Paul is joined by fellow northern comedian, MC, and promoter Stevie Gray for a candid chat about life at the circuit level. They work through Paul's Top 10 list of the things that quietly get an act crossed off the booking list — think getting shirty over directions, turning up late, tech demands revealed only on arrival, bringing an uninvited entourage, and spending half your set road-testing material that clearly isn't ready.
Along the way they swap stories: the act who turned up two months early and somehow still went on, the headliner who cleared overtime with the promoter like a total pro, and the improv group who asked for four mics and a keyboard in a 35-seat basement.
They also get honest about the economics of promoting — the ticket-checking anxiety, invisible overheads, and the companies who grew too fast and left everyone out of pocket — and how carefully they try to build line-ups that are both high quality and genuinely varied, without ever letting diversity become a box-ticking exercise at the expense of the show.
Plus: Panini stickers, a World Cup that's had everything, and one guest who arrived fresh from a minor car crash.
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