I’m on a the Hive Bar tonight!!!
Here’s a series of hard acts to follow. Let’s hope I can come up to standard! I know I can.
Archive for September, 2016
More Blood is one of my more aggressive stories that we’ve made into a fanzine — Stephanie Broadbridge and I have been working on it together, supplying this wonderful cover. The book has got sex in it but it also has a lot of blood (that thing poking out in his groinal area is his hand) LOL. Its printed and signed copies are available from me.
From the back cover
Entrant for the Ticonderoga Publications short story collection “Bloodlines”.
‘At last he got her into the bedroom and spread-eagled her body on the bed. Fossicking in his bag he found hand-cuffs and fixed Natalie’s wrists and ankles to the bed. Natalie was lovely. He had never seen her without her clothes. He could see the details of her body through the night gown’s gauze. Oh how I’d love to have you now thought Nigel, all the blood rushing to his crotch. But the ritual had to be observed, just like he’d dreamt of in his script …’
Nigel is a man who has realised his dreams: the dream job in advertising, the chance to gaze at his dream woman all day and living in New York. But he’s still not happy. Every day he sits there thinking about writing his killer movie script when he is supposed to be writing ads for cheese. Then one day he is called into his boss’ office. That’s when things start to go horribly wrong. This is a story of what happens when you learn you can fight your way past the boredom and make brilliant art out of your “stuff”.
‘This is the kind of book I like to read: lots of blood, body parts, and who really ends up getting hurt? The woman, haha!
Jack the Ripper
‘Nigel is the kind of man I can do business with: someone who’s into prank movies, racism, and Devil worship. The boy should go far’
Satan
Well that’s my fringe show for another year. It was a lot of fun. What did I like about doing my fringe show???
- Learning stuff (organising my own show, dealing with venues, accepting unexpected help with diplomacy and grace).
- Working with my friends (this is where the diplomacy comes in – I don’t know everything – feedback is great and a chance to learn).
- Respect of other comedians (and feedback always welcome).
- A lot more random people came than I expected (this was quite scary).
- I’m still using my books but I forgot to bring the one I needed up on stage for one of my poems — I ploughed on through and remembered it — if not necessarily in the “right” order. Well done Sue!
- Thinking outside the box of the Factory. I could put on a show anytime.
- Artist pass — you can go and see a lot of excellent shows for free.
- Discovering Mr Falcon’s which is a very cosy venue and a lot of fun.
- Knowing who will back you up, no matter what (with advice and just being there in case you need help).
- Random help — like Tom Sanderson getting behind my tee shirts and taking a dynamite photo I used on FaceBook (40 hits) and Nick Capper wearing one of my tee shirts on stage.
Only two more opportunities to flyer before my show on Friday. Chippendale Hotel is a lot of fun usually, despite its resembling a teenage boy’s bedroom. LOL Ben Elwood and Ben Squires are running the show, which will be mostly straight stand-up (except for me, haha).
Here’s the event on FaceBook — check it out!
Here is another cool gig I didn’t expect. After my spot with the Choo Choo Troupe at Mr. Falcon’s I went onto the Mic. in Hand for this fabulous show with John Conway.
Nice audience, lots of laughs, what a great bonus in the middle of Fringe month!!! I did the Silent Witness story, it went okay.
Off to Mr Falcon’s tonight to play with Sharney and David Teick’s friends — the Choo Choo Troupe. Last time I played with them it was a lot of fun. They are mimes and impro. artists with a few comedians like me thrown in. Here is the event on FaceBook. The Lost Lost Cabaret Fringe Edition.
I was reading up on Steph Broadbridge’s CV. Triple J calls her a “serious musician with some serious talent”. Add to that seriously funny and you have a deal. Steph studied jazz vocals at ANU and brings that timing to her comedic songs along with her biting wit. I’ve been lucky enough to get her to appear in my Fringe Festival show Sue Thomas in Another Bite of the Cherry – check it out!
For my show Sue Thomas in another Bite of the Cherry I’ve asked Adil Varisli and Freddie McManus to open for me. Adil has a great line in Turkish drum work and Freddie is every old lady’s dream. Come and see them they are very funny.
Adil Varisli and audience member at the Hive Bar
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