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God's Pottery
By Ben Judge, published 10 August 2007Last year's If.comeddie nominees, God’s Pottery don't do things in half measures. This year, they have set their sights on saving the w...Graham Swift
By Caroline Walters, published 17 August 2007The quietly loved British author, Graham Swift, promoted his eighth novel, Tomorrow to a bustling crowd of older individuals. For someone who has pre...Greedy
By Chris Williams, published 18 August 2007 Those weary of endless stand-up shows and the far from endless list of subjects their stars choose to cover often find respite in sketch comedy. Lac...Greedy Scratchers
By Evan Beswick, published 22 August 2007The Greedy Scratchers team promise to whisk an audience through six million years of human development through the eyes of one family. Quite what the ...Greg Fleet with Mick Moriarty
By Chris Williams, published 18 August 2007 Smouldering jazz doesn’t often go hand in hand with stand-up comedy. In the blue smoke of a darkened room, Mick Moriarty’s wandering plu...Grey Days
By Thomas Hutchinson, published 10 August 2007The most frustrating thing about the Fringe is the missed opportunities. Too often, the best ideas slip through the fingers of could-be-fascinating pl...Hallam Foe
By Nick Eardley, published 15 August 2007 A swathe of hype is forming around this, the latest film from Young Adam helmsman David Mackenzie - with good reason. It is an unfeasibly handsome p...Hamell on Trial
By Chris McCall, published 07 August 2007Hammell on Trial isn't your run-of-the-mill comedy show, but then Ed Hammel isn't your conventional comedian. He's a punk-rocker, an anarc...Hamlet (solo)
By Ross Cullen, published 05 August 2007Variations on Shakespeare are a Fringe staple, and although there is little new in this one-handed Hamlet, it is an enjoyable and competent whistle-st...Hannah Gadsby is Wrong and Broken
By Adam Knight, published 15 August 2007As Hannah Gadsby makes her slightly startled entrance, the front row visibly relaxes as they realise that, contrary to what seems to be the stand-up a...Havana Rumba!
By Hannah Thomas, published 15 August 2007Havana Rumba is not just a dance show. From the liberally distributed rum (Havana, naturally) to the uninhibited hip-swinging of the audience, the sho...Henry Rollins
By Dave Kerr, published 21 August 2007"Fuck golf! Make it dangerous!" Henry Rollins isn't taking any prisoners; inspired by the plight of a naked crack addict mauled by an al...Highly Strung?
By Devon Walshe, published 11 August 2007Hours before this performance, tragedy struck in the heart of Ukeleleland. As a pond-hopping plane filled with visitors crashed into the lagoon of Tah...Hippo World Guest Book
By Nine, published 07 August 2007The internet: a cruel, unforgiving place, where even earnest hippopotamus fans can’t talk amongst themselves without being drawn into an incompr...Hit List - 10 August
By Jenny Richards, published 07 August 20071 Jardin Publics: Michael Lin, Apolonija Sustersic and Richard WrightAn Edinburgh International Festival commission locating work out of the gallery...Hit List - 7 August
By Jenny Richards, published 30 July 20071. The Comic Book Project, @ Collective Gallery (performance by Doug Fishbone, Friday 10th, 6.30pm)Ambitious project, spanning four festivals, curated...Hit List 14/08
By Jenny Richards, published 11 August 20071 William Eggleston @ Inverleith House, Royal Botanical GardensOne of the most influential colour photographers of the 20th Century unveils new work...Hit List 17/08
By Jenny Richards, published 14 August 2007Use image 461 richard long 1. Richard Long: Walking and Marking @ The Gallery of Modern ArtA major show by the most renowned Environmental Artists:...Hit List 21/08 (For Issue 5)
By Jenny Richards, published 18 August 20071.Picasso on Paper @ The Dean GalleryThe most recognised name within the art world brings his astonishing drawings and prints to Edinburgh.2. Pedalpan...How comedy can change your life
By Tom Hackett, published 13 August 2007 Disabilities, the barren no-man’s-land of stand-up comedy, is an area which comedians will normally choose to bypass. The risk involved in tes...
