Oh what fun we had

It's been a funny few days. Our Laughter-House show came and went last Thursday.. the turn out was a little lower than usual - but the the atmosphere was still wonderful.

Lower turn outs (to be fair, we still had 60 punters in) are always the case when Other Distractions come along, namely Easter holidays, and the excitement of Pippa Middleton's Very Special Day.

Which reminds me, if I ever got married again (no chance of that) in a church (even less chance of that) I will be definitely be recruiting a bridesmaid with a beard, a squint, and a bottom the size of Baghdad, and definitely not someone who nearly brings an excited Twitter crashing to its knees.

This month, the run up to Laugher-House was a Bit of a Worry, beginning with a call, the day before, from compere Danny Dawes. "I'm ill" he croaked. "If you can't find someone else I'll come along. But I won't be funny."

Desparate to avoid the disaster of Danny coming along and Not Being Funny, I telephoned our second-in-command Laughter-House compere, Phil Dinsdale. But no..he was washing his hair...and my stress levels rocketed skywards as I reached for the valium.

"Can't you do it?" somebody asked me. Well I could, but I'd be about as good as a porcupine in an advanced embroidery class...

The Laughter-House audience were saved such a spectacle however, as amazingly the wonderful Jeremy O'Donnell happened to be free to help us out.

http://www.beyondcompere.com/home/profile/jeremy-odonnell

Jeremy is a superb compere, every time I've seen him I've admired the way he makes it all look so easy. He settled our audience down beautifully. We were very lucky he was available...as quite understandly he's a busy bloke.

We were also privileged to have Rich Wilson and Brendan Dempsey on the bill; two of my personal favourites and two of the nicest men in comedy.

Rich Wilson http://www.comedycv.co.uk/richwilson/index.htm is a charming comedian; always so natural, and a big hit with our audience. It's the third time Rich has done a Laughter-House gig; his anecdotes and observations are brilliant, and he remains a firm favourite both with me and the crowd.

The same can be said of Brendan Dempsey;

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/brendandempsey/index.htm

Brendan has unique charm and superb material, ranging from the country's bygone concern about healthy chickens, through to a touch of cynicism about Children in Need. It's so lovely to see my audience in tears of laughter...after all that's what it's all about.

It's great being a comedy promotor. Especially when you receive emails from customers like this

Jan,

Now that I’ve recovered from a fantastic evening on Thursday, I wanted to say that we thought the evening – again – was a blast.

We thought Simon Evans was great when he came a couple months back but this time, headliner Brendan Dempsey, was superb. The funniest guy I have ever seen. Sharp guy, great material and bang up to date issues.

Great comedy on our doorstep!

Thanks Paul...really appreciate your sentiments...and looking forward to the next show on 9 June when we have Tony Cowards and George Egg joining us.

Tickets available here www.laughter-house.co.uk

See you then.
Jan