After the successes of our visit to the Venezuelan Flamenco last year I was more than happy to broaden my normal narrow comedy festival horizons and head to some more Latin dancing with Havana Rumba! It was fantastic. The music and singing was vibrant and filled with feeling, the narrator…
Fred MacAulay
We broke our Edinburgh Festival duck of the year by going to see the Fred MacAulay show in the Assembly Rooms @ George Street this year.Now I’ve seen him in the past and remember being most amused by his reasonably clean performance – he is of the older generation after…
50% good movies…
A double bill of short cycling themed movies at the filmhouse on Saturday saw us watching Red Light Go, a film about cycle couriers in New York who get their kicks with Alleycat races through rush hour traffic. The second showing was an episode of a dutch sitcom (the com…
Land of the Dead
Maybe I might start posting more stuff in the forum to make replies easier?? Anyhow, go here for a brief comment about Land of the Dead
Caesar Twins (and friends…)
The Caesar Twins are a couple of extremely athletic and acrobatic lads from the Cirque du Soleil (sp?). They basically perform a set of acrobatic set pieces with some amazing slow movements showing strenght and control beyond belief. The show was a bit cabaret-ish to start with but was still…
Happy Birthday Mum
Just a quick post to say happy birthday mum. That’s why we all went to the Flamenco and then on to The New Bell for food afterwards. Yum.
Flamenco – the verdict
I never thought I would see the day when I enjoyed this sort of thing. But it has happened. Flamenco was superb – the history of Venezuela told through dance, fantastic dancers who were indeed gorgeous, brilliant musicians, and amazing singing. Did I say the dancers were gorgeous by the…
Rhod Gilbert
Works night out last night to Rhod Gilbert’s 1984 at the Pleasance Courtyard Cellar. Unknown to all of us, but he performed a relaxed and funny show in front of a capacity crowd in the cellar (about 80 folk….) Definitely recommend him for a harmless, sometimes rambling story of why…
Flamenco dancing – whatever next!
Been persuaded to go to some Flamenco for mum’s birthday on the 18th – not sure what to expect but the description mentions “gorgeous dancing girls” so you never know… I’ll let you know how it goes.
More Festival Stuff
Great food in a place called Blonde followed by a most amusing show called NewsRevue 24/7. Basically a mix of topical news related comedy sketches and musical numbers performed at a frenetic pace. Was most amusing if a bit close to the bone sometimes. See if you can make up…