unsolicited fringe production advice

March 24th, 2008 • production process

Following a conversation with a friend who’s heading (back) to Edinburgh this summer, here’s some unsolicited advice to venues at the Edinburgh Fringe - with advice ranging from the steamingly banal to the suprisingly specific. I am, as you’ll discover, happy to run the risk of being obvious. If you’ve staged work on any fringe circuit, you may wish to skip to eye-rolling and grandmother-egg-sucking-education style comments. So, here we go.. Read more »

reviews for aeneas faversham forever

March 17th, 2008 • comedy, penny dreadfuls

A quick round-up of the reviews for last week’s premiere of Aeneas Faversham Forever. First, the Edinburgh Evening News:

RETURNING to Edinburgh after a successful stint on Radio 7, The Penny Dreadfuls triumphantly premiered their new show to a sold-out, hysterical house. Now a trio, the team decided to revisit the site of their inception to reinvent themselves, abandoning the sketch-show format in favour of a full blown play. [...] While it might seem churlish to award only four stars to such a funny piece, there’s no question that it should walk effortlessly away with the full five when it returns for a full Fringe run.

Nice. I think the word is “gushing.” Read more »

course reading lists

March 17th, 2008 • teaching

For current students: I’ve finished uploading the core and further reading lists for the entire semester, most of which you’ll have received through hand-outs. As before, week by week pages can be accessed through the menu on the right.