|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 9:51:59 GMT
Didn't see a dedicated thread for this.
Public booking just opened for the International Festival and getting tickets was as smooth as you could hope for. The Fringe programme will be out on June 5th.
International Festival theatre programme -
1-10 Aug - Peter Gynt - also at the National Theatre 2-5 Aug - Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools - Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Performed in English, Inuktitut and Kalaallisut (Greenlandic))
2-11 Aug - The Secret River - Sydney Theatre Company - also at the National Theatre 3-5 Aug - La Reprise. Histoire(s) du theatre (I) - International Institute of Political Murder / Milo Rau (in French & Flemish with English surtitles) 7-25 Aug - Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation - National Theatre Scotland / Tim Crouch 9-25 Aug - Roots - 1927 14-17 Aug - Oedipus - International Theatre Amsterdam / Robert Icke (in Dutch with English surtitles) 14-18 Aug - Red Dust Road - National Theatre of Scotland - also at Home, Manchester 19-24 Aug - Mythos: Gods, Mythos: Heroes, Mythos: Men - a one man trilogy by Stephen Fry 19-24 Aug - Purposeless Movements - Birds of Paradise Theatre Company (their My Left Foot/Right Foot the Musical was a highlight of last year's fringe) 19-25 Aug - Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True - iOpenEye / Ifeoma Fafunwa (Nigeria)
22-25 Aug - Ian McKellen on Stage - also on tour
A couple of others that come under different artforms 25 Jul - 25 Aug - Night Walk for Edinburgh - The Fruitmarket Gallery / Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller (an intimate one on one video walk)
8 Aug - Kate Tempest (a concert)
Lots of other music (classical and contemporary), dance and opera.
www.eif.co.uk/whats-on
I'm booked for Oedipus and the new Tim Crouch play at the moment. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 10:25:55 GMT
Already started planing the Fringe in my head, will start spreadsheeting once the full programme is out.
Excited for Eddie Izzard’s Great Expectations.
Will try to get to Purposeless Movements - As My Left Foot/Right Foot was brilliant. Looking at the dates they have lined up to tour Left/Right Foot in May I’m wondering if it will returns the Fringe.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 12:14:22 GMT
I probably won’t get around to seeing much this year, as I’ll actually be appearing in one of the shows.
|
|
999 posts
|
Post by Backdrifter on Apr 6, 2019 14:55:05 GMT
I'm there for the very start of the Fringe at the end of July and already booked about 6 shows. I probably won’t get around to seeing much this year, as I’ll actually be appearing in one of the shows. Oh, which and where? |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 17:58:15 GMT
I'm there for the very start of the Fringe at the end of July and already booked about 6 shows. I probably won’t get around to seeing much this year, as I’ll actually be appearing in one of the shows. Oh, which and where? Bugsy Malone at Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre. It's more youth theatre than anything else, but I'm just grateful to be performing on the Fringe. |
|
4,993 posts
|
Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 6, 2019 19:01:54 GMT
I'm there for the very start of the Fringe at the end of July and already booked about 6 shows. Oh, which and where? Bugsy Malone at Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre. It's more youth theatre than anything else, but I'm just grateful to be performing on the Fringe. What a fantastic experience that I hope you adore Break a leg |
|
999 posts
|
Post by Backdrifter on Apr 6, 2019 19:57:02 GMT
I'm there for the very start of the Fringe at the end of July and already booked about 6 shows. Oh, which and where? Bugsy Malone at Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre. It's more youth theatre than anything else, but I'm just grateful to be performing on the Fringe. Quite right too. Hopefully though, with stuff going on all day, you'll get the chance to see some shows. |
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Apr 6, 2019 21:06:29 GMT
Well I'm braving the Fringe for the whole month, booked w few comedy shows already. Paul Merton is always a must. I'd also highly reccomend Bec Hill, sublimely silly and lots of fun.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 21:17:58 GMT
I think I'm definitely going to see Men With Coconuts (Gilded Balloon, Teviot). My old drama tutor is a member and he has really inspired and helped me become more confident as a performer.
