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Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Riddles Court
2nd - 24th Aug 2024

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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London Fringe
The Bridge House Theatre
26th Jan 2023

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …

Death of an Author

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
22nd - 27th Aug 2022

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Listing
Brighton Fringe
The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
21st - 22nd May 2022

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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UK Regional & Tours
Online Event
1st Oct 2021

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
1st - 27th Aug 2018

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.

Damian Clark: Extra Show

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon Teviot
1st - 26th Aug 2018

Strap in for rapid-fire jokes from the Aussie hurricane in this brand-new show.

Classic Women: Mary Beard & Natalie Haynes with Damian Barr

Listing
Brighton Fringe
Theatre Royal Brighton
4th May 2018

Who are history’s most powerful women? And how can their stories empower us all today? The brilliant Professor Mary Beard shows us who and how, and the wise and witty Natalie Hay…

Damian Callinan: Swing Man

Listing
Adelaide Fringe
Royal Croquet Club / Stirling Fringe
10th - 18th Mar 2018

Damian Callinan, renowned character and stand-up comedian, suffers from OTTDS (Over The Top Dance Syndrome).

DAMIAN CALLINAN & PAUL CALLEJA: THE WINE BLUFFS

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Adelaide Fringe
Stirling Fringe
11th - 12th Mar 2018

Ever wondered what wine goes best with Fairy Bread? Why hasn’t the ‘Champagne Spider’ caught on? These questions and many more will be inadequately answered by the self-sty…

Storyland Author Readings

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Brighton Fringe
Jubilee Library
26th May 2017

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.

Damian Clark Can't Slow Down

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
4th - 28th Aug 2016

He suuuuure can’t.

Damián Ortega

The Fruitmarket Gallery boasts “World class contemporary art at the heart of the city”.

Damian Clark - It's a Good Day to Damo

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Sin
7th - 31st Aug 2015

Damo had his phone stolen.

Damian Helliwell’s Metta

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
The Famous Spiegeltent
19th Aug 2014

Damian Helliwell’s Metta is a pioneering project breaking new ground in contemporary Scottish music.

Damian Clark: Go Ahead, Make My Damo

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon
30th Jul - 24th Aug 2014

Aw yeeeeaaahhhhhh! Come along, its gunna be tops! Fast-paced observational stand-up guaranteed! ‘Every joke - and I honestly do mean every single joke - is genuinely, gut-busting…

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Review
★★
Joseph Cunningham
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.

Damian Clark in G'Damo!

Review
★★★★
Susan Ford
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Damian Clark is a lovely person: not only will he greet every person on the way in to his show, but he’s also got an awesome prop to keep us all cool (and I’m not going to give…

Daniel Sloss - Teenage Kicks

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2009

Teenage Kicks is Daniel Sloss’s debut full length Edinburgh Festival show and as one of the youngest-ever finalists in So You Think You’re Funny, there’s quite a bit of anticipatio…

Love of a Clown

The setting is Paris, 1900.

Tales From The Shed

Tales From The Shed is a delightful interactive performance for the under-fives, where colour, magic and music fuse together to create a wonderful theatrical presentation as an alt…

Ashley Hames: Confessions Of A Sex Reporter

Review
★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2009

Warning: it is quite possible that this review will mention (by necessity) things that may produce disturbing and terrifying images in your head.

Manband - They're Not A Boyband

Do not be fooled into thinking that this is simply a tale of a bunch of faded men trying to emulate their teenage youth.

Damian Kingsley: Work in Progress - Free

Review
★★★
Tiffany Shepherd
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2012

Openly admitting his show was a ‘work in progress’ and should not be judged on the quality of all of the material, there seemed no need for excuses as Damian Kingsley ushered u…

To The End Of The World

From the moment you arrive at the top floor of C SoCo, be prepared to be whisked into the whirlwind of energy created by this tightly drilled ensemble.

People

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2009

The premise of this show seems slightly crazy: writer and director David Levin wrote a series of poems that were then sent out to nine different composers across the world, and the…

Patrick Monahan: Cowboys And Iranians

I went to watch this show at the end of a long day of an even longer week.

Lads

Perfectly delivered and staged, Lads is an examination of a night out between four, well, lads.

All That Gomez

Review
★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2009

Marga Gomez is one quirky lady.

Chris McCausland - 7 Strikes

Review
★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2009

During his life Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times without dying, a fact recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

Art House

In this world premiere from Rachael Coopes, Daniel Goldman’s superb direction reveals a taut piece of drama that is utterly captivating to watch.

Chauntecleer And Pertelotte (A Beasty-Babel-Fable)

Fresh from its showings in London and Brighton, where it was nominated for Best Show at the Brighton Fringe Festival, this energetic and entertaining tale provides an hour of light…

Chat! The Internet Musical

Trapped by an inability to communicate properly in the real world, the six characters of Chat seek refuge and a place to unveil their deepest secrets in the anonymous world of an i…

Mould & Arrowsmith in 3D

Mould and Arrowsmith have been creeping further onto the comedy radar in recent years, and this show contains everything that we have come to expect from this fantastic duo: an abu…

Sketchatron: Nano

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2009

Sketchatron is on of several Best-Of-The-Fringe type shows on this year.

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…

William Andrews: Nitwit

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2009

It is hard to describe this show as it contains such a variety of eclectic ideas yet is entirely successful in its execution, and offers much originality throughout.

Wil Hodgson: Punk Folk Tales

Review
★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2009

Hodgson begins his act by describing himself as a man of contrast and this is certainly true.

Wil Anderson - Wilosophy

Wil Anderson is quite simply the best stand-up I have ever seen.

Fergus Craig Still Watches Neighbours

There is an air of expectation before this show.

Nick Mohammed In Apollo 21

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2009

Forty years after the moon landings Buzz Aldrin (aka Nick Mohammed here) has got together a group to take us through his experiences of being the second man on the moon.

Nathan Caton: Can't Tell Me Nothin'

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2009

Despite being Nathan Caton’s first solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, he talks with such authority and ease that you could easily mistake him for a Fringe veteran.

The Great British Soap Opera

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2009

The UK loves a good soap opera.

Sammy J: 1999

The year is 1999: Tamagotchis are all the rage, school projects are stored on floppy disks, and MSN chat is taking off.

Bourgeois & Maurice - Social Work

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2009

This is no ordinary cabaret.

Mould & Arrowsmith's Inventions

Once again Mould and Arrowsmith have come up with a blinder of a show, perfectly showcasing their unique and original blend of humour and personality.

The Last Five Years

Review
★★★★
Damian Sandys
London Fringe
17th Feb, 2011

Jason Robert Brown’s The Last 5 Years is one of those musicals whose fanbase has crept up despite seldom being treated to professional productions, but it deserves every fan it can…