mostly david ephgrave

Today an interview I did a few week’s ago for Broadway Baby’s On The Mic podcast became available, and I’m quite pleased with it. Even someone as hypercritical as me can sometimes hear a thing I’ve done back after a little distance has passed and accept I don’t come across like a complete dick in it. You never really know whether you’re just rambling on or sounding coherent when you do these things as they’re always over in a flash, and it’s all down to whether you hit it off with the interviewer and if they ask interesting questions; if they don’t, it can feel like pulling teeth. Thankfully this wasn’t the case in this instance. Despite all of the usual concerns, I felt it was going pretty well at the time and listening to it today it’s good to learn I was right. Even the stand-up material that’s been cut around it, despite being a couple of years old and quite different to the content of my new show sounds reasonably flattering as a whole; good j...

Tonight, I went to see Bill Bailey at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage, which was unsurprisingly a joy (primarily for the first bit). I've only seen him live once before, at a cosy work-in-progress show at the Menier Chocolate Factory, with me and my wife sitting practically in the front row. He seemed a little flu-filled that night and keen to keep his head down and get through it, whereas tonight he was on sparkling form. It was inspiring to watch; he's the best by a long chalk.   Today was personally useful too, as Broadway Baby shared an interview to promote my Brighton run. Hopefully it will help encourage an audience; either way, it made me feel more positive about it. Here it is; read on .