Article: Tinky Winky takes over

Gina Ryan/Gordon Southern H Comedy Spot, WC2

THE decision to mount the stage is often a reaction to years of feeling ignored and abused in a dead-end job.

Martin Coyote once washed dishes in Bernard Manning's brother's restaurant in Cornwall. Gordon Southern used to be a warm-up man for Jack Docherty, "So this is quite a crowd for me," he said, eyeing the 30-strong audience. Then again, compare Paul Vallis, who has been running the Spot for six years, does voiceovers by day, and Gina Ryan was absent because she had suddenly glimpsed the future, with a part in a sitcom. Dave Thompson stood in for her ... but we'll come back to him. Intimate venues like this often scare the most experienced of ...

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