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Attempt 3.4? The Present Attempt....
this is very cutting edge cinema, Attempt 3.4 ..
produced by INL in association with Bitter Blue Productions....

W
ill this attempt succeed?
go and see the film and find out.....


Click here to video promo of Attempt 3.4

ANNUAL EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL

 

Lindsay Michie's
Fringe Shows Have Talent
and Gamut Enterprises
Presents


Sean Choolburra's "Inidge Kid's Workshop"
"Live and Deadly"
Australia's hottest and Dealiest
Indigenous Comedian.
Sean Choolburra is set to rock the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his unique brand of stand up, dance, yarns, diderido playing and rapping...
Venue: Sweet ECA Edinburgh College of Art,
Lauriston Street
Dates: July 31, August 1-4, 6-10, 13-17, 19-24
Tickets: 8 pounds ( 7 pounds)
Times: 17.25 (1 hour)
Bookings: Sweet Box Office 0870 241 0136
Fringe Box Office: 0131 226 0000








Harbingers
present their new three man sketch comedy that explodes the myth that chums actually like each other.
“A real hoot” Paul Foot (FAQ U, Channel 4)
Sweet ECA, Studio 1, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008

harbingers is written and performed by Tommy Holgate,  Winston Smith, andVincent Vivash, and the show is directed by Ed Gamble (Cambridge Footlights).
The show itself is an unusually bittersweet affair. Witty retorts and scathing barbs help unravel the harbingers relationships, whilst unexpected twists in unlikely settings only serve to hammer nails into the coffin that is their friendship. The dark sides of pine furniture retail, marine biology, and chamber orchestras all manage to play their part in the breakdown of these three pals.
present their new three man sketch comedy

"Wonderful! Talent oozes from every pore." Mark Lyminster, Hen and Chickens Theatre

present their new three man sketch comedy

Sweet ECA Venue 186, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place or Lady Lawson Street.
July 31, August 1 - 2, 18:35 (50 mins), £5.00
August 3 - 24, 18:35 (50 mins), £8.00 (£7.00)
Box Office: 0870 241 0136

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Limited
Proudly Presents

       the  whole of
     Mr, Mojo, Mum and me,
      to  be performed at
         Lindsay Michie's
   Fringe Shows Have Talent
     on 3rd August, 2008 at
    The Base, 69 the Cowgate
        3pm till late,
     a show not to be missed

remember the action starts at 3pm and you will not want to miss any of the outstanding talent being performed from this year's 

       Edinburgh Fringe Festival
 the largest Arts Festival in the World

Preview Performances
has been recommended to be reviewed for
 a USA Weekly News 100 Srar Award,
come and see this amazing show on the 3rd August, 2008
 on some where  between 3 and 5pm,
the come along to
the USA Weekly News 100 Star Award Night also
        at the Base,
        69 Cowgate, Edinburgh
         24th August, 2008
         from 3pm till late
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 USA Weekly News 100 Star Awards will be announced along with a host of amazing talent from this years  Edinburgh Fringe Festival will be there to perform for you at the
 Official Wind Up Gala  Finale of
 the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival


Free World premier of a brand new one-man play

Mr Mojo, Mum and Me 
By Brass Parks Theatre
Venue: The counting House (Venue 170)  38 West Nicolson Street
Dates:  Aug 4 to Aug 10 Timeslot:  12:00 – 12:40
7 Performances only – all free
What if your dad was the dead rock legend, Jim Morrison?

Douglas lives in a dreary Northern town with his emotionally draining mother.  But he’s off to America to become a star like his dad, the “rock god” Jim Morrison.

Chris Brassington’s stunning one-man play tells the story of Jim Morrison's unknown English son. Dynamic character changes, some masks and a sprinkle of guitar. Directed by James Henry Parker

 

Preview performances were sold out in Singapore.


 
Melissa Western's
(from Australia)
Ella, Marilyn, Marlene & Me
at Venue 29 The Vault, 11 merchant Street
Tel: 0131 510 0022 : Grid Ref: E5
Edinburgh,
www.melissawestern.com
Meet a reclusive bedroom mirror singer, desperate for pop stardom! Enter fairly godmothers Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich. A wild caberet fairly tale unfolds. Painfully funny, obscenely glamorous. a 2007 Fringe sellout
Big personality -Scotsman
Previews: August 1-2, 21:2 (45Mins)
August: 4-7, 12-14(45Mins)
August: 8-10, 15-17, 19:25, 22:10 (45 Mins)
Ella, Marilyn, Marlene & Me  has been recommended to be reviewed for
 a USA Weekly News 100 Srar Award, come to the Lindsay Michie Fringe Shows Have Talent at the Base, 69 Cowgate, Edinburgh,
 on the 3rd August, 2008,
starting at 3pm and
come to the and see
Melissa Western  (from Australia)
perform, also do not miss
the USA Weekly News 100 Star Award Night also
at the Base,
69 Cowgate, Edinburgh

and where the 2008 USA Weekly News 100 Star Awards will be announced along with a host of amazing talent from this years  Edinburgh Fringe Festival will be there to perform for you at the
 Official Wind Up Gala  Finale of
 the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival


The Rebel Cell 

is on every evening at 5:40 pm at the Pleasance Dome, and it’s a kind of rapping political satire,
8-Mile meets 1984













Hi Lindsay,
 
This is Sarah from Whispies Chasm here. We are sat in the @ internet cafe and have met Fabio. As requested we have information about the show, ourselves and our future goals. We've also included a couple of photos and the flyer... Here's our press release:

Come and see the
 Whispies Chasm!
meet These four crazy-zanny
but lovable four girls that call themselves
Whispies Chasm

 
'A special level of absurdity... "4/5 stars (Threeweeks Magazine)
 
Let us nihilistic young optimists take you to a world where existence is futile.  A trio of three humans and a girl boldly curse a world that promised us all too much… (With lollypops)
 
Admission:              FREE
 
Performances:         14.35 - 15.35, July 31st, August, 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th.
 
Venue:                    185, The Laughing Horse @ Espionage, performance space: Pravda
 
Box Office:               0131 4777 007      
 
Location:                  Espionage, 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street
                              (Entrances on Victoria Street and Cowgate) Edinburgh, EH1 2EX
 
Contact us:               07792996346

 
Chasm History

The chasm performed at the fringe last year. Previous to this they put on a show in stage two venue of Northumbria University, which was such a success they were featured in Northumbria University's alumni.
 
This led to being invited to perform at Newcastle's Northern Stage in October 2007 and April 2008, both with highly positive audience feedback
 
In between they have worked on individual projects where they received reviews from
Long Live Comedy and B &B comedy group:
 
"Comedy gold or worrying psychological problem" -Sarah (Long Live Comedy)
 
"Danny Jackson is another of the comedy flowers of Newcastle that is really starting to flourish, with a well worked theatrical set of off-key stories"(Long Live Comedy)
 
"Steven Speak is a fantastic physical performer with an elastic face"
(B & B comedy group.)
 
 
Who we Are
 
Danny Jackson (Writer, actor, editor, and director) is the founder of the group and
Graduated from Northumbria University in 2007 with a 2.1 in Drama.   Whilst studying, he set
up the Northumbria comedy society and took the role of President. He also regularly performs
stand up at the award winning 'Long Live Comedy night' at the Dog and Parrot in Newcastle
and recently performed in 'So You Think You're Funny', where he impressed both the
compare and the judges. He has also recently wrote, edited and produced a pilot radio show
called 'Pandora's excessive Paradise' (copies of this can be sent if requested). Previous to
this he has independently written and produced a 3 part comedy radio series for Fenham FM
which I plan to expand in the near future due to a largely positively response.
 
Sarah Speak (actor, editor, communications, director) also graduated from Northumbria
University in 2007 where she studied Drama.  This is where she met and became working
partners with Danny. Sarah was pivotal in organising and liaising with the Newcastle
University Theatre Society for last March's show at Northumbria University. As well as being
in the group she is quickly finding herself as a stand up comedian and regularly performs at
the award winning 'Long Live Comedy night' at the Dog and Parrot in Newcastle and has
recently entered' So You Think You're Funny' in Leeds.
 
 
Steven Speak (actor, writer) graduated from Manchester Metropolitan in 2007 where he
got a BA (Hons) in contemporary theatre and performance. He has worked alongside Nancy
Reilly- Mcvitte, from the 'Wooster group' and has also appeared in Miss Julie, Blood Wedding,
The Hours, Jack and the Beanstalk and the TV show, Waterloo road. He is currently touring
with 'Saltmine' theatre company and 'black and blue' comedy sketch group. He is a
professional street dancer and also has skills in free- running and stage combat.

