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Trilogy, and a few home truths »

Sat 29 Aug 2009

Rosie Davies, Online Officer at The Arches: I took my Mum to watch Trilogy last week. That’s not the most exciting news for some people, but it was a big thing for me because I was inviting her in to a world which she wasn’t really a part of. It also meant taking her to Edinburgh, which ...

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The Penny Drops »

Thu 27 Aug 2009

Michael Fabri: I finally made it to the Penny Back.  After a rather long night in Brookes Bar we were thrown onto the filthy streets at 5 in the morning and it was suggested that we may wish to head somewhere else, we were all still feeling chipper enough to continu...

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Busy bees and Fingers »

Wed 26 Aug 2009

Domestic Goddi- Genevieve: Relaxing baths aside, we have been busy bees at Domestic Goddi HQ. Last week saw us entertaining the troops at the Guardian Podcast. As various male comics announced the recent birth of their progeny, we looked on, proudly reflecting that we even have that...

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Rainbows and Turkish Baths »

Wed 26 Aug 2009

Domestic Goddi- Helen: It's nice to do a thing or two which has nothing to do with any of the festivals. This is why last Tuesday found me standing at the wrong bus stop on Princes Street, looking like a drowned rat, watching every bus which approached and then passed me by with...

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The End is Nigh... »

Tue 25 Aug 2009

Andrew Stanley: Just seven days left until it’s all over – What a shame that will be. No more going into venues in daylight and leaving 8 hours later when it’s daylight again. No more Scotmid visits at 5am to see if they have any tasty vegeta...

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Schizophrenic »

Tue 25 Aug 2009

Dan Atkinson: There’s something that happens to a comedian (well, me) over the Edinburgh festival that is Schizophrenic. As we get into the meat and potatoes of the third week, I am by turns inert and wildly over- excitable. Large swathes of day are spent hibernat...

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The Final Straight... »

Tue 25 Aug 2009

Des Clarke: So we're charging down the home straight of the final festival furlong and there's a fair few long faces around. The runners aren't quite at the winning post yet but I think I can see the fat lady plugging in her karaoke mic.All in all it's fair to sa...

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LIVE from Stockbridge, yeah? »

Sat 22 Aug 2009

Rosie Davies, Online Officer for The Arches: I started working for The Arches at the end of July. I cycled to work through the city - through Kelvingrove park, down Sauchiehall Street - before being sucked in to the sour darkness beneath Central Station which so defines Glasgow. It was all very Glasw...

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Who Steals Umbrellas? »

Fri 21 Aug 2009

Tom Deacon: It would appear in Edinburgh, everyone is willing to steal an umbrella if the mood is upon them! Who are these heartless brutes who would do such a wicked thing, causing heartbreak to others and more depressingly, make a fellow human walk home becoming dre...

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Fri 21 Aug 2009

Michael Fabri: It’s been a good week but it has not involved enough sleep. My girlfriend Corry is producer of Mark Watson’s last ever 24 hour show that started at 1am at the ace dome in the Pleasance. It’s completely over sold this year so Corry asked m...

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On Unicyclists, Culpability, and the Odd Transience of Entertainment »

Thu 20 Aug 2009

Emily Watson Howes': Last night 300 people carried my husband around on their shoulders chanting WATSON WATSON WATSON. I had mixed feelings. I mean, I like him and everything, it’s just odd when the rest of the world seems to be even more enthusiastic about t...

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Frequent Flier »

Thu 20 Aug 2009

Colm O'Regan: London was 28 degrees and sunny yesterday. The BBC weather forecast states that a ‘northwest-southeast’ divide exists, due to an Azores High wrestling with an Atlantic Low for control over the UK’s weather. It now appears depr...

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Halfway House »

Wed 19 Aug 2009

Dan Atkinson: We’ve reached the half-way point of the festival now, and this is the week when everyone has their day-off.  Last year, I had my day off and spent it with family, which (possibly predictably) was as stressful as doing a show. So this year, I&rsq...

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There’s No Room at the Inn.  »

Wed 19 Aug 2009

Stephen K. Amos: We’re two weeks into Edinburgh and we’ve reached the mysterious mid point of the festival when the excitement of getting all the shows up and running is over but before the end is in sight. Traditionally this is the time when the comics can tak...

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Zoolander »

Wed 19 Aug 2009

Rob Rouse: Yesterday was my day off, exactly half way through the festival, which inevitably provided time for reflection and thought about my Edinburgh so far. How am I coping? Am I enjoying it? What am I getting from it? Short answers...Fine I think, Yes very much...

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In the Blue Peter Garden »

Wed 19 Aug 2009

Domestic Goddi: So we're half way through the festival and we're still using the same pitta bread as a prop. It's going wonderfully well, despite the persistant showers. Our audiences love the show, even the one audience member who thought she was coming to see a cooking ...

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GIve Up and Carry on »

Wed 19 Aug 2009

Jaralth Regan: Since my last blog I've been punched in the stomach by a few things - reviews, alcohol and a little anxiety over the show.  But I'm still here.  There have been some amazing moments. During a recent taxi journey to Waverley Satation I was wearin...

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Rain, Underwear and Ebay »

Mon 17 Aug 2009

Andrew Stanley: Week two in the fringe and well, the weather had to break at some point didn't it? I like that we have no defined sense of what the weather is going to be all day and even though I am living mere minutes from my venue I still have to dress as if it may rai...

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Calves Of Steel »

Sat 15 Aug 2009

Tom Deacon: The time has come again. My journey as a comedian brings me to Edinburgh, a place I love. As I walked to my house after arriving I took deep breaths of that wonderful air, the air that makes my lungs weep with joy, that I Tom Deacon am no longer in London!...

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Changes »

Sat 15 Aug 2009

Danielle Ward: The end of week one and I must confess to having a pretty excellent time this year. I was worried my blog would make for depressing reading as I'm not Mrs Funknickers during Edinburgh usually. It's all drinking spirits alone, listening to Leonard Cohen and...

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Year of the Free show? »

Thu 13 Aug 2009

Richard Tyrone Jones: If 2009 should prove to be the year of the free show, then that’ll be due less due to the recession itself (paid shows a the big four are still selling out) and more to the media’s penchant for stories about the recession, and how to beat it. P...

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Kerplunk »

Thu 13 Aug 2009

Emily Watson Howes: Pregnancy, my husband said, sitting in the hospital chair next to a big green birthing ball, is a bit like a very long game of Kerplunk. I didn’t like the look of the birthing ball, but as getting to a stage where I might be able to double over it ...

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Dog Show »

Thu 13 Aug 2009

Rob Rouse: Given Ronnies reputation for being a dog of considerable talent, but in a more sexually expressive arena than that of obedience, it was with some trepidation and if I'm being entirely honest, devilish glee that I entered him in the Hollyrood Park Annual Fu...

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Domestic Goddi »

Wed 12 Aug 2009

Helen O'Brien and Genivieve Swallow: So we arrived in Edinburgh and piled a ludicrous amount of luggage into a cab. The weather was lovely and the flat we were to stay in was looking good. I love a front door that's built for fat people.We felt slightly weird, initially, as the flat is very m...

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Amnesty International: Free the Fringe »

Wed 12 Aug 2009

Steve Ballinger:     Free the Fringe! By Steve Ballinger, Amnesty International  I was at David O’Doherty’s (fantastic) gig last night and he was running through his list of ‘Beefs’. One was ‘Comedians who describe themse...

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