I’m still not sure how I found out about Ignite. I think someone sent me something on Twitter, but I don’t remember who what or when. But it is brilliant, and I’m so glad I discovered it and got involved. Ignite is a worldwide phenomenon with groups in cities all over the world and is very similar, and easier to say than Pecha Kucha. Ignite is doing short presentations of 20 slides which switch every 15 seconds. So each person gives a 5 minute presentation. Easy. there are hundreds of wonderfully diverse Ignite talks on subjects as diverse as How to do an Autopsy on a Whale, to sketch comedy, and now: to the word Literally.

So at Ignite Bristol #2, there was a very diverse group of talkers. I am now much more aware about toxins (phthalates) in sex toys, tobacco farming in Zambia, Bayesian Logic and how to do cryptic crosswords. The great thing about the talks is that they will all be online very shortly. So I can actually watch my 5 minutes on Literally, including the slides going wrong on Ignite’s Mac… and me getting slightly annoyed. But doing OK in the end. Bring on Ignite #3.

I’m doing 5 gigs of THE LITERALLY SHOW this week in Bristol at the University of Bristol’s Wickham Theatre, Cantock’s Close, Bristol, BS8 1UP - 0117 928 7834 (Google Map). It’s just off Park Row, near the Triangle, up a little alley opposite Mack Daddy’s hair salon (check the map).

Because I am feeling generous - Thursday’s gig is going to be £4 per ticket for everyone. So see you there at 7pm.

When:

• Thursday 4 February at 7pm - on Facebook - £4 Entry for Everyone on Thursday!
• Friday 5 February 6:30pm
• Friday 5 February 8:30pm
• Saturday 6 February 6:30pm
• Saturday 6 February 8:30pm

All the Friday and Saturday gigs are £7 a head entry. £5 concessions.

Book tickets online here:

Frustrated by misuse of the word “literally”, Paul Parry is teaching everyone a lesson. He’s lost his marbles, gone to Hell and back, taught an old dog new tricks. Soon, he’ll be literally painting the town red.

THREE WEEKS – ★★★★★

“This is a show about the misuse of the word literally” says a deadpan but wonderfully affable Paul Parry… Parry has created a delightfully original show, He may literally be one of the best new comedians at this year’s Fringe.

THE LIST – ★★★★ His smart, dry humour and Viz-style subversive pedantry combine with his Gormanesque tales of an eccentric, unpredictable and far-flung journey just to prove a point.

THE SCOTSMAN ★★★★

All the gigs - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Literally-Tsar/192443494117?v=app_2344061033

And here is a little article from this week’s Evening Post