Roundhouse Preview Yea, yea, it was sick, yea
Last Thursday I did the first
preview for The C/D Borderline at The Roundhouse. You know what? It went really
well. I was pretty chuffed on the whole. Yea there were bits that could have
gone better, felt I rushed it a bit in places, I was having to mentally slow
myself down (in fact it felt like the whole thing lasted about 5 minutes, but
often that’s how the best ones go, it was a good 45). The audience were great,
it was almost full (probably about 50 people in there) For some, that might be
seem low but for me that’s flipping great, it was almost up to capacity and considering
there was a massive event going on in the main space (the poetry slam final),
Mark Grist and Tim Claire in the studio space, I felt I did really well. The
space was perfect, small and cozy. I got in there around 4 in the afternoon and
the tech, Tim, who I’ve worked with before was really good, had everything locked-down
within about half an hour. I wish all shows went like this one. It’s given me
lots to think about in regards to going up to Edinburgh, and, a bit of confidence. Let's see though..
Craft Beers, I’m just not convinced.
Though I never expect them to come,
members of my family, some of my best mates and my girlfriend all turned up.
They’re all very supportive and I count myself lucky, as they could well be
sick of seeing me do this stuff, I imagine it can get pretty boring. As it is, they said they enjoyed it, which I
was chuffed about. As it was, with the above attendees all in the venue, there
was a lot of boozing involved afterward. Now, as anyone who knows me well, knows
I do enjoy a good, crisp, fresh pint of premium lager, or 5. Recently, in the
last few years anyway, a lot of these craft lagers now seem quite prominent in
certain London boozers. I’m all for little independent businesses thriving and competing
with these global giants but when it comes to these craft lagers, I’m yet to
drink one that I actually like, and like, there everywhere now. Well, not everywhere, hold tight Ganleys in Morden, that's my spot. I dunno about these craft ones though, maybe they’re trying to hard to make
them taste different, throwing all sorts of fruity concoctions together, but
for a simpleton like me, it’s too much. Lager aint like ale. The difference
between a good tasting one and a shit tasting one is both thin and simple. Roundhouse
have that Camden Hell’s lager on tap, it seems to have done very well as is available all over the place. Either way, I had a quite a few of those despite
me not really feeling it that much. But what I did feel, was a splitting
headache the next day, like one of the worst headaches I’ve had in a long time,
like during my sleep someone slipped into my bedroom whilst I was spark-out and drilled inrto my brain, siphoning out all the fluid. It was like the Stella heaches I used to get before they weakened it a bit.
Good night though.
Getting Closer to Edinburgh, In A Tight Situation Now..
First preview done, Guilford next month but before all of that, there's tomorrow and THIS which will be supa-dupa:
Look at all thoses names below all of which will all be at The Edinburgh Fringe this year. Gecko is the man who got me the gig, I'll be featuring in his show tomorrow night. Oddly enough we are both also in the same venue in Edinburgh, The Pilgrim. Small world eh. Reach, it's for a good cause and should be banaging!
