This year my Edinburgh show is drastically overrunning, sometimes by as much as 60 minutes. One night it ran from 6.40pm until midnight. Let me explain. At the end of every show, I try to get an audience member to go on a date with me and whilst I don't think of the date as a part of the show, the beady eyes spying on me and my "quarry" suggest otherwise.
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Thompson fits the Bill with display of skill
Sunday 24 January 2010
Edinburgh 9 Stade Français 7
RBS anger as 'Fred the Shred' lands a new job
Sunday 17 January 2010
Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders last night joined politicians in condemning Sir Fred "the Shred" Goodwin's return to employment, more than a year after he had been cast into comfortable retirement when his institution received an emergency bail-out from the Government.
Hutton's debut connection lights up Edinburgh attack
Monday 11 January 2010
Edinburgh 21 Cardiff Blues 12
Barclay dropped by Scotland despite famous win
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Having led the monumental tackle count in the defensive tour de force that did for the Wallabies at Murrayfield last weekend, John Barclay would have been expecting to keep his place on the blindside flank for Scotland's final test of the autumn against Argentina this Saturday.
Cattles' saviour lands major role at RBS as part of growing restructuring team
Sunday 01 November 2009
Laura Barlow, one of the key figures in the turnaround of failing sub-prime mortgage lender Cattles, has landed a major role at Royal Bank of Scotland.
Visser scores late try to keep Scottish interest alive
Sunday 18 October 2009
Edinburgh 17 Ulster 13: Refusal to bend the knee helps Edinburgh avoid a disastrous home defeat by a dogged Ulster side
Man charged after human remains found in house
Tuesday 13 October 2009
A man was today charged in connection with the discovery of human remains found in a house by police searching for a missing woman.
The Yalta Game/Afterplay, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Wednesday 02 September 2009
Brian Friel, a playwright who has translated Chekhov, here spins his own stories around Chekhov characters. Afterplay and The Yalta Game are short, intimate two-handers. In both cases, the onstage action isn't the whole story.
The Last Witch, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh<br/>Love Letters Straight from Your Heart, Dean's Room, McEwan Hall, Edinburgh<br/>Power Plant, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Sunday 30 August 2009
Rona Munro's true-life drama about a defiant single mother, and some moving experimentation, puts a bit of fire back into the festival
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh<br/>The Return of Ulysses, Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh<br/>Concerto Caledonia, The Hub, Edinburgh<br/> Christoph Prégardien/ Andreas Staier, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh<br/>Bach Collegium Japan, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Sunday 30 August 2009
The enduring myth of Ulysses and Penelope is reimagined, with the help of some wooden dolls
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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