mostly david ephgrave

Today I registered for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe; it’s official: the shit's about to kick off once again. Hopefully now I can get to grips with the show’s content and stop concentrating on admin. There are clearly still things to finalise on this front, but it’s anxiety-provoking to spend so much time on the organisational side of things when the show you’re promoting doesn’t exist yet. This is why I decided to motor on with the registration today. It's one of a number of jobs that were hanging over my head that conspired to make it all seem daunting and impossible to complete. My biggest worry in truth is when I’m going to sit down and get to grips with actually writing the thing , but at least now the lion’s share of the administrative work has been done: my digs and venue are booked and the show has been registered; that’s a good place to be at this point. I've also done more writing than I think. I’ve been trying new bit...

Yesterday ended up turning into a bit of a mad-panic-dash, as I rushed to register my show 'Mostly David Ephgrave' as part of next year’s (Mostly) Dave (Ephgrave) ’s Leicester Comedy Festival in time to meet their final deadline. I’d pretty much written off taking it to Leicester next year, having applied very late, so was pleasantly surprised when a slot came up last-minute. This was the reason for my sprint to-the-finish to get everything submitted. Thankfully, it wasn’t too much of a bind, as most of the promotional copy already existed, but I would still have appreciated a more leisurely pace than the the twenty-four hours I had to meet the final call of midnight tonight. Still, I’m pleased to be doing it, as it was very much a part of my plans for next year until I'd nearly scuppered it. The Leicester date (Saturday 25 th February 2017 at The Lightbox at Grays@LCB Depot: more details to follow) will almost certainly be the last ti...