Next Level Sketch
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The Highchurches Do Totally Acoustic and Next Level Sketch, The Highchurches, and Robin Ince do This Machine Kills Wasps
Hello! I’ve been Not Updating my blog lately, as I’ve reached the limit of my plan data wise, and have been weighing up whether to move to a new blogging platform or not. It’s a tricky decision, as on the one hand I’m very annoyed with WordPress for their brazen and very stupid embrace of 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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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’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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Next Level Sketch with Lorna Rose Treen, Joz Norris, and Grubby Little Mitts
Our final show of the year was one of our very best, despite the loss of Susan Harrison to “double booking” and a a smaller than expected crowd for such a banging lineup. Fortunately those that did attend were WELL UP for a bit of alternative comedy, and they were repaid for their enthusiasm with Read more
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Next Level Sketch with Jamie Mykaela, Mikey Bligh-Smith, Michael Brunström and The Mayor and His Daughter
Hello! I did the Treason Show for the first time, and am back in London with some cats. I sometimes find it difficult to sleep after a show, and so after a few aborted attempts at no longer being conscious, I thought I’d write a short post about last week’s Next Level Sketch, which was Read more
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