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ROMANTIC LEAD Leo Parker heroically performed in the t’Act production of Shakespeare’s lost play Cardenio earlier this month, after suffering a broken elbow but before travelling to A&E. What a trooper.
RICKMAN ROLLS INTO TOWN ■ If you’re on the prowl for celebrity faces at the Festival then you might want to get this one on your radar. Alan Rickman is in town, taking a break from the big screen and staying behind the footlights for a change. Rickman picks apparently include The Girls of Slender Means and Simon Amstell at the Bongo Club.
FUNNY BONES at the ready as the Gilded Balloon present the final of So You Think You’re Funny? Watch as the finalists battle it out to win the crown previously worn by the likes of Dylan Moran and Phil Kay. The gags kick off at Thu 27 Aug, at 8.30pm. ALISTAIR MACLEOD the author of No Great Mischief has been added as a late addition to the EIBF programme. Tickets have just gone on sale and you can catch him on Fri 28 Aug at 6.30pm.
HOT STUFF To honour Sean Connery’s 79th birthday, Homecoming Scotland pitted the original Scottish sex symbol against ten younger celebs in a survey to discover the hottest Scot of the moment. Tragically, however, Sir Sean lost out to James McAvoy, and is now officially relegated from ‘sex-pot’ to ‘national treasure’ status.
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27 Aug–10 Sep 2009 THE LIST FESTIVAL MAGAZINE 61
The Malcolm Hardee Award Show Comedy lovers, prepare yourselves for some charidee intervention. For one
night only the Gilded Balloon presents Aarrgghh! That’s Bollock Relief – The Malcolm Hardee Award Show, a 90-minute charity shindig dedicated to celebrating the late daddy of anarchic alternative comedy. The organisers have promised, and we quote: ‘big comedy names. Nudity. Swearing,’ as they check their funny bones and present the annual award to the most original comedian on the Fringe. Check it out at Gilded Balloon, Fri 28 Aug, 10pm.
MANDELA TRIBUTE ■ A new stonework on the High Street will honour Edinburgh’s links with Nelson Mandela and his work to combat HIV/Aids. Situated outside the City Chambers, it features handprints from a 15-year-old boy with HIV and Annie Lennox, an ambassador for Mandela’s Aids charity 46664, who unveiled the piece.