The Comedy Rooms in Worthing celebrate second anniversary

The Comedy Rooms are celebrating their second birthday at their Worthing show on Friday, April 4.

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00:00Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. Lovely to

00:06speak to Adam Scott again. Now, you've achieved something in Worthing, haven't you? You are

00:10celebrating two years of the Comedy Rooms, and as we were saying, you started it at a

00:15difficult time, people are maybe going out less, there's not so much money around, yet

00:20you have survived and you are doing well, with regularly 130 people there, that's pretty

00:26good. How come you've done so well? We've just been quite consistent with the level

00:32of comedy that we like to put on. You know, we've got TV-credited acts every show, we're

00:38very thankful to our regulars, and we also try to keep the ticket prices, you know, affordable

00:45for everyone. How do you manage to do that? That can't be easy. Yeah, so we try and, we've

00:50got a group of four tickets, you know, so essentially then you're buying three tickets

00:55and get the fourth one free, but that fourth person means a lot to us, you know, we'd rather

00:59you come in a group than, you know, one or two of you, and naturally over time we've

01:05built up quite a good mailing list, so people get to know about what we've got coming up,

01:09and they do come back. And you've got your regulars, you were saying? Exactly, yes, I

01:14do like to really get involved with who I'm meeting, who's coming to the shows, and yeah,

01:19I like to get to know who's coming along. And the core of it is a monthly meeting, an

01:25MC, three comics. Exactly, yes, that. Yeah, we have, we go for very high quality MCs to

01:33really make the, you know, hold the show together. We have an opener who's always strong, middle

01:38act we try and get locally, so we'll try and, you know, find someone who's up and come in,

01:42someone from Brighton, someone from, you know, nearby who's doing very well on the circuit

01:46but maybe needs a bit of promotion. And it's a good way for audience members to find new

01:50acts as well.

01:51That sounds brilliant. And what about the type of comedy? Obviously, comedy encompasses

01:56so much, doesn't it? Did you go for the broad range? Are you the sort of family end? Is

02:00it a bit raunchy? What kind of comedy are we talking?

02:04We definitely get a mixture. I work very hard on making all the lineups very different.

02:11You won't get two one-liner comedians in the same show. We've had a few, you know, theatre

02:18style comedians, you know, very cabaret. We've had very straight edge. We've had a real mix

02:25of, you know, comedians. So there's a bit of a bit of something for everyone.

02:28And the more you do this, does it get easier to find the comedians?

02:33It does, yeah. We also, obviously, naturally, where we've been doing it for over two years

02:37as well. Certain, you know, different comedians will approach us, which is always nice. It's

02:43always a lot easier when they come to me. But yeah, we always work with a lot of top

02:48agents as well. So, you know, people like Laura Lex, we've come down from her work

02:52and progress show in April. You know, that's something that I've built that relationship

02:57with her agent over time. And they're like, yeah, we'll use your venue.

03:01Fantastic. Well, congratulations on surviving. Well, more than surviving, doing well for

03:06two years. That's a considerable achievement to speak to you, Adam, and best wishes for

03:10year three when that begins. Thank you. Thank you.