|
|
999 posts
|
Post by Backdrifter on Apr 7, 2019 14:11:32 GMT
Well I'm braving the Fringe for the whole month, booked w few comedy shows already. Paul Merton is always a must. I'd also highly reccomend Bec Hill, sublimely silly and lots of fun. Last year it was more insanely busy and crowded than I've ever experienced. Good luck! I've never done the full duration but will do some time. Do you mean the Merton Improv show? I usually mainly see theatre but have booked for Stewart Francis, doing his final tour. I didn't know his stuff but caught a few minutes of him in TV recently and liked it a lot. I usually see Tim Vine and Matt Forde if they're on. Kitson has hinted he'll be on this year. |
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Apr 7, 2019 17:16:00 GMT
Well I'm braving the Fringe for the whole month, booked w few comedy shows already. Paul Merton is always a must. I'd also highly reccomend Bec Hill, sublimely silly and lots of fun. Last year it was more insanely busy and crowded than I've ever experienced. Good luck! I've never done the full duration but will do some time. Do you mean the Merton Improv show? I usually mainly see theatre but have booked for Stewart Francis, doing his final tour. I didn't know his stuff but caught a few minutes of him in TV recently and liked it a lot. I usually see Tim Vine and Matt Forde if they're on. Kitson has hinted he'll be on this year. Really?! Where/when did Kitson hint that? Yeah Merton's Impro Chums. Oh and also Sarah Kendall is on this year, if anyone's not heard her Australian Trilogy on the radio it is outstanding. |
|
|
|
Post by sparky5000 on Apr 7, 2019 17:46:05 GMT
I'm there for the very start of the Fringe at the end of July and already booked about 6 shows. Oh, which and where? Bugsy Malone at Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre. It's more youth theatre than anything else, but I'm just grateful to be performing on the Fringe. That’s so cool, congrats! 🙌 One of my besties lives in Edinburgh so I’ve been up a few times for the festival and always had a great time. Usually most fun at the terrible shows! 😄 Did you see Six there? |
|
999 posts
|
Post by Backdrifter on Apr 7, 2019 18:42:41 GMT
. Really?! Where/when did Kitson hint that? Sarah Kendall is on this year, if anyone's not heard her Australian Trilogy on the radio it is outstanding. DK said in his last emailshot his next email would have Edinburgh news. Improv Chums is coming to my local arts centre so I might leave it til then. I have heard good things about Sarah Kendall and I do love a female antipodean voice so I might investigate. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 19:26:26 GMT
Bugsy Malone at Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre. It's more youth theatre than anything else, but I'm just grateful to be performing on the Fringe. That’s so cool, congrats! 🙌 One of my besties lives in Edinburgh so I’ve been up a few times for the festival and always had a great time. Usually most fun at the terrible shows! 😄 Did you see Six there? Yep! I saw Six last year and it started my obsession for it. The 2018 Fringe was definitely my favourite, and it will be a tough act to follow. |
|
|
|
Post by Mr Snow on Apr 7, 2019 20:03:40 GMT
Wot no opera, doc?
Or one of that bloke's plays where nothing happens twice, or else the actor eats a couple of 🍌 to fill it up to 50mins for £45 quid? I
What will we do for our high culture?
|
|
5,159 posts
|
Post by TallPaul on Apr 8, 2019 9:14:41 GMT
Wot no opera, doc? Or one of that bloke's plays where nothing happens twice, or else the actor eats a couple of 🍌 to fill it up to 50mins for £45 quid? I What will we do for our high culture? Have you seen this, @theatremonkey? Apparently, some cultured types are prepared to pay £45 just to watch bananas being eaten. This time next year, you'll be a millionaire!!! |
|
1,827 posts
|
Post by stevej678 on Apr 8, 2019 13:32:10 GMT
All this talk of bananas reminds me of the show where a young guy sits in a rocking chair while dressed in a gorilla costume, rocks away quite happily for 56 minutes, then gets up and walks off. That show has to be a Fringe institution! It's free of charge and apparently sells out its one-night run every year. I can't wait for another August at the Fringe. As in previous years, the plan is to be in Edinburgh for the first ten days of the festival, returning home for a few days, then heading back to the Fringe for another ten-day stint into the final weekend. Accommodation has been booked since October for Friday 2nd to Sunday 11th August and Friday 16th to Sunday 25th August. Changing from the Premier Inn by Edinburgh Park station (10 minutes out of Waverley on the train) to a Hub by Premier Inn near Haymarket has meant being able to reduce the cost of accommodation by more than 50% so I'm chuffed with that. Paying around £50 a night for reasonably central, decent accommodation in Edinburgh during the festival seems like good value for money and the 20-minute walk to the old town, past the castle, should be a nicer start to each day than a packed-out Scotrail train! 467 shows are on sale so far for the 2019 Fringe (plus three fake dog-related shows which formed part of their April Fools joke last week!) but that number should rise to nearly 1,500 next week when the next batch of shows are unveiled. By 16th May, the final advance sale date prior to the full programme launch, the line-up for Pleasance, Underbelly, Assembly and Gilded Balloon should be complete. Interesting to see that Gilded Balloon have a couple of new venues this year, in addition to their usual haunts, one of which is the former hub of C Venues on Chambers Street. There's generally no need to book very much until the full programme is out but the shows on my 'must-see' list so far are: - Art Heist (Poltergeist Theatre, Underbelly)
- Atomic Saloon Show (Spiegelworld, Assembly)
- Bottoms Up! (Minotaur Theatre Company, theSpaceUK)
- Circa: Humans (Circa, Underbelly)
- Conspiracy (Barrel Organ, Underbelly)
- CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation (The Chandeliers, Underbelly)
- Fern Brady: Power and Chaos (IAM Presents, Monkey Barrel)
