Articles by Francesca G

Cocktail of the Day: Lady Garden

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
24th Aug, 2016

I'm on a Lady Garden, the fellas are on White Russians... How is this going to end?! Only the staff and clientele of Polyannas will know...

Cocktail of the Day: Salty Margarita

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
23rd Aug, 2016

Salty Margarita at the Abattoir... Definitely not one of my five a day.

Cocktail of the Day: Mojito

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2016

Mojitos at The Abattoir with my improv team The 838. Just after this pic we sent the cocktails back as it was essentially just soda water and got a margarita instead.

Cocktail of the Day: Gancia Manhattan

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2016

Enjoying a Gancia Manhattan at the Italian Escape Bar, Pleasance. Getting a bit of heart burn.

Cocktail of the Day: Delicious Fizz

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2016

It all started with a Delicious Fizz at Spoon then everything got a bit blurred. I blame Emma Jerrold. Go see her show Broken Fanny and tell her off for me.

Cocktail of the Day: Jessica Rabbit

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2016

Having a Jessica Rabbit at The Whistle Stop with my mum. It's her Birthday today. She's 70!! 70!!! Look at her skin!!! She looks younger than me.

Cocktail of the Day: Peach Appletini

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2016

Sharing a surprisingly refreshing Peach Appletini in the Pleasance with the writers and star of Channel 5's new comedy Borderline.

Cocktail of the Day: Russian Collins

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2016

Knocking back a Russian Collins in the Loft Bar, Gilded Balloon with all the celebs – including this one – one of my oldest friends in showbiz, Jody Kamali.

Charlotte Josephine on Writing BLUSH from a Place of Anger

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Charlotte Josephine
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2016

Snuff Box Theatre’s BLUSH is a two-hander exploring revenge porn and the violence that can overflow from feelings of inadequacy.

Cocktail of the Day: Espresso Martini

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2016

It's time once again for Cocktail of the Day with increasingly alcoholic comic Clare Plested.

Cocktail of the Day: Ciao Roma Special

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Clare Plested
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2016

Follow comic Clare Plested on an adventure in alcoholism as this year's she's agreed to bring us Cocktail of the Day. For the debut, it's a specially invented tipple at Ciao Roma.

Throwback’s Thomas Ball: In Defence of Feel-good Circus

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Thomas Ball
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2016

Silver Lining’s Throwback is an aerial and acrobatic circus caper about the power of nostalgia and collective memory.

Sophia Walker: A Call to Arms for Fringe Performers

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Sophia Walker
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2016

Poet Sophia Walker, former BBC Slam champion, is back! But this time she’s on the other side of the clipboard: organising and hosting the competition she once won.

Top Five Hecklers You Do Not Want To Be

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Russell Hicks
Edinburgh Fringe
29th Jul, 2016

Comic Russell Hicks has seen them all, and provides some advice for audience members tempted to join in with the show how not to be 'that guy'.

James Meehan: “Working class comics are under represented”

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James Meehan
Edinburgh Fringe
28th Jul, 2016

Multi award-winning comedian James Meehan wonders where all the working class comedians have gone.

Naman Ramachandran talks Brahman Naman, Indian film, and Masturbation

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Francesca G
Edinburgh Fringe
25th Jun, 2016

Naman Ramachandran is a screenwriter, critic, and film journalist whose co-authored monograph Lights, Camera, Masala: Making Movies in Mumbai was published in 2006.

Duncan Paveling talks My Feral Heart, Down's Representation

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Francesca G
Edinburgh Fringe
25th Jun, 2016

Duncan Paveling makes his feature screenwriting debut with My Feral Heart, a portrait of Luke (Steven Brandon), a man with Down’s syndrome who has been the sole carer for his eld...

'Be less afraid to completely take over a stage' - Catherine Wilson

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Frederick Alexander
Edinburgh Fringe
25th Jun, 2016

Catherine Wilson is an organiser for the Loud Poets collective, an award-winning collaboration of poets and the band Ekobirds.

Kevin Mclean: 'The Edinburgh Fringe is a monster'

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Frederick Alexander
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Jun, 2016

Kevin Mclean is one of the organizers of Loud Poets, a poetry collective entering its third year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Brighton Insider - Living the High Life

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Francesca G
Brighton Fringe
6th May, 2016

If the new i360 on Brighton seafront has inspired you to raise your gaze or you’re suddenly feeling the need to quit your job and run away with the circus, then it's time to ch...

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