 
What we have done
 
We performed at the Fringe festival last year. Previous to this we put on a show in stage two venue of Northumbria University. We were able to use this event to try out material and promote our show for the fringe. As a result we featured in our Northumbria University alumni.
 
We performed at Newcastle's Northern Stage in April 2008 after a successful performance, back in October. This was a chance for us to promote our show for this year's festival.
Our show looks at themes of adolescence, adulthood and the widening chasm between... With humour

Links to our Work
 
Examples of four of our sketches can be seen on our website:
http://www.myspace.com/whispieschasm
 
Future
 
Whispies Chasm will begin a small UK tour late 2008, with hopes of eventually becoming a televised sketch show.
 
All the best,
 
The Chasm


Hi Lindsay
From Chriss Cross


That sounds perfect :-)
I'll be attending the Fringe Launch Party on the 3rd,
then im doing my own venue show afterwards...
I can come along and do a 20min slot after myshow -
 it will be about 2am, it be busy then...?
I can also do a few slots on the following dates and times so long as the first one is a nice big venue, crown and im getting good publicity....
Limited Dates and Times available:
11th @ 10pm, 15th @ 10pm, 21st @ 10pm


 I'd like my foto and name all over the Fringe this year
Its my 4th year at the Fringe so
 i wanna make it big this year...



Cowgate Cartoon
Alternative / Comedy / Jazz

ABOUT COWGATE CARTOON SHOW

These Guys Really Have Talent

Click on this phot to connect to Cowgate Cartoon Show
Cowgate Cartoon Show
 is a show that can not be missed at
Lindsey Michie's Fringe Shows Have Talent
first show starting at 3pm Sunday 2nd August, 2008
On at the Base Entertainment Venue
69 Cowgate, Edinburgh, just up the road from
the Famous Underbelly, owgate, Edinburgh.


Cowgate Cartoon aims to take music and art out of stuffy institutions and throw it together in an accessible form where work can breath and take new directions, whilst allowing artists to make unlikely collaborations. Hosting an ecclectic mix of artists and continually working with new venues (often unorthodox; a canal barge for example), Cowgate Cartoon provokes an audience's imagination and puts on highly entertaining shows. During the Edinburgh Festival 2008, Cowgate Cartoon will exclusively feature the performances and work of Edinburgh and Glasgow-based musicians, artists and film makers. It offers a great opportunity for international audiences and local crowds alike to see HomeGrown Talent during the Edinburgh Festival.



Craig and Roxburgh Stand-Up Show
 at the Sweet Teviot Place venue,
 @ 19:10,
Jennifer Mizban
Mizban Productions
Craig and Roxburgh Stand-Up
Sweet Teviot Place
Teviot Place, Edinburgh
Aug 2-24 19:10
"Two British chicks return from not living the dream in L.A."


 Regretrosexual -
 The Love Story


1-25 August, 2008 2-20 pm (3.40pm)
Sweet Venue 18 Grassmarket
Box Office: 08702410136   Tickets: 8.00 (7.00)






Title of the dance:
"Queen Moo"
Choreography: Susana B. Williams
Music: Andreas Vollenweider
Costume: Original outfit made by the Mayans of Guatemala

Danceforms' "The 42nd International Choreographers' Showcase" to be presented at the Roxy Art House (Venue 115) from August 5 through August 9, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. daily

Title of the dance: "Queen Moo"
Choreography: Susana B. Williams
Music: Andreas Vollenweider
Costume: Original outfit made by the Mayans of Guatemala

Susana B. Williams is the founder/director of DANCE-FORMS PRODUCTIONS, and the creator of "THE INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS' SHOWCASE," a branch of Dance-Forms Productions, which presents the collaborative work of distinguished choreographers at prestigious international events.
On May 5, 2003, Mrs. Williams received the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, the highest honor awarded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for her work as ambassador of good will and fellowship around the world, as well as for her contributions to Kentucky and her special achievements in the art of dance and choreography.
Mrs. Williams is one of a selected group chosen from the United States to serve on the Nijinsky Awards 2002 Experts Committee. The Nijinsky Awards Gala, officiated by her Royal Highness Caroline Princess of Hanover was held at Salle des Princes, Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco on December 14, 2002.
A contributing writer for Revista Danza:
www.danzarevista.com Mrs. Williams also enjoys a professional membership with the International Dance Council (CID) based in Paris, France.
Susana B. Williams graduated with honors from the National School of Dance of Guatemala. She received scholarships with the School of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the National Ballet of México, and with Nina Vyroubova School of Dance in Paris, France.
Mrs. Williams received degrees in Arts and Education from the English American School of Guatemala, the University of Paris in France, and Farber und Form Experimental School in Zurich, Switzerland.
She began instructing dance in 1968. Her teaching includes Classical Ballet, Modern Dance, Modern Jazz, Ethnic Dance, Dance Theater, Improvisation, Choreography, Movement Analysis and Creative Process, History of Dance, Dance Administration, Languages.
Mrs. Williams performs and instructs regularly in schools all around Kentucky. She has created dance programs and dance projects for The Kentucky Institute for Arts in Education, The Arts in Education Department, the University of Louisville.
Internationally, she instructed at the University of Veracruz in Xalapa, México, as well as professional dance schools in Guatemala, El Salvador, Switzerland, Lithuania.
As a professional dancer she performed with dance companies in Central America, México, Canada, the United States, and France. Mrs. Williams held the Artistic Directorship of the National School of Dance of San Salvador, El Salvador, Modern and Folklore Dance Company of Guatemala, Primogénesis, Classical Ballet of El Salvador, and Thought-Forms Dance Company.
As a choreographer she is interested in movement invention and in exploring and expressing consciousness through dance. She perceives dance as a catalyst for self expression and also as a unique system, expressing its own intrinsic being. Mrs. Williams is one of the finalist choreographers awarded at the 1993, 7th Saitama International Choreography Competition in Japan.
She is a recipient of the 1988-89 Kentucky's Al Smith Fellowship for Choreography and the first choreographer receiving the Individual Artist Professional Development Award from the same organization. Mrs. Williams' choreography has been produced by national dance companies in Central America, arts festivals in the United States, México, France, Japan, Lithuania.
With 'Dance-Forms' she presented her work in more than 1,000 professional presentations including performances at The Kentucky Center in Louisville, Kentucky, Theatre de la Danse Golovine in Avignon, France, Centre de Danse du Marais and Le Regard du Cygne in Paris, France, Centro Cultural "Miguel Angel Asturias" in Guatemala City, Teatro de la Danza of the Fine Arts Institute in México City, the Vienna Weeks Festival in Vienna, Austria, the Youth Theater in Vilnius, and the Drama Theater in Kaunas, Lithuania, Proyecto Cultural El Sitio in Antigua, Guatemala, Teatro del Estado in Xalapa, Veracruz, México, Schouwburg Amstelveen in Amstelveen, Holland, The International Dance Fair NRW 2000 in Essen, Germany, the Monaco Danses Dances Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Festival Estivo in Giovinazzo di Bari, Italy, The World Dance Congress in Athens, Greece, Teatro Pedro Díaz in Córdoba and Teatro Netzahualcoyotl in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, México, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, The Youth Theater in Novi Sad, the Belgrade Drama Theater in Serbia, La Marató de l'Espectacle in Barcelona, Spain, La Maratón de la Danza in Madrid, Spain, Sala Cuarta Pared in Madrid, Spain, the Montenegrin National Theater in Podgorica, Montenegro and a tour of nine major cities throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri


 Dear Lindsay

SPIN

 is representing an eclectic selection of
performances at the Fringe

I am certain that most of the performers would be interested in your offer – let me know what you need and when and I will make the necessary arrangements.
 


