I have been mithered

Hello, hello, hello… I am not dead.. I just … well I just got a bit busy with work and with life and with health maintenance (if you follow me on Instagram you might know that last week was a week that began with a root canal and ended with a smear test) … and so I am a bit behind with my newsletters. I am very very sorry!! I have let you down!

Anyway… this is the first of two missives which will go out one after the other .. to try to make up for my tardiness.

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So, what’s new? What’s consuming me? Well other than the darkness in the world emanating from the other side of the Atlantic, which I try to block out as much as possible, I have been trying to put the final polishes to my new One Woman Show – ‘Because I’m Worth It’ – which I will be taking on the road starting at the end of this month. And as usual I am both excited and terrified at the prospect.

I never imagined that at the age of 64 I would be embarking on a comedy storytelling One Woman Show… but life is just gas and often turns out to be not what you expected at all. I wrote about how I got into doing comedy in my previous newsletter. At this stage I am just hoping that the success of my first show, Older, Bolder, Wiser wasn’t a fluke and that I can get bums on seats for the dates and venues I have booked in so far.

I am kicking off the tour in Swords, Co Dublin on the 30^th of April when I am in The Cock Tavern (yeah, I know) as part of the Swords Comedy Festival and then the following day I am off to Tuam, Co Galway as part of the Tuam Comedy Festival. I am also in my beloved Ahakista in West Cork on the 16^th of May and then onto Wexford on the 23 of May (Wexford was great last year). In June I am in Tralee on the 13^th of June – which will be my first time playing in Kerry and finish the month on 27 June in the Purty Loft in my hometown of Dun Laoghaire.

July and August are holiday and writing time and then I resume on the 27^th August back in the Civic Theatre in Tallaght and onto Dungarvan, Co Waterford, Longford and Fermoy later in September. And in October I return to the Glor Theatre in Ennis.

I will be booking more autumn/winter dates over the coming weeks and all dates and ticket links are on my website here.

So, this is what has had me mithered. And now I am consumed by selling tickets. So dear gentle reader, if you would like to come along to any of my shows, I would love to see you. And if you think ‘Because I’m Worth It’ would appeal to a friend or family in any of the locations I have mentioned please spread the word. By the way, I have men at all my shows… not loads… but enough that your man won’t feel alone… and I don’t pick on the lads either. I love seeing them in the audience.

Anyway, as I am a one woman operation I rely on my social media, including Substack to help me spread the word. So if you can help in that - I would be most grateful.

This is the gospel of Barbara for this Sunday Morning. Thanks for tuning in!!!