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Literary Death Match
Literary Death Match is an international series of events that gives new writers a platform to perform their work. Four writers read 7 minutes of their latest book and then the judges offered feedback and selected two finalists. I was delighted that comedian Mark Watson was one of the authors…
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High Society: Charlie Malbery Part II
Charlie Malbery Within thirty-five minutes Charlie had been slapped in the face six times. The slappers (in the literal sense) were Charlie’s various ex-girlfriends dotted around Pimlico. Quite why they were so angry vaguely boggled his uncurious mind – he’d only asked them if he could stay the night. Charlie’s…
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High Society: Dalton
Dalton was in a foul mood. His leisurely breakfast ritual had been ruined by his housekeeper stocking the incorrect cupboards. As he searched his stylishly minimalist kitchen for his breakfast he received an irritatingly informal email from his irritatingly informal PA. His mood cheered as he planned the severity with…
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How to close down the company you hate
I orchestrated an elaborate hoax to shut down the business for at least a day. I turned up early and a van marked “Toxic Waste Solutions” screeched past me. 3 men in nuclear boiler suits ran out, tipped luminous green paint on the floor and cordoned off the building. …
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Review: WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards 2014
The WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards 2014 promised an evening with ‘the UK’s finest up-and-coming musical comedians’ at the Bloomsbury Theatre, chosen from an unspecified number of competition entrants who battled through the judges’ heats at Camden’s Our Black Heart pub. Considering the mostly lukewarm talent on offer in the Grand…
