For the last few years, at this pre EdFringe planning time, I have visited the Bristol University Students’ Union and run a workshop on producing, careers and EdFringe in particular. Students join from Dramsoc, from the MT Society, Spotlight on…
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Helping New Producers, SPAs and Companies
It has been a pleasure to run two ‘seeing the wood for the trees’ workshops for SpaceUK Companies during EdFringe. I used to have the pleasure of doing these for the Fringe Society open to all companies, but their programme…
EDFRINGE 2025 – BLOG 3
Here is my 3rd blog post gathering another set of reviews from shows I have seen. It follows straight on from this selection https://www.chrisgrady.org/blog/edfringe-2025-reviews-blog-2/ and Blog 1 https://www.chrisgrady.org/blog/edfringe-2025-reviews-blog-1/ These 16 paragraphs are written at speed between shows as much to…
EdFringe 2025 Reviews / Blog 2
Here is my 2nd blog post gathering another set of reviews from shows I have seen. It follows straight on from this selection https://www.chrisgrady.org/blog/edfringe-2025-reviews-blog-1/ ATHENS OF THE NORTH: My time within the Storytelling Centre just gets better and better. Mark…
EdFringe 2025 / Reviews blog 1
After 4 days at EdFringe I’m taking a couple of days at home to be a quiet person and give my feet a rest. Here are a selection of short reviews which I’ve posted against each show on www.edfringe.com in…
EdFringe No 6 – 230827 – It’s a Wrap
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…
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…