Waiting For Gaddot
Yesterday was a long and peculiar day. It started with the single shortest interview I've ever attended, that sent me into a familiar cycle of self-loathing and fear that I'd done something wrong. Unusually, it abated quickly. It's a volunteer role and I won't lose any sleep if I don't get it.
Then, Richard Gadd asked me if I would take part in his show at The Hawley Arms that evening. It transpired that I was filling in for Ed Aczel who is playing the role of a security guard who performs five minutes of stand up in "Waiting For Gaddot". As the title implies, the conceit is that Gadd is late to his own Edinburgh show and his long suffering tech man is required to proceed on his behalf. Without giving too much away, it's a racuous multimedia romp. It's going to be on at 11:30pm in Edinburgh at the Banshee Labrinth.
Aczel is considered to be an anti-comedian in style and I tried to mimic that during my time on stage, mostly doing deadpan interpretations of some of my own jokes. The idea was basically that the character would drone on while Gadd and the techie would converse via instant messenger about the tedious nature of his performance and eventually demand his removal from the stage. I appeared to capture the part reasonably well and was happy with my performance under the circumstances. Parker pen enthusiast Darren Maskell informed me that he had been asked to do it earlier in the day, so lord knows how far down the pecking order I was.
Back on stage tomorrow as myself at The Panda Rumble in Hampstead.
Then, Richard Gadd asked me if I would take part in his show at The Hawley Arms that evening. It transpired that I was filling in for Ed Aczel who is playing the role of a security guard who performs five minutes of stand up in "Waiting For Gaddot". As the title implies, the conceit is that Gadd is late to his own Edinburgh show and his long suffering tech man is required to proceed on his behalf. Without giving too much away, it's a racuous multimedia romp. It's going to be on at 11:30pm in Edinburgh at the Banshee Labrinth.
Aczel is considered to be an anti-comedian in style and I tried to mimic that during my time on stage, mostly doing deadpan interpretations of some of my own jokes. The idea was basically that the character would drone on while Gadd and the techie would converse via instant messenger about the tedious nature of his performance and eventually demand his removal from the stage. I appeared to capture the part reasonably well and was happy with my performance under the circumstances. Parker pen enthusiast Darren Maskell informed me that he had been asked to do it earlier in the day, so lord knows how far down the pecking order I was.
Back on stage tomorrow as myself at The Panda Rumble in Hampstead.
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