Friday 28th July 2006- Edinburgh preview, The Warehouse Theatre, Croydon, - next to East Croydon rail stationWednesday 26th July 2006- Edinburgh preview, (Ruth Pickett: An Endless Series of Distractions), Too2Much, 11 Walkers Courts, W1

Monday 24th July 2006 - Edinburgh preview, (Ruth Pickett: An Endless Series of Distractions), Too2Much, 11 Walkers Courts, W1 (nearest tube - Picadilly Circus)

Friday 14th July 2006- Edinburgh preview, (Ruth Pickett: An Endless Series of Distractions) Canal Cafe, The Bridgehouse Pub, Delamere Terrace

Wednesday 12th July 2006 - Edinburgh preview, (Ruth Pickett: An Endless Series of Distractions) Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 (nearest tube - Clapham Common)

Friday 7th July 2006- Edinburgh preview, (Ruth Pickett: An Endless Series of Distractions) The Blue Elephant, 59a Bethwin Rd (entrance in Thompson's Ave), Camberwell, SE5 (nearest tube - Oval)

Tuesday 4th July 2006- Edinburgh preview, (Ruth Pickett: An Endless Series of Distractions) Canal Cafe, The Bridgehouse Pub, Delamere Terrace (nearest tube - Warwick Avenue)

Wednesday 7th June 2006- The Troy Club, The Bath House, Dean Street, W1 (nearest tube - Tottenham court rd)

Tuesday 6th June 2006- Edinburgh preview / Angel Sketch Club - The Camden Head, Camden Passage, Islington N1 (nearest tube - Angel)

Thursday 25th May 2006- Edinburgh preview, (Ruth Pickett: An Endless Series of Distractions) Rada Foyer, Malet Street, W1, (nearest tube - Goodge St / Euston Sq)

Wednesday 19th April 2006- Edinburgh try-out, The Blue Elephant, Camberwell

Monday 17th April 2006- Edinburgh try-out (1 hour), 7.30pm, Canal Cafe, The Bridgehouse Pub, Delamere Terrace, Little Venice

Tuesday 11th April 2006 - Angel Sketch Club - The Camden Head, Camden Passage, Islington N1

Friday 7th April 2006- Spank, 8pm, Downstairs at the Albany, opposite Great Portland Street tube

Tuesday 21st March 2006- Cardiff University, The Comedy Network

Tuesday 14th March 2006: The Enterprise, Chalk Farm, with Simon Brodkin & Tom Meeten

Sunday 12th March 2006: Sit Down Sundays, Landor Theatre, Landor Road, Clapham North, with Dave Skinner, Ed Weeks, Ruth Bratt, Kirsten O'Brien, Nat Coombs, Katie Wix & Anna Crilly

Thursday 9th March 2006: Sketch Etc, Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon, with Ed Weeks, Laura Solon, Matt Green, John Finnemore & more...

18th - 30th January 2006: Filming short film for VW in Buenos Aires. Sweet.

13th December 2005: Filming for 'Nostradamus' - television film for the Discovery channel

8th December 2005: Clear spot on Resonance Fm - an hour of me and my funny words

6th December 2005: Angel Sketch Club once more

22nd November 2005: Angel Sketch Club again

15th November 2005: Si Thomas & Alexis Dubus 'Falling down with laughter' club, Borough

8th November 2005: Angel Sketch Club, Camden Head, Islington

1st November 2005: Performed in 'Tom Bell presents' on Resonance FM.

25th October 2005: Part of Tom Bell's show on Resonance FM

July - September 2005: I was dead at the time.

June 2005: Performed (comedy) at Glastonbury festival. Also got a bit muddy.

May 2005: Spent most of my time in either Berlin or Paris.

April 20th 2005: Andrew O'Neill's weekly club, The Troy - upstairs at The Bath House, Dean Street.

April 19th 2005 :The fabulous Angel sketch club, featuring myself, Tom Bell, Ed Weeks, Roisin Conaty, Isy Suttie and Andrew O'Neill

April 18th 2005: Sketch Etc, at the new venue, Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon

April 13th 2005: Took part in the Avalon showcase, downstairs at The Albany, Great Portland Street

April 9th 2005: Performed several sketches and songs as part of Roisin Conaty's "Roisin and friends" night at the Etc Theatre, Camden.

