Last night at the Round Table, despite our best efforts flyering, cajoling and what can only be described as unashamed begging quite frankly, we didn't really have enough audience to do a proper show. Hell, the weather had been warm all day, the FA cup had just been on and the pub wasn't very full. What can you do? At 9pm, we decided to pull the gig and gave our potential mini-audience their money back. Because we had a very strong line-up, we asked everyone if they wanted to stay so we could have a play around and try out material. We had three live-wires in our audience of five (not including comedians), one of which wanted to banter with the comedians throughout. In a bigger room, this would have been a nightmare, but it turned into a night with an interesting dynamic. It helped make the interaction much more of a conversation and allowed you the flexibility and freedom to riff on certain elements of your existing material, in a much more relaxed environment. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't pull a gig, just that sometimes you get the opportunity to make something good out of an almost hopeless looking comedy situation and when you do, it can make for a magic night. Or a hostage situation.