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Tonight we waved goodbye to Mostly Comedy’s Hitchin venue for the last three years and two months, The Market Theatre, at our final show of 2015, with Sean Hughes and Katharine Ferns. Occasions like these are bittersweet. The theatre is close to both Glyn’s and my heart; not least because it’s where we met, working front of house and doing lights and sound, back in 1999. If you’d told us then that we’d (1) form a double act and (2) run a comedy club in the studio we’d spend most of our time hoovering, we would have laughed in your face, then asked you to unplug the hoover from the wall so we could retract the lead without walking across the room first. While it’s a shame to leave a great performance space, the fact the event has grown so much since we’ve been there has made the move inevitable. More frequently than not, we’ve turned people away due to being sold out, which is ultimately a great position for the club to be in. It’s also the fourth time Mostly has moved sin...