Brighton Comedy Garden / Horse Passports / Next Level Sketch
Hello! I’m still hunkered down in Coombe with Jazz the 14 year old Labrador.
She did not care for the extreme weather event but got through it with plenty of meaty sticks, a towel cooled in the freezer, and plenty of ice cubes in her water bowl.
Being so close to Richmond Park’s Ladderstile gate, I’ve been treating myself to night walks when it’s been too hot to go in the day.
There’s still something primal about being in woods in darkness, with one’s senses on high alert to every rustle and cracked twig.
I climbed a tree. From my vantage point under the stars, I watched the planes coming into land at Heathrow, marvelled at it being 33 degrees at 11pm, and was quietly aware of the link between these two things.
Brighton Comedy Garden
Comedy Review Laugh a minute under the stars | Morning Star
My latest gig review was me forcing myself out of my comfort zone: a big, corporate event, lots of normcore people having a good time, and comedians who might even have been on the telly. Infuriatingly, it was pretty good ;)
Horse Passports
Horse Passports at Extra Topping – jamesofwalsh
“Wow, so we’ve both changed our names since we last performed together.” Not quite, Selena Mersey, fabulous musical comedian and stage name of the lovely Hel MacCormack. What had actually happened …
Last Friday myself, Paul Creasy, and Nadine Bailey performed for the first time as Horse Passports, our nascent sketch comedy triumvirate. Those lads are so busy with their assorted improv pursuits, not to mention Next Level Sketch, and I am a wastrel. Despite these other commitments, we’re hoping to do some more gigs later in the year.
Next Level Sketch
Next Level Sketch with Tarot Comedy and Garry Starr Tickets, Thu 28 Jul 2022 at 19:45 | Eventbrite
Edinburgh previews and surreal humour at London’s finest sketch comedy night
I can’t make this one, as I should (hopefully) be on my way to Edinburgh by then. But it’s a fabulous lineup, I have written two (two) new sketches, and we’ve got an excellent cast. So you should go.
I hope you are enjoying these updates. I haven’t written as much about the city (real or imaginary) as I’d have liked, but some of that should return over the next few months. The comedy writing and plugging will, of course, remain.
Do get in touch if you have suggestions for anything else you’d like to see in this newsletter. Like the golden retriever wearing goggles and surrounded by test tubes filled with dangerous chemicals, I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m having fun.
Til next week,
J x