When it comes to producing a successful
show, running ‘Puggs in Space’ and producing
a comedian’s show are a bit different: “with the
room, I have more control over it. We just make
all the choices ourselves and just go, ‘these are
the people we want to see, this is the venue,
let’s just get some stuff in here and make sure
the show goes well’. Whereas I guess with
main challenge is to get your act to stand out”.
She also points out that having a good venue
is very important, having been to shows whose
venues appear to have been “knocked up just
that afternoon seemingly”. She also notes the
importance of having a bar so that people can
drink and making sure that there’s no interference
in the form of noise or distractions.
Dib insists that the most important aspect of a
good venue is the people that run it, saying that
the managers of The Imperial where she runs
her weekly comedy room are “awesome”. “They
are so good to us, they trust us with their venue
implicitly, which is really cool, because we’ve built
such a good relationship with these people. They
like us because we bring heaps of people and
money to their venue, so they’ve said ‘we like
you, do what you like!’ It’s nice to have people
that aren’t going to harass us to clean up a tissue
She adds that having good sound is a very
important indicator of a decent venue, “I went to
a gig where there was just this very noticeable,
expect apparently to the act, high-pitched squeal
that seemed to come out of the speakers and the
act didn’t notice this until pretty much the end of
the show. And no one wanted to tell them”. She
advises comedians and producers to always do
a trial show and tech run-through to make sure
that your sound and lights are good.
When it comes to the future of ‘Puggs in Space’,
Dib exclaims that “it would be great to just keep
doing it! I guess we just want to keep making
it better and better, more different and more
interesting, so that people want to come!”
Puggs in Space is a free room that runs every
Tuesday evening at 8pm at the Imperial Hotel.