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Category archives: Stand up

Chortle!

Chortle feature snip

I have been trying for some time to figure out where I might be able to pitch content that talked about my experiences as a stand up performer. I can’t believe it took me so long to consider Chortle. Having thought that they only focused on reviews, I had that preconception completely challenged when they…

Posted bytonijkentOctober 28, 2019October 28, 2019Posted inPerforming, Stand upLeave a comment on Chortle!

Stand Up for Sue Ryder

Sue Ryder performance

It was my absolute privilege to perform stand up at the Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent day hospice in Newbury yesterday. The decision to do so was inspired by the care that the hospice services in Berkshire showed my brother-in-law’s wife, Paula (pictured left with her daughter, Alice), and my beautiful friend, Bel (pictured right…

Posted bytonijkentOctober 16, 2019October 16, 2019Posted inGiving back, Performing, Stand upLeave a comment on Stand Up for Sue Ryder

Comedy and Palliative Care

Donation page for Duchess of Kent

“What we’re going to do”, said Bel, “is put the FUN in fundraising!” Corny, yet memorable words from a friend who coupled living with an incurable form of cancer with raising money for the charities that were caring for her. It is something I have never forgotten and her legacy lives on not just in…

Posted bytonijkentOctober 7, 2019October 7, 2019Posted inGiving back, poetry, Stand up, StorytellingLeave a comment on Comedy and Palliative Care

What your recycling bin is actually called

Bin of Shame

One of the things I get great pleasure out of when performing is to ask the audience how their recycling gets done. You may not be surprised to know that in Henley, the recycling bins have lids so that you can discretely hide your alcohol intake or cover up the fact that you have not…

Posted bytonijkentSeptember 20, 2019October 5, 2019Posted inpoetry, Stand up1 Comment on What your recycling bin is actually called

Comedy in the Care Home

Gracewell Comedy Sign

I’ve done some difficult gigs in my time – one in a pub with three punters, one in a boiling hot hall with terrible acoustics and one where choosing to take the stage from a place in the audience set completely the wrong tone. (Top Tip: stride from anywhere except the middle of the audience…

Posted bytonijkentAugust 29, 2019October 5, 2019Posted inPerforming, Stand up3 Comments on Comedy in the Care Home

Showing the Love for Local Radio

Local Radio Judging Panel

Thanks to BBC Radio Berkshire I had the very exciting experience that was performing on stage at the After Dark Club in Reading (previously graced by the likes of Supergrass and Manic Street Preachers and leapt off by me in a bout of drunken excitement decades before). The event was the War of the Words…

Posted bytonijkentAugust 22, 2019August 23, 2019Posted inpoetry, Stand up, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Showing the Love for Local Radio

A Question of Courage

Stand up at the White Hart

“Love the ultra-local stand up – that takes a double serving of courage!” This is what my coach said to me when she heard I’d performed stand up at a beer festival in a local village….

Posted bytonijkentJuly 1, 2019July 1, 2019Posted inCompering, Stand up, StorytellingTags: compering, honesty, stand upLeave a comment on A Question of Courage

Yes, Yes, Oh Yes!

Arise 2020 Logo

There are times when you’re offered a gig and you don’t have to think twice about it. The same goes for a piece of work or a project – something in your gut that tells you it’s the right thing to do. This time, the call came from the incredible Aduke Onafowokan. Aduke is a…

Posted bytonijkentJune 26, 2019June 26, 2019Posted inCompering, Events, Stand up, StorytellingTags: arise2020, honesty, inspirationLeave a comment on Yes, Yes, Oh Yes!

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