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One of our favourite comedians, we speak to Ross Noble about mental moments and the return of Freewheeling, as he prepares to leave his motorbike back in Old Blighty and tour Australia for a whole six weeks.
Hi Ross, where are you speaking to us from?
I am currently in a hotel room in the UK on tour. I have my hair in a trouser press because there is no hairdryer in the room.
Ahh, the pains of having long hair… Speaking of touring, you’re the king of improvisational comedy, so how do you prepare for a tour? Do you have a plan and subjects you know you’ll talk about or do you 100% wing it?
I don’t sit down and write a show because I find it easier to think in pictures rather than words. I go on stage and play around with ideas, where the stuff in my mind collides with the stuff that comes from the crowd that fires me off to new areas I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise.
As a result, there must be many unplanned things that occur; what’s been the maddest over the years?
Probably my favourite was at a music festival where I was complaining about all the vegan food. I led what was supposed to be a conga to one of the stalls to get 3000 people to ask for a sausage roll. It ended up becoming a stampede/borderline riot.
How is Tangentleman going so far? Any particular moments of hilarity?
Really good so far. One night, someone left some fabric softener on the stage so I got the audience to ring the hotline number on the packet. The company were confused by the hundreds of phone calls they received.
You took your stand up style and applied it to a TV show, Freewheeling; was this unbelievably risky or did you have faith in your Twitter followers to take you on a mad and random journey around the UK?
It’s always risky when someone gives you their money to make a show – especially when the show has no format – but the more detailed the whole thing becomes the more I have to play with.
We’re chuffed that you’ve done a second series! With the cameo appearances in the first series, can you divulge anyone you meet up with along the way?
My favourite is Alan Carr; we did a ceremony in his honour without him there, then green screened him in including a conversation with the head of the council.
Your followers must have increased since the first series; did this make an impact on the suggestions you were given and how you chose what to do?
The tweets stayed the same but we got more of them. 90 per cent of the tweets were offers of cups of tea at people’s houses and offers to buy me a pint. The show could have been me drinking while strung out on caffeine.
We can imagine some of your followers took it too far. Can you remember any of the suggestions that were too bonkers or rude to use?
Haha, no, the more bonkers and rude the better! In the first series, I found myself in a stranger’s garden waving a sex toy over a fence.
Would you like to take Freewheeling further afield, say, Australia? What sorts of things would you like to get up to if you brought the show to Oz?
I would love to but Oz is a big place. In the UK, we can be anywhere in 10 hours; if I was in Tasmania and something came in from Port Hedland, that’s a long episode.
You’re spending two months Down Under anyway, with several dates in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney; what are you planning on doing with your time away from the stage?
I will be swapping the motorcycle for a bicycle. I go out in the daytime and enjoy the sunshine. The Adelaide Hills are amazing, as is Perth. I might also try and do a bit of trials motorcycling if I can find a bike.
You’ve toured here so many times before; do you have any favourite places to visit?
Melbourne is still probably my favourite city on the planet, but I love the whole of Oz from the big cities to the tiny towns. With so many places becoming a carbon copy of the last place, it is great to visit places like Kalgoolie, which are like nowhere else on earth.
What will you miss about good ol’ England during your time away?
Being able to turn on the TV after midnight and not feeling the need to buy a steam mop, but bizarrely, not that much, yet when I am here I crave Red Rooster and the cheesecake shop.
Thanks, Ross!
Catch Ross Noble nationwide this March and April!
10th – 12th March – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
17th – 22nd March – Regal Theatre, Perth
24th – 27th March – QPAC, Brisbane
14th – 16th April – The Palais Theatre, Melbourne
22nd & 23rd April – Canberra Theatre, Canberra
24th – 26th April – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
To buy tickets visit www.alist.com.au.
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