In advance of her "live" show at Soho Theatre this week (6/7 June, 7.30pm, Tickets from £10), we caught up with Canadian Comedian Mae Martin to see how things are going since we last spoke...
Planet London (PL): How did you enjoy the slumber party tour and your last date at Soho Theatre? - we loved it
Mae Martin (MM): I love Soho Theatre, it's always buzzing with people and energy, and I fancy every member of the staff.
Touring is always great and opening for Nina Conti was brilliant - she's so talented and a good portion of her show is improvised, which is thrilling to watch and so inspiring. I also love long car rides because people are forced to indulge me with my rounds of "would you rather" questions, so tours are good for that.
PL: Where did you go with the tour? Who was the best crowd?
MM: We went to lots of small towns I had never previously heard of and I sampled all of their jacket potatoes and had a grand old time. Manchester was the best, though - we were in a beautiful old music hall where my Dad once did a play when he was my age!
MM: You're recording your best of live next week... so a few best of questions for you
- best joke you've heard?
Every time someone farts.
- best heckle?
in Edinburgh I once walked on stage and before I had spoken a single word a man yelled, "what are you doing, lass?" which plunged me into an existential crisis because, really, I don't know what I'm doing.
- best joke you never told/used?
I have a thing I do at parties where I improvise the opening monologues to indie movies based on whatever song is playing (I'm great at parties), but I've never thought of a way to do it on stage. I think it might be really annoying.
- best source of material for your sets?
My fears and my family.
- best thing about being a stand up comedian?
When you are in the zone on stage and improvise a punchline on the spot that you know as you say it is good enough to keep.
PL: What's coming up for you? Any tour dates or special gigs we should know about?
MM: I am really excited about recording my album at Soho Theatre, and then I'm in full Edinburgh Fringe prep mode. My show is at 3:30 every day at the Cowgatehead, and I'm also appearing in Natasia Demetriou's brilliant show at 9:20 at the Underbelly. Come to both!
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Mae Martin is performing at Soho Theatre on 6 and 7 June at 7:30pm.
Following a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre in October last year, two-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee Mae Martin returns…
Popcorn Comedy and John Noel Management proudly present MAE MARTIN: LIVE AT SOHO THEATRE a
best-of hour from one of London’s finest recent imports.
TICKETS: £12.50 (£10)
BOX OFFICE: www.sohotheatre.com; 020 7478 0100
If you're yet to experience the delight of Mae Martin, you can read our previous review from her last Soho Theatre gig 'Slumber Party' here:
We have also had the pleasure of interviewing Mae Martin in the past. If you are interested, you can read this interview here: INTERVIEW: Mae Martin | Read our feature here
