| Nik Hill's Comedy Diary |
This is proving to be a difficult gig, the audience simply want basic jokes and that’s it, no subtle stuff at all works!
Simon Clayton opened and he did a great job; Si Dunn did a middle spot and they didn’t get him at ll, not his fault though; Mary Bourke closed and they loved her; we’ll see what happens in the New Year with this one.
Another sell out gig; good crowd in apart from fact few moaning as couldn’t get tables, fair point actually and need to try and rectify that next time; Craig Deeley opened, had a good set as did Andy Kind in the middle; Raj did an open spot and killed the room with his comment that “ I’ve been diagnosed with cancer”, just not funny. Saw him in Birmingham before and he was great but tonight, well, dreadful.
The lovely Steve Day finished off the night in his usual inimitable way which brought the whole evening to a fantastic close.
2nd gig, good start, Wes Packer did really well, Tom Roche had a nice little open spot, Pat G slayed them, bastard, getting far too good, poor Dan Clark died on his ass, couldn’t handle the crowd, couldn’t cope and bombed out; good crowd in, bit rowdy but they love it all the same!
An hour up the road on a windy night to play to about 12 people! It’s a great little gig though and I like doing it despite the low numbers; got to see Johnny Sorrow for the first time, sheer class.
Wednesday October 25th Royal Oak Hucclecote
Opening night of this new gig, good numbers in, nearly 90 I guess; hard
work as not really a Comedy aware crowd; Sally Hayward opened, did ok,
Lovedev did an open spot, died on his proverbial, Jim Smallman recovered
the gig and had a reasonable spot, the whole night rounded off with Mr
Page, great 35 minutes worth of stuff. !
Jim Smallman>>>>
Interesting night! Packed full of rowdy students who weren’t there for the comedy so that was a real struggle, had to shout to be heard; they all disappeared off after my set, typical; actually enjoyed it eventually despite the problems, wish I’d have gone on last though instead of Deech
Tuesday October 3rd Guildhall
Great start to the new season! Sold out again, brilliant. Good acts on
by and large; Danny Dawes opened, great set, Ben Harrington had a good
one, Jeff Lane did an open spot and the night was topped off with the
lovely Paul Kerensa.
Sunday September 24th The Comedy
Crusader Paignton
Nice little jaunt down the M5 with Pat Gallagher, Tom Roche and Dan Mitchell;
good gig, Pat did well, I enjoyed it, long way there but good company;
memorable night as a rather large lady missed her footing and smacked
onto the floor face first…saved only by her tits hitting down initially!
Also memorable as Tom Roche as small as me, it was like a Lord Of The
Rings Audition.
Pat Gallagher>>>>
Tom Roche>>>>>
Saturday July 1st Saul Canal Festival
After last night I was wondering what tonight ‘s events would turn
out like; another interesting evening ensued; Nick Page cried off at last
minute due to personal problems, Ian Fox had a good gig , Rudi and Mighty
Swab struggled a bit, me, well I managed to piss off Anna King from BBC
Radio Glos with a totally innocent remark that the stupid woman took out
of all context! Owen Niblock admirably filled the headline spot at the
last moment!
Scorching hot day, the Barge was like a Sauna, soon packed it out though, a full house anticipating a night of fun….oh dear. The first half all a bit surreal; Owen Niblock had a good gig but Wes Packer & Andy Hobo had a bit of a nightmare gig; Pat Gallagher rescued the set and unfortunately no one came back in the second half so Mike Belgrave didn’t get to go on.
Tom Roche>>>>>
Competition, didn’t win. Did ok; Wes Pack won, did a good job
Tuesday May 2nd Guildhall
Last gig of season, not a bad night, Will Hogdson closed, did his Edinburgh
preview which was all a bit bizarre, went on for too long!
Sunday April 9th The Hawaiian , Cardiff
Not a bad gig, went on after the break seemed to go down reasonably well.
Tuesday April 4th Guildhall
Another good night, headlined by Gary Delaney.
Friday March 31st Film Studios Cheltenham
Rudi mc’s as I had a band gig, struggled a bit from his own admission;
Charlie Baker opened, had a good one as did Kev Bland.
Wednesday March 22nd Pittville
Campus Cheltenham
MC’d, Nick Page headlined, Aaron Counter and Si Dunn and Matt Bowman
on, good gig.
Nick Page>>>>>
Aaron Counter>>>
Wednesday March 15th Fareham
Nice little gig, went down with Deech, had a good one.
Tuesday March 7th
Guildhall
Sell out again, good gig.
Thursday March 2nd Jesters Bristol
Crap performance, worst one for ages.
Friday 24th February
Manor By The Lake
Not enough in, good gig all the same.
Tuesday 7th Feb Guildhall
Good gig, Dave Longley and Caimh o donnel had a good one.
Saturday Feb 4th
Fortescue Plymouth
Long drive down, reasonable gig, funny venue, late home
Friday Jan 27th Manor By Lake
Good night, great stuff from Matt Price
Thursday Jan 19th George at Frocester
Invited along by Nigel Lifely, terrible gig, not what they wanted
and I didn’t do a good job, shit happens.
First gig of new year, really great turnout, good night.