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Post by talkingheads on May 17, 2019 8:16:41 GMT
Well with over 300 pages of shows now on the Fringe website, it's going to be a few days job going through them all! Jerry Sadowitz is always a must watch for me (never anywhere near the front though, the most terrifying comic I've ever seen!). No sign of Mark Thomas or Phill Jupitus which is unusual, Definitely going to see Russell T Davies at the Television Festival
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2019 12:18:40 GMT
Well with over 300 pages of shows now on the Fringe website, it's going to be a few days job going through them all! Jerry Sadowitz is always a must watch for me (never anywhere near the front though, the most terrifying comic I've ever seen!). No sign of Mark Thomas or Phill Jupitus which is unusual, Definitely going to see Russell T Davies at the Television Festival Phil Jupitus is billed as one of the acts in 'Whose Line is it Anyway?', which be changing it line-up throughout, so he will be there in some form, possibly holding off until the final announcement.
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Post by talkingheads on May 17, 2019 13:13:54 GMT
Ah right. Incidentally anybody wanting to book travel, the cheap advance train fares from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh are starting to go onsale direct from the LNER website.
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Post by kirstylovesmusicals on May 18, 2019 10:20:59 GMT
I’ve booked Cruel Intentions, the 90’s musical. Hope it’s good! Not sure whether to book all the shows I have planned to see or whether I can just turn up on the day. Lots of new theatre, drama and musical for me to see with a few parody and comedy shows thrown in!
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Post by Backdrifter on May 27, 2019 20:54:33 GMT
Really?! Where/when did Kitson hint that? DK said in his last emailshot his next email would have Edinburgh news. In an email last week he said he still thinks he's going to do something at Edinburgh even though he doesn't have any dates, a venue or indeed anything written.
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Post by talkingheads on May 27, 2019 22:09:49 GMT
DK said in his last emailshot his next email would have Edinburgh news. In an email last week he said he still thinks he's going to do something at Edinburgh even though he doesn't have any dates, a venue or indeed anything written. Yes and when it is announced its luck of the draw whether you're near a box office. Plus a free form, riffing on the room Kitson is better than a lot of other scripted shows.
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Post by Backdrifter on May 28, 2019 0:31:07 GMT
In an email last week he said he still thinks he's going to do something at Edinburgh even though he doesn't have any dates, a venue or indeed anything written. Yes and when it is announced its luck of the draw whether you're near a box office. Plus a free form, riffing on the room Kitson is better than a lot of other scripted shows. I'd qualify that - it can be! Some of his £3/£5 see-what-happens show have been hilarious with some brilliant audience interactions; some not so good but that's the nature of it and hence the low prices. If he does set something up sadly I reckon I'll probably miss it as I'm there very early, just the first week and I sense it'll be later. Meanwhile my schedule is coming together nicely with the best of two solid days almost entirely at Summerhall.
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Post by zahidf on May 28, 2019 10:33:16 GMT
Yup, schedule coming together for me. I like the traverse as a venue so am disappointed in their line up this year
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Post by Backdrifter on May 28, 2019 16:26:25 GMT
Yes and when it is announced its luck of the draw whether you're near a box office. Plus a free form, riffing on the room Kitson is better than a lot of other scripted shows. I'd qualify that - it can be! Some of his £3/£5 see-what-happens show have been hilarious with some brilliant audience interactions; some not so good but that's the nature of it and hence the low prices. If he does set something up sadly I reckon I'll probably miss it as I'm there very early, just the first week and I sense it'll be later.Meanwhile my schedule is coming together nicely with the best of two solid days almost entirely at Summerhall. That said, the upside of attending early on is that in my bookings so far, by taking advantage of the lower-priced previews during that week I've saved nearly £60.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 19:49:06 GMT
Yup, schedule coming together for me. I like the traverse as a venue so am disappointed in their line up this year Wish I could say the same... haha.. A huge chunk of what I want to watch all happens sometime between 1:30 and 3:30. So this is taking meticulous routing/scheduling in preparation of booking and the full lineup hasn't even been announced yet!
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Post by Backdrifter on May 28, 2019 22:13:22 GMT
A huge chunk of what I want to watch all happens sometime between 1:30 and 3:30. I find exactly this happens practically every bloody year! I've got the bulk of my schedule done just from what's been released so far, which I've never done before and I hope I don't regret it when the full programme is published. Over the last few years I've built up a track record of seeing solo shows about real-life figures and they've pretty much all been excellent, but I haven't booked or noticed any yet this year.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2019 8:39:23 GMT
Full Programme / Final announcement in 20mins. Quite excite!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2019 12:14:39 GMT
3,376 shows now on sale and more to come on 5th June. Could it be the first time the number of shows breaks the 4,000 barrier?! 4001 listings now on the website!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2019 15:59:44 GMT
Two little victories this week. Snagged the last Eddie Izzard ticket for the week I'm there and managed to bag a ticket for Stewart Lee - who's show sold out in March, but some additional were released today!
