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Cooking Up a Storm
Whipping Up Cooking Metaphors and More! Fancy helping to cook up a storm at this year’s Exmouth Festival? Loosely based on Shakespeare’s...
Maggie Irving
Jul 32 min read


A Pig, a Horse, and a Sea Breeze walk into a bar...
Performing at bootleggers bonanza at the exeter comedy festival Over the last two weeks I have worked / networked with: Exmouth Pride,...
Maggie Irving
Jun 262 min read


Zooming? We're BACK!
My whole wide world went Zoom – 2020-2022. And I'm still zooming about! I’ve been zooming here, there, and even scooted off to Dorset...
Maggie Irving
Jun 52 min read


This week’s theme? A lateral pain in the arse
Not metaphorically—my piriformis muscle has declared war and it is NOT funny. So it’s been a heady mix of massages, little white pills -...
Maggie Irving
May 292 min read


Going out, out?
Not Going Out? Getting people off their sofas and into theatres, cinemas, or comedy nights is no small feat these days. That’s why I feel...
Maggie Irving
May 62 min read


Same shape, different taste...
🌷🐣 What did you do over Easter Bank Holiday? Some braved the chill for fresh air and family time. Others tackled chocolate eggs like a...
Maggie Irving
Apr 242 min read


Smashin' it?
How do you crack an Easter egg? This isn’t a yolk – I promise. Growing up in Preston, Lancashire, my brother and I shared what we...
Maggie Irving
Apr 141 min read


My winter fat is gone… now I just have spring rolls :)
Spring and new beginnings… I’m missing teaching regular comedy classes this month. I was told this week that my workshops are addictive!...
Maggie Irving
Mar 272 min read


Unlucky for some… but not for me - Lucky, lucky lucky :)
A clown doctor, off to train doctor trainers’, wearing a new pair of trainers. Work that one out! The theme for the GP conference is...
Maggie Irving
Mar 132 min read


Seriously good comedy…
A BUSY WEEK!!! Tuesday: Showcase of my first comedy course for 2025. Brilliantly funny sets. Congratulations everyone - you were a blast!...
Maggie Irving
Mar 62 min read


To Womb it May Concern...
Here's looking at you... there's womb for all! We have a fab line up of funny women at the next Stand-Up Comedy Mash Up in Exeter. Yes,...
Maggie Irving
Feb 242 min read


Butts are a pain...
...in the butt! Especially cigarette butts. People are still tossing these dirty dog ends on the floor. Found out recently that they...
Maggie Irving
Feb 102 min read


Recommended dose?
Image: Clowning as Baroness Elsa at The Tate Modern (2009) A slice of humour for health! Have cake and wear it... Dose of Therapeutic...
Maggie Irving
Jan 273 min read


It's 2025 - What the FOG?
I was feeling pretty tired, low... ... and much like a rubbery, deflated birthday balloon that hangs limply, undetected, behind the sofa...
Maggie Irving
Jan 163 min read


All GREAT things come to an end...
Endings means it's ALL about the NEW... 2024 is drawing to a close. Endings… It has been a year of endings, however, this often means...
Maggie Irving
Dec 19, 20242 min read


“The people, the laughs – the opportunity.”
Harry Venning SAFE to laugh, play and be well... SAFE Foundation - Stop Abuse For Everyone, is set to benefit from some of the...
Maggie Irving
Dec 16, 20242 min read


Pain... and Play!
Been a few disappointments and dark times recently – personal and business, where I have been laid low. But beginning to bounce back,...
Maggie Irving
Dec 5, 20242 min read


Always half drunk - how about you?
I have half-drunk mugs of tea throughout the day. Do you? Is the answer to make only half a mug of tea – or would that mean I only drink...
Maggie Irving
Oct 14, 20242 min read


What will you be full of?
A bit of a blip... Over 20 years ago, a pro comedian told me, you need a hundred gigs to feel at ease (he actually said, “couldn’t care...
Maggie Irving
Oct 3, 20242 min read


Too early for the C word?
What were you thinking? I have scheduled next January’s, a stand-up comedy course! Not normally one for looking ahead and being so...
Maggie Irving
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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