Hey ho, it's all happening this year isn't it?
Look at
that little fella there, blowing the smoke off that gun (or lost in
thought like some kind of foetal Rodin sculpture). That, my friends is
Booz Herring, who should be arriving some time around October to add
more beautiful chaos to my already out-of-control life. He is, to quote
the medical professional who seemed to take a long time trying to focus
an X ray machine on his genitalia (I think I should maybe report them to
someone) "rather prominently" a boy. Like father like son. Sadly for
Booz, if he is like me, his genitals will never get any bigger than they
are. But you learn to deal with it. Having foetal genitals as an adult
is at least a talking point.
Plus I've had two sexes and produced two children, so I think that makes me a winner.
On top of this we
are moving out to the countryside in the next six weeks. So thank
goodness I am not about to embark on doing 16 more podcasts and writing a
new show for Edinburgh - wait, what? I am doing those things. Holy
shit.
Could you please come to them all. I think I am going to need the money.
The Best
Perhaps foolishly, buoyed by the strong
sales in February, we added another final three dates of my 2017 tour
show "The Best" in London in June. There are plenty of tickets left, so
come along if you missed it and if you saw it and enjoyed it, please
tell your friends.
Thanks to everyone who has come to this
tour. It's been a lot of fun and the show has gone from strength to
strength and the sales have been very encouraging.
Here's the link to tickets for remaining dates
We are not planning to record a DVD of this show, so come and see
it LIVE! Please spread the word if you've seen the show and enjoyed it.
RHLSTP
The new series of RHLSTP is nearly upon on us and there are some
awesome guests lined up, with just one slot left to confirm (but even
that is probably filled with a big TV name).
Here's who is coming on
June 5th Joe Thomas (from the Inbetweeners) and Paul Merton (nearly sold out)
June 12th Jessica Knappett from Drifters and Adam Buxton (SOLD OUT. PUT NAME DOWN FOR RETURNS)
June 19th Zoe Lyons and Andrew Collins (COME ON)
June 26th Dan Skinner (aka Angelos Epithemiou) and David Baddiel
July 3rd Katy Brand and JULIAN CLARY
July 10th Arthur Smith and LIMMY
July 17th Brendon Burns and Craig Quartermaine + TBC
July 24th Sara Pascoe and Ed Byrne.
Tickets are on sale,
so book now. I think there's a good chance that nearly all of these will sell out. It's the best line-up of any series, I'd say.
You can watch the series on video on
Youtube
(also vimeo and iTunes)
A bonus audio podcast with Bec Hill from the Wells Comedy Festival will be up as soon as I can get it uploaded.
And the kickstarter rewards for the last series of RHLSTP are
almost done. The Emergency Question books are finally here and they look
AMAZING. If you didn't donate to the kickstarter you can get the books
from me after my gigs, or from
gofasterstripe (will be available soon) and I am also
auctioning off some of the signed and numbered books and the rare proof pages on Ebay. All the money from the sales of the books and auction items will be ploughed back into making more podcasts. It's a win/win.
We're not doing a kickstarter for the new series yet, but will probably do one for all this year's RHLSTPs in the autumn. We have some other schemes to raise money, but it would be awesome, if you like the podcasts and think they are worth £12 a year, if you'd think about becoming a monthly badger. You can donate any amount above a pound that you want and in return you get a badge, a secret email with details of guests before anyone else, access to a secret channel of backstage interviews and entry into a monthly draw for amazing prizes.
Here's a video with some of the stuff you might win if you sign up before May 31st (and you're then in every subsequent draw, one entry per pound a month you're giving).
EDINBURGH
I am also doing three RHEFPs at New Town Theatre, Grand Hall. August 4
th, 11
th and 18
th at 13.50.
Buy tickets here.
SCOPE PROGRAMME
As always there is a chance to get your name in my Edinburgh and
tour programme, as well as receiving your own signed and numbered
limited edition copy of the programme. Simply donate £15 or more (the
more you donate, the bigger your name will appear) on
my justgiving page. All the money will go straight to SCOPE. I am a bit behind on writing the programme so you have at least until the end of this week to be included and probably longer.
AIOTM
We have been set back a little in our schedule due to technical problems. Hopefully the first three long episodes will be up on the secret channel soon, with the shorter free ones following on.
If you want to be amongst the pioneers who view this stuff first (and at full length) then
simply pay £15 here.
You will get all the episodes first and loads of extras and also be
helping us to pay the final bills of this optimistically budgeted
series.
Everything Happens For No Reason
Still waiting to hear on this. The delay is not necessarily bad news. It just hasn't gone to the big boss yet. Fingers crossed.
Energy Suppliers
This one is not strictly relevant to my work, but after struggling with some of the big name energy suppliers I found out about a small company called Bulb who provide renewable energy and were cheaper than the company that I had struggled to get my supply with. The customer service was great too. I slag loads of companies off so it's nice to recommend someone if they have done well. They are not paying me to say this, so if they turn out to be rubbish I will certainly let you know, but I have been impressed by them.
But if you like what they do and want to switch
if you use this link then you will get a £50 credit and so will I. Which is a nice way for us both to get something without either of us having to give anything away.
But even if you don't go with Bulb, it's worth checking that you're not being ripped off by your current supplier. I was recommended
this site for comparison, which is really good.
