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Today, we had the second Hitchin Mostly Comedy of 2014.  All in all, it was good. We had Norman Lovett, Nathaniel Metcalfe and Nish Kumar on the bill; three great acts and lovely people.  (Sorry: I’m gushing more than a geyser at Yellowstone National Park.) We interviewed Norman and Nish for our podcast, but sadly didn't have time to speak to Nat as well. This wasn't a disaster - we only uploaded our last interview with him a couple of months back - but it was a shame to miss him out.  Norman's very easy to talk to. He's not afraid to state his opinion (you would expect this, from someone who's spent so many years in the business), but he does it with grace. He's also one of the most supportive acts we've ever booked for Mostly; never afraid to hit the retweet button to help us out.  He also has a pet pug called Elvis, which earns him instant extra marks.  We talked a little about th...

Myself and Glyn are currently sitting on the train from King's Cross to Hitchin; on our way home from the comedy night that never was. Tonight was supposed to be this year’s final Leicester Square Theatre installment of Mostly Comedy (we still have two more Hitchin dates to go). We had a cracking line-up booked, including Red Dwarf’s Norman Lovett, Foster’s Best Newcomer Nominee Sam Fletcher, Time Out’s “rising star” Nish Kumar and us (no prefix). It was a great gig on paper – but sadly no-one wanted to come and see it. That’s not strictly true. There probably were plenty of people who wanted to come and see it, but only two people booked - and when the performers outweigh the audience 5/2 it’s less of a comedy night and more of a hostage situation. We’d probably have to rebill the gig as Mostly Comedians. I think the problem is we haven’t quite got our marketing right. The London gig is obviously up against a lot of competition ...