Tickets are on sale now for Arkle Theatre’s 3rd Fringe show in 2024. You can support us and save yourself the booking fee by buying direct from Arkle Theatre – book online here. Tickets can also be bought through the Fringe Society or by telephone: 0131 226 0026. Following the Read more
I’m typing this leaving London on a hot June day – that’s a nice sentence to type! – as it seems summer is finally here at least for the south of the UK. Of course this means that Edinburgh will be slowly swelling towards bursting point as the tourists head Read more
Long time no speak! We are now in the depths of winter, although thankfully a month after the solstice so the days are a little longer. Unfortunately the weather won’t take the hint for another month or two, so this afternoon is grey, overcast and about 3 degrees. No wind Read more
I’m mortified (again). You know how you have those “I mustn’t forget, I mustn’t forget, I mustn’t forget…” times, when you then completely forget what it was you shouldn’t forget? Well, when I was composing the deathless prose for my post with the flyers yesterday, I did. With huge apologies Read more
How time flies! The start of July was just yesterday, and the start of August is (as my daughter would say), like, literally tomorrow! That means that the Arkle Fringe shows open in 2 weeks at the Royal Scots Club on Abercromby Place, and I haven’t published the flyers yet. Read more
I am writing this on 20th March, which is apparently the first day of Spring. Must be the vernal equinox tonight, as opposed to the first day of meteorological Spring which was March 1st. Whichever is the “proper” day the evenings are getting lighter, the daffodils are out and much like Read more
Well, remarkably I seem to be putting up the Fringe 2015 flyers before anyone has asked for them! Of course, it is always possible that I just haven’t been around to hear the demands, but here they are in all their glory as created by Chris Close. Now you can Read more
We are just past the summer solstice which only means one thing in the Arkle diary – Fringe rehearsals started last night at Wardie Church. We have a great cast for both shows and they are already hard at work to the extent that my spies tell me one cast Read more
…and we have clearly been very bad! Having barely recovered from moving out Under The Blue Sky on Saturday evening (and a huge thanks to all the cast, crew and not least John Lally for bringing it all together) we are straight into Fringe auditions. The main session takes place tonight, Wednesday 29th Read more
Quick newsflash! Under the Blue Sky selling out fast! Not only is Under The Blue Sky our 50th show (and how on earth did that happen?) but by there is a certain symmetry in there only being 50 seats available at the Hill Street Theatre for our performances which start tomorrow, Read more