Welcome to Episode 21 of the Happy Somedays podcast where this time we are talking to comedian and all round 'Local Legend' Lewis 'BigLou' Jones!
Having started his comedy career right here in Wythenshawe via a course held at the Forum in 2009, Lewis has gone on to perform every kind of stand-up gig imaginable across the last 15 years and has built up an incredible repertoire of material to call upon dependant on the type of gig or audience available to him. However, he has never put pen to paper to perform a full solo show... until now!
After watching another comedian perform in the Lowry Theatre's 140-capacity Studio, Big Lou looked around and thought to himself "I reckon I could do this" and set about asking the questions to the staff. A few weeks later, his debut show 'Name Dropper' went on sale, and sold out within 36 hours! Luckily, as Big Lou will explain, The Lowry approached him and asked if he'd like to move the show into the much bigger Quays Theatre, and so on Sunday 23rd June 2024, 'Big Lou: Name Dropper' will be treading the boards of where so many comedy legends have performed before.
'Name Dropper' comes from the fact that Lewis always thought that he would be famous. He was a nobody who always thought he would be a somebody. After 15 years working in hotel catering, he ended up with a job working for a private aviation company at Manchester Airport, where he met an incredible amount of famous faces - a real who's who of music, sport, entertainment and more!
The show tells the story of how a nobody who thought he'd be a somebody ended up meeting almost everybody!
In this podcast, Big Lou will explain the origins of the show further, go into some encounters that didn't make the final cut, explain his comedy beginnings and why he is so thankful for finding the course and having it change his life and what he hopes to achieve and do next with the show once the performance at the Lowry is done.
Big thanks to Lewis for coming on to plug it. If you'd like to see the show yourself, last minute tickets are available here: https://thelowry.com/whats-on/big-lou-name-dropper-quays/
You can also keep up with where Lewis is performing next by following his social media page: https://www.facebook.com/BigLouComedy