BEST OF THE FRINGE WITH SPIN: 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL /
 
ABFCAP: The Life & Rhymes of Ian Dury / World Premiere / Fringe First: Sets out to reveal the flawed genius of revered founder and lead-singer of British band ‘The Blockheads’, Ian Dury, exploring three phases of his infamous life between 1980 and 2000.
VENUE: The Zoo / DATES: 1 – 25 August 08 / TIME: 1.25pm
 
More Lives than One: Oscar Wilde & the Black Douglas / UK Premiere / Fringe First: A story of the first modern man, objectively examining the man behind the complex façade, tracing his life through from his student year’s to his exile to France – contains little-known details of his life.
VENUE: Augustine’s Sanctuary / DATES: 4-10, 12-17 August 08 / TIME: 7.25pm
 
The Six Wives of Timothy Leary / TIME OUT CRITIC’S CHOICE: Six women recount the highs and ‘highs’ of being married to counter-culture revolutionary and psychedelic messiah, Harvard Professor Timothy Leary.
VENUE: King Dome @ Pleasance / DATES: 31 July – 25 August 08 / TIME: 5pm
 
COMEDY /
 
About Benson & Hill / World Premiere: Two of comedy’s hottest, fast-rising stars, provide an honest autobiographical account of their lives so far, liberating audiences with the truth and amusing them with a hell of a lot of lies.
VENUE: Sweet Teviot Place (Edinburgh Medical School) / DATES: 1-24 August 08 / TIME: 5.15pm
 
According to Jesus / Sell-out ‘06 show is resurrected. Jesus is back; as politically incorrect and satirical as He was 2,000 years ago and shaking things up in His own stand-up show. The ‘King of Kings’ is now King of comedy.
VENUE: Sweet Grassmarket / DATES: 31 July – 24 August 08 / TIME: 6.35pm
 
Simply Fancy / UK Premiere: Surreal, perceptive and deliriously funny sketch show from the critically acclaimed Australian group ‘Pig Island’, reminiscent of ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’, but with the added twist of popular culture, wryly observed characters and some witty one-liners, infused with a hint of magic and plenty of imagination.
VENUE: The Turret Room @ Gilded Balloon / DATES: 30 July – 25 August / TIME: 9.15pm
 
The Art of Dating & Dumping / World Premiere: Definitive guide to meeting, dating and dumping, exploring the ‘highs’ and ‘lows’ of the dating game and highlighting the crucial Do’s and critical Don’ts of modern day courtship.
VENUE: Drawing Room @ Assembly / DATES: 3 – 25 August 08 / TIME: 8.50pm
 
The Secret Fantasies of Alice Pobbs, Aged 35 ¾ / World Premiere: Hilarious new comedy musical from Anna Pelly – direct descendent of King Charles II. Alice daydreams of being somebody else, daydreams that give rise to creative, innuendo-laden, new satirical songs such as The Polish Plumber and My Little 4x4, all set to rather familiar, yet highly-unlikely existing music.
VENUE: Sweet Grassmarket / DATES: 1 – 10 August 08 / TIME: 1pm
 
Tough Crowd / UK Premiere: Through observational comedy, stand-up, award-winning comic Jason Kavan presents his theory that collectively, a crowd is a female and the comedian must win her over and tackle the tough ones.
VENUE: Sweet Teviot Place / DATES: 31 July – 24 August 08 / TIME: 9.05pm
 
CONCERTS /
 
Airy Delights / A classical concert of three parts; conductor Michael Round will lead between 13 and 25 talented musicians as they perform a varied repertoire that spans the baroque, classical and modern periods in three distinctly individual recitals featuring works from Bach to Brahms, with rare and new arrangements from Emil Hartmann & Johan Kvandal.
VENUE: Canongate Kirk / DATES: 12 – 14 August 08 / TIME: 5pm
 
The Fires of Edinburgh / This is a zestful and affectionate portrait of Scotland’s capital through an eclectic selection of evocative, haunting, original, Celtic alternative folk melodies from award-winning musician Nick Keir.
VENUE: Diverse Attractions / DATES: 19 – 23 August 08 / TIME: 9.25pm
 
Maggie Simpson in Concert / UK Debut: The unique, powerful and dynamic talent of Maggie Simpson, that’s captured the soul of the American acoustic music scene, brings hard edged, funk inflected grooves and mesmerizing lyrical ballads to the Ed Fest Fringe.
VENUE: George Square / DATES: 11-18 August 08 / TIME: 7.15pm
 
DRAMA /
 
Inside Yerma / UK Premiere / Fringe First: Presented by Andy Jordan Productions and Italy’s leading theatre company Taetro dei Borgia, ‘Inside Yerma’ is a contemporary interpretation of Lorca’s 1934 folk tragedy, featuring an original soundtrack.
VENUE: QueenDome @ Pleasance / DATES: 1-25 August 08 / TIME: 2.35pm
 
Involution / Highly engaging, humorous drama exploring themes of genetic manipulation and religion, includes a robot sex-doll of limited intelligence.
VENUE: 10Dome @ Pleasance / DATES: 30 July – 24 August 08 (excl. 18 Aug) / TIME: 2.30pm
 
LSPA Theatre Company / World Premiere’s of Split Ends, Going Down, One on One & Working Saturday’s and brand new adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray / ALL Fringe First’s – Mystery, revenge, obsession, corruption, depravity and murderous intent feature in five enthralling, distinctive new plays exploring the human condition, debuting at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe
VENUES: C Studios 2, 3 & 4, & Roxy Art House 2 / DATES: 1 – 25 August 08
 
Pebbles on the Beach / World Premiere / Fringe First: A touching, cathartic exploration of one man’s journey of self discovery and those affected by the lifelong impact of adoption.
VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard / DATES: 31 July – 25 August 08 / TIME: 2pm
 
The Army of Reason / World Premiere / Fringe First: Religiously controversial – Following in the footsteps of Dan Brown’s ‘The Da Vinci Code’, this is a gritty, thought-provoking play which faces the concept of religion and its’ fundamental flaws head-on.
VENUE: Jack Dome @ Pleasance / DATES: 31 July – 25 August 08 / TIME: 12.45pm
 
Just Out of Reach / World Premiere / Fringe First: Direct from the US comes a show inspired by Albert Camus’ essay, ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’, the plot explores the nature of suicide, sanity and joy as it journey’s through a world of mythology, joining the classical characters Narcissus, Tantalus, and Sisyphus, along the way.
VENUE: Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House / DATES: 31 July – 16 August 08 / TIME: 3.45pm
 
MUSICALS /
 
Plague! The Musical / World Premiere / Fringe First: The epidemic tale of a young undertaker who gets rich after accidentally unleashing the Great Plague of London.
VENUE: C / DATES: 1 – 25 August (excl. 11 Aug) 08 / TIME: 9.30pm
 
Queen of Wyoming / World Premiere / Fringe First: Politics, music, and family all collide on the plains of the American Midwest in a breathtaking autobiographical performance about life with a fourth generation political family.
VENUE: George Square / DATES: 2 – 26 August 08 / TIME: 5.45pm (2-11 Aug) & 2pm (12-26 Aug)
 
PHYSICAL & DANCE /

One More Than One / UK Premiere / Fringe First: Explores the rule-of-thumb - ‘opposites attract’ - and question the deception of first appearances, when a 6ft gamer meets a 3ft chocolate-loving, feisty red-head over the internet. 
VENUE: The Blue Room, C-Central / DATES: 1 – 25 August (excl. 11 August) 08 / TIME: 5.50pm
 
SVA (Vital Force) / UK Premiere / Fringe First: Direct from the US and Japan, this unique, collaborative presentation draws on the ancient Indian dance form, Bharatanatyam and combines it with diverse influences from around the globe, including Japanese Taiko.  Sva (Vital Force) promises an energetic, percussive performance with gracefully intricate physical dance, in a memorable exhibition of virtuosity and beauty.
VENUE: St John’s Church / DATES: 20 – 23 August 08 / TIME: 7.30pm
 


Life at the Molecular Level
Presented by Present Attempt
" Another  over five star standard in writing and performance from this extremely talented Theatre Group"...USA Weekly News
The USA Weekly News has awarded Life at the Molecular Level the over five star rating and is on the short list for receiving another
USA Weekly News 100 Star Award
at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival


1.15pm ( one hour)
31st July - 24th August, 2008
At The Famous UnderBelly Venue

Big New Talents 09 Aug 2008 
*****
Adolf Hitler & Mother Teresa
Walk into a Bar

Ollie Wilson, The Stage:
On Laura Rugg:
'incessantly sunny Laura Rugg,' and 'naturally producing some very sick lines'
 
The Show:
'riveting,' 'a crowd-pleaser. The audience was completely engaged by the performance'
'filling a free venue with people and laughter,' 'These desparados should be saluted.'

