Edinburgh Fringe
Hot in the city…
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…
Shows
In the depths of winter
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…
Arkle News
Mustn’t forget Phil…
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…
Edinburgh Fringe
Let’s do the show right here!
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…
Flyers
Spring is springing!
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…
Flyers
Way ahead of you…
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…
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Nights are fair drawing in
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…
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No rest for the wicked
…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…
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50 and 50 and 50
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…
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60 shades of grey
I know, hard to believe that Michael is now 60, and if Arkle was a child it would be heading off to University to stretch its wings and learn about life in the outside world. We would have had adolescent strops, Read more…