"When I sit at a desk I start thinking that maybe instead of writing I should just repeatedly smash my own head into the wooden top as that’d be more fun than being locked up in this self-imposed detention."

"People should feel empowered to talk about their experience of taking time off work to see Loose Women get recorded on a weekday, and I hope my show helps them realise they can."

"We humans just keep going heartbreak after heartbreak, it’s great and devastating in equal measures and of course it’s also very funny."

"I had an audience member come out as bisexual publicly during one of my sets, then ask me out during my set. The actual date we went on was pretty meh, but... it's a very big and flattering vote of confidence."

"Children and inebriated adults share a lot of similarities, and you know pretty quickly if you’ve chosen someone to come up who is going to be a bit of a loose cannon! "

The first of the two day festival brings youth voice to the foreground as the skilled young actors from Shropshire Youth Theatre bring their plays and workshops to The Hive and Nerdy Cafe in Shrewsbury.

"Someone’s wife rang him while I was mid joke at The Comedy Store in LA, accusing him of being with a girlfriend. He wasn’t. He was with a group of mates, drinking and disrupting my set."

"From my 3-week Melbourne Comedy Festival experience, I found comedy shows become like castles. I start staring at them with a glazed expression after the first dozen!"

"I got  a review that said I needed to figure out what my comedy offered audiences. That stayed with me. I have always done art for art's sake. However, what is art if it's not viewed by anyone?"

A review of Fly to Neverland children's ballet performance.

This is a review of the house of Jojo for my bronze art award.

The audience was alive with "The Sound of Music!"