The Fringe is awash with stand-up and it is difficult to choose between all the up-and-comers vying for your attention. Every now and then though, you wander into a little bar, well off the beaten track and discover gold dust. These two comedians on the same bill - ostensibly representing "Good" and "Evil" -deliver a set that is edgey, punchy, raunchy and above all very, very funny. The capacity audience went wild as Jokes exploded like demented grenades at a children's party. Laura Rugg - "Good" - makes Janey Godley seem like the Mother Teresa of the title, spitting venom like a cobra in a panda-suit. Stephen Hill - "Evil" - would have Hitler, Mugabe and Radavan Karadzic all scuttling for cover like innocent schoolgirls as his withering invective takes no prisoners. Catch these while they're free on their [almost certain]ascent to the top: don't go if you can't take ritual humiliation; do go if you like your comedy to push at, and over, the limits.
@ The Voodoo Bar, venue 62. 7.00pm. Free.

"These two out there comedians have talent and will no doubt go along way in their comedy and acting careers..we are sure to see much more of them...these guys are definately heading for stardom.."
USA Weekly News


 


Lindsay Michie's Fringe Shows Have Talent

had a great successful night in the 3rd of August, 2008 at the Base Entertainment Venue, 69 Cowgate, Edinburgh with over 100 Fringe acts performing and having their 10 minute Taster Fringe previews promotional clips filmed.
EdinburghFringeFest.com has now heard that the Fringe Shows Have Talent Team and the USA Weekly News
 have been spending a few days reviewing and
 filing shows at

The Hill Street Theatre

 19 Hill Street, Edinburgh Tel: 0131 226 0026
venue 41 - grid ref D3 -
A venue dedicated to Quality...
Telegraph
www.universal-arts.com
A cut above average....Scotsman

 At the Hill Street Theatre one can be assured that every show you see there will be a great entertaining performance, that should not be missed while visiting the Edinburgh Fringe....USA Weekly News

The Hill Street Theatre has been magically created from an historic Masonic Lodge in the heart of Georgian Edinburgh. This award-winning theatre celebrates 19 years of popular drama. 

Children's Shows
Aesop The Storyteller

Comedy
Fool Killer-ERIC KOLLER
Mr Bean on acid..

 This is a show that is so amazing that it is hard to find words to describe it....a show that you would regret for ever in not making the effort to see.....
USA Weekly News

World famous rubber limbed comic genius ERIC KOLLER from Holand, springs into the UK for the very foirst time...this guy did not use a plane, train or boat to get across the English Channel from Holland.. he just sprung his way to the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. ERIC KOLLER  is his definate explosion of his unique cartoon-like comedy and dry humaor. a visual tour-deforce, imagin Mr Bean on acid..
www.erickoller.nl
www.myspace.com/erickoller
dates: 1-25 August ( not 13 August)
Time: 22.45 (23.45)
For Tickets: www.edfringe.com Tel: 0131 226 000
Venue: 0131 226 6522
 


Dance & Physical Theatre
Mime for Laughs

Musical & Opera

Striking Gold
Caberet performer
Morgan Carberry


A perefct way to end your Festival Day!!!!
Morgan Canberry returns tot he Fringe for her solo debut, following outstanding reviews in 2005
takes you from California to Broadway to Europe's golden decadence!!!!
A caberet sparkling with golden classics
from Garland, Sinatra, Piaf, Dietrich, and more...

You will strike gold for sure when you see this stunning multi talented artist single-play and dance the night away..you will hbe left wnating  much much much more....USA Weekly News


Theatre
Anotyher Kind of Silence
Baldanders
Broken Nails
Chekhov's Clown
...Etcetra...
Friday Kahlo:Viva La Vida
Now Is the Hour
One Day I'll Go to Compostela
Real Humane Person Who Cares and All That, A
Red Peppers
Up the Republic!



Live Radio add on Radio Firth One and Radio Forth two plus details in the Edinburgh's Evening News Special Fringe Program published by the Scotsman Newspapers in Edinburgh

I Love The Fringe
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL LIMITED

 PROUDLY PRESENTS..

  
THE INAUGURAL  FRINGE FILM FEST
          
AT THE FILMHOUSE EDINBURGH THIS

SATURDAY 2nd August
FROM 10AM TILL 12.30PM…
Book At Ticket now from Tickets-Scotland
http://www.tickets-scotland.com/gigs.html



PLUS…DON'T MISS
 THE EDINBURGH FRINGE TASTER PREVIEWS AND A HOST OF OTHER EXCITING EVENTS
AT THE BASE, COWGATE     STARTING ON 3RD AUGUST 3PM TILL LATE -
ENDING ON SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST  WITH THE ED FRINGE FINALE GALA NIGHT
WHERE THE WINNERS OF  THE USA WEEKLY NEWS  100 STAR AWARDS
 WILL BE ANOUNCED
Book At Ticket now from Tickets-Scotland
http://www.tickets-scotland.com/gigs.html

 ANYONE WATING TO PERFORM OR PREVIEW AN ED FRINGE SHOW
CONTACT LINDSAY MICHIETel: 0780 469 1535 lindsay.michie@gmail.com
oinfo@edinburghfringefest.com

     
FOR MORE INFO AND TICKETS,
Book At Ticket now from Tickets-Scotland
http://www.tickets-scotland.com/gigs.html

VISIT
www.edfringe.info OR www.edinburghfringefest.com
OR www.edfringefilms.com

EXCITING FRINGE NEWS !....
DON’T MISS FRINGE FILM FEST AT THE FILMHOUSE ON
SATURDAY THE 2ND OF AUGUST
FROM 10AM TIL 12.30 PM…
 PLUS A SHOW NOT TO BE MISSED AT THE BASE,COWGATE…

 “LINDSAY MICHIE’S FRINGE SHOWS HAVE TALENT !”…
PM TIL LATE FROM THE 3RD TO THE 24TH OF AUGUST…
  ALSO ON THE 24TH OF AUGUST ,
 THE 100 STAR USA WEEKLY NEWS
AWARDS FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING
 SHOWS AT THE FRINGE
          WILL BE PRESENTED…
FOR MORE DETAILS AND
 TICKET INFO, VISIT EDINBURGHFRINGEFEST.COM
           OR EDFRINGE.INFO
Book At Ticket now from Tickets-Scotland
http://www.tickets-scotland.co/gigs.html


The Dog-Eared Collective
 
 prelease-2.jpg picture by kathrynhanke

 

Dog Variety

Current Show

            

PRELEASE2.jpg picture by kathrynhanke

 

31-24 AUGUST (excl. 14)

SMIRNOFF UNDERBELLY

12.15PM (1.15PM END)

 

The Dog-Eared Collective present: BAD DOG VARIETY

 

BOX OFFICE: 0844 545 8252

ONLINE BOOKING: www.underbelly.co.uk

FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.dogearedcollective.co.uk

 

Acclaimed comedy troupe THE DOG-EARED COLLECTIVE return to the fringe to unleash their latest sketch comedy smack down BAD DOG VARIETY.

 

The company’s gleefully anarchic style, already likened to ‘The Mighty Boosh’ (Camden New Journal), earned them critical success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe:

 The Dog-Eared Collective leaves no pun unspoken, no sigh gag unseen, no entendre left singular in its take no prisoners campaign for laughs...

more laughs than any other fringe shows put together..

 

Gerald Berkowitz, THE STAGE on Barnaby Brown: Orphan Extraordinaire

 

BAD DOG VARIETY is a riotous sketch show where live stunts, comedy and cabaret collide. Join Babs Malloy's Yorkshire & European All-Stars including Signor Love Shark and his puppet Pinky, mystic mind-nester Snaaake and Fantasy Jackson's Sex Gremlin Dungeon Party.

 

An explosive mix of sharp satirical writing & outrageous physical comedy, it’s a dazzlingly deviant sketch show experience.

 

The Dog-Eared Collective will be performing at Smirnoff Underbelly at 12.15pm from 31st to 24th August.


