EDI Fringe 2008

[RichardMannion]

I've also made a reservation at the Witchery (Secret Garden) for 10 people on the Saturday at 12pm.

Let me know either way if you can make it or not so I can modify the reservation as appropiate.

Thanks,
Richard

[Nottingham Nick]

Count us out for Saturday lunch, Richard

We are either going to Potted Potter or Jim Bowen - both are 12.30pm shows. [B)]

Nick

Should be fine for both meals, although may have to dash off early on Sunday, our flight leaves EDI at 15:10

Cheers!

Dean

Sounds great for both Richard, looking forward to it.

[buns]

Richard

Just to confirm, Sandra & I cannot make the Saturday, but will look forward to lunch on the Sunday.

Thanks for making the bookings

Buns

[Nottingham Nick]

Now Booked.

Fri

2100 - Departure lounge


Sat

1230 Jim Bowen (can't book at moment- system is crap)
1545 Jet Set Go
2000 Boys of Empire.

Sun

1230 Lunch at Balmoral.


May slip a couple more in, but want to leave plenty of time for wandering and street performers (weather permitting)

[Nottingham Nick]

Don't know if my Jim Bowen booking problems are anything to do with this story? [?]


Nick

[buns]

In addition to the shows booked by our friends we will be meeting up with on Friday, we have now booked for Saturday:



15.45 Jet Set Go

20.00 Boys of the Empire

Cannot wait to meet up with one and all

buns

[RichardMannion]

Originally posted by Nottingham Nick
Don't know if my Jim Bowen booking problems are anything to do with this story? [?]


Nick

I can tell you a thing or two about this at the weekend!

[RichardMannion]

Absolutely useless booking systems....

Boys of the Empire is sold out, and so too is Stephen K Amos for Saturday - the buggers were available earlier when the card payment system was down.

Anyway - we have booked:

Friday:
21:40 - Stephen K Amos - Find the Funny

Saturday
12:00 - Lunch at the Witchery
15:45 - Jet Set Go
21:00 - Departure Lounge

Sunday
12:30 - Lunch at the Balmoral

[fozzyo]

We have booked:

We could always do shopping in Glasgow Friday [:D]

[Nottingham Nick]

Richard - will look forward to hearing about it.

Update - computer glitch seems to have been fixed - now booked Jim Bowen for Saturday Lunchtime.

Nick

[HighFlyer]

Originally posted by Wolves27
We could always do shopping in Glasgow Friday [:D]

I bet you get as far as the Bolly bar [:D]

Thanks,
Sarah

[RichardMannion]

Originally posted by HighFlyer

Originally posted by Wolves27
We could always do shopping in Glasgow Friday [:D]

I bet you get as far as the Bolly bar [:D]

Thanks,
Sarah

Doubt they'll even get that far, my guess is here

[Pete]

Tickets for Boys Of The Empire are still available from C venues direct, it's just the Fringe Office allocation that's gone.

I'm up for lunch at the Witchery on Saturday, and then 2 of us for lunch on Sunday.

Pete

Yeah, the fringe box office seems to run out of it's 'allocation' fairly quickly. I have been to some shows that were apparently sold out, but were more than half empty. I've started buying my tickets straight from the venue's box office. (That's also how I managed to get a ticket for Bill Bailey on Thursday..)


PS. If there's space for me, I'll come along Saturday lunch-time to the Witchery.
Jim

[RichardMannion]

What a disgrace the whole ticket thing is - that's cocked my schedule up completely. Grr.

Anyway so to confirm:

Lunch at the Witchery on Saturday: 10
Richard
Sarah
Pete
Mat
Dean
Andrew
Francesca
Ger
Jim
TonyS

Lunch at the Balmoral on Sunday: 14
Richard
Sarah
Pete
Marcus
Mat
Dean
Andrew
Francesca
Ger
Nick
Sue
Andrew B
Sandra
MediaMonkey
TonyS

Guys i am so looking forward to seeing you all again and to catch up with you all!

I havent booked a bliming show but just to have to have 2 days off is a bonus to me.

i did fancy seeing karen dunbar but just going with the flow on the day.

cant wait till friday.What kind of times are people arriving so i know when to get the train from Glasgow?

any room for one more on the Sunday Balmoral lunch at all?

[HighFlyer]

Ger - we should be arriving in EDI about 5.30pm on the Friday.

MediaMonkey - absolutely! Have added you to the list!

Thanks,
Sarah

[Pete]

Not exactly relevant, other than it's a show at the Edinburgh Fringe, but this review just published on Broadway Baby made me chuckle. Perhaps one for you to see, Richard...?

Wyrd Sisters
*
Probably the worst production ever to be included in the fringe
Mayfield Salisbury Church. 11th Ð 16th August. 20:30 (2h).
An am-dram production in a church hall, this show comes from another world entirely to even the worst of fringe shows: a world where a serviceable witch's hat can be made from a cone of black paper and stick-on glitter; where people stand in horizontal lines, over-acting, pacing and delivering dialogue to the back of the hall; where smoke machines hiss and Mrs. Simpson from the WI plays the oboe: Stephen Berkoff this ain't.

Initially, it's all rather quaint. The company's enthusiasm and blissful ignorance of the rudiments of theatre (accidentally) conjure a Wodehousian idyll of tea with the vicar, dotty housewives and cake stalls. A soldier enters, wearing a plastic helmet and a home-made tabard covering jeans and t-shirt, and the thought occurs: are they taking the piss? Is this an inspired send-up of all things am-dram? An inner voice, like the itchy fibres of a noose around your neck, drones, Òno, no, noÉÓ This is tragically sincere.

The story is adapted from Terry Pratchett's novel, and a few of his better lines have made it into the script, giving a few chuckles for some. But the adaptation leaves the story almost incomprehensible. Scene follows scene, new characters appear, an endless stream of performers litter the painfully drab stage, nothing amounts to anything.

The venue is a good mile from the centre of town. The play is billed as 90 minutes but drags on for 2 painful hours, adding insult to injury. Do not waste your money on this appalling play. [David Walter Hall]

[RichardMannion]

I still think there is merit in Andrew & I being theatre critics...

[Darren Wheeler]

Well Wyrd Sisters isn't the best TP book anyway and can be a tad confusing.

Is there any chance of adding one more to lunch at the Witchery on Saturday, and then Balmoral on Sunday?

I've been eating pizza and kebabs all month and I desperate for some decent food.

Thanks
Tony