John Gordillo (@johngordillo) is an award-winning script editor/director who has worked with Eddie Izzard, Seann Walsh, Josh Widdicombe, Shappi Khorsandi, Dara Ó Briain, Paul Chowdhry, Michael Mcintyre, Mark Steel and Reginald D Hunter.

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The Care Home Tour…

• What is the Care Home Tour and who are you? [0 mins]
• How do you stop the audiences getting bored when their attention span is lower than a normal persons? [4 mins 30 sec]
  • Into the grey zone book
• How do you scout for acts for this project? [ 6 mns 30 secs]
• How do you acts gauge success? I am guessing not all the audience laugh or get involved or even stay focused. [10 mins]
• What are the biggest challenges for the acts? [10 mins]
• Do you group together people who are at a similar stage of dementia or is it just everyone in the room? [15 mins 50 secs]
• Does adding family members to the audience help or hinder the performers? [19 mins]
  • Next Up [podcast]
  • Fight and the Dog
  • Angel Comedy [podcast]
• What does it cost to put on a show? [41 mins]
• How do you make money from gigs like this? [44 mins]
• How does heckling work? [47 mins]