Reviews

Since forming in 2005 The Dog-Eared Collective has performed at theatres, festivals, pubs, clubs, streets and roof tops. This is what them that can write say:

Barnaby Brown: Orphan Extraordinaire

“more laughs than any three other fringe shows put together”
THE STAGE - “STAGE MUST SEE”

“The Dog-Eared Collective leaves no pun unspoken, no sight gag unseen, no entendre left singular in its take-no-prisoners campaign for laughs.”
Gerald Berkowitz, THE STAGE

“Firmly on the critics' radar. Definitely one to watch”
METRO

“ * * * * * By far the funniest show I saw at the Edinburgh Fringe this year”
REMOTEGOAT.CO.UK

“Consistently hilarious...You’ll be in stitches.”
THREE WEEKS

The Bi-Annual Barbecue & other stories

“ * * * * The UK-based Dog-Eared Collective wrest us from the artsy-fartsy fringe experience [...] physically adept and perfectly pitched tonally [...] charming even the most reluctant audience into their quaint and whimsical world”
IRISH TIMES

“The Dog-Eared Collective revel in a great British tradition: to mock the mad plethora of eccentrics their country appears to be filled with. The Collective pursue a breakneck pace, displaying impressive range across excellent performances. A frivolous, mad-cap and fun night out.”
IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE

“Absolute gold dust”
IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE

“Unashamedly whimsical, silly and surreal, very much in the vein of television’s The Mighty Boosh.”
CAMDEN NEW JOUNRAL

“The show moves along at a cracking pace, culminating in the exhilarating anarchy of the barbecue itself.”
ISLINGTON TRIBUNE

“real charm, energy and most importantly, laughs.”
CAMDEN NEW JOUNRAL

“A powerful performance, full of energy and dynamism”
FRINGE REPORT.COM

The Wireless Sketch Show

“Part sketch show, part clown ensemble... Hilarious!”
Rod Dixon, Director of Theatre-Do 2 Festival August 2005

“Genuinely funny, laugh out loud”
Gary Brown, BBC Manchester



DON'T MISS 
DJ Michie's Fringe Shows Have Talent

Simon Cowell-Watch This Space-
The DJ Michie Roadshow is in your face!!)
http://djmichie.biz/
In you think that your fringe show has talent and want to perform a taster previews of
your show at DJ Michie's Road Show, Fringe Shows Have Talent at the Base Entertainment Venue
please contact Lindsay Michie on
Tel: 07804691535
Email:
lindsay.michie@gmail.com

 THE EDINBURGH FRINGE TASTER PREVIEWS AND A HOST OF OTHER EXCITING EVENTS
AT THE BASE, COWGATE STARTING ON 3RD AUGUST 3PM TILL LATE -ENDING ON SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST  WITH THE ED FRINGE FINALE GALA NIGHT WHERE THE WINNERS OF  THE USA WEEKLY NEWS  100 STAR AWARDS WILL BE ANOUNCED
 ANYONE WANTING TO PERFORM OR PREVIEW AN ED FRINGE SHOW CONTACT LINDSAY MICHIE
Tel: 0780 469 1535

 lindsay.michie@gmail.com
info@edinburghfringefest.com

     
FOR MORE INFO AND TICKETS,

VISIT
www.edfringe.info OR www.edinburghfringefest.com
OR www.edfringefilms.com

You can not leave Edinburgh
without seeing this show

Now Is The Hour

It's set entirely in a lifeboat after a torpedo incident in WWII. An epic true story. Torpedoed by a Uboat and marooned in alifeboat, a handful and survivors endure physical an dmental torture, their lives poised between the elements and persistance of hope.
Presented by Crossroads Theatre:
19 Hill Street, Edinburgh. Tel: 0131 510 0022
Preview: August 1-12, 14-19, 21-25. 16:05 Price:5
August 3-12, 14-19, 21-25 16:05 Price: 11(9)
Time:1hr 10 mins

    Feedom For Tooting

Winner of the Golden Comb Award,

Hay Fringe Festival 2007

Edinburgh Fringe Special Now On!!




A rock-and-roll fuelled, anarchistic road
trip through the underbelly of UK life in
the nineties and noughties.
Devised and performed by the UK
underground’s folk-punk and hip-hopping
legend Cosmo, (aka Sandor Dus), it
combines comedy, tragedy, DIY politics
and some of the worst human beatboxing
you’ll ever hear.
Stop off points on the journey include:
singing songs about the joys of ketamine
abuse on Children in Need in front of
the cast of EastEnders, getting arrested
twice for attempting to leave the anti-G8
protests in Edinburgh and being harassed
by the Brazilian army whilst busking
under the Christ the Redeemer statue in
Rio de Janeiro. In a helicopter.
Cosmo has released four albums, toured
globally and won the Golden Comb Award at
the Hay Fringe Festival in 2007. His songs
and stories reveal a maverick take on life
that puts the rock and roll into politics...
and the politics into rock and roll.
FREEDOM for TOOTING!

www.cosmoguitar.net

"He does bite. But only if you ask nicely "brink.com

Cosmo is the guitar-pickin' son of a lapsed Hungarian baron and a disinherited Scottish noblewoman allegedly descended from William the Conqueror.

It's a theme that runs through many of his songs. Soulfully strumming the guitar while others tend to wish he'd just shut up, he also sings of dreary Sundays, bedsit philosophy, lost love on trains and small town acid trips. It's probably best not to mention his attempts to human beatbox and rap, though. So far, he's knocked out three CDs worth of the stuff and unfortunately for you there are more in the pipeline!! He used to be the singer in one of the greatest 20th century confrontational political punk-funk-pop bands called Flannel ever. And he used to rap in local Cardiff headcases Pondlife MCs. More recently, he has shared stages with Pete Doherty, Frank Turner, Chris TT, Altern-8 and Eat Static - and just about got away with it. He's also appeared at venues, protests and festivals all over the UK, (including Glastonbury and the Big Green Gathering), toured Ireland, Europe and South America, and appeared on various media outlets, (legal and otherwise), all over the shop. These days he also regularly updates the poltico-musico blog www.freedomfortooting.blogspot.comCosmo has also been known to stand up for many unfashionable political causes. This site, however, is dedicated to the most unfashionable cause of all, the one that is nonetheless dearest to his heart: himself. A thirst for social justice and equality has been with him from an early age, encapsulated in the phrase: "If I can't live in a castle, no-one's living in a f*cking castle."

Check out more at

www.myspace.com/cosmoguitar.





Who runs the RACKET?

Simon Brook

The world is a crazy place and Baghdad is its burning centre.
Simon Brook's job is to write some sense into it all.
And he's ok with that, providing there is a ready supply of whiskey.
But what happens when this jaded old journalist falls
 in love with a beautiful young idealist?

Kenny Yates 

Meanwhile Kenny Yates is on a mission.
With nothing more than a back-pack and his very own live tour Kenny is
ready to tell the world about one of its greatest heroes.

Part drama part stand up, Simon and Kenny's stories intertwine
twisting their way through laughter and tears, love and hate, loss and hope.
And behind it all a bloody and terrible war.

Richard Walker- Writer and Performer
THE RACKET - A Living For Today Production
 A Living For Today Production-Directed by Anna Barry and Andrew Neil
A tale of two men, one beautiful idealist, one dead general...
Oh and one bloody war.
A political drama of two lives affected by war -
told with humour and pathos.

Click here for video video clip of The Racket


. Beat Up Dirty Yanks Crew,
An out-there character Los Angeles comedy group, now well-known as the Beat Up Dirty Yanks Crew, Ronnie Proudy, Tim Schwartz and Ty Twiss, after the show they presented at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival blew audiences away with laughter. These zany guys have the unique ability to interact with any type of audience, any where in the world without any script what so ever. These guys are improvisation specialists in character comedy, and are America's most idiotic, obnoxious, and energetic outcasts. Their now infamous Beat Up Dirty Yanks show in Edinburgh was a comedic character smack down slammed with stand-up, sketch and improvisation. Some contenders included Buck, a Jewish soul loving hick and Hector, a chauvinistic Mexican plumber. You simply never know what to expect from these guys so there is no way to put a title on the show they will present at the 2008 New York International Theater, Film and Arts Festival, other than they promise it will be show to remember and not to be missed. When Ronnie Prouty, the leader of the Beat Up Dirty Yanks Gang was invited to perform at the 2008 New York International Theater, Film and Arts Festival his response was, "I am very excited to go to the NYITFest, I will bring a variety show that will blow your top off."
So, be warned -- these guys are going to be armed and dangerous.



