I opened for Erica Sigurdson over the weekend at a place called Nancy O's in Prince George. I was pleasantly surprised to find out the shows were sold out. The first night I did my best material, which can be found on my youtube clip. This was the first time performing at this venue, so I pulled out my 'A' material. I did just over 5 minutes, which I haven't done in over a year. For the past year, I've been doing full shows, so going back to 5 minutes was an adjustment. But the shows went great. The second night, I did a new joke, something I wrote a couple of days ago. It went over well, a keeper for sure. I'm not good at judging numbers, but there must've been about 40 or 50 people there. If you've never been, I highly recommend it. I hope to be back there soon.
Erica held a workshop for the comedians that opened for her. We taped our sets and she critiqued them. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend. But I am working on a workshop myself. It is geared towards youth that are interested in trying stand-up comedy. I am hoping to debut it at home on Haida Gwaii. It would be a 3 session workshop spread out over three days to allow time for the youth to write and develop material. And at the end of the workshop, the youth would put on a show with me hosting and headlining. If it works out, I will be offering this workshop at high schools and friendship centres.
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