Nuclear explosion kills Santa
I’ve just done a load of proofreading and I don’t want to look at a screen any more today, so let’s keep this short.
Here are my gig dates for the rest of the year, including some new gigs that weren’t in last week’s newsletter:
Monday December 6th 7pm - Gap Tooth Comedy, Pimlico
This is a nice room above a pub and last time I did it there were some great acts.
Tickets £5 from https://linktr.ee/gaptoothcomedy
The Constitution, 42 Churton St, London SW1V 2LP
Tuesday December 7th 7pm - See You Next Tuesday, The Secret Comedy Club, Hove
By popular demand from my huge Brighton/Hove fan base. Tickets £5.
Artista Cafe & Gallery, 42 Waterloo St, Hove BN3 1AY
Thursday December 9th 8pm (doors 7pm) - Monkey Business, Camden
Tickets £8.25. Happy hour before 8pm.
All About Eve pub, 31 Jamestown Rd, London NW1 7DB
http://www.monkeybusinesscomedyclub.co.uk/content/thur-9-dec-camden-comedy-new-act-night
Saturday 11 December 7ish - Groovie Comedy, Hammersmith
CANCELLED DUE TO MONTENEGRO
Grove Bar & Restaurant, 83 Hammersmith Grove, London W6 0NQ
Wednesday 15 December 7:30pm - Not Another Comedy Night, Herne Hill
CANCELLED
Saturday 18 December 7ish - Groovie Comedy, Hammersmith
CANCELLED
Sunday December 19th 8pm (doors 7pm) - Monkey Business, Camden
CANCELLED
Tuesday December 21st 7:30pm (doors 7pm) - Love Comedy, Old Street
CANCELLED
Recommended things
If you have Apple TV+, check out the documentary The Line about a bunch of Navy SEALs who have concerns about one of their senior officers. If you don’t remember how the case turned out, I suggest waiting until after you finish the series before Googling it since what goes down is literally cuckoo bonkers.
I had fun playing with the WOMBO Dream app which generates amazing digital art from your text input. The way it generates faces is usually pretty surreal and distorted, but it can do great landscapes and buildings. The ‘festive’ art style is a fun way to generate horrific scenes of Yuletide mayhem. Here is a Christmas market that has been destroyed by a giant slug:
Santa? Santa, you have to try to breathe through the slime!
For comedians or wannabe comedians
The Soho Theatre Comedy Labs courses are open for applications now. You have until 10pm on 12 December (that’s a week from now) to apply. I’m going to apply to do the Comedy Plus course.