Right, I'm off to Edinburgh...

[mancboy]

...on 20th August til 30th August.

Any urbanites in Edinburgh seen anything to recommend at the festival, or do you all avoid it like the black death that's laid waste to the city several times over the past few centuries?

I know it's a very different (and more pleasant) city outside of festival time and I've spent a lot of time there... I'm just going there between those dates this time (some of it for festival-related work... sorry to be part of the problem ) and wondered if anyone's seen owt they enjoyed so far...

 

[cyberfairy]

...on 20th August til 30th August.

Any urbanites in Edinburgh seen anything to recommend at the festival, or do you all avoid it like the black death that's laid waste to the city several times over the past few centuries?

I know it's a very different (and more pleasant) city outside of festival time and I've spent a lot of time there... I'm just going there between those dates this time (some of it for festival-related work... sorry to be part of the problem ) and wondered if anyone's seen owt they enjoyed so far...

Ernest and the pale Moon at The Pleasance was excellent in a dark Tim Burtonesqe vibe and I really enjoyed Sweeny Todd, His Life, times and Execution (comes with lots of boobs falling out of corsets)

Credit Crunch The Musical (which came with a live oom-pah band doing pop and rock covers) was bizarre and funny and Anamolie was visually stunning-DON'T go to see The Ballad Of The Skull Fairy-was biggest load of sub-students larking about crap I have ever seen-never walked out of something until then.
Barry and Stuart at the Underbelly doing bizarre and rather gross magic tricks was also very good-still trying to puzzle out how they managed to do the rather ghastly tricks.

I recommend The brass Monkey for drinks and they do a lovely big bowl of soup, a sarnie and a pint for a fiver. The Forest often has good stuff on as well...
Enjoy your stay-I love edinburgh too-want to go back around Christmas time as think it will be even more magical around then.

 

[mancboy]

Ernest and the pale Moon at The Pleasance was excellent in a dark Tim Burtonesqe vibe and I really enjoyed Sweeny Todd, His Life, times and Execution (comes with lots of boobs falling out of corsets)

Credit Crunch The Musical (which came with a live oom-pah band doing pop and rock covers) was bizarre and funny and Anamolie was visually stunning-DON'T go to see The Ballad Of The Skull Fairy-was biggest load of sub-students larking about crap I have ever seen-never walked out of something until then.
Barry and Stuart at the Underbelly doing bizarre and rather gross magic tricks was also very good-still trying to puzzle out how they managed to do the rather ghastly tricks.

I recommend The brass Monkey for drinks and they do a lovely big bowl of soup, a sarnie and a pint for a fiver. The Forest often has good stuff on as well...
Enjoy your stay-I love edinburgh too-want to go back around Christmas time as think it will be even more magical around then.

Brilliant... thanks for the suggestions - afraid that since the work involves seeing quite a lot of student stuff me and the Skull Fairy might cross paths anyway, but the other stuff sounds good!

And yeah I like the Brass Monkey - even after it's all been sone up. Used to love the bar across the road too (Stewarts'? Stuarts'? or something totally different) which was a great pub to hide in, but I think it's shut now

 

[cyberfairy]

Brilliant... thanks for the suggestions - afraid that since the work involves seeing quite a lot of student stuff me and the Skull Fairy might cross paths anyway, but the other stuff sounds good!

And yeah I like the Brass Monkey - even after it's all been sone up. Used to love the bar across the road too (Stewarts'? Stuarts'? or something totally different) which was a great pub to hide in, but I think it's shut now

The Skull Fairy isn't done by students-by the people behind Bouncy Castle Hamlet so you might be able to escape it
There don't seem to be many hidey pubs In Edinburgh or maybe they're just too hidden for me to find...Have fun-have heard very good things about The Red Room by the way.

 

[danny la rouge]

I try to stay away during the Middle Class Hajj.

 

[gosub]

photo journalism awards at holyrood (free), and they have let graffitti artists do over national portrait gallery ahead of referb.

Agree brass monkey, (if its raining) or the dome does a good curry for fiver, though the weather has not been that bad this year.
Joseph Pearce is a reasonable hidy pub on other side of bridge

 

[mancboy]

I try to stay away during the Middle Class Hajj.

I'll just have to survive. Insallah

photo journalism awards at holyrood (free), and they have let graffitti artists do over national portrait gallery ahead of referb.

Agree brass monkey, (if its raining) or the dome does a good curry for fiver, though the weather has not been that bad this year.
Joseph Pearce is a reasonable hidy pub on other side of bridge

Fucking ace. Photojournalism it is. Ta.

 

[Superdupastupor]

I try to stay away during the Middle Class Hajj.

Get to the mosque kitchen for the biggest rice you've ever seen at very very reasonable prices. a seriously good lunch

Rhys Darby is a funny, funny man. i'm not sure there is any tickets left.

Marc Wrojnik (sp?) was quality

 

[Superdupastupor]

i'm going to see Marc Thomas:manifesto on wednesday which is a ticketed free event.

heard good things about it and like his books so signs are good

 

[gosub]

is the Mark Thomas: Manifesto the same format as he has been doing on Radio 4?

avoid Janeane Garofalo, most enjoyable part of whole hour was going for a piss.

 

[Superdupastupor]

I have not heard of the radio show> from what I know Manifesto is where audience members write down one policy they would like to see enacted. comedy ensues... does that sound like it?
I read his coca-cola book a few weeks ago .. really like his sly almost sub-liminal sense of humour