringe was the most enjoyable I’ve every had. I got back yesterday and missed lots of people straight away. Luckily, they all live in London, so I’ll see them soon, but there’s something about knowing they’re just up the road for an impromptu coffee/ beer/ gig/ vegetarian that makes it all [...]

I’ve spent the last full week doing stand-up again. I can’t believe how much I’m enjoying it. Even though the material is new and not yet quite as sure-fire as I’d like it to be, I’m loving being in front of people who want to laugh and saying stuff that I think about stuff in [...]

I am at the Fringe.
Am on at The Stand’s Best of Irish tomorrow instead of today, also on Friday. MCed Girls With Guns last night. Saw Stewart Lee (brilliant) and Karaoke Circus (big sloppy fun) as well as seeing just about every lovely human thing I’d wanted to see, all within my first 24 hours. [...]

“Skinny Water”, whispered the VO, “is a low-calorie water enhanced with natural ingredients”. I spat my (regular, boring, unenhanced) water all over the TV screen. I’ve worked a lot in advertising; there are very few products I won’t say things about into a microphone. Better to have the corporate dollar in my pocket than in [...]

These are busy times: I have lots to do. By which I mean figuring out what to put in the very large suitcase I’m taking with me to Dublin and Edinburgh. I take more with me when I’m working in those two cities for a few days than I took for several months in Australia. [...]