Cavendish Arms Stand Up

Monday and Tuesday are the nights for "Comedy Virgins" at Cavendish Arms pub and comedy club in Stockwell, but each has to bring someone with her or him.

Almost all young, of course, but friendly audience and I enjoyed the contact with them.

I made them laugh, strong and long.

So I was happy with my "Stand Up Comedy Icebreaker" as it was the first place where I was not with my Workshop colleges.

See the video on the Competent Communicator blog.

At any way, we did go four from the class yesterday, two performing and the other two encouraging and to see how it is for another time. I did well; considering... and have to learn not to stumble on some words and give them as written. But of course, only me and my colleagues who heard my material realized that.

Surprise is a great factor to keep audience on their toes, so put more in my storytelling from now on.

Laughing Horse Video

Transformd by Vimeo, this time, the Stand Up at Lauging Horse with Julie

Laughing Horse

Here is one picture from the Stand Up Comedy show from Laughing Horse, Brixton (London)

I took them from the Video, and for some reason, Flickr does not want them, does not show them.

Are they too small for it?

Picassa and Windows Explorer and Piknic have no problem with them. Oh, the life is complicated! If just things could go ok for a while.

Here is a picture from the begining and one from end, and I would like to add a third if I may.

If the blogger does nicely want to cooperate.

Here is the second picture I showed, in my opinion, better then the first one with the shaving cream.

indeed, the photo I disliked, now I begin to like. "life works in mysterious ways."

 This is my prefered one.

It shows me leaning towards the audience.

I did have a great contact with them during the Stand Up, as good as usual when I tell a story at the Canal Cafe Theatre, or perhaps even more.

There were so many Toastmasters present, pals that will remember what I told and perhaps even tell about it to others.

So, will this note remain with pictures when I publish it? I hope.

Lewisham Speakers Club: Great linup for to celebrate the new place

Yesterday, was also a smashing stand up comedy night at the Laughing Horse in Brixton, 12 Toastmasters and lots in the audience too, and a great compere. In Stand Up comedy language "we killed" (made them laugh)

Great finish for our class with David T. Jones, his PhD is not in Comedy but he should get one also on that as he held a great Workshop, coming to teach us even as he was ill. Sending us links, and work to do for the next and next week, 8 in all, and looking over line by line, word by word the material we produced. Pushing us to do our best.

Tomorrow, Chris Rose and me, Virgins again, at Calendish Comedy club, for me it will be a first "on my own". Here is the Map and address to come : Free.

Lewisham Speakers Club:
Great linup for to celebrate the new place the 2nd November:

Under the able hands of Sian as Toastmaster of the Evening, the 2nd November, we will celebrate no less then three Icebreakers:

Lucas, Marcella and Stephen J. also Michael's second one.

Is this me?

This is the photo no one will see, tonight, as I have chosen another one to print in big size. Looking at it, now, I think, I should have used this one, it is funnier.

"But this big nose", of course, it was near the camera. And it is more like a clown, this one.

Well, another time, perhaps.

Finally, I learned my text, word by word, and I will improvise another time. Not tonight. I am looking forward with pleasure now to meet the audience.

Dresse rehersal

The dress rehearsal was catastrophic yesterday, for me.

For the others, mostly wonderful.

They have so many gags and they can say so much in barely 5 minutes!

I said barely nothing in eight, apparently with too many details, diluted. My moral is at zero this morning.

Morale a bit better, the article about my life and activities from Global Voice was being translated already from Yesterday to this noon into 8 languages!

First photo stroll in Paris, 2004

 

And already great interaction with different people in Paris 18e
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