Sharing a stage with a six foot four Yorkshireman

Last night, was the first night of four I am doing at the Camden Fringe. Show is called Inside the M25: A User's Guide and is a poetic survey of the city.

It is with a fellow called Gary From Leeds. He is a man who stands about six foot four in his socks which means he is a clear foot taller than. And the interesting thing is, the performing partnership between us is going quite well.

There I am, doing some jolly stuff from my near-ground-level perspective. And there he is, up near the stage lights, all acerbic wit and Yorkshire vowels.

But, forgetting the material we perform, I think it puts people naturally at ease to see two men towards the extreme end of the height scale on stage together. Even if they do not like all of our very deep and meaningful poems, they can at least enjoy the fact that:

a). There's a short man on stage, and;

b). He's up there with a lanky bloke!!!

So there you have it. Richard Purnell and Gary From Leeds: the Crouch and Defoe of the spoken word scene.