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I've just done a 10 minute comedy magic act to a crowd of people in a pub in Galway from my dining room in Belfast!

A friend of mine based in Galway had had a couple of gigs skyped in as an experiment during a comedy festival and they went down so well he decided to do a full skype show with comedians from all over the world skyping their gigs live to a big screen.

It was definitely an odd experience. There was a delay on the reaction and of course it cut out when I spoke so audience interaction was a bit tricky so I just commented on a few people I could see in the crowd and this seemed to please them! I then just performed all my one man shtick to the camera and they really seemed to love it. From what I could hear back the reaction of the crowd was better than quite a few of the live crowds I've performed too! Must be the novelty factor.

Anyone else done anything similair to this?

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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts	Posted: Oct 28, 2011 06:26 am 0 I've just done a 10 minute comedy magic act to a crowd of people in a pub in Galway from my dining room in Belfast! A friend of mine based in Galway had had a couple of gigs skyped in as an experiment during a comedy festival and they went down so well he decided to do a full skype show with comedians from all over the world skyping their gigs live to a big screen. It was definitely an odd experience. There was a delay on the reaction and of course it cut out when I spoke so audience interaction was a bit tricky so I just commented on a few people I could see in the crowd and this seemed to please them! I then just performed all my one man shtick to the camera and they really seemed to love it. From what I could hear back the reaction of the crowd was better than quite a few of the live crowds I've performed too! Must be the novelty factor. Anyone else done anything similair to this? G Magician Belfast
Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5715 Posts	Posted: Oct 28, 2011 07:36 am 0 Wow, great idea there... "Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
gigsido 0 Posts	Posted: Mar 5, 2012 09:34 pm 0 It's getting really popular to work via Skype gigs as the world is your market now.
gigsido 0 Posts	Posted: Mar 5, 2012 09:35 pm 0 Oh and if you're interested on getting some you may want to look at http://www.gigsido.com/
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