I’m thinking
about trying an experiment at tomorrow’s Mostly Comedy. Don't worry: there won't be a Bunsen burner involved.
With
Monday’s Soho Theatre show and various other commitments, I've had no time to
meet with Glyn to discuss any new material. We’d usually do something tried and tested
when that's the case. You
can’t do something new every month; well, we can’t anyway.
This wouldn’t
usually be a problem, except for the fact that we’re doing our hour-long show
at the club in a couple of months – and are trying to avoid doing much from
it in Hitchin in the interim, to keep it fresh for the audience. As a result, I
was thinking about us pretty much reading one of my blogs verbatim tomorrow night.
It won’t be the
first occasion we’ve used my blog as a source for material. This is to be
expected, particularly when I’m writing one a day; most of my ideas will wind
up in it in some form or other. It will, however, be the first instance of us
using one in such a raw state.
It will still be
projector-based, as the idea involves a visual element. I already ran a rough slideshow past Glyn a
few months’ back, who liked the idea, so it won’t be completely unfamiliar.
We’ll also put our usual double act stamp on it when we talk it through
tomorrow morning.
Reading it out
rather than having it learnt shouldn’t be a problem. Everyone else that
previews material at our club does it, so why can’t we?
(Don't respond.)
My only issue
will be logistical; I don’t like leaving my mic in its stand, and will also have
to hold my remote. I guess I’ll just have to resort to the usual many-paged
crib sheet at my feet.
That’s if we decide
to go through with it. We’ll see how it goes. I may lose faith in it entirely
over the next twenty-four hours.
If so, it wouldn’t be the
first time.