On the evening of Monday 20th November we gathered, we drank, we laughed and we announced Arkle Theatre’s line-up of productions for 2018! In case you missed it; or Rob’s fruity concoction packed more of a punch than you were 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…