Ho there Chums,

I am looking for a safe (non toxic) very localised smoke effect. In the old days I used the "indoor firework volcano" pellet but I can't find any of those for love nor money. Probably becaue they were made of pure heroine but still.. annoying. Does anyone have any tricks or advice on this matter?

The gag I'm hoping to achieve is:

"behind a closed door there is a loud bang - the door opens and a man stands with his clothes smoking".

It's a short…

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Last Thursday I opened my new show "Something's Wrong with Abel" at Chapter, in front of an audience of folk who were kind enough to clap at the end of what I have to say was a rather "baggy" piece of theatre.

I know it’s profoundly unprofessional to talk disparagingly of ones own work but if it’s the truth, it’s the truth. And to be fair there were holes in that fist night big enough to park my Citroen in and that's a big car. It is of course quite normal to have a ropey opening show but… Continue