Hartley's Diary

Possibly once in a while a pearl of comic wisdom is hatched

just for you, dear reader.

 

Since I got back from the Uk, I feel the gigs at Citizen Cain have been going much better. I think the concentrated practice during the Summer really paid off. Come and see if you agree, Citizen Cain, Taipei, this Wednesday from around 10.

You can also catch my latest article in POTS  at en.pots.com.tw

Thanks for reading...

Posted by: Hartley at 16:54 | link | comments (2) |

Well at least I'm still making regular entries.

The Uk went well - eight gigs in the end: Stockton - brilliant, Hartlepool - terrible, Newcastle - ok, Manchester - ok, Pocklington - Brilliant, London x 3 - good, very good, okay. Saw a lot of the acts I've been hearing about - MikeManera, Shaun Hutchins, Phil Klein, Nina the Cleaner, Hazel Humphreys and Carey Marx to  name but a few.

Stayed in London for a week, at a comedians' house. Met Carey Marx, Phil Nichol, Ron Vaudrey, Jim Jeffries, Janice Phayre and Rob Heeney who were all staying at one point or another. Best moment was probably discussing baby terrorism with Phil and Carey.

Also managed to catch new band 'The Honeymoon' at an In store - lots of potential there, and picked up a few stand-up and scriptwriting books. Nice to get back and see Phil (Nichol) in Time magazine in their piece on 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' with Christain Slater.

Anyway, things go on as usual. Have finished my first sitcom script for 6 months and wil start touting it around when I've had time to distance myself and check it out less partially.

See ya

Posted by: Hartley at 04:33 | link | comments |