I thought I should update you on what I know of the impact of the virus upon my comedy. Surely the greatest victim in all of this.
We have cancelled tonight's RHLSTP - or postponed rather, your ticket will remain valid for the new date. I think it's likely that most of the March and April gigs will go the same way, but nothing is confirmed yet. We'll see which way the wind blows. Keep an eye on my website and Twitter for more info.
Obviously I am gutted about all of this (though delighted it didn't happen before the Palin interview which was lovely) and will be taking a bit of a financial hit, but I am lucky as I have some paid writing work to do. This situation is awful for so many people but don't forget it will also impact on a lot of performers and other non contracted workers, so please do what you can to support your tribe throughout the next few months.
After another successful International Women's Day Campaigh (we raised over £75000 + gift aid for Refuge - including donations to last year's fundraising page) and you can still donate here) I have become intrigued by the possibilities of Twitch. So am going to be experimenting with a variety of stuff on there and hopefully once we're back in the theatre we'll be able to live stream RHLSTP too. Read more below PLUS how if you're with Amazon Prime you can give us a monthly fee without having to shell out any money yourself.
OK, so I am not sure exactly what I will do, but we're looking at some live Me1 vs Me2 snooker to make up for the absence of all sport, plus maybe some live stone clearing tutorials and possibly me playing a few video games. But there feels like the scope to do even more than that. And I will be exploring this medium as thoroughly as I can.
You can get into the action by signing up for Twitch at http://twitch.tv
If you follow me at http://twitch.tv/rkherring you will get notifications when I am online, but I will also tweet out about that. PLEASE FOLLOW ME!
But once you've signed up for Twitch IF you are an Amazon Prime member then you can link your accounts (click here) and every month you will get a free $4.95 to give to any channel you like.
If you want that to be me then go to my channel, click subscribe and scroll down til you see the relevant tab.
It doesn't automatically renew each month so you will have to remember to regift if you want us to get that bonus.
You can pay for subscriptions or donate amounts whenever you like. I'd wait til we're up and running to do that. You'll have to be top tier to get the RHLSTP live feed. We might do a few of these without an audience to make up for the ones we are likely to lose and I might stream these on the service too.
We've still got 10 or so RHLSTPs in the bank (and slightly regretting frittering away two a week now). Remember every time you listen to the audio ones with ads we get a tiny bit of money, so you can help us by listening to as many as possible and telling your isolated friends to do so too.
Hopefully the Mes will come out of self isolation and risk meeting each other over the old green board soon.
OTHER NEWS
Another idea to get you and us through this difficult time is to buy all three Emergency Questions books for the knock down price of £20. Perfect for self-isolation (or isolation with your clan) and all profits go to making more podcasts.
Why not become a monthly badger and get badges, a membership wallet with secret codes and much more, access to backstage interviews, other extra filming stuff and my stand up shows, PLUS ad free versions of the audio podcasts and advance warning of upcoming guests. Pay £3 a month for a regular badge, £5 a month for a gold badge and £10 a month for platinum. All your money goes towards making MORE PODCASTS.
NEW EXTRA - Badgers now get their ad-free podcast a full day before everyone else.
My fridge filter is now 6 days overdue for changing, but I've had a lot on my mind. Hopefully I can sort it by the next mail.
BULB
ANOTHER WAY TO HELP ME WHILST HELPING YOURSELF! If you prefer to GET money whilst donating then why not join Bulb. You'll get up to £50 credit (£25 if you just change either gas or electricity - £50 for both) if you use my code and so will we. And we'll be putting all the money raised this end into the pot to film the tour
Plus use my code and you and I will both get up to £50 credit and my up to £50 will go straight into the pot to make more podcasts. Yay!
