Fearg on Fridays VI

Hoi, hoi!

I am freaking knackered my little bloglets. But in the best possible way (OK the second best possible way). I've just got back from the second night of MATE. It went really well. Not quite as well as the first, which actually murdered all other comedy in it's path. If you were in that audience you should hire yourself out places you were incredible. The audience we had tonight were more of a sit and smile bunch, or possible they weren't even smiling we can't tell it's dark out there. Having said that, there were still some big laughs to be had and they clapped and even whooped a little at the end.

Tonight we suffered a little bit with 'second night syndrome' by which I mean we pre-empted somethings, or expected laughs where there were none. Rule 1 in comedy is NEVER expect a laugh, but always be prepared for one. We forgot this a little but tonight. But as I say, there were still some really big laughs in there, which I suppose is the comedy equivalent of when the top football teams beat the relegation strugglers 1-0 and the commentator goes "Mark of champions that Mark wouldn't you say? Didn't play their best but still found a way to win." Tonight we weren't at the top of our game maybe but we sent the crowd out smiling.

People have said some really nice things about the play. Far too many to list here (too many and even I'm not that conceited), one thing that a good friend of mine did tell me this evening was that he was watching (and laughing) through his fingers as he just didn't know where we were going to go next. Which I took to be a pretty nice compliment, although in writing it could easily be read to mean we've produced an entirely incoherent play. We haven't. I'm not saying it's Hamlet or anything, but it makes sense. It's also already thrown up at least one alternative reading than that which was written. I prefer the new reading, it's arty.

So, onwards and upwards. Saturday night has the potential to sell out. It's close to it, so don't be put off hitting the door (about 25-30 seats left) and it would be great to sell it out. Not in a mercenairy way, but just if the house is full and we get the belly laughs started it will be the greatest feeling in the world. Come on, it's a £5 , I can honestly say you'll laugh out-loud on more than one occasion, and there's free pizza to end. What possible better way is there to spend a Saturday? If you do come along you instantly get that £5 back because you get free club entry!

One thing to note though. If this is your first theatrical experience (and there've been a few), then if it says 7.30 on the ticket, that means the show STARTS at 7.30 not the doors open. There's a bar serving reasonably priced drinks, and we have Baba Brinkman (check his Myspace) performing downstairs as a pre-show. It'll be great!

Much love guys, I know that once again this hasn't been funny, which means as a blogger I'm only 33.33% funny, but come see the show and cut me some slack because I'd say the show is about 70% funny. By which I mean 70% of the script is funny. You're reading that going "If he's saying that 30% isn't funny then why should I see it?" aren't you? If you are don't worry, the other 30% is just taken up with like ands, & so's, & the's, those kind of words, which unless said with Steve Coogan's accent aren't funny. (Steve Coogan is always funny by definition.)

Much love.
xx