Blog: Doom Show Becomes Terrifyingly Real

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I've been going on for the past few weeks about how I'm planning to do a SHOW based on my Doctor Doom book and so far it's all been very light and breezy and full of the optimism of Things That May Or May Not Happen. That has very much CHANGED today, for LO! I have booked AN ACTUAL GIG!

The gig is going to be at The Hen & Chickens in Islington during The Camden Fringe - I've not finished doing the Fringe details yet but I very much HAVE agreed terms for the venue and paid the fee, so that's DEFINITELY happening! This, to me, is a bit TERRIFYING as so far I have only written about ten minutes of the show, and even THAT is more Seeing If It Works rather than Actual Script. It's basically the set I'm planning to do when I perform at An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail in a couple of weeks, where I'll be assessing whether it's A Good Idea to mix EMPIRICAL RESEARCH with COMPLICATED SONGS. I've a feeling it WILL be, but we'll see!

Previously, for the shows with STEVE, we would at LEAST be starting rehearsals by this time of the year, and there would definitely be a whole heap of songs pretty much written, so the fact that there ISN'T is a bit scary. I'm also a bit worried about how it's going to WORK, as there's going to need to be a SLIDE SHOW which I'll have to somehow operate while simultaneously playing guitar, which may force - FORCE - me to buy a Slide Advancement PEDAL.

Thus in order to CALM myself I have found solace in HTML by creating a new site for the show which will hopefully GROW over the coming months as more shows get added. The current plan is to try and get onto two (2) more fringes, three (3) comics/literature festivals and to do at least one (1) preview in That London sometime around the time of the Fantastic Four film's release. The underlying AIMS of all this are to a) let people know that I'm the world's leading (and only) academic expert on Doctor Doom and b) try not to lose any money, so if anyone has any THORTS about how else I can achieve those aims, do let me know!


posted 29/1/2025 by MJ Hibbett

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