>On Friday I went back to the flat for a quick nap after Human Nature, feeling like a zombie after doing three shows a day all week, and managed to…
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>Keep calm and carry on. The fringe has an odd way of subtly adjusting my threshold of what is and isn’t worth reporting, so hopefully this blog isn’t miscalibrated. On…
>I’ve seen some shows I really didn’t enjoy over the past few days, but I’m not going to write about them. As far as I’m concerned, ostracism from all discourse…
>Today’s Human Nature gig was the best yet by far, despite technical glitches and an aborted ending. Sometimes the laughs just flow like wine, other times they just coagulate. Yesterday’s…
Stephen J. Gould was fond of pointing out that if you were to rewind the tape of evolution and play it again, there is little chance that humans would make…
In early April I woke up from a familiar nightmare. I’ve been having the same recurring dream pretty much since Fringe registration closed back in March, a dream with varying…
Greetings from Edinburgh! It’s 2am on the eve of the world’s biggest arts festival, and I can’t sleep. Actually for the past three consecutive nights it has been the same,…
From my whatsonstage.com blog “Darwin on the Fringe”: In four days the Edinburgh Fringe previews commence and I’m not ready! A few hours ago I did my first full rehearsal…
Friends, I’d like to introduce you to my newest offspring: “Rapconteur“. The album follows on from the Rap Canterbury Tales, and includes five new rap adaptations of great literature, oral…