Newspaper article from our research archive:
|
|
Steve's just killing time.(Features)
- Article from:
-
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
-
August 28, 1998
- Author:
-
|
Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1998 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Comic Steve Punt has murder in mind in The Hannibal Lecture, at the Pleasance.
He spends an hour mulling over our fascination with violence and killing.
Whether it's genteel murders conducted in the board game Cluedo, or the sudden 25 per cent increase in crime when Kane murdered Abel in the Garden of Eden, his academic act makes an entertaining hour.
Over at the Assembly Rooms, comedy duo Lip Service return to the Festival with a new show, Move Over Moriarty.
Their Sherlock Holmes ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
Koren's Gilded Balloon dream bursts
Evening News - Scotland;
November 3, 2003 ;
538 words
......Karen Koren has given up hope of her Gilded Balloon empire returning to the site of the...Cowgate as she was only renting the Gilded Balloon's landmark building. But she was "devastated...Fraser branded a "wild west camp". The Gilded Balloon in the Cowgate established itself as...
|
|
|
Gilded Balloon in theatre plan
Evening News - Scotland;
March 13, 2003 ;
105 words
...THE director of the Gilded Balloon comedy venue has proposed setting...and Stiff! to help her set up a Gilded Balloon theatre company. "Forbes really...great," she said. The original Gilded Balloon was destroyed in December's Cowgate...
|
|
|
Gilded Balloon founder lands Fringe venue at Scots club
Evening News - Scotland;
May 5, 2005 ;
476 words
...ONE of the founders of the Gilded Balloon is to turn the Royal Scots Club into...the same fire that burned down the Gilded Balloon in the Cowgate in 2002. It was at the...together a Fringe programme for the Gilded Balloon, which at the time was an abandoned...
|
|
WOMAN'S GILD HER FATHER DIED, HER MOTHER DRANK, HER RELATIONSHIPS...
The Sunday Herald;
August 10, 2008 ;
700+ words
......as director of top comedy venue the Gilded Balloon. Koren, the daughter of a Norwegian...the 22 years since Koren set up the Gilded Balloon, festival stand-up has exploded. Indeed...big comedy gig. And this year, the Gilded Balloon is part of a controversial rebranding...
|
|
Gilded Balloon fire scare
The Scotsman;
August 6, 2003 ;
246 words
...THE Gilded Balloon was the scene of a fire scare last...over-sensitive smoke detector. The Gilded Balloon's original venue in the Cowgate...around the world. An insider at the Gilded Balloon last night said: "It is a bit spooky...
|
 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
|
Entertainment: And the best of the Fest; JOHN LAURIE, FRAZER & I, Gilded...
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);
August 18, 2002 ;
485 words
......HENDRY JOHN LAURIE, FRAZER & I, Gilded Balloon, Cowgate IAN WATT sets out to dispel...SYNNOTT BRENDA COCHRANE - JUST FOR JOE, Gilded Balloon, Teviot Bar THIS is a warm, fuzzy show...WOODCOCK RICKY GROVER - WHO'S THE GUV'NOR, Gilded Balloon, Teviot Dining Room YOU get three ...
|
|
|
Reviews: Fireface: Passion burns brightly as sparks fly at Gilded Balloon
Evening News - Scotland;
June 10, 2002 ;
314 words
...Fireface The Gilded Balloon *** SINCE debuting in 1998, Marius von Mayenburg's combustible...an impressive, yet discouraging production, courtesy of the Gilded Balloon Studio Ensemble. The story centres around two teenagers: pubescent...
|
|
|
Magical unrealism at the Gilded Balloon
Evening News - Scotland;
March 1, 2001 ;
99 words
...THE Gilded Balloon's New Blood series of theatre continues tonight with C'est Magique, a new...playing the waiting game, and this game ain't got no rules. * C'est Magique, Gilded Balloon Studio, tonight-Saturday, 7.30pm, GBP 6 (GBP 5)
|
|
|
Comics' in benefit gig for Gilded Balloon
The Scotsman;
December 11, 2002 ;
300 words
......names in comedy have lined up for a benefit to help the Gilded Balloon rise from the ashes of the Old Town fire. Eddie Izzard...the fire faced an uncertain future. "It wasn't just the Gilded Balloon which was affected. There was a big storage space in the...
|
|
|
'I'm happy to have paid work at the Fringe, but I would've volunteered to...
The Sunday Herald;
July 29, 2007 ;
700+ words
......start my new job as part of the front-of-house team at the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh this week. I'll be working 48 hours, six days...stress go I can switch my brain to actually relaxing." The Gilded Balloon, 25 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, 0131 668 1633, www. gildedballoon...
|
|
|
Banjaxed Gilded Balloon Comedy ****
The Scotsman;
August 14, 1998 ;
145 words
......the moment. A veteran of the comedy circuit in his mid-twenties, he is hosting half the fabled Late 'n' Live shows at the Gilded Balloon, and opening in this his first "almost play". Don't be fooled by this, though. If there is a beginning, middle or end to...
|
|
|
Gilded Balloon's hopes burst
Evening News - Scotland;
November 15, 2000 ;
75 words
......its bid to open all year round after officials discovered a series of potential safety hazards. The Studio Theatre at the Gilded Balloon has withdrawn its application for a full-time entertainment licence because too much work is needed to bring it up to scratch...
|
|
Edinburgh Festival 2001: Theatre - Macbeth gilded balloon
The Independent - London;
August 20, 2001 ;
191 words
......which suits it right down to the ground (with the addition of discreet gold jewellery and a nice line in shiny ties). The Gilded Balloon's main theatre transforms obligingly into a pub, and the audience the clientele, who, primed with complementary whisky...
|
See all results.
Or, try our
Advanced Search.
|