Best of the Edinburgh Blogs, Week Three
August 28, 2009
Every week our theatregoer reporter Corinne Furness trawls the web to find some of the best gems from the myriad theatre-related blogs and condense them into one easy-to-read “Best of the Blogs” round-up each Friday. This month’s it’s all been about Edinburgh. This is her final Fringe festival instalment… Read more
WOS TV: Top Edinburgh Video Picks, Part 4
August 26, 2009
This is the final instalment in our special weekly Edinburgh video picks feature, in conjunction with the Whatsonstage.com Television
channel, a rapidly expanding archive of theatre-related video content.
As well as our exclusive first night reports, we regularly add show
trailers, event promos, interviews, video diaries and behind-the-scenes
footage.
Channel. If you’ve seen something you think is worth a watch for theatregoers,
then please email us the clip or a link to it.
Thanks for watching!
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Best of the Edinburgh Blogs, Week Two
August 21, 2009
Every week our theatregoer reporter Corinne Furness trawls the web to find some of the best gems from the myriad theatre-related blogs and condense them into one easy-to-read “Best of the Blogs” round-up each Friday. Between now and the end of August, guess what her focus will be?… Read more
WOS TV: Top Edinburgh Video Picks, Part 3
August 19, 2009
From now until the end of August, we’re concentrating on – guess what? – Edinburgh and we’re going weekly rather than fortnightly with our regular video picks feature, in conjunction with the Whatsonstage.com Television channel, a rapidly expanding archive of theatre-related video content. As well as our exclusive first night reports, we regularly add show trailers, event promos, interviews, video diaries and behind-the-scenes footage. Read more
British Council’s Biennial Edinburgh Showcase
August 17, 2009
Sally Cowling, director drama and dance at the British Council, provides an overview of the British Council’s biennial Edinburgh Showcase which, 12 years after its inception, will in 2009 stage more than 30 productions across the Fringe, from 22 to 29 August.
In a few days’ time, 250 theatre programmers, festival directors, producers and agents from 52 countries will descend on Edinburgh for the British Council’s 2009 Theatre Showcase and swell the already huge numbers of people in the city looking for the next, the newest, the most interesting piece of theatre. Read more
Best of the Edinburgh Blogs, Week One
August 14, 2009
Every week our theatregoer reporter Corinne Furness trawls the web to find some of the best gems from the myriad theatre-related blogs and condense them into one easy-to-read “Best of the Blogs” round-up each Friday. Between now and the end of August, guess what her focus will be?…
Having settled into life in Edinburgh, Whatsonstage.com’s Fringe bloggers began discovering the highs and lows of the festival. Michael Coveney experienced life from the other side of the footlights (almost) as a review he had written of a non-existent musical was improvised into a show with a lascivious director, a bit of Bob Fosse and, just for good measure, lots and lots of singing birds.
For This Mortal Coil’s Mark Matthews, however, this week meant a tech rehearsal and a tech rehearsal meant everything spontaneously failing to work. Meanwhile, for Tangram producer Hannah Spens-Black it was a taste of one of Edinburgh’s most renowned lows – the fall from opening euphoria to the reality of how many people are (or aren’t) in the audience. Read more
WOS TV: Top Edinburgh Video Picks, Part 2
August 12, 2009
From now until the end of August, we’re concentrating on – guess what? – Edinburgh and we’re going weekly rather than fortnightly with our regular video picks feature, in conjunction with the Whatsonstage.com Television channel, a rapidly expanding archive of theatre-related video content. As well as our exclusive first night reports, we regularly add show trailers, event promos, interviews, video diaries and behind-the-scenes footage. Read more
Best of the Edinburgh Blogs, Week Zero
August 7, 2009
Every week our theatregoer reporter Corinne Furness trawls the web to find some of the best gems from the myriad theatre-related blogs and condense them into one easy-to-read “Best of the Blogs” round-up each Friday. Between now and the end of August, guess what her focus will be?…
The Edinburgh Festival may not officially begin until today (7 August 2009) but that hasn’t stopped UK theatre-bloggers already being camped out in the Scottish capital.
WOS TV: Top Edinburgh Video Picks, Part 1
August 5, 2009
From now until the end of August, we’re concentrating on – guess what? – Edinburgh and we’re going weekly rather than fortnightly with our regular video picks feature, in conjunction with the Whatsonstage.com Television channel, a rapidly expanding archive of theatre-related video content. As well as our exclusive first night reports, we regularly add show trailers, event promos, interviews, video diaries and behind-the-scenes footage. Read more
Edinburgh 2009: Our Preview Picks for the Fringe & EIF
July 10, 2009
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The Edinburgh Festivals are back and they’re (just about) bigger than ever. We may be in the midst of a global financial crisis, but that hasn’t stopped the mighty cavalcade of actors, writers, directors, street performers, critics, photographers, bloggers – oh, and some audience members as well – from making the summer migration to the Scottish capital. Read more
EIF: 14 August-6 September
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