Andrew White promising Chichester audiences "cheeky, raucous, fun and silly"

SussexWorld

After a successful and encouraging debut tour last year, Portsmouth-based stand-up Andrew White is offering a work in progress night for the Chichester Fringe.

Transcript

00:00Good afternoon. My name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. Really lovely

00:07to speak to Andrew White again, especially last year. We spoke about the debut tour.

00:11It went well. It went well to the extent that you are back trying out a show in Chichester,

00:16the Chichester Fringe. Andrew White, rhinestone comedian. I nearly misread that. Rhinestone

00:22comedian. I beg your pardon. Tuesday, June the 10th at the Headlander. So last year,

00:28the debut tour, you were pleased. Yes, very happy with how it went. It was

00:33very speculative because I just had no idea what my following was like. Obviously, you have numbers

00:39on the screen, but yeah, you have no idea who's actually going to turn up and book the tickets.

00:43So yeah, I had a lot of fun. We had really, really nice crowds and, you know, really, really nice

00:48crowds of, you know, just sort of 20 and really, really nice crowds of 80 or so. Yeah, it was a

00:56real great mix, just enjoying everyone's company out on the road, really. It was a lot of fun.

01:01And that must be a confidence booster, just to have that debut tour under your belt, isn't it?

01:07Yeah, it definitely makes it feel, it feels more proper. It feels like you're sort of

01:11stepping in the right direction. And yeah, just to know that people out there, A, want to come

01:16see you specifically, and B, will actually make the effort to is, yeah, it was really great.

01:21And all that, as you're saying, is in a scenario that's probably a bit difficult, isn't it,

01:26in the circuit these days? You have time for social media following, there's a lot of

01:30competition, but you've started to make your way, haven't you, clearly?

01:34Yes, yeah, well, it's a double-edged sword, really, you know, sort of TV's dying off and

01:38there's a lot less opportunities to stand up, to sort of rise through the traditional media ranks.

01:45So you've got to make your own way on social media. On one hand, you know, there's no gatekeepers,

01:50anyone can make their name. On the other hand, at least with gatekeepers, there was a very set

01:54plan that you could follow. So, yeah, it's a bit of an interesting sort of wild west, I

02:01suppose, appropriate for a rhinestone comedian that we're in at the moment.

02:04Yeah, a rhinestone comedian, that's because you like to add a touch of glamour then, isn't

02:10it?

02:10Yes, yeah. Yes, I suppose it's a bit, it's twofold, the rhinestone cowboy sort of, you know,

02:16traipsing along, doing what I love doing, and then specifically rhinestone, because I'm

02:21always in sparkly heels and some pearls, and I've got them right here. Just, yeah, I like

02:27to put on a bit of a show.

02:29You didn't dress up for me?

02:31No, apologies, this is my dress down, sometimes it feels like maybe, if I want to Zoom call

02:38in full glam, it sort of seems like a pre-arranged thing that something questionable's happening.

02:42Fair enough. So this is work in progress, isn't it? So what depends on Chichester? What

02:48are you hoping to gain from Chichester and learn from Chichester?

02:52Yeah, well, I live in Portsmouth now, so it's very convenient, 20 minutes up the road, and

02:56I've heard good things about the Chichester Fringe, so I'm just hoping it'll be a nice

03:00place to see what people like, really. I've got a big sort of back catalogue of material,

03:06I've got some new stuff that I've written, and yeah, I guess it's just pulling threads to

03:11see what people really respond to, you know, put the funniest stuff at the end, but put

03:17strong openers, and yeah, a bit of sort of crafting and working it all out, and also

03:22indeed trying stuff that will never be said again. So yeah, it'll be a real creative mishmash.

03:26Well, really good to speak to you again. Good luck with this one. It's Andrew White,

03:31Rhinestone comedian, Tuesday June the 10th, at the Havana as part of the Chichester Fringe.

03:36Good to see you. Thank you. Thank you, Phil. Cheers.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended