Features 30 Aug 2008
Junta Sekimori: Upwards of 60,000 people are expected to rally to Edinburgh’s shoreline this weekend to celebrate the wide world with the Edinburgh Mela Festival, the last of the city’s nine August fes...
Features, Comedy 22 Aug 2008
Tom Hackett: 1. In astronomy, what are Eris and Makemake? Hmm… It could be new planets, because there’s been new planets and that’s very exciting. But it probably isn’t. New solar syste...
Features 19 Aug 2008
Hannah Thomas: 11am “I always start the day with a cup of peppermint tea and a banana – how pathetic is that?! We only get one day off during the run so I'm going to imagine how I would spend that da...
Features 17 Aug 2008
Chris Williams: “Hello, Mr Methane is currently busy having sex with a Herdwick sheep. Please leave your message after the tone.” Mr Methane’s sexual proclivities mean that he is running signifi...
Hannah Thomas: Luke Wright: I think it’s best if I introduce myself first, as no one knows who you are. My name’s Luke Wright and I’m 60% of the show Who Writes This Crap? Joel Stickley: 60%? R...
Features, Comedy 17 Aug 2008
Tom Hackett: Josie Long is very sensitive to criticism. This is a particular issue on the afternoon that I meet her in the cosy bar of Pleasance One, as she has just received a dismissive, two-star review from ...
Benjamin Edwards: “Right. We’re doing some dogging.” As the order echoes around the bus, Will Andrews and Greg McHugh rise slowly from their lunch, extend apologies and depart to join a group of 1...
Ben Judge: When one considers the current crop of British comedy’s heavy-weight talent, the likes of Stuart Lee, Jimmy Carr, Eddie Izzard and—when he’s not swanning about in Los Angeles&mdas...
Features 16 Aug 2008
Hannah Thomas: Do you think alike? Pierre: Every single human thinks in different ways. We think what we want to think, and we do what we want to do. But somewhere in the middle we find a compromise together. H...
Features, International 14 Aug 2008
Hannah Thomas: Most dancers expect to develop the odd blister during rehearsals, but few anticipate being knocked out cold by a violent blow to the head. Fewer still would expect said assault to come from the hee...
Features 14 Aug 2008
Chris Williams: Sitting alone outside a shabby chip shop, Jim Rose gazes morosely at an invisible spot in the middle distance. The wiry figure in red snake-skin boots and blood spattered clothing attracts curious ...
Hannah Thomas: What age did you first practice magic? I don’t ‘practice magic’. I just happen to know one trick and it’s the easiest trick in the world. How do you wind down after a show...
Features, Comedy 14 Aug 2008
Benjamin Edwards: Described as the “greatest comic mind of the last quarter century” by Chris Rock and “the funniest stand up working in America” by Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K. won an Emmy writ...
Features, Music 13 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: Paul Smith, front man of Newcastle based popsters Maximo Park, is excited. “We're playing in a Roman amphitheatre tonight! I think its the oldest gig we've ever done, in terms of structures a...
Features 12 Aug 2008
Hannah Thomas: What is your earliest childhood memory?Playing in the garden of a friend’s farm in South West of Sydney and encountering a tiger snake. What is the worst job you have ever had?Assessing gran...
Oliver Farrimond: From our overseas vantage point, there's an image of America many of us share. It's one of polarisation; a nation fundamentally divided in terms of political belief, social outlook and discursive c...
Junta Sekimori: On the way to my first ever Lady Boys show I’m looking forward to witnessing something wayward and grotesque. Rumour has it they're disconcertingly beautiful and the envy of natural-born wome...
Features, Comedy 12 Aug 2008
Hannah Thomas: I: You are the worst female comedienne who is a woman, that I’ve ever seen. D: At least I am a woman. Unlike your mother. I: My mother may prefer to live as a man with her own special penis...
Features 10 Aug 2008
Hannah Thomas: Children's Shows: Three Billy Goats Gruff & Other Furry Tails "Theatre of Widdershins sold out their show in 2007 and this one looks very sweet." Theatre: Terminus "Abbey Theatre's product...
Features, Music 10 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: Don't let the name fool you. The Twilight Sad might sound an overly morose name for a band to some, but they are no grey miserabilists. When I meet the band a few hours before they are due to play ...
