Summary of Dec 2015 –
In December I had to find myself some day time freelance writing work. Thankfully I found about a couple of weeks worth. I also secured a contract for the whole of Jan which will (hopefully) pay off a lot of the festival bills I’ve picked up this month.
I also went out and saw friends more. I needed some time off to write jokes but also live as I have become fairly work focused which wasn’t massively healthy.
Booking gigs in 2016 proved a pain in the ass as everyone took off the month (as expected) but I managed to grab a load of promoters just before their annual leave.
Gig breakdown –
| Date | Gig Name | Position | Other info | Daily Blog |
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| 3rd | Oxford, Jerico Cafe | Middle | Unpaid. Charity Gig. (Dinner / drinks included) | |
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| 7th | Electric Mouse | Middle | Unpaid | |
| 8th | Comedy at the Crown | Open Spot | Unpaid | |
| 9th | Sara CywinskiJessie Botterill | Podcast Recordings | ||
| 10th | ||||
| 11th | ||||
| 12th | Cancelled – Gig | Cancelled – Gig | ||
| 13th | Cywinski – How to get your comedy / humour book noticed, sold and published by eBury Random House. | |||
| 14th | Ally Wilson | Podcast Recording. | ||
| 15th | ||||
| 16th | ||||
| 17th | The Laughing Bishop | Opening | Unpaid | |
| 18th | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
| 19th | ||||
| 20th | My birthday | |||
| 21st | ||||
| 22nd | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
| 23rd | ||||
| 24th | ||||
| 25th | ||||
| 26th | ||||
| 27th | Jessie Botterill – Literary Agent at Janklow & Nesbit Podcast | |||
| 28th | ||||
| 29th | Fat After Christmas | Opening | Unpaid (free drinks) | |
| 30th | Adam Larter Podcast | Recording interview | ||
| 31st | ||||
Future prep –
| How many future gigs did you book? | 8 |
| How many future podcast guests did you book? | 5 |
Podcasts made / released –
| EP 36 | Sara Cywinski – How to get your comedy / humour book noticed, sold and published by eBury Random House. | 13th Dec 2015 |
| EP 37 | Jessie Botterill – Literary Agent at Janklow & Nesbit | 27th Dec 2015 |
Other Projects –
- Booked my biggest solo show to date at the Comedy Cafe (26th Jan 2016 – see event here. It’s Free!)
- Paid off the Brighton Fringe in time for the early bird special.
- Researched the Bristol Fringe Festival.
- Got started (finally) on the Edinburgh Fringe venue mapping project… see it here.
- Booked into the Brighton Fringe [Fringe Report here]
