Today, I did the
first run of my show since I performed it at Leicester Square Theatre last
November, to start getting it back up to speed for my gig in London next
Monday.
I intend this to be my penultimate outing with it, with the last one being
at the Leicester Comedy Festival at the end of next month. It was
interesting going back to it today after such a long hiatus. I took a little
while to get in the swing of things and forgot a few bits here and there, but
once I got going, I enjoyed it. There’s a definite point just before halfway in
where the energy of the material picks up and it becomes more fun; while I
don’t intend to do much tweaking of the show so late in the game, this is
something I’ll try to keep in mind when I start piecing together the next
one.
The next one; now,
there’s an intriguing thought. It’s high time I got on with it. While there’s
been a palpable sense of anxiety around it since the summer, this has started
to morph into excitement over literally the past few days. The first thing I
need to do is sift through my blog and my various notebooks to pull out the
bits that I think will work in a live context, and try to piece together the
outline of a longer set that has energy and drive, and is more consistent than
what I did last time around; the hardest part will be choosing
what to include, as nearly four years’ worth of the blog is a hell of a
resource; oh for an editor to do it for me.
I hope to make
the process fun. While last year’s show wasn’t perfect, I’m still proud of it. The trick will be to make the next one better, and to give it
more attack. It’s likely the projector will be more heavily involved as that’s what I
do best; watch this space.