Christopher Hall (Part Two)
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What inspired Christopher Hall’s early career on cruise ships?
Welcome to part two of Walking the Dog with the wonderful comedian, choreographer and viral star Christopher Hall. If you want to go and see Christopher live in his show Pizzazz, he'll be at the Edinburgh Festival from August the 5th to the 31st and touring all over the UK after that. So do book your tickets now at mickperrin.com. Really hope you enjoy part two of our walk and do give us a like and a follow so you can catch us every week. Here's Christopher and Ray Ray. After dance college, you ended up on the cruise ship. Yes. Did you love the cruise ship? Loved. Love
every second.
Was it very Uh I'm imagining a lot of women of my age in a glittery top singing j you're just too good to be true. That
was my first contract. First contract was a very um uh more traditional sort of like passenger experience like right um you know formal formal attire, you know, dress codes in the evenings, um shuffleboard up on top deck. Yeah. Um lots of yeah, just lot and lots of like people who've been on fifteen cruise holidays, you know, they know they know the names of all the staff. You know, we're both And
what are
you doing? So um we were in the theatre and And what are you
singing
or dancing? Have you got hot pants or Um we've got all kinds of that show we had like a We had like a a a a a nineteen forties show called We'll Meet Again.
Oh they loved it. They
loved it. And we had like a m a movies show, like a Queen show, a disco show, a Motown show. So just all kinds of just sort of like reviews kind of thing. Um and then on my second contract that was more f of a family friendly ship and that was more sort of like a yeah, so there was like a there was like more there was like water slides and more like more stuff for younger people and that's that's the ship that I did Mamma Mia on. Okay. Which was fab. Loves loved that.
And so so far so camp. I'm loving it. Pretty it's pretty
pretty um on theme, yeah. But I'm
loving the cruise ship.
Yeah, so much fun. And then
but it's interesting that it was sort of locked down, which you would have thought from your point of view, as a musical theatre performer, this is a fucking nightmare.
I mean it wa it very much was. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'd I was choreographing and had um Uh yeah, a couple of performing things but I was doing a lot of choreography uh in 2019 and I kind of thought like okay we've moved into this this this section of the career that's absolutely fine I love choreographing. Um And then yeah, twenty twenty was shaping up to be a good year for that that in that side of things and then it very much wasn't.
And so you started doing these videos?
Yeah.
with your sister. So that was uh initially in lockdown was um just me. Just you and and that really took off 'cause you would do you do some very funny things about Basically you are the cat. Yes. Which I love. So it's the cat sort of reacting
to It i it's a uh mundane everyday things. Yeah, and obviously as opposed to dogs and our lovely Raymond. um who sort of lead with positivity and lead with love. um a cat is very easy to A little bit more high maintenance. A bit more high maintenance and they can you can you can quite easily put a sake um a sake uh voice voiceover um on a cat.
Well it's funny because there's one you did and I m I really liked. I think this might be quite a recent one which is the cat sort of going to the vet and then feeling a bit embarrassed and self conscious about the appalling behaviour and going, Oh my god, I was such a drama queen wasn't I Yeah,
yeah, yeah. When you s scratched the vet's uh arm from wrist to elbow. Yeah. And
so Your content's taking off on TikTok and Instagram, but it really was when you and your sister, who we should say is a musician. Yes,
yeah.
So quite the musical family, from the headteacher and the finance bureau. Uh huh, yeah. The theatre family and You end up both deciding To do It's a brilliantly simple idea, as I said. It's it's you two As backing singers with these shitty old mics your mum had lent you. In your in your bedroom or front room. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you'll just it's so I think what took off about it and why I personally loved it is
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What inspired Christopher Hall’s early career on cruise ships?
0:00–7:41
2
How did the pandemic lockdown spark the viral cat‑video series with his sister?
7:41–12:52
3
Why did Christopher and Elizabeth decide to turn their sketches into a musical comedy act?
12:52–16:14
4
Which famous artists have collaborated with Christopher’s online comedy content?
16:14–19:30
5
What can audiences expect from the new ‘Pizzazz’ show at Edinburgh Fringe?
19:30–23:32
6
How does Christopher blend physical comedy, dance, and stand‑up in his performances?
23:32–28:05
7
What are Christopher’s future ambitions in theatre, TV, and film?
28:05–29:06