Tag Archives: The Pleasance

Hal Cruttenden – Straight Out of Cruttenden

Posted on August 11, 2015 by AMWeston

Venue – Pleasance Courtyard – Pleasance Two Time – 20.00 Hal Cruttenden comes out to Straight out of Compton. His act is about him what he is and what he wants / wanted to be. Slick act with good interaction … Continue reading →

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Fin Taylor – Stink

Posted on August 11, 2015 by AMWeston

Venue- Pleasance Courtyard – Pleasance Beyond Time – 18.00 Another show where we got tickets 2 for 1 on preview. Fin Taylor is a young stand up. The show is based at a party. Excellent observational comedy though at the … Continue reading →

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James Veitch – Genius Bar

Posted on August 11, 2015 by AMWeston

Venue – Pleasance Courtyard – Pleasance Below Time – 16.45 Got tickets for this show on 2 for 1 on a preview day. A former Apple Genius bar employee uses what he knows about fixing Apple products to try and … Continue reading →

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Blofeld and Baxter

Posted on August 9, 2013 by AMWeston

Venue: Pleasance Forth, Pleasance Courtyard Time: 5.30pm I have recently been listening to Test Match Special so Terry and I decided to see Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter reminisce about Test Match Special. It was the two of them taking … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour

Posted on August 9, 2013 by AMWeston

Venue: Cabaret Bar, Pleasance Courtyard Time: 5.20pm Matt and I saw Nicholas Parsons lat Monday. His guests on the show were the actress from The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe. Sounds an interesting play. Nicholas had seen the play and … Continue reading →

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Making News

Posted on August 7, 2013 by AMWeston

Venue: Pleasance One Time: 1pm Making News is written by last year’s hit Coalition. This year the BBC is the theme of the play. It is set in a BBC newsroom showing the rivalry between news and current affairs. The … Continue reading →

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David O’Doherty

Posted on August 5, 2013 by AMWeston

Venue: Pleasance One Time: 7.20pm David O’Doherty and his small keyboard did not disappointing. We had seen David a couple of years ago and decided to see him again this year. Haven’t seen on him on television for a while … Continue reading →

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The Play that goes Wrong

Posted on August 4, 2013 by AMWeston

Venue: Pleasance Above Time: 5pm The Play that goes Wrong by Mischief Theatre come direct to Edinburgh from the West End. In the play a not very good amateur Drama society attempt to bring on a murder mystery, but not … Continue reading →

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Pleasance Press Launch

Posted on August 3, 2013 by AMWeston

The Pleasance Press launch was a showcase of some of the acts on at the Pleasance venue. This post is a review of the acts we saw. Missing – physical dance theatre Gecko. The part we saw involved dance, puppets … Continue reading →

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