Category Archives: The Blog Part
January 10th (11th now) 2010
Welcome to the new year – as you can see, slowly but surely this site is moving away from Hitch and Doug and more towards Richard Hanrahan.com. (or more .co.uk, some other Richard Hanrahan has already taken that one) – Doug fans though need not worry, as his own website is in development (for the [...]
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Merry Christmas and a return to Blogging
First of all merry christmas to all!
Apologies for not posting in a while (last post was in the build up to the festival, though I think you find my suggestions were some of the creme…, including the winners of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, one show which has since transferred to the west end, and a [...]
19 Days To Go
Pappy’s Fun Club’s World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches In An Hour
Fresh from Channel 4, ‘The funniest sketch troupe on the Fringe’ (Scotsman) fearlessly take on the impossible. if.comedy nominees 2007. Chortle Best Sketch Act 2008. ‘Turbo-charged’ (Guardian).
venue:
Pleasance Courtyard
group:
Phil McIntyre Entertainment
category:
Comedy
related link:
mcintyre-ents.com
duration:
60 mins
What is it?
Silly sketches and stuff from one of the UK’s top sketch troupes.
Why [...]
18 Days Now
Andrew Bird
venue:
Edge Festival @ HMV Picture House
group:
Edge Festival
category:
Music
related link:
www.theedgefestival.com
duration:
150 mins
What is it?
A Chigaco based singer/songwriter who, sings viols and whistles through a plethora of beautiful music.
Why Should I Care?
Each year the Edge Festival goes through an overhaul and tries to make its place in the fringe calendar – but beside the big name acts like [...]
17 Days To Go
Morecambe
World premiere
Tim Whitnall’s play brilliantly celebrates Eric Morecambe, Comedian of the Century. Affectionate lad with funny bones, born entertainer, the man what brought us sunshine, ‘the tall one with glasses’. Hilarious, moving, sensational, Bob Golding is directed by Guy Masterson.
venue:
Assembly @ Assembly Hall
group:
Guy Masterson – Theatre Tours International & Feather Productions
category:
Theatre
related link:
www.theatretoursinternational.com
duration:
85 mins
What is it?
A [...]
Countdown to the Fringe – 20 Days To Go – The Hotel
Hello and welcome to the countdown to the Fringe! With only 20 days to go (because we all know it really starts on the 5th), I thought it might be fun to highlight a show a day worth waiting for.
The Hotel
A comedy of sorts. Set in a building a short walk from Assembly Theatre, George [...]
A Poem
1. Gordon Brown
Sat down
and started to talk.
His eyes spanned the room
pupils pierced the gloom,
but with his first vowel, began to balk.
2.
“Bloody Tories”
he muttered, stories
That gave away their cowardice
like one he spoke
crying Camerons toke
on jazz cigarette of cannabis.
3.
“Why not heroin
or eyeball tonic and gin
not weed like a thug
if her were any sort of man
a jean claude [...]
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Possibly The Greatest Piece of Design Ever
That isn’t gimmicky, or just nice looking, or pretentious technology rubbish –
Another Wonderful Animation
This time using Radiohead’s “creep”, an acoustic cover (I think).
I couldn’t get it onto the page, but click on here, and check it out, it’s lovely.
Happy Palindrome Day!