I woke up this morning with a caffeine hangover. Am I the only person in Sweden who spent midsommar drinking too much coffee? Next year I must make more of an effort to be more Swedish using the infamous banned IKEA commercial as inspiration.
Knowing that Sweden is about to shut down for the summer, I have been trying to tie up a few loose ends for next season. I’m feeling a bit more comfortable knowing that I have got some dates and venues sorted for the autumn. It does seem weird planning this far ahead, but I know from experience that the summer flies by and suddenly you’re in the run up to Xmas.
So this week I got confirmation for a regular comedy night in Linköping which will take place at Cafe M every other week starting in September. There’ll be a couple more outdoor gigs in August which was dead popular when I organised one in May. I have also booked in a mini tour of Linköping, Norrköping and Stockholm in October (a very mini tour!) of the show that I did last year (called, by sheer coincidence, 110% Lagom). Just need to sort out the LKPG HA HA! website…. but I think that will be a project for after the summer…
On the writing front, had a new article in the TES yesterday about ‘Studenten’ and am just putting the finishing touches to an article for The Swedish Institute, which I must send off this weekend….
I’ve got one or two writing projects which will hopefully kick into action after the summer, although I should add that ‘working’ on these over the summer is more a question of jotting down and mulling over ideas…. Should hopefully start recording a regular satirical podcast with some other local comedians. I’m co-writing a show called ‘Läraren från Helvete’ (The Teacher from Hell) and a local show for December called ‘Linköping The Musical’… A musical with a cast of thousands… all performed by one tone deaf Englishman…. How can it fail to be a hit?
Tags: Comedy, Gigs, Lagom, Linköping, Stand Up
