Mon 04 Apr 2016
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11:50PM
From my perspective, this year
has been about two things thus far: crushing celebrity deaths, and improvised
comedy.
Anyone who either knows me or has
read around this website will know that my main focus for the last few years
has been on improvised comedy, and developing The Same Faces as a group and a
brand (whilst also doing my best to keep...
Mon 20 Jan 2014
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10:08PM
This weekend, I organised two
nights of Leicester Comedy Festival preview shows in Northampton. This included
the first full airing of my new show, Tom
Young’s Got Issues; I had mixed results... If you’re not a comedian, it’s
really difficult to explain to you all
the problems that writing and performing a new show presents, but here’s the
main o...
Mon 12 Aug 2013
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11:21PM
Last week, I had
one of the best compèring
gigs of my career. It was at my own monthly night in Northampton, which,
considering it’s August, had an unexpectedly full audience. I always try to do
new material at this gig – partially to spare my regular punters from hearing
repeats, and partially to force myself to write more. However, due to having
...