On the whole, Sunday night in Norrköping was a success. I was a bit disappointed with audience numbers, but that was always the unknown quantity with playing in a place where I don’t have a regular audience or many local contacts. That said, there were enough people there for me to break even and to create a warm atmosphere for them to feel relaxed enough to laugh. And luckily, laugh they did.
It was a good start to the three dates, with Linköping tomorrow night and Stockholm on Sunday (click here for Stockholm tickets). I had added a bit of new material which I was happy with and the new order also worked well. So, ‘peppad’ and ‘laddad’ as they say…
Away from the one man show, I’ve been nursing a sick two year old during the day (cartoons and blueberry juice) and trying not to neglect the publicity for Thursday’s LKPG HA HA! club night in Linköping where all the comics will be female. I had hoped to get a female compere for the evening, but it looks as though the audience will have to avert their eyes from my masculine frame and ignore my deep voice as I do the intros…
There’s a couple of other English language nights premiering in Sweden this week: In Stockholm on Thursday the 8th is Laughs At The Liffey in Gamla Stan. And on Friday 9th in Lund, Wisecrackers kicks off at Västgöta Nation followed by a night at Fagan’s on the 11th in Malmö. Check them out
