On Saturday night I did two gigs at the Leicester Comedy Festival. And I had the time of my ruddy life.Originally I was booked to take part in a Gong Show as part of the festival at 10:30pm. I also managed to blag an open spot in an earlier show. So now I was doing two gigs at the same venue, one after the other. The only problem was that some of the same people might come to both, so I needed different material for each show. And, let's face it, I don't have very much material to choose from.
"Never mind," I thought. "I'll just have to ad lib a bit."
OK, so it was a high-risk strategy. But how can you learn if you don't take risks? It could have all gone very badly wrong. But, on this occasion it didn't. Most of my biggest laughs of the night came from ad libs and from interacting with the audience. And what's more, it was a million times more fun than trotting out that same old tired material.
I was helped by two great characters in the front row. First there was a man called Paul who had an 80's mullet hairstyle with blonde streaks. Then there was a lovely woman, who I dubbed the "Lady Mayoress", who was absolutely trolleyed.
Here's a clip. Hope the wonderful atmosphere comes across.
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3 comments:
We in Argentina are well impressed. You had 'em in the palm of your hand matey.
The business!
Sounds like a good time had by all....you go for it!!
Sam, awesome, just bloody awesome. Your timing, your rapport, the atmosphere you built up - just brilliant. Quality - this must be the nirvana of stand up comedy? You weren't a performer entertaining customers: you were with a bunch of mates having a laugh! Respect - Sam Brady has arrived!
P.S. of course you're only as good as your last performance!
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