slemslempike | (no subject)

In all my excitement about the higny tickets I forgot to post this.

Salford comedy students were much better than I had hoped - although this may be in part because the compere/lecturer was dire.

megolas is great company for comedy becasue she laughs a lot, which is important, and very interesting to talk to. She was also very patient with my lack of knowing where Jongleurs was, and the ten or so minutes spent with me leading us in a rough square looking for something that looked amusing before eventually forcing her to ask a bouncer who told us that it was under a restaurant. Which it wasn't, but we got there. And in my defence it was actually exactly where I first led us and said "it should be here".

There were about ten of them, and only two men, which was an interesting experience. A couple of times I felt that the were picking on men overly, but then I guess that's what happens in the reverse situation, so I stopped feeling bad about that. Most of the students started off shaky, but by the end of each set they had found their feet, and there wasn't anyone who I was clapping out of politeness, and I clapped everyone. I found the men more derivative than the women, but that might be because I don't see so many women doing comedy, so they seem more original. I'm still giggling when I think of a cockney version of smack my bitch up, and saying "don't make me poke you" to myself. Aha.

Oh, and Meg had the great idea of ordering food. Mmmmmmmm. Mini sausages wrapped in bacon and roast parsnips. Although we both left the quiche well alone.