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Edinburgh Festival and Fringe Reviews: Day 19
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better… If Carlsberg did cultural festivals. Two Fringe Firsts, a Five Star EIF Alvin Ailey part two, a performance art piece at the Talbot Rice art gallery, an hour’s talk and a signed book from Jesse Armstrong (Showrunner of Succession) and a preview of first works (x4) by young writers at Summerhall. Let’s start with The Summerhall Surgeries, the…
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How to perform a comedy show to an audience with dementia in a care home
How to perform a comedy show to an audience with dementia in a care home
Ben Targét (left) & Pope Lonergan are working on a project
So I chatted to comedy performers Pope Lonergan and Ben Targét…
“The two of you have this joint project,” I said. “Does it have a name?”
“At the moment,” Pope told me, “it just has the banner title of The Care Home Tour. One thing we are doing is a three-hour Alzheimer’s benefit Forgetting But Not Forgotten, organised with Angel Comedy at
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How Dec Munro became the hottest young comedy director in Britain...
How Dec Munro became the hottest young comedy director in Britain…
Dec Munro: producer, director, amateur thief
Sofie Hagen’s Edinburgh Fringe comedy show Bubblewrap is currently at the Soho Theatre in London. It was directed by Dec Munro. I thought it would be interesting to chat to him about it.
He thought it would be more interesting if he interviewed me about myself. So we did that. Which is why this is shorter than many of my blogs.
“What have you been up…
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Edinburgh Fringe: some shows, a man dangling from a bridge and a romance
Edinburgh Fringe: some shows, a man dangling from a bridge and a romance
Performer Richard Gadd (right) appeared to be preparing to punch comic Joz Norris in an Edinburgh street yesterday
My yesterday at the Edinburgh Fringe started with a Danish man playing the bagpipes and ended with a policeman.
There were stunts along the way, but none of them cunning stunts.
I saw seven shows yesterday. Five of them were:
Claus Reis: Return of the Danish Bagpipe Comedian The show…
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TOTALLY TRENTED!
Edinburgh Fringe: How NOT to flyer + act goes nude in Cosmo to plug show
Edinburgh Fringe: How NOT to flyer + act goes nude in Cosmo to plug show
My shirt becomes relevant later. Trust me.(Photographed by Giacinto Palmieri)
So, yesterday I was rushing (oh yes I was) round the edge of Bristo Square to get to a comedy show when this young and rather dodgy-looking bloke came at me. He looked coked-up and aggressive and I thought was going to ask me for money. In fact, he grabbed me strongly by the arm, did not tell me about any show but told…
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