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Yesterday, controversially, was the first day in nineteen months with a Mostly Comedy at the end of it, which is the longest gap between gigs in our nearly thirteen-year history. Sharing a showbiz stance with Phil Cornwell. It's fair to say we had no idea how long we'd be closed when we cancelled our show planned for March 2020. If anything, we felt we might be being over-cautious. But little did we know what lay ahead. And while that still applies today, to an extent, it was at least good to take baby steps towards pre-pandemic normality. Now, we just need public interest and confidence to build to the point that we start to pull in enough punters to make a profit while being as Covid-secure as possible. For the most part, the show was like putting on a pair of comfy shoes once we got past a couple of tech issues which meant we opened late. While we only started approximately fifteen minutes after our advertised kickoff, the mad dash to the end of our soundcheck left me feelin...

Tonight’s Mostly Comedy was a special one, not least because it featured John Thomson, an act who - like our other occasionally appearing turn Kevin Eldon - is synonymous with so many key comedy roles. John only played the club once before, almost exactly four years ago (which happened to be the day before I went up Big Ben) and that gig's definitely somewhere in our unofficial top ten best shows; partly for the performance itself (which included a brief appearance from Thomson’s alter ego Bernard Righton) and partly for the interview we did with him afterwards for our More Than Mostly Comedy podcast. This interview ranged from discussing his early work with Steve Coogan to the film he made with Bill Murray, all of which he was more than happy to discuss and was genuinely a great sport about. That night was also one of the first times I did an extended solo set, which Thomson was very kind about afterwards, though I do remember him saying, “You...

Some days, you inevitably use a press release you put together for the next show at your comedy club as a blog post; well, today is one of those days: read it and weep (as long as you also factor in booking tickets...) Press Release – 07.03.18 mostly comedy a monthly comedy club, at the sun hotel in hitchin March sees two instalments of Doggett & Ephgrave’s Hitchin comedy club Mostly Comedy at The Sun Hotel: while 30 th March’s performance of PHILL JUPITUS’ tour show JUPLICITY is officially sold out, returns can potentially be snapped up on the night; tickets for 22 nd March with Red Dwarf’s NORMAN LOVETT , however, are still available at time of going to press. NORMAN is a veteran of the stand-up circuit. He played the original Comedy Store on countless occasions - once supporting The Clash, which he sees as a personal career highlight. Television credits include his BBC2 Sitcom 'I, Lovett' and Paramount Comedy's '...

Last night saw another of those surreal Mostly Comedys I've grown accustomed to expect. February 2017's Hitchin Mostly line-up: Jenny Collier, Glyn Doggett, David Ephgrave & Ardal O'Hanlon (left to right). It’s reached the stage where we’re fortunate enough to have big names at the club as a matter of course, with the odd leap occurring at regular intervals. Only four months ago we had Rory Bremner on the bill, which was both ridiculous and ridiculously good ; the dust had barely settled from this to be kicked up again by yesterday’s headliner: Ardal O’Hanlon. Ardal O'Hanlon at Hitchin Mostly Comedy (16.02.17) It’s no exaggeration to say we’ve been after him for years. While I’d hoped our diaries would eventually sync, there was always the stumbling block that he lived in Ireland, which made it less likely we’d find a time when he happened to be in England and free. David Ephgrave at Hitchin Mostly Comedy (16.02....