WHERE
A tipi???
The World Première of The Smelly Wellie Tele Show squelched into existence in Eskdalemuir Primary School, in the village of Eskdalemuir in Dumfriesshire.
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Next came a show in Paisley, just outside Glasgow. Paisley Arts Centre has seen performances by many famous people but none of them were there that day. And none of them were in The Royal Alexandra Hospital a couple of days later when Chik paid a wee visit to the children's post-op ward and told a hilarious story to children who were still unconscious from the operating theatre. Or maybe they were just pretending so he would go away.
Then in the summer of 2004 came the third Galloway Children's Festival in the picturesque town of Kirkcudbright. That's where Chik did the show in a tipi.
Believe it or not, Chik doesn't really like camping but there must be a strange power in the universe which keeps getting him into tents because he has also performed The Smelly Wellie Tele Show in a yurt in the front garden of a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery, at the Samyé Ling Tea Party in 2006. In 2007 he performed in two Lockerbie Primary Schools for World Book Day, and in 2008 he was invited to do some storytelling at the Treloar College Arts Week in Alton in Hampshire.
UPDATE: On 28th and 29th March 2009 Chik made his Glasgow Comedy Festival debut with two shows at The Stand Comedy Club.
Then on 18th April 2009 Chik did a show at Cumbernauld Theatre, to raise funds for Clyde FC Supporters' Trust and The Scottish Spina Bifida Association.
And the last Smelly Wellie Tele Show was at
Phew! He gets about a bit, eh?