Adam Hills Whitwell Hall Donation

Adam Hills is a successful Australian comedian who is famous for his catchphrase "go you big red fire engine!" During a show in Cambridge recently I was “lucky enough” to be spotted by Adam Hills arriving five minutes late to his show. He thanked me for coming and then went through a recap of the bits I’d missed. He asked me a few questions, one of which was “where do you work?” This question received a loud groan from the group I had gone to the show with as they have heard this explanation on so many occasions, each one taking, in their eyes, a long time to get through as working at Whitwell and the job we do often being hard to explain. Adam Hills responded to this by asking me to come on stage, take the mic and explain to the audience what I do at Whitwell. Two hundred people laughed, cheered and applauded as I explained what Whitwell Hall is and what we do.

At the end of the show Adam Hills explained that he would be selling t-shirts in the lobby after the show and that for the duration of this tour all the profit from t-shirt sales would be donated to a local charity picked on the night. Upon asking for a local charity I raised my hand and suggested Whitwell. He liked this idea, it got a cheer from the crowd and at the end of the night I was given £165 donation to Whitwell Hall from the sales of the t-shirts. He also signed a poster to Whitwell Hall and posed for a photograph. A really good comedian and a top bloke on top!

Richard