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And the final show is here - after almost a full month of podcasting every day, reporting from the streets of Edinburgh, finding the interviews and scoping out the shows to bring you the best of Scotland’s capital. I […]

Tonight saw The Stage recognise excellence in four award categories. The winners are…
Best Actress
Caroline O’Connor - Over The Rainbow
Best Actor
Paul Sparkes - Finer Noble Gases
Best Solo Show
Daniel Kitson - C-90
Best Ensemble Cast
National Theatre of Scotland - Black Watch

Just in from the awards ceremony, the first Iffy/Eddie winenrs are…

Best Comedy Performer
Phil Nicol - The Naked Racists
Best Newcomer
Josie Long
Spirit of the Fringe
Mark Watson

More on this, and my reaction, in Monday’s Podcast.

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The Edinburgh Fringe 2006 Show - #21
Ed Bartlam, Executive Director
The Underbelly
Ewan Spence, Executive Director
The Podcast Network
Links to IF.comeddies, The Stage Theatrical Awards, Sean Collins and Friends Vent, Whispered Prompt Podcast.

This press release hit the wires today. The Edinburgh Fringe Show from The Podcast NEtwork is part of the new Festival media Network. I’ll let the release give you all the details:

25th August 2006 - Edinburgh. The leading online media publications have reached an agreement to collaborate their energies at future Edinburgh Festival Fringes. Under […]

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The Edinburgh Fringe 2006 Show - #19
Shakespeare’s New Play / Death by Audience
Quaker Meeting House
What I Heard in Iraq
Pleasance Courtyard
Baggage
Pleasance Courtyard
Think No Evil Of Us - My Life With Kenneth Williams
Pleasance Courtyard
David Benson - Why Pay More
Pleasance Courtyard
Links To: […]

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The Edinburgh Fringe 2006 Show - #18
The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence
The Plastic Cowboys - Mum’s Gone Away
Pleasance Courtyard
Links to: Fringe First Nominations.
And don’t forget that this week’s print editon of The Stage is now on sale in the […]

Nick Mohammed - The Forer Factor
A one man character sketch show, Nick Mohammed begins The Forer Factor by miming — somewhat poorly — to a pre-recorded audio monologue track before introducing the audience to a variety of his live characters. The namesake of Nick Mohammed’s performance is not fully explored and seems an afterthought to […]

There may be critically acclaimed productions, with perfect script writing, world class actors and stylish direction exhibited by many Fringe Theatre shows - and while Top Gun at C is lacking in those areas, it more than makes up for it with a KC-135 Tanker full of enthusiasm.
What we have here is soemthing that was […]

As discussed in this morning’s podcast iwth NIca Burns, the shortlist for the IF.comeddies have been announced. They are:
Best Comedy Performance…

David O’Doherty Is My Name
Russell Howard: Wandering
Phil Nicol: The Naked Racist
Paul Sinha: Saint or Sinha?
We Are Klang: Klangbang

Best Newcomer…

Fat Tongue
Concert for La Vert: God’s Pottery
Andrew Lawrence: How To Butcher Your Loved Ones
Josie Long: Kindness and […]