Machynlleth Comedy Festival was the very first outing for The Rig and we were so thrilled to be able to be part of this amazing comedy festival.
The idea for The Rig had come about 3 months previously and we were beavering away behind the scenes trying to get it ready for the summer when inspiration struck. What we need is a deadline we thought! A phone call later and we were booked into premièring our crazy invention at Mach Comedy Fest in the beautiful welsh village of Machynlleth a few weeks later.
We spent a frantic couple of weeks drilling, sanding and glueing and finally we were ready to go! Once we got to Mach and set up it became apparent we were onto a winner. This was a bit of a relief, because although WE thought it was a brilliant idea, it was great to have it confirmed within the first 30 seconds of us opening it up, when we had 50 kids come swarming all over it! Our thunder sheet made of plastic only lasted the first 3 minutes. Lesson one. Whatever we think is sturdy enough for children – MAKE STURDIER!
We had a wonderful time in this beautiful village and can’t endorse the comedy festival highly enough. It’s run by Emma and Henry, two wonderful fun souls with integrity and a vision. There are some world class comedians performing there and some people starting out on their comedic journey. We were thrilled to be providing some of the family entertainment, which is growing year by year and we look back with such fondness and pride in our first Mach!
If you haven’t ever been to this festival, do go!