 

April 3rd 2005: Did a short stand-up set at Toad in the Hole comedy club, The Rosemary Branch, Islington.

 

March 22nd-23rd 2005: Shot a short film for the National Film and Television school.

Lots of fun, and we met the man who directed popular 80's personality-switch film, Vice-Versa.

March 15th  2005: Angel Sketch Club, which went very well. Also featured Nick Mohammed, Tom Bell, Ed Weeks and Marek Larwood.

February 24th 2005: Sketch Etc, upstairs at a place in Camden whose name I can't remember.

It doesn't matter, it's at a different venue now.

December 6th 2004: The second Angel Sketch club. I wrote a sad poem.

December 2004: Did some development work for a TV show for Endemol and Channel 4.

November 8th 2004: The first Angel Sketch Club took place, to rapturous applause. The Camden Head, Islington.

Featuring me, Tom Bell, Roisin Conaty, Dave Skinner and Nick Mohammed.

October 6th 2004: Sketch Club, Downstairs at The King's Head, Crouch End.

April - July 2004 - I partook in the well-known farce, 'my undergraduate finals'

March 16th 2004: I was in Tom Bell's comedy show 'The Mystery Club' at the Camden Head in Islington. Other guest comedians included Paul Foot, Russell Brand, Steve Hall and Andy Bone.  See www.tombell.org  for details on forthcoming shows.

March 14th 2004: I did a short stand-up set for this night of Footlights comedy, in tribute to the late Dr Harry Porter, a senior member of the club for over forty years. Featuring Footlights performers past and present, including Matt Holness and Richard Ayoade - the team behind Garth Marenghi's Dark Place - and the ever lovely Tom Bell. At the ADC, Cambridge.

March 7th 2004: Performed to a 500 seat sell-out audience with the Footlights in the 'Durham comedy fest', which I also did in 2002 and 2003.

January 2004: Love's Labour's Lost, directed by Nick Blackburn. In the Great Hall, Trinity College. I played Katherine and Jaquenetta.

November - December 2003: Alice in Wonderland'  the Footlights pantomime 2003, at the ADC theatre, Cambridge. An original comic script, for which I also wrote the songs. See link for details.

November 2003: I did the voiceover for the short photofilm 'The Lighthouse', about a woman's life and loves in a dystopian future London. Directed by Sabrina Doyle, it won best film at the South London Short Cuts Film Festival.

June 2003: Played Phedre in Ted Hughes 'Phedre', at the ADC, Cambridge. Directed by Sabrina Doyle, the winner of the jury prize at this year's Cologne International Short Film Festival. "stunning" - Cambridge Evening news

November 2002: 'Around the Water' at the Corpus Playroom, Cambridge. A self-written comedy show, in which I also performed."breathtaking...had me choking with noisy laughter" - Varsity

May - October 2002: Cambridge Footlights national tour show 2002 - 'Today of all days'.  Directed by Perrier award winner Paul King. Also featuring Tom Bell of  www.tombell.org. and Ed Weeks of www.sketchetc.com .I wrote for and performed in the show, which toured England and went to the Edinburgh Fringe.                   

May 4th 2002:Footlights Gala Night: I was lucky enough to perform alongside comedians such as Armstrong and Miller, Mitchell and Webb (of the recent C4 series, 'Peepshow') Tony Slattery and Garth Marenghi, as a tribute to the late Dr. Harry Porter, who sadly passed away in December 2003, but who celebrated 40 years with the club in May 2002.

January 2002: 'Making Space' - A quartet of new adaptations that marked the reopening of the Corpus Christi Playroom. The opening night was attended by various prestigious alumni and members of the national press.

October 2001 - May 2004: Cambridge Footlights Smokers. These are an hour of new, original comedy, fortnightly at the ADC in Cambridge. "Ruth Pickett was effortlessly sassy and assured" - Varsity

 

 

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