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In a city full of venues, there is only one comedy club.
Find the very best Scottish and ' international comedy at THE STAND this summer.
From noon till late, 14 cracking shows on three stages every day. Top value with prices from £3 - £7 and free entertainment
every lunchtime.
Dont just take our word for it...
"the atmosphere is relaxed and friendly and the food is excellent"
“taking a stand against high Fringe prices" »
“a considerable achievement”. : -
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Venue 5 5 YORK PLACE
box office open noon-8pm
0131-558-7272
24-hour reservation line www.thestand.co.uk
THEATRE PREVIEW In On It
A two-man, ten-person mystery
Expect the unexpected from da da kamera. 'When we start working I have a script, but we end up throwing it out after a few days and then we start again.’ says Daniel Maclvor, artistic director of the Canadian
company. 'It's a very alive process.’
The development process is central to da da kamera. ’We work with light and sound from the very beginning, so we're scoring it and rewriting it all at the same time. Nothing's foreign.’ This organic approach has resulted in some powerful work, with the company winning a Fringe First for last year's production, Here Lies Henry.
Maclvor has high expectations for In On It, a ‘two-man, ten-person mystery' where he and Darren O'Donnell play a good guy and a bad guy in a variety of different set-ups. 'There's a play within a play thing going on,’ he says. 'In a way, all the work I do is about the same things: good and evil; what it Is to be alive; how can we possibly love anybody?‘
With In On It, Maclvor hopes to move his audience through making connections with them. '1’ he play on some level is about loss. When you leave you'll want to go and call an old friend you haven't talked to in a long time. It's about treating every moment like it's precious.’
(Louisa Pearson)
I In On It (Fringe) da da kamera, Traverse (Venue 75) 228 7404, 4—13 Aug (not 7) 9.45pm, £9 (£6). Preview3Aug, £6 (£4).
THEATRE PREVIEW A Funny Thing Happened Father Jack’s sober Fringe debut ‘lt’s a very, very, very dark piece.’ Frank Kelly is describing his one-man play about Sandy McNab, a kind of pre- World War | Billy Connolly, who was ruined by his relationship with a schoolgirl. Does the man who played Father Jack think more comedians should be imprisoned? ’I think the role of the comedian is a very dangerous one,’ he laughs. ’lt’s almost a route to self-destruction.’
Directed by Liz Lochhead, A Funny Thing Happened charts a fall from grace with sardonic wit and a
somewhat more extensive vocabulary than Kelly’s barking priest in Father Ted. Would he like to punch folk who shout 'Drink! Arse! Feck! Gurls!’ at him?
’No, but I’d probably knee you in the crotch. I love the way they say it because they don't quite get it right. Jack’s actually a very depressed man, dreaming of Iechery and villainy. Not exactly babysitting material.’
(Rodger Evans)
I A Funny Thing Happened (Fringe) Bile Yer Heid Theatre Company Gilded Balloon (Venue 38) 226 2157, 4—28 Aug, 8pm, £8.50 (£7.50).
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