- Hitler's Tasters (New Light Theater Project, Greenside)
- Notflix: Originals (Austin Talent, Gilded Balloon)
- Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (Something for the Weekend, Pleasance)
- Tokyo Rose (Burnt Lemon Theatre, Underbelly)
- YUCK Circus (YUCK Circus, Underbelly)
That's all three winners of this year's Underbelly Untapped awards, a few Fringe staples, and one of my favourite student companies (Minotaur Theatre from the University of East Anglia). It's no surprise that there's already a production of The Last Five Years confirmed for this summer. It's just a shock that there's no sign of Spring Awakening thus far. Early days though! |
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Apr 8, 2019 13:56:35 GMT
There's generally no need to book very much until the full programme is out but the shows on my 'must-see' list so far are: - Art Heist (Poltergeist Theatre, Underbelly)
- Atomic Saloon Show (Spiegelworld, Assembly)
- Bottoms Up! (Minotaur Theatre Company, theSpaceUK)
- Circa: Humans (Circa, Underbelly)
- Conspiracy (Barrel Organ, Underbelly)
- CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation (The Chandeliers, Underbelly)
- Fern Brady: Power and Chaos (IAM Presents, Monkey Barrel)
- Hitler's Tasters (New Light Theater Project, Greenside)
- Notflix: Originals (Austin Talent, Gilded Balloon)
- Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (Something for the Weekend, Pleasance)
- Tokyo Rose (Burnt Lemon Theatre, Underbelly)
- YUCK Circus (YUCK Circus, Underbelly)
That's all three winners of this year's Underbelly Untapped awards, a few Fringe staples, and one of my favourite student companies (Minotaur Theatre from the University of East Anglia). It's no surprise that there's already a production of The Last Five Years confirmed for this summer. It's just a shock that there's no sign of Spring Awakening thus far. Early days though! Great list! If you're into improv I'd also highly reccomend Austentatious The Improvised Jane Austen Novel. If you can snag tickets to their one off Fringe charity drag show Crosstentstious then do, it's always a riot. |
|
999 posts
|
Post by Backdrifter on Apr 8, 2019 17:08:59 GMT
Yes I've already booked Hitler's Tasters and Art Heist too. I'll note for future reference about the hotels stevej678 but over the years I've stuck with finding the cheapest apartments and done really well so far. My favoured one (on West Port) wasn't available for this year so I booked it for 2020, the only time I've ever booked anything 2 years ahead. This year I'll be slumming it on Rose Street instead, not especially looking forward to that but it's relatively cheap and as ever I'll be out from morning to late night/early hours. |
|
999 posts
|
Post by Backdrifter on Apr 8, 2019 18:14:48 GMT
talkingheads Do we know Austentatious will be at the Fringe this year? I've never seen it but would like to and always hear good things. Plus, is Cariad Lloyd still with them? I'll definitely go if she is. Because I love her.
|
|
5,159 posts
|
Post by TallPaul on Apr 8, 2019 19:11:53 GMT
Apparently, some cultured types are prepared to pay £45 just to watch bananas being eaten Rehearsals have already started, and webcam being looked into... Didn't you recently celebrate a milestone birthday, TM? Surely you've got the hang of it by now? I hope there are going to be concessions for senior (and senior) TheatreBoard members! |
|
4,029 posts
|
Post by Dawnstar on Apr 8, 2019 19:36:58 GMT
Apparently, some cultured types are prepared to pay £45 just to watch bananas being eaten Rehearsals have already started, and webcam being looked into... A webcam sounds like a good idea. I can't bear the smell of bananas so wouldn't want to be in the actual space where they were being eaten! |
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Apr 8, 2019 23:00:24 GMT
talkingheads Do we know Austentatious will be at the Fringe this year? I've never seen it but would like to and always hear good things. Plus, is Cariad Lloyd still with them? I'll definitely go if she is. Because I love her. They are, was chatting to them after a show recently. A limited run from I think the 16th. Yes Cariad's very much with them, though it's Charlotte Gittins who always impresses me most with how quick and devilish she can be with the other cast members. Incidentally if you want to check it out, they have two DVDs recorded in the West End, there's an offer at the moment to get both for £20 www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi?page=videofull&id=36103 |
|
999 posts
|
Post by Backdrifter on Apr 9, 2019 8:52:17 GMT
talkingheads Do we know Austentatious will be at the Fringe this year? I've never seen it but would like to and always hear good things. Plus, is Cariad Lloyd still with them? I'll definitely go if she is. Because I love her. They are, was chatting to them after a show recently. A limited run from I think the 16th. Yes Cariad's very much with them, though it's Charlotte Gittins who always impresses me most with how quick and devilish she can be with the other cast members. Incidentally if you want to check it out, they have two DVDs recorded in the West End, there's an offer at the moment to get both for £20 www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi?page=videofull&id=36103Doh! I leave on the 5th. Dammit. A while ago I stopped buying live comedy dvds, as I was only watching them once. |
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Apr 9, 2019 9:51:31 GMT
They are, was chatting to them after a show recently. A limited run from I think the 16th. Yes Cariad's very much with them, though it's Charlotte Gittins who always impresses me most with how quick and devilish she can be with the other cast members. Incidentally if you want to check it out, they have two DVDs recorded in the West End, there's an offer at the moment to get both for £20 www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi?page=videofull&id=36103Doh! I leave on the 5th. Dammit. A while ago I stopped buying live comedy dvds, as I was only watching them once. Fair enough. Well they are on every Monday at Fortune Theatre in London. |
|
