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Fest MagazineCalves Of Steel
The time has come again. My journey as a comedian brings me to Edinburgh, a place I love. As I walked to my house after arriving I took deep breaths of that ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineChanges
The end of week one and I must confess to having a pretty excellent time this year. I was worried my blog would make for depressing reading as I'm not Mrs Fu... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineAndrew Maxwell - The Lamp
Striding out in front of a packed, sweltering house, Andrew Maxwell cuts an endearing figure. Dressed in a white, sleeveless vest and the very shortest of sh... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
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The Gravediggers
There is something very English about mixing the humour of day-to-day rural life with the morbidity of burying the dead, and it provides pretty solid materia... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
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School for comedians
With two plays and and a compere slot at this year's Fringe, Phil Nichol still enjoys being as busy as ever Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
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The Unthinkable
The Unthinkable's bleak style and basic premise bring to mind dystopian visions of the future rooted in popular culture, from Orwell's genre-defining 1984 to... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009
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Inua Ellams: Voice of progress
Now one of Britain's leading performance poets, Inua Ellams has had an eventful journey from his beginnings as a mischievous schoolboy in Nigeria, he tells Simon Mundy Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
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Kevin Bridges: An Hour to Sing for Your Soul
“I've played big venues, but fuck me!” says Bridges as he steps into a tiny performance space in front of a mere 60 giggling and expectant punter... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
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The Physical Side of the Fringe
This year's Fringe might satiate hunger of dance and physical theatre addicts. Apart from the rich Dance Base programme, several Fringe venues like Zoo and ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
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Life is a Cabaret
If you’ve had your fill of actors prancing the Royal Mile, getting sore feet from walking miles around Edinburgh trying to find that little “out ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
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The Lamplighter's Lament
There’s an Italian expression that often features in long descriptions of certain Renaissance paintings: chiaroscuro, or literally, light-dark. The the... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineF**ked
Things aren’t going well for F. It’s New Year’s Day, she’s penniless and “coated in the greasy film of regret” following ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
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The Assassination of Paris Hilton
Although site-specific theatre is increasingly fashionable among self-professed ‘boundary-pushing’ theatre groups, setting a production in a toil... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009 -
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Kerplunk
Pregnancy, my husband said, sitting in the hospital chair next to a big green birthing ball, is a bit like a very long game of Kerplunk. I didn’t lik... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009 -
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The Devoured
“Run from the beast, run from the beast, run from the beast…” As the audience enters the room, Badac Theatre Company’s Steve Lamber... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009