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Post by talkingheads on Jun 29, 2019 16:53:16 GMT
So now we're just weeks away how many shows have people booked already? I'm there for the month so have been putting together a schedule that (hopefully!) is a good balance between shows and downtime. A lot of comedy, a few plays (Knock Knock, Definitely Louise, Algorithms, Keith Moon: The Real Me and Dancing In The Moonlight: A Play About Phil Lynott). Only days I have fully booked are 5th and 6th because they're the 2 for 1 days (in a day of polar opposites on the 5th I;m starting the day with Basil Brush and ending with Frank Skinner!)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2019 17:38:31 GMT
Wow! Would love to [be able to afford to] be there for the month! Just 5 days for me. I have a pretty solid spreadsheet of what I want to see with some deliberate gaps to allow for 'word of mouth'-type shows and reviews of shows to get out. Only booked the really popular stuff so far.... Stewart Lee, Eddie Izzard's Great Expectations and Milton Jones. Oh and one of the 'Interactive' escape rooms things as a completely different bit of fun for the family.
Annoyingly a lot of what I want to see starts around 2pm or 7pm so there's gonna have to be some compromises.
Muse see's on the list so far as mostly musicals: You and I (Really enjoyed Colla Voce's Buried last year) Both Limbo's - The Twelve & City of Dreams Tokyo Rose - Preview of one song on instagram sounds amazing.
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Post by talkingheads on Jun 29, 2019 22:36:02 GMT
Wow! Would love to [be able to afford to] be there for the month! Just 5 days for me. I have a pretty solid spreadsheet of what I want to see with some deliberate gaps to allow for 'word of mouth'-type shows and reviews of shows to get out. Only booked the really popular stuff so far.... Stewart Lee Well I figured I'll most likely never have the spare time to dedicate the whole month to Edinburgh again so I may as well go all out just this once! Yes I've got Stewart Lee booked (also Daniel Kitson has indicated he might do some last minute Fringe gigs so be quick when the word gets out!)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 14:36:57 GMT
So far I only have two shows booked - Unfortunate by Fat Rascal in previews, and What Girls Are Made Of by Cora Bissett - but I also am eager to see Cruel Intentions, Friendsical, Amy Booth Steel, Men with Coconuts and Lost Voice Guy.
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Post by zahidf on Jul 1, 2019 14:13:05 GMT
I've booked for Russell Howard and musik.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jul 12, 2019 12:20:25 GMT
The banners are up outside Assembly Hall, George Square Gardens are open in all their Fringey glory from this afternoon, a purple cow is soon to be inverted, and certain University of Edinburgh buildings are about to get a yellow Pleasance makeover! Three weeks to go!
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Post by Backdrifter on Jul 12, 2019 14:49:52 GMT
Annoyingly a lot of what I want to see starts around 2pm or 7pm so there's gonna have to be some compromises. Every year I find in particular the 2pm-4pm period is very crowded, it's the time where I most have to sacrifice stuff I want to see.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2019 16:00:05 GMT
Not sure if any are interested but Eddie Izzard is now doing a 3 night preview of his upcoming Wunderbar tour 12-14th in addition to the Great Expectations 'play' and tickets are on sale. Had to bag a ticket for this!
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Post by zahidf on Jul 16, 2019 14:21:17 GMT
Ive booked a few today. Baby Reindeer, Canary and the Crow, Coma, Square Go and Crocodile Fever. I'll book some more post pay day!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 14:33:20 GMT
Ive booked a few today. Baby Reindeer, Canary and the Crow, Coma, Square Go and Crocodile Fever. I'll book some more post pay day! Oo ace. Canary and Crocodile Fever are both on my list.
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Post by zahidf on Jul 18, 2019 9:42:12 GMT
Daniel Kitson Summerhall show sorted
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Post by drmaplewood on Jul 18, 2019 10:52:33 GMT
Much like last year I have left this terribly late - there from 2-6, any theatre recs? Comedy shows nearly always come to London afterwards so more keen on the theatre side of things.
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Post by zahidf on Jul 18, 2019 19:30:59 GMT
Much like last year I have left this terribly late - there from 2-6, any theatre recs? Comedy shows nearly always come to London afterwards so more keen on the theatre side of things. Bible John, art heist, conspiracy, new jonny Donahue play at summerhall look good!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 13:38:31 GMT
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Post by Backdrifter on Jul 19, 2019 20:30:06 GMT
Teviot "just down the road" from Hula?!
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Post by poster J on Jul 19, 2019 22:41:35 GMT
Brew Lab was my daily haunt at uni, and I was very satisfied to find it is still as good when I was up at the Fringe last year!
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