EdinburghFringeFest.com -
Fringe Films
at FilmHouse Edinburgh
88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9VZ


Edinburgh Fringe Film Festival 2008
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Limited
10 am sharp till 12 noon on
Saturday 2nd August 2008
FilmHouse Edinburgh
88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9VZ

proudly presents

Attempt 3.4 The Film one hour length
A cutting Edge 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Play turned into a feature film-
showing the exciting future potential of Fringe Plays world wide being
made into films


The Racket

Also previews of other Fringe Films such as
Beat Up Dirty Yanks
Staring Jessica Delfino and her songs about virginas
And the Dirty Beat Up Yanks Crew,
Ronny Prouty, Ty Twiss and Tim Schwartz
Mobile
All Change
Molly Bloom
It's a Culural Thing....or is it?
Extropedia
A Day in Dig Nation
The Show Ponies- featuring their famous song
I made this Bong for You

Films start at 10 am sharp and end at 12.30 pm

Cost £10    
£5  concession a ticket

Please email for tickets to
Lindsay Michie
Entertainment media and review consultant
info@edinburghfringefest.com
or
lindsay.michie@gmail.com
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Ltd
www.edinburghfringefest.com
Fax: 001 888 720 9901


We are planning to hold Edinburgh Fringe Show Preview Party Nights where Edinburgh Fringe Shows can perform a five minute preview of their show and have their preview filmed and place on live streaming on the world Internet, on our
www.edinburghfringefest.com web site and other media web sites.

These Edinburgh Fringe Show Preview Party Nights will be held at the Base Entertainment Venue situated at 69 The Cowgate, in the heart of Edinburgh's Night Life, just up the road from the famous Underbelly Fringe Venue starting Sunday the 27th July 2008 and running right through the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe, and ending with the Official 2008 Edinburgh Festival Wind Up Party Night on Sunday the 24th August, 2008, which is being sponsored by the USA Weekly News and other media and business contacts where the 2008 USA Weekly News 100 star Awards USA will be announced


USAWEEKLYNEWS
Who Will win a
USA Weekly News
100 Star Award
at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
If you are interested in having the USA Weekly News review your show at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe or
 the 2008 Dublin Fringe or the New York Fringe or any other fringe around the world please
email

Lindsay Michie -
International Entertainment, Music, Theatre and Film Consultant:
admin9@usaweeklynews.com

Personal Email: lindsay.michie@gmail.com
Tel: +44 (0) 7804691535
The winners will be announced at 
 the Official Edinburgh Fringe Wind Up
Party to be held at
the Base Night Club Central Cowgate up the road from
the famous Underbelly in the heart of the main nightlife area of
 Edinburgh on
Sunday 24 August, 2008
Tickets Strictly Limited, to reserve a
ticket
 please email the events manager of
 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Limited at
Email: 
info@edinburghfringefest.com



The  2007 winners of
USA Weekly
News
100 Star Awards were

The Racket-Play,
Das Contras-  Band,
Beat Up "Dirty Yanks"-Comedy;
Showcase of San Franciso's Top Variety Performers;
Jason John Whitehead-Comedy;

Aska-Japanese Drum Troop;
Attempt 3.4-Present Attempt-Play;
Apocryphal Tales Told In The Dark-Play ;

Red State-Play;

Kim Edgar-Singer,
Love Labours Won-Play for
 the second year running:Trendy Shakespeare
USA Weekly News
The Angel and the Woodcutter


The New York International Theatre Film and Arts Festival
www.NYITFest.com
will be held again in 2009 and shows and films will be selected again from the
 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Dublin Fringe Festival, the New York Fringe Festival
and all the other fringe festivals around the world. So if you want your show to be
reviewed by the NYIT Fest, please email your interest as soon as possible so it
 can be arranged for a NYIT Fest Review Team to see and reveiw your show live
at one of the fringe festivals around the world. Unfortunately there are not enough
members of the review team world wide to see all fringe shows, so please get in
early and show your interest. The review team are also looking for fringe plays
that maybe suitable to be turned into films, so if your are keen about your show
 being selected to be turned into a film also please email your interest as
soon as possible



Aindrias
an Irish Violinist, and last year i won the Sweet Award award at Edinburgh, and went on to win BEST SOLO at New Zealand fringe.

My show is about an alchoholic travelling fidle player who finds sobriety while backpacking

Show will be on every night from August 11 until August 24. Make sure you catch it!

july 17, 2008

"The Year I Got Younger", a short documentary about Aindrias De Staic by Genevieve Bailey won "Best Documentary" at the Galway Film Fleadh on the weekend! More details soon!

april 14, 2008

Please vote for Aindrias here for the Dunedin Peoples Choice award!

april 10, 2008

Due to technical difficulties, the site has been down for a few days but it is now back.

Aindrias is in Dunedin, New Zealand performing at the Fringe Festival. He had an excellent opening night. Click here to see him in the news. For more info on the festival, click here.

february 25, 2008

Aindrias is in Adelaide, pleasing the crowds at the Fringe festival!

Read a review of the show here.

Aindrias in Adelaide

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Forget Nancy, Joseph and Oliver, who wants to be Judy? A brand new musical about Judy Garland comes to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Seven characters, a grumpy stage-manager and a chorus of Lovely Legs battle it out as they audition, rehearse and then struggle towards the opening night of this ‘show-within-a-show’. The magic, fame and tragedy of Judy Garland’s life emerge through the trials, loves and issues in the cast. This is a piece that takes an ironic look at our fascination with the genre of Musical Theatre, and features the life of a woman who has long been a beloved star for American and British audiences.

 

Including powerful emotional moments, big production numbers and original songs such as ‘Uppers and Downers’, the show also features Judy’s famous show-stopping song, ‘The Man That Got Away’. ‘Judy – The Musical’ has been created by the K6 Collective’s writer/director Anna Lawrence, and with original music by Roger Ward, a pro-music supervisor in the West End for Mackintosh/Webber for 25 years.

 

The K6 Collective is a company that aims to offer talented actors the opportunity to perform new writing and established work to a high standard whilst they are still training at Drama school or in Higher Education. This year’s cast comprises many talented young actors and dancers, some of whom are training at Rose Bruford, East 15, and LAMDA. The show also features Sam Miller (13), who reached the final 50 out of 5000 in the auditions for the BBC’s ‘I’ll do Anything’ this year. Sam said:

"I'm really excited to be part of The Edinburgh Fringe this year and it's great to be a young performer working with so many talented drama students on a fresh and lively new show".

The Scotsman’s Jay Richardson on Anna Lawrence’s production of Benjamin Britten’s The Little Sweep for Norfolk Youth Music Theatre at the Fringe in 2007;

‘Anna Lawrence’s generous direction encourages a feeling of spectacle, but also a sense of engagement for the audience’

Performance details: Judy – The Musical, K6 Collective,

Augustine’s, 41 George IV Bridge 0131 510 0022 Grid Ref:E5 Venue 152

August 4 – 10: 16.35 (1hr) £6.00 (£4.00)


KEROUAC:
and - all - that - Jazz,
 
We will be performing at venue 186, Sweet ECA, from 12 - 23 Aug at 19.45 (1 hour 20 min).
Regards
Barrie Wheatley from One Off Productions 
 
Below is a copy of a press release:
 
Press Release
KEROUAC: and – all – that – Jazz
 
In the fifties, while a group of students from Edinburgh University were busy establishing the counter cultural event which was to become the Fringe (13 shows in those days), one of their heroes on the other side of the Atlantic was changing the consciousness of the post war generation with his mind bending poetry and prose.
 
Jack Kerouac was the godfather of the Beat Generation, writing classics such as On The Road, a novel typed in three weeks in one dynamic outpouring on a continuous scroll of paper.  Kerouac’s work inspired musicians such as Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Tom Waits and even The Beatles, who paid homage by a change of letter in the group’s name.  With the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of On The Road last year there has been a revival of interest in Kerouac’s work.  And the publication this year of the unedited version of the original scroll of On The Road caused a stir among the still thriving Kerouac following.
 
In this new play One Off Productions from Hull pay tribute to the Angel Headed Hipster with a cast of colourful Beat characters, period jazz, dance and multimedia, bringing the words and sounds of 1950’s America back to life.  “We hope to recreate the sounds, the look and the music of the fifties on stage as we tell the story”, says Barrie Wheatley, writer and director. “Think smoke filled jazz clubs – all that energy, that’s what we’re trying to get across. Some of the projections used in the performance are actual photos of a journey I took on the road in the States a couple of years ago, following the trail of Kerouac.  You could say I was doing what a lot of people of my generation have done: vicariously lived (or in my case re-lived) their youth through Kerouac.”
 
