 | No Place Like Home Edinburgh 26 August 2011 I want to advance my position. I cannot stay a temp forever. I make my crash landing back to the nine to five, so adjust your watches Edinburgh. A black coffee here reminds me of the last one I.... More... |
 | Overweight & Over Here Edinburgh 23 August 2011 The lady checking in my suitcase is not budging. I am three pounds overweight and for some reason she wants sixty pounds charged to my credit card. I am told to sit in a bay and find some items .... More... |
 | Dream a Little and Love a Lot Edinburgh 22 August 2011 A woman walks by with a giant inflatable penguin on her shoulders. The things you see in this city when your feet are no longer glued to the cobbles of the Royal Mile to go flyering because your .... More... |
 | Steam Power Edinburgh 21 August 2011 The kettle has set off the smoke detector. The couple next door have the alarm in bits to stop it beeping. This is the small hours and everyone is desperate to sleep. Just hours later I arrive .... More... |
 | Better Red Than Dead Edinburgh 20 August 2011 Waking up with the sun shining from Portobello I decide to investigate a secret life of Edinburgh. I have a plan. I prepare to go on a poster dash at 6am armed with six rolls of cellotape. No o.... More... |
 | Hills are Alive With the Sound of Tourists Edinburgh 15 August 2011 I’ve folded. I’m officially on the energy drinks. I held out for eleven days. I try to find the healthy ones but sleep would be a better alternative. Meanwhile at the venue we are play.... More... |
 | Rising Damp Edinburgh 12 August 2011 Nervous laughter echoes from our landlady as a new visitor is welcomed to our shared Georgian abode near the Meadows. The rooms are just down wind from the ‘Lady Boys of Bangkok’ and regul.... More... |
 | Lightbulb Moment Edinburgh 10 August 2011 The light is clearer now. Most of the new shows have checked into the venues and the heroic technicians in their trusty black outfits are calm, relaxed and humming show tunes. The banter is random in .... More... |
 | Read All About It Edinburgh 9 August 2011 I would like to say the nerves have eased. Instead they have become more splintered. One third of the way into the run and this morning I throw up in a rather swish toilet. Luckily nerves also kill.... More... |
 | A Penny for Them Edinburgh 7 August 2011 Theatre is unique. In three days I meet a dozen folk who know my intimate secrets, neuroses, distinguishing marks and annoying habits. Fringe is both speed dating and psychoanalysis in a nutshell wh.... More... |