Thursday, 26 August 2010

Abie Philbin: Blown away by Gail

THE weirdest gig I ever did in Edinburgh was an "Eco-Friendly, Black-Tie Dinner" for the Prince's Trust. It was in a posh hotel, and most of the guests were business leaders fishing for ethically-farmed, Fair Trade Knighthoods.

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Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Sarag Harpur: Soooo Adaptable

I AM Sarah, and I have arrived from Wellington, New Zealand to do my first Edinburgh festival.  Edinburgh is a delightful city. Everything is made out of castle. Cobbled streets invoke all kinds of wonderous imagery, of garroted prostitutes, of "catch-me-if-you-can" messages smeared in blood and baffled coppers. Delightful.

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Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Keith Farnan: Only a Festival. Right?

THIS is only my third Edinburgh Festival. It seems like a lifetime ago when I did my first one two years ago, and yet I've noticed a pattern emerging in the past few years in conversations with most stand-ups.

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Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Jim Bowes: Crunching numbers

As a part-time comedian and full-time geek, the data of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is interesting to me. I know I'm one of over 21,000 performers, who are giving 40,254 performances of 2,453 shows in 259 venues, but that's not enough, the social data of the world's largest arts festival fascinates me.

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Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Tricity Vogue: My life is a cabaret

I started to call myself a cabaret performer about three years ago, but I think I was one long before I knew it. What happened three years ago was that I stumbled upon a whole scene of people with the same love of vintage music and dressing-up, and the same interest in creating characters on stage and being entertainers as well as musicians.

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Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Tim Cornwell's Festival Diary: Weird and wonderful in running for Fringe's Hardee annual awards

THE memory of everyone's favourite Festival maverick continues to live on, thanks to the Fringe award named in his honour. Nominations for this year's Malcolm Hardee awards for comic originality include a New Yorker who performs outside the mosque, a web- footed pianist and comedian's comedian Stewart Lee.

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Monday, 23 August 2010

Simon Streep: Jumping our way to Edinburgh

It’s easier to have small dreams for your life. If your only dream is to eat a decently good spaghetti, and perhaps own a hamster, then you’re unlikely to feel the pressure that comes with trying to reach your goals.

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Monday, 23 August 2010

Tom Parry: Silent killer

I woke up this morning and was immediately gripped by the worst of Edinburgh fears. Worse than waking up in a strange flat on the other side of town. Worse than being woken up by a text message urging you not to read the review of your show that’s just been published.

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