YOUR FREE GUIDE TO THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2011 MORE AT WWW.THREEWEEKS.CO.UK ThreeWeeks IN EDINBURGH Bathtime and bedtime at the Fringe Guest Editor Camille talks to Tim Key and Bagpuss PLUS we chat to Le Gateau Chocolat ALSO INSIDE THE THREEWEEKS 2011 WEEK THREE/FOUR ISSUE: The Noise Next Door, Adam Riches, Brett Goldstein, Amanda Palmer, Barrowland Ballet’s Natasha Gilmore, Space Venues’ Charles Pamment, ThreeWeeks’ recommendations for the Festival Of Politics and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of brand new reviews “ STARTPOINT let’s dish out some fringe affection… Welcome this wandering around this beautiful Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009, with this city straight away, it felt week’s ThreeWeeks city, whose austere stone grey or the numerous other accolades. as though I was walking in a 3D CONTENTS façades are presently tarted up Escher painting carved out of one I liked the attitude of this poster. Guest Editor into a colourful kaleidoscope of rock. I still stare at the Castle in It reminded me of the Tim I met Camille O’Sullivan graphic calling card posters: LOOK awe, still get scared when fighter 04: Festival and who interviewed me for AT ME, look at my STARS, PLEASE jets grace the skies for The Tattoo, radio. It was one of the loveliest, Welcome, welcome to my COME TO MY SHOOOOOWWW, still get lost on, over, under bridges, People kookiest, most charming interviews issue. I’m sure the lovely folk PLEASE! It always interests me still enjoy promenading Scottish ever, and was made even more at ThreeWeeks are now despairing why certain posters jump out, and seagulls. 06: Comedy memorable when he kindly wrote they asked me to be a Guest theirs both did their job and drew a poem for me, and made some Having left a career in architecture Editor, as I sit here typing outside me in. 11: Cabaret in the lovely grassy Meadows a day drawings too. Yes, he is a star, and behind, I thought running away “ not just the on-stage kind. with the circus was a great idea behind the deadline, suffering from One because I’m a big child at 12: Theatre & and that’s when I first came to lack of sleep because of wherever heart: Bagpuss was presented very Though I have been intrigued by the lovely Spiegeltent in 2004 and Musicals I was till 4am this morn… I just boldly, a pink, furry cat, very cute, both, I haven’t had the pleasure performed in a new show called La remembered I was dubbed Spanish and just plastered with stars. to see them live on stage, but Clique; so lucky. Panda for hours, I need to retrace have heard about their brilliance 15: Dance & With the other, the schizophrenic movements and find out why, but in from many, and loved what I saw I hope you enjoy my wee interviews, side of me liked the eerie, morbid Physical the meantime… on TV over here (I only get the and that you get to see the shows darkness of an anti-Edinburgh “ Irish channels at home, so I feel while you are here! And send some poster; not a laughing comedian Captains log: Day 19, due to high- like I’m making massive exciting affection to tired performers: we’re 18: Art & Events in sight, but subtle, artistic, using octane madness of Edinburgh, very discoveries when watching telly in nearly there. Much gratitude to the a small delicate font, and basically close to horizontal now, can’t talk, the UK!) audience: thanks for coming to our 19: Music saying “not bothered if you look can’t walk, loss of rational thought... shows. And if it’s raining, at me, or come to my show”. I This is my seventh year singing in but must write... ahhh! best to just go with it, and 20: Photo Page didn’t recognise his altered black this city. The poster may be bigger, dance in it. My choices for interview were demonic eyes at first, but then the flat bigger, the venue bigger, 22: Kids’ Shows based on a simple emotional realised it was the much fêted Tim but the artist feels just the same response; me having great Key; I don’t think his poster even as the first time: excited, terrified, Camille O’Sullivan’s show ‘Feel’ is on at Pleasance Courtyard, 3 - 29 Aug (not 9, 23: Meet Team affection for both Bagpuss and Tim mentioned (or the font was too exhausted – but like a magnet 15, 17, 18, 24, 27), 8.00pm (9.00pm), £16.50 Key. I was reminded of this while small) that he won the prestigious drawn back annually. I fell in love - £18.50, fpp198. ThreeWeeks WWW.THREEWEEKS.CO.UK | PAGE THREE “ThereMORE ONLINE:will be one Look night out forwhen, Addy for Van no Deapparent Bourgh’s reason, a whole room of people will turn up toFringe see theWord show Of The with Day, seemingly every day no in ideathe eDaily of who or what they’ve bought tickets to” PiffSubscribe The Magic Dragonfor free: on his www.ThreeWeeks.co.uk/subscribe Festival bad bits and best bits – www.threeweeks.co.uk/piff FRINGE PEOPLE THE CARO HELLO Well, look at that. We made it. To This week’s guest editor is, spaces filled with fringe goodness the final week of the Fringe. of course, the lovely Camille O’Sullivan, and she’s interviewed And as in any other year, we two really cool... erm... entities Charles Pamment first begin it with mixed emotions; this week. I say entities instead ran Venue 45, one of the sadness that it’s all over, but relief of people because one of them original Fringe venues, that we get to go and sleep for isn’t quite human. No, not Tim a week. Well, that’s how I feel Key – though she has interviewed during August 1995. anyway, and I’m pretty sure that him as well – I’m talking about He now heads up one lots of other Festival people out that saggy cloth cat Bagpuss. there feel that way too. of the Festival’s biggest Other interviewees this week venue networks, but You bank holiday weekenders, include the ludicrously talented coming up here with your high Adam Riches, the also brilliant ensures the Fringe spirit levels of energy and will to take in Brett Goldstein, the amazing of his original base lives as many shows as possible, don’t Amanda Palmer, Le gorgeous shout too much, because lots of Gateau Chocolat, and the on. ThreeWeeks found people are very tired and have clever Natasha Gilmore, creator out more. a wee bit of a headache. And of 5/5 dance/physical theatre if that is you, remember to go piece ‘A Conversation With TW: When did you set up your first Photo: Kat Gollock and see something by someone Carmel’. This week’s ‘festival Fringe venue? you’ve never heard of before, person’ is Charles Pamment of TW: When did you start using the three Fringe Firsts in three years because that’s what this Festival the Spaces venues. Plus The River CP: In 1995 at the enigmatic Venue ticks the high end box too. is all about. People – who are staging ‘Little 45, a lovely church hall on Jeffrey ‘Space’ name? Was it important Matter’ at Bedlam Chambers – fill St, and one of the original Fringe to you that there was one name to us in on their show’s journey to theatres. Proper proper Fringe. unite your venues? TW: How has the Fringe changed the Fringe, and improv troupe CP: 2008 I think, we wanted to unify in the time you’ve been running The Noise Next Door tell us their TW: Why did you decide to expand the spaces a little I suppose. It makes venues, and is it better or worse for best and worst bits of Edinburgh. into other performance spaces? things easier, logistically, for everyone those changes? We’ve also got some tips for CP: The reason was simple: demand. - us, the performers, audiences - if CP: Indeed yes. There are more beer things to see at the Festival Of We’ve always had lots of returning there is a common name. And it gives gardens for starters! It’s changed, Politics, and of course, lots and companies, and over time needed the companies an identity to be proud and it’s a bigger animal. And the lots of reviews. more space to accommodate of during their run on the Fringe. biggest growth of the 2000s was in everybody. We expanded slowly at comedy. I must admit, I always get And just before I go: thanks, first though, by simply adding our 40 TW: You’ve managed to keep all a little annoyed when those from everyone, for reading our paper seat development space at Jury’s your various venues in one part of afar refer to this event as a ‘comedy this Festival, thanks to all our Inn, next door to Venue 45. But we’ve town. How do you go about looking festival’, especially as when they do contributors. Bye for now, and expanded a little more in recent years for new spaces? they are mainly thinking of stand-up have a good year. and made quite a jump in 2009 by CP: That’s a good question! We have comedy. Stand-up is great and we Caro Moses, co-Editor, ThreeWeeks adding the five theatres at Spaces@ been offered venues as far away as have lots in our programme, but Surgeons Hall to our portfolio.