mostly david ephgrave

It was good to be back at last night’s Mostly Comedy, having missed last month’s show. Me, comedianing, last night (photos by Gemma Poole) We’re still getting used to the new venue, and the teething problems that come with being in a new space. That said, it’s a comfortable fit, largely down to the hard work and all-round assistance we get from our technician Paul Williams, who came on board the Doggett & Ephgrave Express in the past year. (Though it’s less an ‘express’ and more of a ‘slow service.) Glyn, comedianing, last night. Despite all our forward planning, inevitable sound problems before the show meant we had little time to relax before curtain up. Once these issues were fixed it all ran smoothly, thanks to Paul and the rest of our staff (let’s hope Paul reads this; are you there, Paul? ARE YOU THERE? ). The pre-set lighting state makes the ballroom look lovely when people arrive and it has more toilets, a bigger bar and more ...

Yesterday, I watched the most recent Muppets film, the imaginatively titled ‘The Muppets’. Towards the end, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy join forces to sing a song that brings back very specific memories of my childhood: the beautiful ‘Rainbow Connection’. Every time I hear it, my mind is thrown back to my last day at junior school. Each year, on the last day of term, the school would hold a special assembly, in which we’d all say goodbye to the class who were leaving. It was emotionally charged, sending the impossibly old Year Six into the great unknown of ‘big school’. Over time, St Nicholas JMI had built up a tradition. The class who were leaving would always close the assembly by singing the song to the rest of the school. No sooner had the final chord rung out from Mrs Gledhill’s upright piano, than your time there was up. From that moment on, you were practically an adult. Though twenty years have passed since I stood in there and sang it, I only need to hear t...