You lot will probably think this is a bit sad, but I’m feeling pretty emotional about this, emotional and proud. 18 Year old me wouldn’t believe it, in fact 28 year old me in 2014 wouldn’t believe it either after just being cancelled.
I’m stood here outside the Woking Theatre – my home theatre – staring up at this massive screen with my big daft face plastered all over it for the show this Thursday. It feels surreal, it’s been constant struggle and graft then all of a sudden im here.
This is the exact same place where I rocked up at 18, alone, to watch Lee Evans live on stage, my idol, in my eyes the best to do it. Walked out buzzing, thinking right, that’s it, that’s what I wanna do – be a stand-up comedian for the rest of my life. I didn’t think about tours, money, fame, nothing, I just wanted to be funny enough to make an audience laugh.
And now after all the mad ups and downs, the massive mistakes I made that nearly ended everything, the dark times where I thought I’d never get back on stage again… here I bloody am. Full 360 moment, proper full circle. Got me choked up if I’m honest.
I’m just so proud of the broken version of me that found the strength to crack on. If I can say one thing, it’s never, ever give up on your dreams no matter what life throws at ya. Keep grafting.
If you’re about Thursday come down for a laugh, would means the world to sell it out!