Eddie Izzard in Sheffield with my Mum

On the 22nd of November my mum and I went to Sheffield to see Eddie Izzard at City Hall. I had asked my mum ages ago and bought the tickets, and then I gave my mum some of Eddie's stand up so she could revise before we saw her. I've seen Eddie before, about ten years ago in Manchester, with my friend Von and her brother. I was excited to see her again!

My mum came to mine at about 4pm and I drove us to Sheffield and we parked at Middlewood tram stop and got the tram to City Hall. We walked down to Orchard Square because I need to get a Christmas present for a friend, so we went into TK Maxx. Then we went into Leopold Square for tea at Pho, which my mum does like, but it was more my choice really. But! We're going to Sheffield Christmas shopping in a couple of weeks so my mum can choose where we eat then. 

I had tofu curry and my mum had chicken curry. We still had plenty of time so we decided to have dessert too; I had affagato and my mum had the rich chocolate slice. It was all nice! Then we walked round to City Hall where I took a photo of the Women of Steel statue. I've seen loads of photos of it but had never seen it in person so that was cool! We went into the theatre and were seated by around 7pm but it gave us chance to relax for a bit before the show started at 8.

Eddie (also known as Suzy, but professionally she's Eddie I think) was so funny. The routine harked back to a lot of her earlier stuff, which was really good as I've been a fan for about 25 years now. I laughed throughout the whole thing and I'm really glad we went! Afterwards my mum and I got the tram back to the car and then home. It was a good evening out!

Tofu curry as usual in Pho

And then the affagato - the ice cream is condense milk ice cream and it's SO sweet!

The Women of Steel statue that stands to the left of City Hall 

And the poster for Eddie that was inside. My friend Pippa saw her the next night so we had a nice discussion about that the day after when we met for lunch...

Sophie Willan in Barnsley

At the beginning of June, Lee and Sam and I had tickets to see Sophie Willan in Barnsley. I'd seen an article about her and thought she sounded like our kind of thing, so we booked tickets. It was really good to see something in Barnsley, where Lee and I live, because we hardly ever go into town and it seems like a shame. We weren't even entirely sure where the Civic Theatre was, but it is nice to support things in your home town.

We went into town about 5.30 and met Sam at Wetherspoons for food, mostly because it was cheap and meant we could have a drink too. We headed across to the Civic at about 7.30 and went straight in to sit down. It wasn't full but it was full enough to feel full if you see what I mean.

Sophie's support act was called Jonny Pelham and he was pretty funny too, I'd see him again for sure. Sophie's act talked about labels she has had, including "northern", "female", and "working class", and why there needs to be nuances within all of those. She was extremely funny, very forthright, and swore a lot, which I love. She made us laugh but she also has sad parts of her act, and she also made us think. We all really enjoyed the show, and I would definitely see her again.