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#204 - With Hatty Preston - Hot Water’s Green Room w/Tony & Jamie

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Hatty Preston says her first seven years of comedy became a taped show about IVF and becoming a mum by herself.

1. Hot Water’s Green Room Podcast #204 centers on Hatty Preston talking with Tony and Jamie about stand-up, family, pregnancy, and touring. 2. Hatty Preston is the guest, Tony is one host, and Jamie is the other host, and all three keep the conversation moving with shared comedy-room references. 3. The episode asks what happens when a comedian who became a mum also keeps working club rooms, touring, and taping a personal show. 4. Hatty recalls starting stand-up when there were "no girls," and the hosts use that to joke about early open-mic culture. 5. The conversation turns to "open spot pregnancy," which Hatty describes as mortifying in the context of being an open-miker. 6. The hosts trade stories about shags, feedback, and awkward post-set conversations, including people asking, "Can I tie this on you?" 7. Hatty describes how new comics sometimes hand over a phone and expect someone else to record their set. 8. Tony and Jamie discuss London versus regional audiences, with Hatty saying London crowds can be smiling without laughing. 9. The touring talk includes Thomas Green, Cardiff, Liverpool, Glasgow, and a run of shows where the crowds behaved differently from city to city. 10. Hatty says her little one treats green rooms and shows as normal life, which flips the usual bedtime routine on its head. 11. One memorable family story is Tony's image of a TV engineer dad hiding weapons in a toolbox and shooting a customer over fuzzy Channel 5. 12. Another family story has Hatty describing her parents meeting at university, with her mum telling her dad she would marry him before he was ready. 13. Hatty also says her parents met in a club, Garlands in Liverpool, which becomes another example of messy comedy-adjacent romance. 14. The hosts keep returning to how comedy life affects parenting, work, and what feels normal after years on the road. 15. Hatty says she is "doing a really brave thing" by releasing a taped show built around IVF and becoming a mum by herself. 16. She explains that she does not want to call it a special, because she sees it as "the taping" of her first seven years in comedy. 17. The tone stays chatty, self-mocking, and fast, with the hosts interrupting each other and landing jokes in quick bursts. 18. The format feels like a loose interview rather than a formal sit-down, with stories drifting between personal history and club-scene gossip. 19. People who like UK club-comedy stories, IVF material, and backstage talk will get the most from it. 20. People looking for a tight, topic-led interview or serious biographical discussion may skip it.

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A loose, lively hang about London crowds, club nights, and why some gigs land while others do not.

Hot Water's Green Room circles London crowds, club nights, and the difference between a real laugh and a polite smile. It keeps coming back to the same complaint: some rooms feel dead-eyed, some gigs feel joyless, and the good ones are the nights when the audience is already…

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