Edinburgh day two - morning - floatykatja

Edinburgh day two - morning

I had a specific plan for day two in Edinburgh and had written down all the shows I wanted to see, along with start and finish times. This may sound beyond anal, but when you're trying to fit in 9 shows in one day, as I was, it's a bit of a military operation! It all went tits up with the very first show,unfortunately, but that's what you get for trying to be organised when it comes to the Arts.
I was planning to see Shakespeare for Breakfast, mainly because it meant I would get free coffee and croissants - what? I'm a penurious actor! - but C Venue's computer system decided to crash so they couldn't issue tickets in the crucial half-hour before the show went up. The start of the show was therefore delayed, which was going to have a knock-on effect on the rest of my day. I therefore reluctantly gave up on that one - at least it's a Fringe regular, so I can catch it another year, hopefully - and went off to try and get breakfast elsewhere before wandering over to see Hillbilly Goats Gruff, a children's show written by and starring a friend of mine.
Hillbilly was a great laugh - I love children's shows, especially if I'm not the one performing in them. There were songs, dances and plenty of opportunities for audience participation. I may have got a little overexcited at points, but we draw a veil over that. The children seemed to enjoy it, anyway...
After Hillbilly I went to see Other People, a two-man show about a pair of twenty-something male flatmates whose happy equilibrium playing computer games and drinking Tizer is upset when one of them meets a girl and decides to get married. There were some amusing moments, but unfortunately the flatmate sans girlfriend (who had the lion's share of the good lines) was so bloody annoying and mannered that it was difficult to concentrate on anything other than the desire to punch him in the face. He should stick to writing and leave the acting to the actors in future.
Coming up: shotguns, sex and singing schizophrenics. Bet you can't wait.

27.8.06 12:00

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(28.8.06 12:06)
Plays are not very common here, i think i have seen only one play till today and i dont have very fond memories of it.

Katja / Website (28.8.06 12:13)
That's a shame if your one and only experience of live theatre was a bad one. There's some great stuff out there, I promise.

Katja / Website (28.8.06 12:24)
Ahh, that was you! No worries x

Sketches / Website (28.8.06 12:26)
oops, 20six ate up my name Katja

amillionpieces / Website (28.8.06 12:26)
Top marks on the use of the word 'penurious', bravo!

Katja / Website (28.8.06 12:28)
Yes, I was rather proud of that one *grins*