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TIM AND GEM'S NIGHTMARE FACTORY

returns in THE RAYGUN DEVICE!

Tim likes to cause and fight crime in equal measure.  Gem likes to operate in two dimensions, as a cartoon – screw the laws of physics!

They have been away, constructing a machine of awesome awesomeness, so awesome that George W Bush called it "shocking and awesome".

What is it?

It's a secret, is what it is...

7:30pm, 4th May and 6th July @ Etcetera Theatre, above Oxford Arms, Camden High Street.

part of BOGOF Mondays, with Screamarama. 

http://www.youtube.com/user/BOGOF09 

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INTERVIEW

Below is an interview we had for Festival Previews website:

(Answered by Tim Macavoy, Gem Carmella and Carly Davies of The Nightmare Factory)

1.                  What inspired you to become a performer/artist/writer/comedian/musician?

Tim: Nothing and no one in particular, it just seemed like a lot of fun and now I can’t stop.

Gem: I wanted to do Art at GCSE, but they put me into Drama instead. Now when I'm not writing or performing I draw cartoons with the blood of my enemies... £5 a pop if anyone's interested?

Carly: I wanted to be a lawyer so I chose GCSE Drama to help with my confidence. Then I discovered that at last I'd found something I was mildly good at.

Tim: I wanted to be a barrister!  Maybe we should start a legal division of The Nightmare Factory?  Gem could be the court artist.

2.                  What is your show about and what should the public expect from your show?

Tim: It’s an adult comedy sketch show...

Carly:  Both intelligent and immature.

Gem: They'll come out feeling really smug or really sorry for themselves. After all one man's nightmare is another man's dream.

3.                  What is your favourite Festival(s) or Fringe(s) and why?

Carly: The Munich Oktoberfest. A festival of fine German Beer.

Tim: We’ve been to Edinburgh a lot and that is always fun, if exhausting.  This will be our first time at Brighton – I’m hoping it is equally fun, but a bit more laid back!

Gem: I like boot sales the best, not really a festival, but it gives me a chance to top up my 'My Little Pony' collection.

4.                  What’s your best advice for aspiring artists/performers/musicians on the Festival/Fringe circuit?

Gem: Dig in, it's hard work. You'll get your hands dirty, but you can always wash them again.

Tim: Have fun!  Socialise, that’s when you make the best contacts.

Carly: Don't bother with TIE.

5.                  What is your funniest experience and also your worst experience performing or attending a Fringe/Festival?

Carly: Last weekend I went to see a friend in a fringe production of Three Sisters. It started at 7.30 and I ran into the auditorium at 7.31, just as the lights went down. I looked around and there was not a single seat so I was forced to stand for an entire hour and a half of Chekhov which hurt on many levels.

Tim: For both, camping half an hour outside of Edinburgh for the whole month to save money.  I got the wrong night bus back one night (well about 5am) and ended up in the middle of nowhere crying because I had to be back on the royal mile, flyering at 9am.

Gem: It's private, but buy me a few drinks and I might not care.

6.                  As you travel performing to different festivals/fringes, where is your favourite place to vacation and chill out and why?

Gem: Firenze! Not the centaur! Florence, it's magical, while there I visited a pen convention.

Carly: I grew up on the North Yorkshire Moors so I feel most relaxed when I'm back there.

Tim; I prefer being busy to chilling out, so if I have a holiday it’s to a bustling city like New York.

7.                  Who is the person you most admire/d and why?

Carly: I am a huge fan of comedians/writers like Stewart Lee, Julia Davis,Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci . 

Gem: Athene, she had a kick-ass helmet and a magic owl! I have a beanie hat and a pet bunny...

Tim: Joss Whedon, I wish I’d written Buffy – then I wouldn’t have had to spend a fortune on boxsets and wear that blond wig when I think nobody is home.

8.                  What is the best tip you have ever been given?

Tim: Wash your willy, or it will fall off (thanks Dean).

Gem: If you can convincingly blame someone else, do it. (my brother).

Carly: Never jab a goof in a twig fight.

9.                  What is the best book(s) you have read and why do you like it/them?

Gem: Papillon, it made me want to be interred on an island, just so I could escape and have a butterfly tattooed on my chest.

Carly: Just finished War and Peace which took me forever to read but I still didn't want it to end. I'd love to do a new version for the stage.

Tim: Hmm, I don’t like all these ‘favourite’ questions, it makes me feel bad for all the other things I like that don’t make the list.  Can I just say I’m a fantasy geek and leave it at that?

10.              If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?

Tim: I’d make it flat again just to spite Pythagoras – he thinks he’s so smart...

Carly: I'd make the dumb musical 'extravaganzas' vanish. They take up too much space and money and are the theatrical equivalent of McDonalds.

Gem: Bring back the dinosaurs - it would be better population control than throwing unwanted children in the bin, or to Ms.Jolie.