This was a great one man show. I do like some Sherlock Holmes and this performance really delivered. Great accents and characterisation with a minimal set. I always find it interesting to see how different companies interpret Holmes. From the TV versions in the US and the UK, to the films, all of which I like in their own ways. However, I do think that stage is a great way to see Holmes, and this was a lovely production. Really well done.
Category: Festivals
This is mainly going to be music festivals, but it could be any kind of festival I suppose.
Edinburgh Fringe: Casual Violence – The Great Fire of Nostril
This was the first show of the week in a fairly packed schedule. Well it certainly was funny. A good example of a fun fringe show that almost certainly wouldn’t work elsewhere, but at the fringe is just ideal.
I enjoyed it although it really didn’t make much sense at all, and probably it didn’t need to.
The Edinburgh Fringe
I do love the fringe and this year it was just as good as usual. Full of surprises and not all of them good. It’s one of those completely pot luck experiences that is at once enjoyable and confusing and disappointing too, but I wouldn’t really have it any other way. The fringe is what it is.
In fact I’m not entirely sure that there’s anything quite like it anywhere else. Edinburgh bulges with people during the fringe and it seems that everyone is putting on a show or trying to force a leaflet about a show into your hands. Everyone and everywhere is busy and there’s never a point where there’s nothing going on. It’s fun.
This year I saw a lot of shows and as usual some were good, some were average, and some were downright awful. I won’t dwell on those that were truly dreadful, but over the next few days I’ll post about the ones that were really good and worth mentioning in case you get to see them.
The Radiophonic Workshop at the Bowers and Wilkins Society of Sound stage at WOMAD
Dick Mills talking
Radiophonic Workshop set up
I was really pleased to get to see the Radiophonic Workshop at WOMAD this year. They did a talk and also a performance as well. Both were really enjoyable.
Martyn Ware at the Bowers and Wilkins Society of Sound stage at WOMAD
Martyn Ware’s 20 synth
Yay!
This was a great talk from Mr Ware from Heaven 17. I really enjoyed it, he had some great insights into the development of synths since the 1970s. Of course it wasn’t for everyone, but I thought it was awesome, especially as synth 20 was an OP-1!
Real World 25
I felt compelled to get this nice little box set at WOMAD this year. I’ve got quite a lot of the tracks already, but it’s really well put together and it came with a load of bits and pieces like postcards and stuff, most of which have actually survived the weekend and trip home.
I think it goes on general release soon if not already and I’d recommend it to anyone who has been to WOMAD in the past, or who plans to go in the future.
A bit of practice for a bit of live stuff at WOMAD
It’s become a bit of an annual thing really. Whenever these three are at WOMAD some sort of live open mic thing must be done. It’s always fun and it always involves me doing some kind of electronic thing. This time on my iPhone and also on a Kaossilator 2 as well.
I enjoyed it anyway.
A few pictures of WOMAD from last weekend
Magic Drum Orchestra
Tuung
Obligatory flag shot
At the big red tent
Just a few shots of WOMAD this year, which was fun. The weather was very kind too. More of the highlights over the next few days.
And that was Oxted Beer Festival
And a very nice beer festival it was too.
Beyond the Border 2014
I thought I’d post a couple of pictures from this year’s Beyond the Border. I was there on the Saturday and Sunday and it was lovely although I think it has changed a bit over the years.
I plan to post some of the highlights as well when I get some time, but these were a couple of nice shots just to start off with.
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