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Last night’s Hitchin Mostly Comedy was a good’un.

We had a slightly smaller turnout than the last few months, but we’ve been spoilt for audiences since the beginning of the year. The last four shows were all sellouts.

Though yesterday wasn’t quite as jam-packed, they were still a lovely crowd, who were happy to listen to everything laid in front of them, comedically speaking. They were a nice bunch, and quite vocal; the laughter count didn’t represent the amount of people we had in (in a good way).

Last night saw the first Mostly Comedy appearance of Hattie Hayridge; a veteran of the stand-up circuit, who’s probably best known for playing Holly in Red Dwarf. Although we’ve seen her in the crowd at a few gigs over the years, this was the first time we’d actually met. She was very easy to talk to; we managed to fit in a nice little interview for our podcast, just before the gig went up.

Hattie Hayridge at last night's gig.

We also had Lou Sanders on the bill, who for some unfathomable reason we haven’t had back since she played our first Hitchin venue, The George, in April 2010. This wasn’t personal. It was good to have her down and to catch up.

Jay Foreman completed the line-up. He’s a Mostly Comedy old-timer, having performed at every venue we’ve run in Hitchin, London and Edinburgh, since the club began. Actually, that’s a lie: I don’t think he played The George – but he’s certainly been everywhere else. It’s always nice to have him back. We also had a nice informal chat for our podcast after the show, over a couple of glasses of wine.

(Jay didn’t drink, as he was driving. Sensible chap.)

It was also a good one for us. We resurrected a couple of pieces of material that we haven’t performed for a couple of years. We gave them a little tweak before the show, and were both pleased that they still get a good response.

Next month we have James Acaster and Nish Kumar previewing their new Edinburgh Fringe shows at Hitchin Mostly Comedy, and Richard Herring previewing at our Leicester Square Theatre gig. Both should be good.

Come on down (just like they did that game show.)
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