I wrote before about how Next Level Sketch are filming a few sketches, and how I feel about that.

Having missed the first batch of filming due to cat commitments, Dan asked me to play the non-speaking role of “furious neighbour” in his sketch about a man who is really, really, really obsessed with the bins.

Bins – the regularity of collection, the futility of recycling, recalling the the olden days when binmen were ‘ard – are a big part of boomer culture. It’s a made-up statistic, but 95% of local elections are decided on how well the council has been managing refuse collection recently.

Dan’s character captures this truly English obsession with notes of surrealism, futility and madness. It was a great honour to play the role of his unsuspecting neighbour, and I look forward to seeing the final result.

Shout out to Alex, who put an incredible amount of work into the filming, lighting, editing, and reworking the script from the stage version.

I can also confirm that if you’re over six foot, being filmed emerging from a wheelie bin over and over again plays havoc with your thighs.