 KEROUAC: and – all – that – Jazz is a dramatic celebration of one of America’s greatest authors, who reflected the dreams of a generation.  Kerouac never found what he was looking for in life and ended up a sad and disillusioned man.  We should remember him as he would have liked to be remembered: a jazz poet, blowing a long blues on a Sunday afternoon.
 
KEROUAC: and – all - that – Jazz was commissioned for the Humber Mouth Festival in June.  Work from this Hull writer includes HERO, the story of WW2 hero and writer, Dan Billany, published by Kingston press, and LOVE FROM DUSTY, the bitter sweet tale of Arthur who dragged up as Dusty Springfield for love, both previously performed at the Fringe.
 
ONE OFF PRODUCTIONS was formed in November last year and they hope to reproduce the excitement of their debut show, The Witches Of Eastwick, in this Fringe premiere.
 
KEROUAC: and – all – that – Jazz  can be seen at Sweet ECA, Venue 186, Studio 1
from 12 – 23 August at 19.45 (1hour 20 min) Tickets £8 (£7)
 
For more information ring Chris Gruca on 01482 471135 or 07790391410 or e-mail
chrisgruca@hotmail.com or Maria Lagos at Sweet, maria@sweet-uk.net or tel. 0131 2080028

Aesop The Storyteller
Hill Street Theatre - Venue 41
12.25 (1.30) 1-24th August (not Weds)
Tickets: £5-£9 (Family discounts and concessions available)
Download a sound sample at www.myspace.com/leonthepoet

Leon is co-founder of Touchwaves, an innovative group combining spoken word and music improvisation.
For more information, visit www.touchwaves.com 



A versatile showcase of dance choreography from Australia, US, India and Malaysia.. 
 
DANCE-FORMS PRODUCTIONS
www.danceformsproductions.com
 
Presents
 "The 42nd International Choreographers' Showcase"
Roxy Art House- Main Hall (Venue 115)
2 Roxburgh Place
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
 
5th to 9th August, 2008
11:00 A.M. (daily)

hi Lindsay,
 
I am very interested in performing at your show, we have two shows under the title

AmbiAnt,
 
"Keeping it in the family"
A black comedy about a family stranger than most. The matriarch Rebecca is unapologetically sexual to the envy of her unbalanced daughter Silvia. Paul, Rebecca’s fiancée is willing to do anything as long as its followed by tea and his brother Matt makes Basil Faulty look like he’s having a good day. The announcement of Rebecca and Paul’s engagement is the last thing this family needs and Silvia finally decides to serve up revenge in the best way it can be, with two saws, a lamp and a deadly pair of stockings.  
 
"Blessed be my Bedpan"
Buried somewhere in England is a magical place... Well, it’s not that magical really. It’s a hospice. But it’s a nice one, full of life... In many ways. But it’s what happens in that hospice that is really magical! A young man and a wonderful old woman fall in love, and support each other, through the hard times and the good. Not helped by the idiotic doctor or the stern nurse. The love may be sexless, romanceless, and ultimately doomed... But love is love. This is a heart-warming comedy about love after death.
 
The plays are both 55minutes each.
 
We are a student company and its our first time at the fringe so having this extra publicity would be great!

Presented by Minotour Theatre Company
The Space@ Jury'sInn
42 Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 556 0476
Preview: 1-2, 14.05
Aug 3-8 (a hr) (5 pounds)


TAPESTRY OF FEAR
WORLD PREMIERE



 
SHOW: TAPESTRY OF FEAR
COMPANY: CASBAH THEATRE
VENUE: UNDERBELLY BABY BELLY 2, NIDDRY ST SOUTH: VENUE 88
DATES: 31st JULY – 9th AUGUST, (PREVIEWS 31st, 1st)
TIMES: 19.45 (20.45)
TICKET PRICES: Previews: £6.00, £9.00 (£8.00), £10.00 (£9.00)
PRODUCER: IMAN SID, 07856 256 767, info@casbahtheatre.com

‘Where no hope is left, is left no fear.’

TAPESTRY OF FEAR is a comedy about the tragedy of life set beyond the realms of reality. It follows three characters as they fight to make sense of the surreal and collapsing world around them as they embark on a journey of enlightenment and discovery.

IMAN SID – WRITER

Iman studied Drama at the University of East Anglia before establishing her own theatre company, Casbah Theatre, in 2008.

Iman has written two full length plays: TAPESTRY OF FEAR and ALTER EGO. She was the recipient of the 2002 Write Now Masterclass at the Donmar Warehouse and the 2001 Churchill Theatre Playwriting Award.

ABOUT CASBAH THEATRE

Fast becoming one of the UK's brightest new writing companies, Casbah Theatre’s mission is to create and perform narrative based work with a core Casbah team and tour it to both national and international audiences.

Casbah Theatre’s purpose is to ‘fire the imagination’ of its audiences by creating unforgettable indoor and outdoor theatre which explores storytelling and dream through language, visual imagery, physicality, music, design and new writing, and which challenges the barriers of convention whilst remaining accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds.





Theatre

Ines Wurth presents:

SHOPPERS WITHOUT BORDERS

Written and performed by Erin Donovan
Directed by Mark Travis
U.K PREMIERE
Gilded Balloon (Sportsman), 4.15pm
This autobiographical comedy finds a West Coast LA shopaholic trapped in a quick marriage of convenience to an East London slacker / stoner / loser aboard a “floating rabbit hutch” of a houseboat in Chelsea’s Houseboat Moorings – not quite the fairytale wedding of her dreams. Soon the marriage, and its complimentary living quarters, doesn’t appear quite as convenient as it seemed.
A smash hit in L.A’s Court Theatre, this comedy ran for six months before being invited to show case at HBO’s prestigious Workspace.
Award winning writer / performer Erin Donovan has appeared in the Emmy Award
winning
A Very British Coup
and opposite Emma Thompson in Fortunes of War.
She has also written for TV and film, including Dreamworks’
The Spirit Bear
, scheduled for release in 2009, and Shakespeare Unplugged, also currently in production.
Renowned LA director Mark Travis is highly regarded for his critically acclaimed solo shows. His first book on directing,
The Director’s Journey
became an instant L.A
Times
best seller.
Venue: Gilded Balloon (Sportsman)
Dates:
30th July to 24th August (not 18th)
Tickets:
18th August £10.00, 19th – 25th August £15.00
Times:
4.15pm
Box Office:
0131 668 1633 / online www.gildedballoon.co.uk


Theatre Ines Wurth presents:

BULLY

Written and performed by Richard Fry

WORLD PREMIERE
Davey’s nightmare was finally over… Then he met the man of his dreams.
Gilded Balloon (Turret Room), 12 noon

Verse drama Bully is a gripping tour-de-verse about one man’s struggle against a life of violence and oppression. Leaving his unhappy childhood home for the first time, a young man meets the man of his dreams, but a joyous relationship descends into a spiral of abuse with catastrophic consequences. Dealing with dark subject matters ranging from homophobia and domestic violence to death and Su Pollard, Richard Fry never lets the ball drop. His punchy hilarious, tragic script steams on at an alarming rate. Film and TV actor Richard Fry came to acting at thirty after a string of jobs as a bin man, market trader and wood cutter. He wrote Bully drawing on his own experiences of bullies and bigots, fairies and fag hags, big bad boyfriends and youth club slags. His writing is influenced by song writers such as Kirsty Maccoll, Billy Bragg, and Terry Hall.
Richard can be seen later this year as DI Bill Neary in the thriller Telling Lies opposite Mel B and Jason Flemyng.
Venue:
Gilded Balloon (Turret Room)
Dates:
30th July to 24th August (not 11th)
Tickets:
18th August £10.00, 19th – 25th August £15.00
Times:
12.00 (noon)
Box Office:
0131 668 1633 / online www.gildedballoon.co.uk


Theatre Ines Wurth presents:

TIED UP IN KNOTTS!
Written and performed by Karen Knotts
Directed by Jodi Miller
WORLD PREMIERE Gilded Balloon (Wee Room), 3pm
Daughter of one of the great icons of American comedy, Don Knotts, Karen Knotts has been at the centre of the American comedy scene on stage, radio and TV for twenty years with her characteristic blend of magic, stand up and improvisation. Here, Karen talks candidly about growing up in the shadow of her famous father, before finally striking out on a comedy career – initially with her father on the road and then alone, as the hugely popular actress and stage performer she has become today. Watching a man struggle endlessly with the highs and lows of fame, exultant with success, living in fear of the constant threat of anonymity, the stress of Karen’s childhood took its toll on her mentally, suffering a breakdown which committed to the Cedars Sinai psychiatric hospital.
Comedy legend Don Knotts won five Emmy Awards and received his star on the  Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000. He is best known for playing Barney Fife in The Andy Griffith Show (249 episodes between 1960 – 86) and Mr. Furley in Three’s Company (172 episodes,1977 – 1984, ABC). He became one of the most beloved and admired comedy performers of his generation.
Venue: Gilded Balloon (Wee Room)
Dates: 30th July to 24th August (not 11th)
Tickets: 18th August £10.00, 19th – 25th August £15.00
Times: 3pm

Box Office: 0131 668 1633 / online www.gildedballoon.co.uk

Theatre

Fledgling presents:

THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR’S BELLY DANCER

This extraordinary true story of how the UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan fell for a local belly dancer has caught the imagination of the international media, with some of the biggest newspapers and channels from the USA, Russia, Turkey, Italy and Germany investigating how Nadira Murray rose from a life of poverty and abuse to perform her story in London’s stage. Following a sell out run at Arcola Theatre, one of the most talked about shows in London now moves to the Arts to continue its success.

