Next Level Sketch
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De-ice the cycle lanes before widening the motorways
I came off my bike while navigating the cycle lane by Preston Park (pictured) yesterday. I had seen a pedestrian slip over in the same area when passing the same junction in the opposite direction earlier the same day, and I’d already been warned that the cycle lane along the seafront hadn’t been gritted. Plus Read more
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Next Level Sketch with Siblings, Joz Norris, Stephen Catling, Mikey Bligh-Smith – and not me!
Due to a fatality on the line, myself and fellow cast member Kat couldn’t make it up to Brighton for the show last night. I spent a weird hour at the station, surrounded by sad Arsenal fans, one crying about missing their match in the Littlewoods Cup (as I think it’s still called). Annabel Edmonds Read more
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Next Level Sketch Comedy with special guests Lil Wenker, Alex Bertulis-Fernandes, Verity Sharpe and Sir Kier Starmer QC
Opinion was divided on how good a show this was, in terms of our own set. For [fellow producer] Rebecca, it was an 8/10. Very good, but not in the top echelons, for which you need a room absolutely rammed full of sketch appreciators, was her view. I disagree – I think this was the Read more
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Next Level Sketch Pride Month Special with Sam Nicoresti, Baba, Han Whyte, The Mayor & His Daughter, Dian Cathal, and Kit Loyd
Eeeee that was a very fun show. I was also very anxious during it. Lots to ponder there, especially the you-would-think contradictory nature of those opening sentences. I wasn’t hosting the show, or performing in any sketches. So why was it so stressful? My friend (and debut NLS cast member) Kat, as revealed in a Read more
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Next Level Sketch with Soft Play Area, Luke Rollason, and The Awkward Silence
A late write up of a very enjoyable show, so please forgive the fragmented recollections as the near-distant past retreats into the fog of hearsay and memory. Something very unusual happened at the April NLS: most of our audience didn’t show up. Ticket sales were very healthy indeed, and I told all and sundry – Read more
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NFTS sketch showcase, 7 Dials Comedy Club
I applied for the National Film And Television School Writing and Producing Comedy course a couple of years ago, as it happens. I *nearly* but didn’t quite make it on – if memory serves, I was first reserve. People I know who have done it seem fairly divided on whether the course is worth the Read more
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Next Level Sketch at Improv At The Glitch, with Noises From The Attic
No March show for us at Hoopla, as Steve and the lads were overburdened with end of course shows, turning us into travelling sketch comedy rōnin, willing to perform on any stage in exchange for a bowl of rice. Mercifully for our hungry bellies Noises From The Attic, an improv troupe featuring our own Alex Read more
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Next Level Sketch with Camilla Borges, Ali Brice and Rob Duncan
Is there a link between audience size and performance quality? Laughter is a contagion, and logic suggests that a packed room = punters giving themself the permission to let go. And so: a great atmosphere, and performers raising their game accordingly. The answer, after five years of hosting alternative comedy shows, is I’m really not Read more
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Next Level Sketch: A Fifth Birthday Celebration Zine
As handed out at our anniversary show – full zine in PDF format below. And remember – our next show is Wednesday 19th February! Read more
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Next Level Sketch’s 5th Birthday Show with Julia Masli, Luke Rollason and Jamie Mykaela
We are five! It was a splendid evening at Hoopla, our first Thursday show and a sold out room to boot. We prepped a greatest hits set – pimped up with Josephine’s wonderfully bizarre sketch about being a sofa in a nightclub toilet, alongside Ben’s pleasing anti-Dyson rant. And I rebooked some of our favourite Read more
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