This story really made me LOL. Punters walked out of One Foot In The Grave actress Annette Crosbie's one-woman show at a village hall in Suffolk because she spent too much time talking about greyhounds. They felt at £16 a pop she should be giving them anecdotes about Victor Meldrew and er, anything els she's done.
They're probably right, however if I had been in attendance I think I would have sat it out. Greyhounds are cute. She owns three. Of course she wants to talk about them. Not for all of the show though. If she wants to make the West End she's going to have to cut down on the dog talk.
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For some reason, this story reminds me of the episode of 'I'm Alan Partridge' where Alan puts on a show at the Travel Tavern, most of which consists of him demonstrating to a bemused audience of pensioners how the police would take out a suspected terrorist.
I don't suppose the story mentions whether the lovely Annette was flogging blazer-badge and tie sets...?
£16? Seems rather expensive for a lecture on dogs. If you join the WI you only have to pay a year's subs and you get lectures at least once a month, as well as some very nice pickled onions.
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