So
Wednesday night I listened to a girl stand on stage and tell a story
about, literally, shitting herself. A Comic Con panel it was not.
Well, actually, it kinda was.
Barking Tales is a night of
stand-up comedy with a mental health theme, held in the hangar-like
tikki bar Zombie Shack, just under
Oxford Road train station.
I
went with two different meetup groups: Socially Awkward
and Talk About It Mate.
Both of these groups have a mental health theme, evident (hopefully)
in their names, and I made an attempt to bring the two groups
together- I definitely spoke to people from both groups and don't
remember any difference. Good, welcoming people. Great for
first-timers and shy people. I presume we coalesced before the
compare Harriet Dyer took the mic.
Harriet
was a good compare in all fairness: she never ran out of ideas and
had good rapport with the crowd. A problem, which I frequently have
at stand-up comedy gigs: she just wasn't very funny.
There
was a funny story from someone- I can't remember whether it was her
or the first act. If I remember rightly, it was about soiling herself
in someone else's house. You really had to be there.
Glad
I experienced it, though, and it's worth a look next time it's on.
It's held on the 1st Wednesday of the month.
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