Richard Herring: Lord of the Dance Settee

Lord of the Dance Sofa #10: The tour grinds onwards and Richard is messing around more and saying things that he shouldn't about his ex-girlfriend and Cliff Richard (different stories). With stories and how his mother-in-law tried to kill him, how he enraged a French man in 1983 and why he has the numbers of emergency masseuses in Worthing. Plus some fun digressions about why people in the New Forest like to keep their horses on the road and why you can't go to hospital just because you've got ginger hair. All this and sh*tting next to a Japanese man. Experience the interminable silence when miscommunication makes the start of the show go wrong (twice) and the dead response to adlibbed material that doesn't work. This is what it's like on tour. All the remaining tour dates can be seen here: http://www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour Buy tickets to see the DVD record here: https://www.thebloomsbury.com/event/run/150514 SPECIAL OFFER - there are 50 tickets to the DVD record on May 15th for the bargain price of £10. Use the code HERRINGLOTD on internet (or by phone) Help out with the RHLSTP video kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467836598/richard-herrings-leicester-square-video-podcast

Lord of the Dance Settee #9: You Should Have a Pregnancy Test. The madness and packed houses of March are over and April sees a slight dip in numbers and in energy. Richard has to deal with a dodgy microphone in Bath and lampoons the Marquis of Bath's attempts to create art. He enjoys a combined Christmas and Easter with his folks in Cheddar (that's Phoebe as a reindeer in the pic), before celebrating his third wedding anniversary in a slightly spooky empty restaurant, then he's back on the road to the exciting locations of Andover and Newbury, before jetting over to Ireland. He sounds quite down in the backstage bits, but it's a tough part of the tour to get through and hopefully he was all tits and teeth on stage. You can find out about his remaining tour dates at http://www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour and book tickets to see his DVD record here - https://www.thebloomsbury.com/event/run/150514. If you want to take part in the RHLSTP kickstarter then head here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467836598/richard-herrings-leicester-square-video-podcast

Lord of the Dance Settee #8 - Well Played Thing. The tour continues through Southend, Aldershot, Cambridge, Shoreham-BY-Sea and Cardiff. Experience Richard's nerves and doubts before a Southend gig where he fears the audience might be expecting Michael Flatley, his proof that the people of Cambridge are not as clever as the people of Oxford, and the genesis of his new show solely about Addams Family Pinball (which he is playing continuously throughout the tour). Also a return to Aldershot reminds him of a previous gig and the stellar success of one of the acts who crashed and burned alongside him that night, and some tragic deaths make him consider the ups and downs of fame. He also considers his place in the comedy firmament, recounting a story of the after party at a Jerry Seinfeld gig that made him understand that success is not all it's cracked up to be.

Lord of the Dance Settee #6: Donald, Wherrrreez Mah Troozers. Richard is working his way through the busiest month of the tour and this podcast largely covers three gigs at three different Stand venues: Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow. He's obsessed with w-nking judges, rimming shower gel and rip-off soap and ad-libbing like crazy. But he also has to cope with painful loss and looking like Jeremy Clarkson and find a way out of being on stage with a mouthful of Haribo, even though he is 47. In Glasgow he also finds himself pitted against his erstwhile double act partner in a head to head contest to find out who is the most popular. Who will win? (SPOILER) Stewart Lee will. Check out all Rich's remaining tour dates at www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour and come along and join the fun (DVD record at the Bloomsbury on 15th May) or donate some money and get a badge to help him make more internet content www.gofasterstripe.com/badges (and check out the GFS sale at www.gofasterstripe.com/sale)

Lord of the Dance Settee #5 - 27 Years Later. The Lord of the Dance Settee tour continues, with the busiest patch of 11 gigs in 12 days. Rich discusses a recent and a less recent trip to Buckingham Palace, returns to one of the first professional theatres that he ever played (in 1988) and meets the first man he ever gave his autograph to. There's also a whole now-excised routine from the show and Richard being heckled by a member of staff at Bristol Tobacco Factory. And more of his infamous backstage whistling - soon available on long-playing record. For full tour details (new shows added) head to www.richardherring.com/lotds/tour