Last night I did my February challenge! I did stand-up
comedy as part of the Bright Club at the Birmingham Rep. As I had written
about before here, I had gone to training a few weeks ago which had scared the
living daylights out of me! I wrote my script over the last few weeks, and
spent most of my bike ride on Saturday and my drive on Sunday going through it in
my head. It wasn't until the run-through directly before the performance that I
had actually said it out loud…
I arrived at the rep a bag of nerves, very much not feeling
like a comedian, and feeling much more like an awkward academic who wanted to
go back to their windowless basement! After encouragement from Jim (the
organiser) and the other “performers” I stood up and did my run through. It
went surprisingly well, and I knew then that the real thing would at least be
possible! I saw my friends and some family arrive and I'm not sure whether that
calmed me down or made me even more nervous! But by that point I’d got my
Lullaby trust t-shirt on and so I knew there was no going back.
From being called on stage to sitting back down afterwards
is a bit of a blur – all I know is that it feels awesome when a whole theatre
of people laugh at something you thought was funny! I was surprised at how I
managed to ad-lib a bit, adding in bits for the final performance that were
never in my original script.
When I finished, I was shaking like a leaf but feeling very
proud! As I was on 2nd, I then got to enjoy the rest of the night –
my fellow academics were excellent and the bright club atmosphere led to a
really good night.
For those of you who were unable to come, the link to the
recording is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3_IaeK0xu8&feature=youtu.be
And I’m still not booked in for March... Those of you who
would be interested in doing the Nuts challenge, we need to get booking!
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