In the Beginning

Hello. If anyone is reading this, thank you for surprising me pleasantly.

I’m Robin Fry. I grew up in Uxbridge and Hillingdon (which might as well be the same place) in Middlesex but have lived in the vastly preferable Brighton for the last twelve and a half years since running away from suburbia with an attractive young lady who, naturally, turned out to have severe mental health issues (she went home after a month and apparently found God soon afterwards). I tend to attract the crazies for some reason.

Anyway, many failed relationships, one failed marriage, and two children later, I find myself a single part-time dad pursuing a vague career as a comedian/actor/writer/all of the above, whilst also somehow holding down an only-slightly-less vague job in web marketing and search engine optimisation (click on it if you want an explanation, it’s better than any I could ever give).  So that’s about where I’m up to (well, there’s loads I skipped over, including doing the ’sorry’ dance with Cate Blanchett and watching the Malaysian royal family while they slept, but that’s all boring).

The reason I just told you the above stuff is so that I never have to again. What I mainly want to talk about in this blog is comedy – my involvement in it (especially doing improv with Off the Cuff and writing and performing sketches and shows with the Pink Bear Club) and stuff I like/dislike. If for some perverse reason you do want to hear about my social faux pas, occasionally dubious parenting skills and infrequent temper tantrums then you should look me up on Twitter.

So I’ll be keeping this blog updated with behind-the-scenes guff on the various comedy projects I’m involved in, occasionally talking about an act or TV show I feel strongly about, and frequently burbling shite about nothing in particular. Hopefully I’ll keep it up. Maybe someone will even read it one day.