FRINGE – Edinburgh Spotlight Best Music Award 2010 (Sunday, August 29th, 2010)This year’s Fringe had a fantastic selection of musical acts, ranging from rock, soul and pop, through to some exotic and exciting world & traditional music.
Choosing three proved to be a difficult task indeed – and we therefore would like to give honourable mentions to Something Relevant from Mumbai, Ariul from South Korea and the [...]
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FRINGE REVIEW – Poem without a Hero, C (Sunday, August 29th, 2010)4-30 Aug, 1515 (1600) @ C, Chambers Street
By Danielle Farrow
Poem Without a Hero is one of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova’s most famous works, and here it is presented by Holly Strickland, as Akhmatova, in an impressive acting performance – it is certainly surprising to find that Ms Strickland was not originally cast in the role [...]
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FRINGE – Edinburgh Spotlight Best Cabaret Award 2010 (Saturday, August 28th, 2010)More than ever before, 2010’s Fringe seemed to sparkle with sequins and glitter; with late-night variety entertainment, glamourous singers and stylish stars.
New venues appeared – such as Assembly in Princes St Gardens and the Pleasance’s Ghillie Dhu – ready to be filled with all the bawdy fun and high-kicking high jinks of the cabaret scene.
At [...]
Tags: award, cabaret, Cabaret Whore Encore, Edinburgh, fringe, Meow Meow, Sarah-Louise Young, Vive Le Cabaret
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FRINGE – Edinburgh Spotlight Best Comedy Award 2010 (Saturday, August 28th, 2010)How many comedians does it take to change a light bulb?
None – they’re all too busy in Edinburgh.
The comedy section of the Fringe programme is by far and away the largest, and the comic fare on offer ranges from the big name stand-ups packing out huge venues every evening, to the rising stars of [...]
Tags: 2010, award, comedy, Edinburgh, festival, fringe, Frisky & Mannish, New Art Club
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FRINGE REVIEW – Doctor Faustus, C (Saturday, August 28th, 2010)4-30 Aug, 1945 (2045) @ C, Chambers Street
By Danielle Farrow
This adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s famous Doctor Faustus seems a study of death and madness. A chorus clad in white gowns (possibly lunatics) takes on various roles, including the Seven Deadly Sins, while Doctor Faustus conjures Mephistophilis to do his bidding in return for Lucifer gaining [...]
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FRINGE REVIEW – Piramania! The Swashbuckling Pirate Musical, C (Saturday, August 28th, 2010)4-30 Aug (even dates only) 2030 (2155) @ C, Chambers Street
By Danielle Farrow
If you like a rollicking romp on the high seas, with all the traditions and clichés of musicals and pirate tales, then Piramania is a swashbuckling treat for you.
Aboard The Maiden’s Ruin there are caricatures and accents aplenty, gender-bending antics, bawdry and – [...]
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REVIEW – Michael Jacobs, An Odyssey Through The Andes (Edinburgh Book Festival) (Saturday, August 28th, 2010)Edinburgh Book Festival
Friday 27th August
Michael Jacobs is the author of several travel books including Factory of Light: Tales from my Andalucian Village. In his new book, ‘Andes’, Jacobs discusses his most recent journey to a part of the world which has fascinated explorers and travel writers for centuries, in a session introduced by Rosemary Burnett.
We [...]
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FEATURE – Highlights of the Royal Mile and Holyrood Park (Saturday, August 28th, 2010)*Updated July 2010*
The Royal Mile runs through the heart of the Old Town and is a must for any visitors to the city. As a resident, I have walked up and down the street hundreds of times over the years, but there is always some small detail that I notice every time I explore the area. The [...]
Tags: Dunbar Close Gardens, Edinburgh, Mary King's Close, Royal Mile, Scottish Parliament, St Giles
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FRINGE REVIEW – The Terrible Infants (Pleasance Grand) (Friday, August 27th, 2010)August 27 – 30
1400-1510, Pleasance Grand
You’re in for a rather delicious treat.
Just be careful you don’t gorge too heavily on the feast which The Terrible Infants lay out, or you could end up like Tumb – the boy who ate his mum.
This and many other wonderfully grotesque characters are brought to unforgettable life by [...]
Tags: Edinburgh, fivestars, fringe, Les Enfants Terribles, Pleasance, review, The Terrible Infants
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FRINGE REVIEW – Joe Lycett & Andrew Ryan: An Hour of Humour (PBH Free Fringe @ The White Horse) (Friday, August 27th, 2010)August 27 – 30
1715 – 1815, The White Horse
Give or take the odd minute or two, this free show from young stand-ups Andrew Ryan and Joe Lycett does what it says on the tin. With each comic having a solo 25-30 minute slot, An Hour of Humour is a great opportunity to see two rising [...]
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