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BOOT CAMP Glasto AND Thailand Style...
YES DRILL SERGEANT! I’m cleaning out my colon – oh, and my liver, kidneys and onions! I’m doing a Dyno-Rod style detox in the mystical...
Maggie Irving
Jun 1, 20232 min read


Edinburgh Festival & all places inbetween!
Call out to all comedians... “I want to be able to turn my sh%@ into something funny.” And find humour in sh%@ situations!" A desired...
Maggie Irving
May 22, 20231 min read


Laughter IS the best medicine...
Image: Medisave Healthy Humour/Workshops = Healthy Life! I have just finished a run of Humour for Health classes for a professional group...
Maggie Irving
Apr 24, 20232 min read


Eggcellent weekend?
How did you celebrate yours? Mine was nuts! Bank Holiday weekend: Prosecco, barbecue, and a monster egg hunt. Seventy-five mini eggs and...
Maggie Irving
Apr 10, 20232 min read


Get gut busting - it's good for you!
Get gutsy! Lactobacillus, laughs and leeks/leaks... “The road to health is paved with good intestines!” Sherry A. Rogers Adolescentis,...
Maggie Irving
Mar 30, 20232 min read


Forgot. But not forgotten…
Firstly - a big, big thanks to The City Gate Hotel for hosting us, and providing yet another warm welcome! After six weeks of clowning...
Maggie Irving
Mar 23, 20232 min read


The Comedy Doctor...
TICK TOCK... “Are you the comedy doctor?” asked an eminent professor. “Yes!” I replied, with a smile. I liked the title he'd given me....
Maggie Irving
Mar 9, 20232 min read


Letting it all out!
My online comedy course finished last night. We had a small but very appreciative audience, who also brought additional laughter to the...
Maggie Irving
Mar 2, 20232 min read


Lost it!
We lost it. I've just lost the chance to spend a whole week with my mum, due to being Covid positive. Oh, those double-crossing lines on...
Maggie Irving
Feb 23, 20232 min read


ON YOUR BIKES, PEOPLE!
Hello bikers, hikers and climate saving fighters... Global emissions remain at record high levels and the world is on track to warming...
Maggie Irving
Feb 9, 20232 min read


The Happiness Plan
Hello one and all... The Saxons called February “Sol-monath” which means “cake month,” because they would offer cakes to the gods during...
Maggie Irving
Feb 6, 20232 min read


"I'm naked!" Said the...
“I’m naked!” exclaimed the unwrapped Christmas chocolate coin, before being promptly popped into the mouth of the owner. It was my first...
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20231 min read


6 Cs of dementia, or 7?
The Importance of Stories... So, the 6Cs of dementia are: care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. But what...
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20232 min read


Aims or Resolutions?
Happy New Year everyone! I made a resolution just before New Year - to perform! Yes, I am waiting to hear back about a slot on an Exeter...
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20231 min read


And it's a goodbye from me...
I'm dreaming of a white... Sandy beach on the Sunshine Coast of Oz Wine, or red - or rose... Smile - been to the dentist far too many...
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20232 min read


Glowing HOT & COLD...
Making changes... ...can be challenging – especially if they are unpleasant or unexpected. Going through ‘the change’ – menopause – was...
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20232 min read


How are you?
Australia 2 – UK 1? How are you? A simple greeting. Manners? How many of us communicate regularly in a friendly manner? I have just...
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20232 min read


It's all in the detail...
How would you describe... People come to my classes from all over the world – online and in person. Just lately, I have had comedians...
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20232 min read


Dangerous Beauty...
I’m in Oz right now. Before departing, I checked out Aussie styles of humour. Unsurprisingly, on the surface, it doesn’t much differ from...
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20232 min read


G'day, G'night - G'day!
Well done all... Congratulations to my super confident comedy squad at the sizzling showcase course gig at Exeter City Gate, on Tuesday....
Maggie Irving
Feb 2, 20232 min read
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