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Planning A Bit of Bedlam

Monday, July 10th, 2006

One of the thngs that I’m doing during the lead up to the Fringe Podcast starting in August is checking out some of the venues, talking to the staff, and starting to discover some fo the stories that could come out at the Fringe.
So I visited Bedlam today, which is the theatre run by the [...]

Trading, Organising, and Funding

Friday, July 7th, 2006

If the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast was a movie, then I’d not onlybe deep in pre-production just now, but right in the middle of negotiating with the Hollywood Agents to try and convince Dan Ackroyd to play opposite Brian Blessed (now there’s a Fringe Show I’d love to see).
Yes I’m talking about all the horse trading [...]

Some of the Thinking Behind the 2006 Fringe Cast

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Pre-prodcution on the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast is going on right now, and it’s a bit more involved than most of the other podcasts I do. The main thing that holds the Fringe podcast together may be the host of the show, but most of you will be listening for the people that I’ll be interviewing. [...]

The Edinburgh Fringe Podcast Will Return…

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

…just like the end of every James Bond movie proclaims that the hero will return, your podcast guide to the best of the Fringe is coming back for 2006.
Since the start of April, I’ve been getting emails asking the same thing - “are you doing your podcast from The Edinburgh Fringe this year?” Well, after [...]

Quick, Circle the Water Wagons!

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

Hmmm… On the face of it an interview with Nica Burns, Perrier Awards Chief, should make entertaining reading, given the criticism the Perrier has taken this year. BUt hold on, the article is pretty much quotes from Burns, with almost no critical questions asked beyond “can you reply to everything everyone has said.” And it [...]

Help Make a Top 5 List… at 25p a Time

Monday, August 15th, 2005

Not sure how much I agree with this one. Guides to the best shows at the Fringe abound over Edinburgh (both in the press and in the competition to see who can get their poster the highest up the lamp-posts in Bristo Square), so at first glance the official Fringe ‘Text Vote’ is a good [...]