The Blackout #2
It was with a little trepidation that I returned to Up The Creek last night for The Blackout. I'd picked up a last minute spot the evening before and was in a bit of a funk post interview. Also, having done the gig last month, selecting material was also an issue. The Blackout doesn't seem to get an awful lot of repeat custom, or at least not the sort of punter who attends every week. I was torn between wanting to experiment and wanting to get to the five minute mark.
In the end I elected to run through some of the newish material I'd performed last time, a little bit of new stuff and some of my best material. It seemed to do the trick. I opened the second half, made it to five minutes and was quite chuffed with the reaction. In particular, there was one joke that I gave a debut to last night that got a much stronger response than I had hoped for. It was enough to give me the "victory" on the night, my reward being a bottle of white wine that I've donated elsewhere.
Notable acts included Tom Lucy, who is 18 years old and possesses the stage presence of someone far more experienced. There's a buzz around him already and I'm not surprised, he's got great potential with something of a young Alan Carr about him. Geoff Alderman put in a strong and surprisingly combative shift, dealing well with some of the more disruptive elements in the room. The card holders in the first half were brutal, permitting only one of the first six acts to beat the Blackout. This put paid to the hopes of Zak Splijt's character, LJ Da Funk. This preposterous gangster always makes me laugh but as he acknowledged, always seems to split the room. Stand-up comedy would be a much duller place without acts like his though.
In the end I elected to run through some of the newish material I'd performed last time, a little bit of new stuff and some of my best material. It seemed to do the trick. I opened the second half, made it to five minutes and was quite chuffed with the reaction. In particular, there was one joke that I gave a debut to last night that got a much stronger response than I had hoped for. It was enough to give me the "victory" on the night, my reward being a bottle of white wine that I've donated elsewhere.
Notable acts included Tom Lucy, who is 18 years old and possesses the stage presence of someone far more experienced. There's a buzz around him already and I'm not surprised, he's got great potential with something of a young Alan Carr about him. Geoff Alderman put in a strong and surprisingly combative shift, dealing well with some of the more disruptive elements in the room. The card holders in the first half were brutal, permitting only one of the first six acts to beat the Blackout. This put paid to the hopes of Zak Splijt's character, LJ Da Funk. This preposterous gangster always makes me laugh but as he acknowledged, always seems to split the room. Stand-up comedy would be a much duller place without acts like his though.
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