How did you get into comedy?
I auditioned for Durham University’s sketch group when I was a fresher because I was slightly drunk and wanted to impress a cool third year who lived on my corridor. I vaguely remember doing a monologue for [fellow students] Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar in a sort of white noise haze of fear, and then got in.
Can you recall a gig so bad, it’s now funny?
I did a preview where the audience watched it entirely silently like it was theatre. Not one single laugh. I was very close to asking if I should cut it short, just because they must be so bored, but decided to keep going as a challenge to myself. At the end they gave me a standing ovation. It was absolutely baffling.
