Leaving a Legacy Laughter ; Rhod Gilbert Is Leading the Charge for Young Welsh Stand-Ups. As the Cardiff Comedy Festival Kicks Off Tonight, He Tells David Owens It's About Time That Wales Was Put On the Comedy Map for Good

South Wales Echo › July 16, 2010

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RHOD GILBERT is recalling his first ever appearance at London's famous Comedy Store - one of the most difficult evenings of his fledgling stand-up career. "I'd stepped up to the mic and said, 'Hello, I'm Rhod and I'm from Wales,'" he remembers. "I wasn't expecting the reaction I received."

The comic was rocked back on his heels with the cacophony that hit him like an unwelcome wall of sound.

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Leaving a Legacy Laughter ; Rhod Gilbert Is Leading the Charge for Young Welsh Stand-Ups. As the Cardiff Comedy Festival Kicks Off Tonight, He Tells David Owens It's About Time That Wales Was Put On the Comedy Map for Good

He edged back to lean on the Comedy Store sign behind him, waiting for the barrage of sheep noises from a drunken and raucous crowd to subside.

Allowing the woolly heckles to wash over him prov...

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