Although there are still 2 more days to go, my EdFringe is complete allowing me a family weekend here in sunny Blackness with Australian great nephew of 2yrs and Canadian/UK mum-in-law of 96yrs. Our house is always a bit of…
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EdFringe No 2 – Fix It
I learned early on in my time working for Christopher Richardson, founder of the Pleasance, of the need to take swift action if there is a problem. It is no use believing your flyer is not working and still circulating…
In celebration of New Celts
New Celts – What a fitting title for a theatre collective bringing new work and new talent to Edinburgh Festival Fringe at this most unusual of years. A time when some national reviewers and promoters seem to be studying the…
Fringe – Berwick & Edinburgh
On Sunday we witnessed the magnificent Storm as she rose from her slumber in North Berwick, sloughed off her covers encrusted with detritus from human waste and rubbish from the oceans, and walked the coast against the soundtrack of Mairi…
An EdFringe like no other
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 is in many ways very different this year (of course), but at the same time similar in good and bad ways to previous years. Tuesday 10th was my first full day in town and I decided…
Sunshine (and Showers) on Leith
Back in 2019 BC, at this time of year, I had a spreadsheet covered with shows I wanted to see, needed to see, had been asked to see, or just wondered whether I might see. I had a schedule and…
Blank diary in August…
August in Edinburgh: In 1978 I was up in a lighting perch for 24hrs plugging and unplugging circuits. In 1984 I was preparing an international press bureau and organising the launch of a programme book for 195 events. In 1985…
Edfringe and the Three Steps Behind Club
I have often written over the years about the special club which was formed one rainy morning on the banks of Derwentwater unbeknownst to the illustrious guests gathered there. Dame Judi Dench may have been centre stage, but around her,…
Ed date 170805 – 6 shows, sexual self and no programmes….
This was planned as an 8 show day – which is eminently possible on the Fringe, but in the end I abandoned a cross city walk to one show, and saw 7. Here are thoughts and recommendations for 6…
Ed date 170803 – All alone in the spotlight – 5 solo shows
By chance of the calendar I’ve seen 5 solo shows back to back and they all offered me different insights into the art of this truly difficult theatrical form, and the nature of life, loss, theatre and love of self,…