my currently proposed fearch and mabuary schedules

[reverancepavane]

It's that time of year again, and the 2011 Fringe Guide is out. On the "Must See" list we have:
Comedy	Around the World on 80 Quid [Aindrias de Staic]	Cancelled
Comedy	Sammy J & Randy in Bin Night	11F-13M
Comedy	Spaceship Man [Sound & Fury]	19F-12M
Comedy	The Axis of Awesome	1-13M
Comedy	The Max & Dagger Show [Shelby Bond]	11F-6M
Comedy	Scared Weird Little Guys	3M+
Music	Songs To Make You Smile [Lily La Scala]	11F-13M (FS&S)
Music	Ballads by Candlelight [Idea of North]	12M
Music	The Twoks	8M
Music	Brillig & Spiral Dance @ The Singing Gallery	5F
Music	Aluka @ The Grace Emily	20F
Music	Brillig's Last Gig (For A While)	19M
On the "I Wouldn't Mind Seeing" list:
Comedy	The Bedroom Philosopher	18,22F,1M
Music	A Day in the Life [Georgie Aué Quartet]	19,26F,5M
Music	The Wheatsheaf Ukelele Collective	28F,1M
On the "Stuff I Should Probably See" list:
Cabaret	Bygone Error & Friends	3,4,5M
Comedy	An Evening of Style & Panache [Dave Bloustein]	17F+
Comedy	Peter Berner	1,2,8,9M
Music	A Medieval Celebration [Lumina]	6M (27F)
Music	Songs of Middle Earth [Emma Horwood]	19,20,27F
On the "Stuff I Should See But Won't Because It's Probably Too Expensive (For Any Of A Number Of Reasons)" list:
Comedy	Barry Morgan's World of Organs	11-13F
Comedy	One Man Lord of the Rings	7-13M
Events	Olympia: A Steampunk Spectactacular	11-13M
Dance	Baroque Dance Hits	19F
Music	Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under	2,3M
Music	The Idea of North at the Farm	13M
And on the "Caught My Eye" list:
Cabaret	A Night of Dangerous Liasons	3,5,10
Cabaret	Changing the Pace	24,3,5
Cabaret	Dante's Laboratory	3,4,5
Cabaret	Dirk Darrow NCSSI	16,20,21
Cabaret	Lady Sings It Better	1,2,8,9
Cabaret	Lila Gray	1,8
Comedy	Angus Hodge and Chris Knight Vs. The Hilarity Continuüm	2-5,9-12M
Comedy	Sam Simmons & The Precise History of Things	11F-13M
Comedy	Exit The Sandman	1,2,8,9
Comedy	The Axis of Awesome & Friends	11-13M
Music	4 Voice	4,12M
Music	Any Day You Like [Heaven Knows Acapella]	25,26,5,10
Music	Fever [Aurora Acapella]	1,3,4M
Music	Georgia Germain	19,5
Music	Magichour	25F
Music	The Way You Wear Your Hat	23,24F
Theatre	Dracula: A Bloody Good Musical	19,25,26F
Theatre	La Lune Souffle	4,5,6M
Theatre	The Culture Club	11,12,13M
Theatre	The Importance of Being Earnest	25,26,27F
[A "+" means there are other shows but this is the one I'm probably going to see.] The nice bit is that most of the stuff I'd really like to see is on the whole Fringe, so I'm not particularly rushed over dates. Apart from the solitary dates. Also the list flounders near the end as my brain kind of started skipping stuff, so I might have to look at the Theatre section again. But I suspect a lot of this Fringe will be attempting to discover new "Must See" talent. Or at least as much Fringe as I can cope with this year. There were a lot of musical acts this Fringe, especially Jazz. I think people are learning that the Fringe may be a worthwhile place to attract an audience. Oh well. ETA the non-Fringe events (in italics) happening over that time too (that I know of currently).

Comments

[dalmeny]

Oh, goody, I'll start to go through the programme. Are there hard copies out somewhere?

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

The physical program was in today's Advertiser and should be appearing in all the usual venues soon. Although I was surprised at the number of shows in the guide that have already been cancelled. Particularly irritated by Around The World on 80 Quid. If you get a chance to see Aindrias de Staic do. [Whilst listed under comedy it's actually more of an excellent performance music piece with interspersed anecdotes.] Bookings opened last week for State Bank customers, so they've had a head start booking shows. Shouldn't matter that much, as only loonies like me tend to book on the first day. The Garden of Unearthly Delights website and booklet is yet to be released (but it is a much more expensive production than the Fringe Guide). In past years it has been worth checking out because they frequently had shows that never actually made it into the actual Fringe Guide. I've missed My Friend The Chocolate Cake a few times because of that. Remember also that The Garden opens a week before (11 Feb) the official start of the Fringe (18 Feb) and is actually quite a pleasant place before the crowds arrive after the official opening, especially to sit and relax and try whatever new shows are there. I was surprised at the absence of a lot of successful Edinburgh shows. But then, performers have been saying that it has been almost impossible to book venues this year. Which is a pity. I would have liked to have seen The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Romantic Comedy...

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

All looks very nifty. Enjoy!

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I doubt I'll be doing much of the Fringe this year for a number of reasons. The "Caught My Eye" list and trying to discover new stuff is probably just wishful thinking. As it is I'll probably be struggling to see my returning favourites. Oh well. If life was easy everybody would have one. "Yay!" for velcro katzen!

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

*hug* Well, good luck.

My "Enjoy!" was essentially shorthand for "Enjoy whichever subset time, money, energy and opportunity allow!' so take it in the spirit it was intended, from one gimpy type to another? *wry smile*

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

Why would you think it was taken in a spirit other than intended? [As far as I could tell it was a very fine Calvados with a fine Lakka for appertif. <grin>] Nope, just me being depressed at how it's increasingly difficult to do stuff, form one gimpy type to another. <grin>

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hear you there. *offers virtual tea*

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

Callahan's reflexes: "Shared pain is lessened; shared joy is increased. Thus we refute entropy." <drains the tea and is about to throw it at the fireplace until he realises it is the best virtual china and sets it down on the saucer undamaged> Speaking of which, I haven't been a rapturist* for a while and probably should do something about that rather soon... <ponders deeply> * A rapturist is someone who commits random acts of senseless kindness.

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

Oh, is that what they're calling them now, rapturists? I thought they were just called, y'know, One Of Us. *grin*

Meanwhile, knowing what form many of your Ransom Acts of Kindness take has me wondering now whether anyone in the US imports/distributes Haigh's chocolate. Probably not, alas...

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

One sensless act of kindness coming up... But that would require you to provide the aforementioned ransom first. Namely, a snail mail address.

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* I shouldn't have said anything, should I?

Dearone, that certainly wasn't a demand, or even a request, and I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be treated as such. I appreciate the thought a great deal, but if nothing else, it kinda undermines the 'random' part...

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

The randomness is in suddenly deciding to give out chocolate. The senseless part means that any argument against my doing so is specious and shall be automatically ignored. Although that being said, I tend to stop giving out chocolate when people start expecting it of me. So I definitely didn't take a vague wandering thought of the need for delicious rich and pepperminty Haighs chocolate frogs to be sent across the oceans to make your durance a little less vile to be an actual demand. So, where to? There's a frog with your name on it waiting to hop across the pond.

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not sure I can argue with that.

Or rather, I can, but then we'll go back and forth a lot and still not manage to convince each other. So if you're going to be so kind to me, it seems at this point that I should accept that with good grace. *grin*

And thank you.