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Friday night came - as did the snow!!! Now was the moment of truth for us budding stand-up comics. But that didn't deter those looking for a laugh. The venue was sold out earlier in the week. In fact, an Arts Trust rep told me that we could have sold the place out 3 times over!!

Sandy Nelson, our tutor and MC for the night (and himself a professional stand-up) informed then audience that this was our debut performance - and that we had written all the material ourselves!!

It was amazing the amount of people in the past work or so, at work and elsewhere, who would say: "Well, give us one of our jokes then." Totally missing the point. Stand-up is more like a dialogue by the comedian with the audience. Not the old-fashioned rattling off of old jokes. I couldn't say any of it out of context of the routine.

The music played and I was up on stage. Take the mic out of the stand and there you are. Just you in the spotlight and the creature called the audience out there.

When the laughs start coming - what an incredible buzz!! And when they keep on coming.....

No matter how you think you'd maybe done well in rehearsals, getting that energy from the audience moves it up umpteen notches.

I, for one, am desperate to do it again. Already thinking up new material.

Would also like to add, that a friend of mine, Donald Murray got an excellent review in Saturday's Daily Telegraph of his new book The Guga Hunters. The review was by no less than Will Self. Check outr the book.