Tag: Festival
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Taking the Devil to Zurich
In May of 2019, I had the pleasure of being part of the GESCHICHTENOASE – International Storytelling Festival in Switzerland. It was a beautiful festival, “an urban storytelling oasis”, taking place primarily in a flower filled glasshouse in The Old Botanical Garden. Film-maker Thomas Radlwimmer was on hand to record things and he’s created this…
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The right story for the right time – The Bed of Arrows
On 6th February this year, I was in India for the Kathakar International Storytelling Festival. I was standing underneath a Peepal tree, an audience of 400 people were buzzing in an open air amphitheatre that struggled to hold them all. I told the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I hadn’t planned on…
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Fringe Guru reviews Rebranding Beelzebub.
Lizzie Bell from Fringe Guru reviewed Rebranding Beelzebub and gave it a big, fat four stars. “This is a funny, cleverly-done show that is very much worth seeing: one that will delight, amuse and surprise you by turns. It’s a highly entertaining hour with a top-rate storyteller. If you enjoy tales of supernatural trickery and…
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Review: 300 to 1
Following a recommendation, Tim and The Devil go along to see Matt Panesh’s 300 to 1 TIM: So here’s a concept for you, a one man show re-enacting the movie 300 with critical commentary from the ghosts of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. THE DEVIL: Intriguing. TIM: Yes. I think the concept is brilliant and…
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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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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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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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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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The Room Behind the Bookcase – Contemporary & Traditional
Click here to Listen! Show notes in the comments.