In 2004 Craig Murray, then British Ambassador for Uzbekistan, made two life changing decisions: he spoke out against the U.K Government using intelligence gained under torture by states such as Uzbekistan and he left his wife and children for a belly dancer he’d met in a nightclub in Tashkent. The first led to Murray being suspended from service and lauded as a hero by many for his continued fight against human rights abuses and in particular Western moral hypocrisy. The second was used to undermine his credibility by his detractors in the media.
This is the true story of the life of Craig’s mistress Nadira, dismissed in the British press as a dumb bimbo, she fought tooth and nail to survive in a undemocratic, misogynist regime that practices systematic torture on its citizens. Raped twice, and scraping a living by working as a teacher, drugs runner and belly dancer, Nadira has now completed a foundation course in acting at Rose Bruford and graduated last summer from the Drama Studio. With the help of partner Craig she wishes to tell of her own journey from the slums to the Ambassadorial palace of Uzbekistan and finally a rented flat in Shepherd’s Bush. This production precedes Michael Winterbottom’s film based on Craig Murray’s experience, which is due for production
later this year.
Written by Craig Murray, Nadira Murray and Alan Hescott, performed by Nadira
Murray with the voice of Craig Murray,
directed by Thomas Hescott.
Venue: Gilded Balloon (Teviot Wine Bar)
Dates: 30th July to 24th August (not 11th, 25th and 26th)
Tickets: £5 previews , £9 (£8) mon- thurs, £10 (£9) fri, sat, sunday
Times: 13.30 – 14.40
Box Office: 0131 668 1633 / online www.gildedballoon.co.uk

Fast & Furious
Or Soft & Slow



FAST & FURIOUS OR SOFT & SLOW

WHAT’S HITTING THE RIGHT SPOT FOR WOMEN THIS YEAR,

SEX OR HOME IMPROVEMENTS?

Pink Space Theatre Company in association with Real Woman Ltd and Free @ Last TV bring their new show, Fast & Furious Or Soft & Slow written and directed by Hannah Phillips, ‘One of the Country’s most foremost female directors’ (Theatre Venture, London) to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, following performances in Birmingham and London. Fast & Furious Or Soft & Slow will be performed Monday 18th August – Saturday 23rd August 2008 at 18:45 at Roxy One at the Demarco Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place.

Real sexual fantasies from a diversity of real women have been collected from a website over the past 12 months along with female forums and interesting interviews! The results have been developed into a comic, theatrical exploration using monologue, role - play, physical theatre, music and song! An explicit original theme tune has been composed by Nik Haley using the language of women’s fantasies as well as using some more familiar tunes, sang by the outstanding voices of the Pink Space Ladies, a cross between the Three Degrees and 4 Puffs and a Piano!

We decided to create this piece due to a lack of current dialogue about female sexual fantasies by women or between women. Women seemed reluctant at first to share their fantasies. We were wondering if the sexual revolution had been put to bed for more ‘important’ business or was it just that women weren’t being asked?
www.pinkspace.net www.real-woman.co.uk www.freeatlasttv.co.uk www.hannahphillips.com









 


Dublin Fringe Festival

Is on again in September 2008
do not miss this amazing Irish Fringe Festiva,l which is very different from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
 as it is full of true Irish comedy, culture, theatre, dance , hour, music and produces a great understanding and experience of the way the Irish produce a Fringe Festival, full of style, grace world wide standard artists, writers, directors and performers... all so the Irish sure  how to party...party...party... with the most amazing party night everynight at the Spiegel Tent, which creates a completely different atmosphere every single night. It is difficulty to miss one night at the Spielgel Tent when friends tell you that this was another unforgettable evening.




La Clique presented by Spiegeltent Productions
This International hit sensation returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2008
after sell-out seasons, around the world.
Critics say it's breathtaking. amazing, hillarious, sexy, dangerous, the best of the best, stunning, erotic, unforgettable, fast and fantastic. the Edinburgh Fringe Guide Says this about La Clique:
"'La Clique' magnificant! Do not miss out. Kell for a Ticket"

The USA Weekly News reviewed La Clique at the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival  as
the most ourstanding combination of entertainment, circus, music, comedy artsits this decade....a show that ione would regret not seeing
"
La Clique is performing at:
The 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

in The Speigel Garden, Goerge Square Gardens. Tel:0131 667 8940 GRID REFERENCE F5
August 6-9, 13-16, 20-16, 20-23, 27-30 Length: 2 hours, Time 23.15
August 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26 Length: 2 hours, Time 23.15


The 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival:

September 5-21  Length: 2 hours, Time 23.15

Upcoming Events

La Clique

Secret Garden - on the 5th - 21st Sep 2008 at 19:00 and 21:00

€25.00 / €35.00

photo of La Clique

After its sell out run last year the global phenomenon arrives back in town with some brilliant new acts intent on seducing us all over again.

An inspired melange of cabaret, burlesque, circus and contemporary vaudeville, La Clique ... (click to read more)

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Fundamentals of Motion

Special Events - 8th Sep 2008 at 10:00 (90 mins )

€60.00 / €90.00

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Award winning choreographer Jess Curtis teaches a unique technique class that uses gravity and breath to move through space at speed, whilst paying attention to reaching a long term agility of the body. Velocity. Airtime. Fun. Sweat.

Book Now

Flying School

Special Events - 8th Sep 2008 at 12:00 (120 mins )

€90.00 / €130.00

photo of Flying School Extend the limits of your body though the use of objects, aerial equipment and other bodies. No previous experience, but willingness to work required. This workshop will give you a greater confidence and independence from the floor.

Physical Theatre

Special Events - 8th Sep 2008 at 15:00 (180 mins )

€100.00 / €150.00

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Ex-DV8 company member and Fringe Award Winner Jordi Cortez Molina focuses on an extraordinary physical language that is developed from naturalistic movement. This language aims to connect motions with actions and therefore find deep meaning in ... (click to read more)

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Contemporary Modern Dance Technique

Special Events - 15th Sep 2008 at 10:00 (90 mins )

€60.00 / €90.00

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Choreographer and dancer Heidi Weiss is one of Europe’s most sought after dance teachers. As a professor at the world renowned Palucca School in Dresden, Germany, she gave training to some of the  most established European dance ... (click to read more)

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Irish Step

Special Events - 15th Sep 2008 at 12:00 (120 mins )

€90.00 / €130.00

UK National Dance Award Nominee and RTE 's Jigs & Reels judge, Colin Dunne, teaches an Irish Dance workshop that is ideal for the experienced traditional dancer looking for a fresh creative approach. Also great for other dance and theatre ... (click to read more)

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Bouffon

Special Events - 15th Sep 2008 at 15:00 (180 mins )

€110.00 / €180.00

photo of Bouffon Master teacher, Cirque Du Soleil's lead Clown in Quidam and Director of the NY Clown Theatre Festival, Eric Davis will turn your world upside down. His class in Bouffon will massively widen your acting range, your relationship with the audience, ... (click to read more)

Julyen Hamilton Masterclass

Special Events - 20th Sep 2008 at 10:00 (180 mins )

€25.00 / €40.00

photo of Julyen Hamilton MasterclassThe workshop explores the practice of improvisation through both technical and compositional studies. Each participant will have the chance to research and develop their own personal strategies within the action of making artistic decisions in ... (click to read more)