Comedy full-time for Abi Carter-Simpson as she plays Worthing

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Abi Carter-Simpson is looking forward to playing the Comedy Rooms in Worthing on May 2, all part of going full time with her stand-up last December – and two years after reaching the live semi-final of Britain's Got Talent.

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00:00Good morning. My name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. Lovely to

00:06speak on her cruise ship to Abby Carter Simpson, currently entertaining the cruises. And you

00:12are heading back to land before too long. And in May, May the 2nd, you are playing the

00:18comedy rooms in Worthing. Now all this is on the back of fantastic push in the right direction

00:24that you got from being on Britain's Got Talent a couple of years ago. You say it didn't make

00:29everything easy, but it kind of confirmed you were doing the right thing.

00:34Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's, it's one of those things where I've been a performer since

00:38I was 21. And so those talent shows and things, it's just one of those things that sort of pushes

00:47you into a light for a little bit. But yeah, it allowed me the confidence and to go, yeah,

00:55actually, you know what, you're doing the right thing. And I love being on stage. I

00:58love, I love making people feel good about themselves. I love making people feel happy.

01:03And that's what comedy is. It's everyone getting into a room together, laughing at themselves,

01:08not taking life too seriously, because, as we all know, the world is a little bit wild

01:13sometimes, especially at the moment. So just to be able to get into a room and take anything

01:19too seriously, it's nice.

01:21And coming fairly soon after COVID, the timing was good as well, wasn't it?

01:24Yeah, the timing was good. I think for a lot of people, you know, COVID, COVID was a rubbish

01:32time for all of us. And I think when we got out of it, I think people should definitely

01:38give themselves, you know, a bit of like a pat on the back, because it's only been five

01:44years. And so people actually very quickly were able to sort of move on with their lives

01:49and build their lives back up again. But I think it just taught me that any opportunity

01:55comes your way, just take it. Do you know what I mean? So we, as human beings, we worry

02:00a lot, don't we? Go, what if, what if? You just go and do it and then worry about it later.

02:05Absolutely. So tell me, when you play Worthing, you and your ukulele, your trusted ukulele,

02:10what kinds of things will you be singing about? What will be on your mind?

02:13Oh, so my songs are normally, my songs are normally sort of just like everyday life. I

02:21like to just sing about the normal stuff that everyone can relate to. There might be a couple

02:29of ex-boyfriends popping up in the songs. And I love to regale about on stage, I love to

02:38regale about sort of how age changes you, sort of growing up. And a lot of stuff about

02:44when I trained to be a teacher will probably be popping up there, the sort of experiences

02:48I had in the teaching profession and the brilliant people that I met along the way. All positive,

02:53all fun, just there for a bit of a laugh.

02:56Fantastic. Well, lovely that you're playing the Comedy Rooms in Worthing on Friday, May the

03:002nd. Abby, lovely to speak to you.

03:03Yes.

03:05Nice to speak to you.

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