I sometimes wonder how anyone makes sense of my artistic taste and my direction of travel. This last week has been a particularly rich menu and by the end of this blog I may have found a common theme. Monday…
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Double Anniversary – perfect pitch and marriage
Last weekend was a double anniversary celebration. 12 years married to the amazing Kath Burlinson, and 10 years since Perfect Pitch was founded by the equally amazing Wendy and Andy Barnes.
Exploring our Queer world
For most of my life I have identified as a pretty standard two-up-two-down semi detached man. Ground floor extension caused by age, gym-phobia and living has increased my square footage, but not my value. A pretty normal, unexciting, introvert…
Lett’s do it – the Autumn diary
Today’s blog is brought to you in association with my autumn diary – I suppose it should be subtitle Lett’s Do It. The summer has been a glorious adventure with 22 shows seen in Edinburgh, around 15 people having CGO…
EdFringe 2016 – 5th post – Human Zoo and Human mind
Today is my final day at the Festival this year and I have had the chance to see the sell-out Greater Belfast at the Traverse – a poetic storytelling music gig which reminded me of Stu and his work at…
Edfringe 2016 – 4th Post – sex, nudity, JRR Tolkein, and Singapore – must be Edinburgh
Blogs can be revealing, but not have as much as the two shows I attended yesterday morning back to back. I thought I’d take a stroll to catch up with the anarchic performance artist Monkey Poet with his new show Jason…
Edfringe 2016 – 3rd post – from chakra elephants to techno rom-com nightmares
A light day of shows yesterday gives me a moment to shout out about a couple of extra events I have heard about. But first a wonderful family/children’s show and a hilarious student/adult show. It was good to have a…
Edfringe 2016 – 2nd post – wonderful storytelling, flyering, and cabaret delights
Just had a lovely morning exploring how The Space operates, and exploring the ways forward for an emerging music producer. I keep being delighted to understand the welcoming way in which the organisers of Space invite and support the smallest…
Edfringe 2016 – 1st post – surgeries, grabbing opportunities, and love
Yesterday was my first full day at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe – the largest networking, drinking and arts event in the world. I began with my first set of Surgeries – a chance to meet creative producers and artists…
Calais – Warehouse, Open Space principles & the right veg
I have just spent 3 days in and around the Jungle in Calais, and there are two preceding blogs circulating which look at the work of the Refugee Community Kitchen and Jungle Books. These are just two parts of an…