Edinburgh Festival '13 | #4

I'm With The Band | Tim Price

Long Live The Little Knife | David Leddy

Where did the past four weeks go....!?

with late night shifts and late shows I havn't had much chance to see many new shows! Tomorrow is my last night and I get to see Brand New Ancients by poet and playwright, Kate Tempest, and I am super excited about that! It was my last time working some of my favourite shows that have been on this year so I also picked up a few scripts!  

Edinburgh Festival '13 | #2

Week two and I've been busy, busy, busy!! 

The Traverse Theatre is always a first for new Scottish playwriting, and one particular favourite of mine is 'The Events' by David Greig. With a live choir and a cast of two, this play takes you through the motions that protaganist Vicar Claire goes thought after certain life changing 'Events' take place at a choir group she runs.  

Another Show at the Traverse this past week in 'Secret Agent' by Theatre O. This production is pure pleasure for all your senses. Inspired by Joseph Conrad's  novel, this almost intoxicating play sways on the edge of insanity, with an array of colourful characters, highly stylised movment and voluptuous sets.    Tickets are still available of the Traverse Theatre, but it will also be touring after its Festival run and I can't recommend it enough! Click here for more info!

With my one day off this week, I attempted to fill it with some other shows out with the Venue that I work in. I First found myself at the Cameo Theatre to see indie flick 'Frances Ha'. A heat-warming comedy about a Ballet dancer living in New York who still hasn't quite found her place in the world.
In the evening I had my first taste of a semi am-dram production of 'Spring Awakening' by theatre group Ophiuchus Rising. The cast were young, and some were a little too enthusiastic and there was some car crash overacting that was hard to look away from at times. However, two of the leading females vocals really made the show worth while, even if you couldn't always here all of them (and I was sitting only two rows from the front.)

Edinburgh Festival '13 | #1

Edinburgh (from Inverleith Park)

The Assembly Rooms @ Night

Tickets for 'BLAM!' and 'Andrew Lawrence' 

The Tents are up, the beer gardens filled and the tourists have flocked.... oh it must be festival time!

The Edinburgh Festival is one of the worlds largest events with the Fringe, International and book festival all rolled into over a month of mayhem. I love this time of year. Edinburgh's poetic streets come alive, come rain or shine, crawling with street performers and expectant tourists alike. 

Being a massive lover of the arts, comedy and literature, every year I am drawn to the capital to see what this years variety of playwright, performers and comedians have to offer. 

I have already seen a handful of shows and plan to write mini summaries/ reviews for everything I see 

BLAM! | Pleasance £13

This Danish physical comedy show is described as "when the office meets die hard". Not quite Sure what to make of this, I received comp. tickets to previews of this show so decided to give it a go. The show, made up of 4 office workers and an ever changing office space, is a bit slow to get into but one it takes off it really does quite literally take off! Very inventive and a little different to what I would usually go and see at the Festival... but I can never refuse Danish men!! 

3 Stars | ***

Andrew Lawrence - There Is No Escape | Pleasance £9.50

My first Stand up show this year came from 'slightly' well known comic Andrew Lawrence (BBC Comedy Roadshow and Live at the Apollo). I have never heard much of a buzz around this particular comedian at festival time, and got tickets on a whim with little thought or anticipation. The show lasted a little over 40mins and I would of liked a little more but I enjoyed his self deprecating performance none the less. I saw this particular show during previews so maybe with a larger audience, and a tad more confidence and finesse in the deliverance, Lawrence may be worth the money but I won't find myself rushing to book tickets to his next show.

3 Stars | ***

Whats your Festival Pick this year? Any Recommendations??

Sxx

Summer So Far | Update

Hello there!

It's almost August and where has the Summer gone!! Here in the UK, and most of Europe we have had a massive heatwave so a lot of my time has been spent out in the garden working on my sun tan and catching up with friends that I haven't seen while being away last year. 

90's Night at a Friends 

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Reading outside and enjoying the sun

Hiking up Bennachie

Packing... Again!

Selfie!!! Caught in the Rain

This next month I will be living in Edinburgh while I work at the Traverse Theatre over the Festival. I am already super excited about all the shows that are coming this year to this particular venue and depending on how busy I get (I will be working 6 day weeks) I plan to share as much of my 'festival festivities' with you guys.

This month I am also on a bit of a health kick. After a year away I have gained a few extra pounds that I feel now is the right time to shift so I'm eating super healthy and trying to work out as much as possible! 

I Hope you guys have been keeping busy too and thats all for now

Sxx