Bitten by the bug...
Have you ever been bitten the bug? My enthusiasm for teaching and performing comedy has never waned – or caused rashes / involuntary...
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Maggie Irving
- Aug 22
- 2 min
I'm having a facelift!
Not me! My house is having a facelift – hurrah! It is now cloaked in lime-based mortar so no more leaks. Hurrah! My finances took a hit...
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Maggie Irving
- Jul 22
- 2 min
BOLD BRAVE and BEAUTIFUL!
Keep up the good work! Practice, practice, practice if you want to improve. Improve what? Anything! The Olympic participants do it and so...
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Maggie Irving
- Jul 11
- 3 min
A Magical World of Manifestation!
Who or what will you be? Welcome to the magical world of manifestations - storms; falling in love in the blink of an eye and crafting a...
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Maggie Irving
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Nice Pare!
Comedy writing isn’t about writing jokes with a pre-set joke formula. What is vital is that we open up and share our thoughts - have a...
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Maggie Irving
- Jun 13
- 3 min
Au bord de la mer...
Surprise, surprise! (Insert image / vocals of the late Cilla Black for a day-long earworm 😂) I love a day punctuated by surprises; it’s...
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Maggie Irving
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Red and yellow and pink and green, orange...
Only 31 days to a new government... Well, who knows? There are so many parties – Greens, Blues, Reds, Yellows etc. Maybe we should have a...
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Maggie Irving
- May 23
- 2 min
Flippin' Pain!
The Stuff of Comedy Trauma, pain and tragedy can be the stuff of comedy, after all, they say time + tragedy = comedy. But not always?...
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Maggie Irving
- May 16
- 1 min
Statistically Speaking...
My amazing mum is 94.5... In 2022, the estimated population of England and Wales aged 90 years and over grew by 2.1% compared with 2021 -...
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Maggie Irving
- May 2
- 2 min
Pringles, cows and murder!
Women! Women! Women! More women than ever before are coming to my stand up comedy workshops. Hurrah. And they are brilliant – as are the...
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Maggie Irving
- Apr 15
- 1 min
GENESIS - not the band - but of comedy!
Monday! New Beginnings... My new stand up comedy course starts on Tuesday 16 April. It’s for comedy virgins and for comedians who want to...
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Maggie Irving
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Oh Kathy...
Kathy is coming! Storm Kathleen that is. More rain and wind for parts of the UK including the Southwest. Brits love to talk about the...
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Maggie Irving
- Mar 28
- 2 min
HEALTHY MINDS = EGGCELENT STUDENTS
More than Meets the 👀 with Eggs... I once took a Year 7 Biology cover lesson on Human Reproduction. The class was of course very giggly,...
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Maggie Irving
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Simply the BEST!
Come Up and See Us: Good Times! In last week's The Sunday Times, Exmouth was listed as “One of The Best Places To Live 2024”. I’ve lived...
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Maggie Irving
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Marching Ahead into Spring
March / April updates and forthcoming events! It’s no secret that smiling and laughing support wellness. Comedians often remark how the...
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Maggie Irving
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Trousers, hats, and snakes - oh and clownsssss!
A CLOWN WORKSHOP FOR EVERYONE! I developed my clowning skills at a variety of places with several different teachers. Some of these...
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Maggie Irving
- Feb 12
- 1 min
Seeing Red (and pink...)
Few people I know like Valentine’s Day – a time when lots of people apparently declare more love and admiration for their partner than...
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Maggie Irving
- Feb 1
- 2 min
And she's off!
I’ve been lighting a candle throughout January in memory of a very special young woman, who died too soon. She energised a room with her...
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Maggie Irving
- Jan 25
- 2 min
Loooooong January and Life-Long Learning.
Siempre una estudiante... January has soooooo many days – the same as several other months, but it just seems to last longer. Kind of...
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Maggie Irving
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Happy New Cheer...
Happy New Cheer! Wow has this been a fortnight: Ran a gig during Twixmas. Sold out! Then went off to play whist with my mother and others...
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