Category: Blog
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Review: Can’t Care, Won’t Care
Wandering the nether corridors of The Banshee Labyrinth, Tim and The Devil go to see Sophia Walker’s Can’t care, Won’t care THE DEVIL: Do we do awards? I want to do awards. I want to nominate this for the Philip Pullman prize for the show with the darkest material. TIM: Quite! The premise is pretty…
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Listener reward schemes
The Devil is a great believer in rewarding the faithful. Got this wee sticker from @TimRalphs – @RedRidingBorg stop giggling. Serious business! pic.twitter.com/1HMvIVAhdy — Rachel Gallagher MUA (@rachel__mua) August 6, 2014 Tim Ralphs is a storyteller and his show of urban devilry Rebranding Beelzebub is on every night from 2 August 2014 to 24 August…
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Review: Wretch like me
Tim and the talking serpent he suspects is The Devil attend David Templeton’s Wretch like me (or How I was saved from being saved.) TIM: This is a storytelling show in which Templeton talks about his lonely childhood and how he was increasingly sucked into the Evangelical Christianity in his teens. He does a good…
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Review: Dandy Darkly’s Pussy Panic
Continuing the theme of shows with expletives in the title, Tim and The Devil go to see Dandy Darkly’s Pussy Panic. THE DEVIL: Ahh my beloved Dandy. Self-professed to be New York’s satiric and satanic storyteller. TIM: Yeah, this really felt like it held promise for both of us. I must say I’ve been delighted…
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Review: What the F*ck is This?
It should be noted that the show we saw was plagued with technical difficulties including, but not limited to, RTJ having to use an older version of his multimedia presentation. It seems a bit disingenuous to review someone’s show on the basis of such a slip up, so I spoke to RTJ about this review…
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Musings on Flyering
Hi. Tim is off at some fancy “Meet the Media” event at Fringe central, but he asked me to write something about our Edinburgh adventure for this blog. I lied and told him I couldn’t work because it was the Sabbath. He gave me a worried, bewildered look. It is one of my favourite pieces…
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Review: Brave and Free
Today we went to the Scottish Storytelling Centre to check out one of the few traditional storytelling acts in the Fringe Programme – Calum Lykan’s Brave and Free TIM: That was my first time listening to Calum Lykan. We had a good natter before the show and worked out which other storytellers we knew in…
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Review: The Splitting of the Mermaid
Here we are at the Edinburgh Fringe and the first show the Devil and I went to see was a preview of Lucy Ayrton’s The Splitting of the Mermaid. TIM : This was a performance so much my cup of tea that it could have been served in a mug with my name on it.…
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The Devil rides North
I am taking my show Rebranding Beelzebub to Edinburgh. It features recipes for coleslaw and the Lord’s Prayer backwards. Come and see it! You can also download the Rebranding Beelzebub Press Release or the Flyer if you’re interested.
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Jaminaround 2014
Just got back from Jaminaround 2014, a great little festival in Dorset that takes place in the Ancient Technology Centre. I’ve heard a lot about that place and it was wonderful to finally visit. Here’s me telling Princess Vasilisa and the Firebird. in the roundhouse.
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There is Something in the Woods – Playtesters and Advance Readers
Souls lost in the Woods Helen Apocalypse Phil Nicholls Harriet Holman Alex J McIntyre Ryan Bibby Thomas Bickley Helen J Cope Nate Bradley Adam “The new girl” Davidson Liam “RuRu” Butler Kateri W David Allen Garnett Kevin Kime Zoe Kime Damion Waltermeyer 2014 Nationals Horror Groups 1 & 3 They Consorted with the Darkness Helen…
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Did you hear something?
Erin Snyder and I are writing a roleplay game. You’re stranded. It’s a four day journey to the nearest town, and there is something in the woods.