Today, myself and Glyn spent
the afternoon putting the finishing touches to our Leicester Festival show,
Doggett & Ephgrave Project Stuff.
I think it’s in pretty good shape. We’ve made a point of cutting out a lot of the waffle that was slowing down the show the last time we performed it. As a result, it’s running a little under time (clocking in at about 45 minutes), but it definitely feels better for it.
We’re also not taking the audience reaction into account, which should hopefully add a couple of minutes. If we have an audience, that is. If we don’t, we’ll be sure to leave an appropriate length of silence after each joke, to take the place of any potential laughter.
In the past, we’ve found it difficult to make the show come across as a cohesive whole. I think we’ve finally managed to address this. The joins between material have been smoothed over – and nothing feels too out of place.
We considered putting in another chunk or two of material to flesh out the running time, but for the moment, we’ve decided not to; we don’t want to add anything that will disrupt the flow. I guess we’ll wait to see how it sits in front of an audience.
The good thing is we’ve got a good few chances to get the show in shape. We’re performing it at The Looking Glass next Monday and Tuesday, then at our Leicester Square Theatre Mostly Comedy on Wednesday – then we’ll also do it at March’s London Mostly, as part of The Comedy Project’s 2014 Season at the Soho Theatre on the 14th April, plus for two nights at the Brighton Festival in May.
We’re also probably going to do it at July’s Hitchin Mostly Comedy (the night that Stewart Lee will be performing). Each performance will also be filmed; between them we should be able to put together a solid version to send to any industry types.
I’m looking forward to getting the show nice and tight. Hopefully we'll get out of our usual habit of apologising for our material – and show that we can hold our own as a double act (not in a rude way).
Come along and see it if you can. In the meantime, here’s a little chunk of the show that was previewed at last month’s Hitchin Mostly Comedy.
I think it’s in pretty good shape. We’ve made a point of cutting out a lot of the waffle that was slowing down the show the last time we performed it. As a result, it’s running a little under time (clocking in at about 45 minutes), but it definitely feels better for it.
We’re also not taking the audience reaction into account, which should hopefully add a couple of minutes. If we have an audience, that is. If we don’t, we’ll be sure to leave an appropriate length of silence after each joke, to take the place of any potential laughter.
In the past, we’ve found it difficult to make the show come across as a cohesive whole. I think we’ve finally managed to address this. The joins between material have been smoothed over – and nothing feels too out of place.
We considered putting in another chunk or two of material to flesh out the running time, but for the moment, we’ve decided not to; we don’t want to add anything that will disrupt the flow. I guess we’ll wait to see how it sits in front of an audience.
The good thing is we’ve got a good few chances to get the show in shape. We’re performing it at The Looking Glass next Monday and Tuesday, then at our Leicester Square Theatre Mostly Comedy on Wednesday – then we’ll also do it at March’s London Mostly, as part of The Comedy Project’s 2014 Season at the Soho Theatre on the 14th April, plus for two nights at the Brighton Festival in May.
We’re also probably going to do it at July’s Hitchin Mostly Comedy (the night that Stewart Lee will be performing). Each performance will also be filmed; between them we should be able to put together a solid version to send to any industry types.
I’m looking forward to getting the show nice and tight. Hopefully we'll get out of our usual habit of apologising for our material – and show that we can hold our own as a double act (not in a rude way).
Come along and see it if you can. In the meantime, here’s a little chunk of the show that was previewed at last month’s Hitchin Mostly Comedy.