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A Campervan
We go to London this Sunday as I am gigging down south for a few weeks and getting to meet up with my mate Monica. I can’t wait to see her new flat in Battersea. I really need a campervan for Glastonbury this year, where I am performing at the cabaret tent. I am leaving on June...
A Campervan
We go to London this Sunday as I am gigging down south for a few weeks and getting to meet up with my mate Monica. I can’t wait to see her new flat in Battersea. I really need a campervan for Glastonbury this year, where I am performing at the cabaret tent. I am leaving on June...
Funny old people
My old mate Hugh has a quirky way of looking at life. He is 84 years old and makes me giggle, last week he came to meet me for coffee. The shops in my area are all upmarket kitchen/flooring/bathroom specialists. There is a new shop just opened and Hugh had a peep in the big...
Tips for a happy marriage
Never ask ‘What are you thinking?” in case your man does in fact start to tell you. Most men have nothing in their head and just make stuff up like invading Daleks, stories about evil marmosets, sea monkeys and Premier league football. Husband and I had a night out at a lovely...
Radio Luxembourg
My daughter mocks my musical tastes regularly “Mum Dean Friedman’s songs are bizarre how on earth can you listen to that tosh?” she giggled as I belted out my favourite chorus “Did you see Lisa? Yes, I saw Lisa” from the song “Lucky Stars” from 1978. She let me listen to her...
Who knew?
Who knew I would get to this age and question everything? I no longer know who I am supposed to be. A mother, a wife a person? I don’t really know the answer anymore. Every time I go away for a period of time I come back to a changed household. Ashley has trouble asserting her...
Comedy is my life
Not expecting much from a job is how I have lived my life. When I owned a bar many years ago, I accepted that it would generate much needed cash and allow me to buy stuff that I wanted. Simple as that. I was a good barmaid, many people told me so, I never drank, smoked but...
Home is where the heart is
I have been on more aeroplanes than an American President; well that’s what it feels like. The good news is my long haul flight home from NZ was great. On both long flights (NZ to Hong Kong and then onto London ) I got three seats to myself, which is perfect for my wee body to get a lie...
I am coming home!
Here in my hotel room in Auckland I am packing up the last of my luggage and stuff to catch the late flight to Hong Kong . Soon I will be flying across the world and home to my family. I can’t wait to see them. Equally I can’t wait to come back to New Zealand , what a place it...
Extra Show Added
The comedy show here in Auckland has sold out the entire season, so we have added another show. On Saturday 10 th May there is an extra show added at The Classic Basement at 5.30pm. These tickets are also selling well, so am excited! This morning I got woke up early in the...
Nearly Home
This is my last week in Auckland and I am on the home straight, about five more days to go! I have had such a fab time here and I do love NZ more than I can say, though a break from the torrential rain would be nice. I managed to get a really good quality webcam on my laptop and...
Getting Old
I know I am 47 years old, but I never knew how everyone else in the world would feel about that and guess what? I am officially very old. I think I am the oldest performer at this Comedy Festival in NZ. All the young comics are so lovely but some of them do treat me as an...
Notes from New Zealand
Last week I flew to New Zealand via Hong Kong and am on tour till mid May at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Packing suitcases has become my speciality. The women’s magazines tell you how to take a ‘capsule wardrobe’ where a few items can make seventeen outfits!...
Auckland is awesome
Well I am sorry I took so long to blog. I have been rather busy. My show opened three nights ago and it’s all great. I have had three wonderful reviews and that’s just perfect. The weather is horrendous; it’s really muggy and damp and keeps raining buckets. I have been soaked...
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