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How is your Festival going?
Good. I’m enjoying myself but I’m getting a bit tired, as I’m sure all comedians are, at this point.
I’ve checked out your schedule and it seems like you’re doing pretty much every night?
Yeah. I’m working full-time as well.
Are you a masochist?
Yeah I am actually. So I’m basically trying to do a little bit too much at the moment I think.
You work as a teacher I believe?
Yeah. I do. Pretty much everything I do requires my voice.
Wouldn’t it be easier to write everything up on the board and just point to it?
It’s tempting just to show videos at the moment. But I guess I have to do my two jobs.
This is your second Festival, are you finding it easier this time around?
Yes and no. Like I think last year because it was my first solo show, you sort of go into it with no real expectations. I mean you sort of hope it goes well, but you’ve got nothing to compare it to. Whereas, this year, the pressures on a little bit because, I did win the award last year’
Yes I came across that in my research.
Yeah so there’s sort of a little bit of ‘Ooo, what has she come up with? Was she a one-hit wonder or what’? So I felt like there was a little bit more of an eye on me this year I suppose.
What could Joe Regular expect to see if they came and watched your show, Alive in Madagascar?
It’s quite a strange kind of show, not in a bad way strange. But I guess it’s basically a story of a trip to Madagascar, but there are a lot of different characters who pop up during the show. So I guess people do learn a little bit about Madagascar, as well as see a fairly bizarre story unfold because the American people I was staying with were all taking an anti-malarial drug that made them hallucinate in fairly bizarre ways. Americans are prone to strange behaviour anyway, but, when they’re actually on drugs that make them do that it was a fairly interesting experience.
Any hecklers this year?
No I haven’t actually. I’ve had some groups of teachers, who’ve come from a bit of a carry-over crowd from last year and some of them have been a little bit drunk, so I’ve been their big social get-together. And I did have one couple getting it on in my show.
Really?
Yeah, I’m glad I set the scene for them. They were on really high chairs, and it was kind of noticeable, so I had to keep ignoring them, so I was getting a bit stressed.
How did it feel winning the best newcomer award last year?
Very exciting. Not something I expected at all, I guess it was a big honour because every year there are so many shows and everyone has put a lot of time and effort into it, so, to get recognised out of a group of people who have all been working really hard is a great honour.
Are you going to blame the Commonwealth Games for the hectic schedule you’ve had to have?
No. I choose not to think too much about sport and I hope that with the people who want to see my show there isn’t a huge crossover between the people who were chanting at the athletics.
It’s possible that all those athletes that escaped the village could be lining up?
They might be. I haven’t noticed any of them, but they might have wanted to escape just to see my show.