I transitioned from banking to stay-at-home mother to standup comedian. There was absolutely no previous thought process. I got on stage almost by chance, and a lot of alcohol was involved.
Standup found me, and I’ve never left it alone. What inspired your latest show, Swanky?It’s just the continuing story of Sindhu Vee! The trials and tribulations, the victories and losses.
My parents passed away in quick succession recently and, in their absence, I realised I had to champion myself. I took a long hard look at my life and I thought: actually it’s not going that badly. A word my father used for things that were good but kind of like mysterious and cool was swanky.
I suppose one could say that my life is swanky. Then I got a very swanky hairstyle and a dress for the poster. In the absence of my parents, I had to do it.
They were big champions of me. Do you have any preshow rituals?I don’t typically wear a lot of makeup, but for shows I have a very small, neat makeup routine. I listen to a playlist which is made up of primarily old music that I’ve always loved, nothing new.
It’s music that makes me feel reckless. I’ll always have two pieces of milk chocolate before going on. Did you decide to become an actor, or did it happen to you?I think a lot of standups will tell you, as you start becoming known, sooner or later your agent will get a call and say: “Would you like to read for this part?” That’s how I got everything from Sex Education to Matilda to Feel Good to Starstruck.
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