He invited performers including White to open, naming the show People Day (and Special Guests). In the summer of 2012, Demetriou had a choice: attend an interview for a BBC traineeship or fill an hour at the fringe with only 15 minutes of material: “I shut my eyes and decided to go to the fringe.” By the time you’ve left uni, you’ve got that out of your system and learned a bit.” “That’s the beauty of student comedy: you can get all your grotesque, rubbish little ideas on stage.
“I learned that characters are funniest when they don’t really know what they’re doing.”Ĭrucially, it offered space to experiment. “I definitely did a version of Stath,” Demetriou says. Many involved characters failing at something – a trademark of Stath, who serially fails to let out any flats. Ellie White and Jamie Demetriou with the Bristol Revunions.
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