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About ekilko

Eoin is usually back stage at most gigs and shows. Sometimes because hes working on them and sometimes because they wont let him in. Eoin works in the Music and Theatre industry but comedy and musicals are his real passion.

Edinburgh Fringe Reviews Week 1 Part 2

  By ekilko | August 14, 2009 - 4:48 pm | Comedy, Comics, Featured Post, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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In this blog I will be looking at Seawall, Luck, Foil Arms and Hog, Stefan Goalaszewiski, Des Bishop, Rich Hall, Sammy J and Les Infant Terrible. Two pieces of advice for anyone coming over – bring a jacket and book your shows as things are selling out! Also the awards have started. The Trav have one 4 so far including a fringe first for Orphans and Internal. This weekend some of the shows leave and new ones arrive which means the turnaround rhythm that we had will be disrupted! Seawall is a thirty minute show at the traverse that will enthrall. I had seen Simon Stephens’ work last year and clearly he has skill with the monologue, a kin to McPherson. Irishman, Andrew Scott performs this one man piece about his relationship with his father in law, his family and god. Scott has you hanging on his words only to … There’s more →

Edinburgh Fringe Week 1 Reviews Part 1

  By ekilko | August 11, 2009 - 3:05 pm | Comedy, The Culch, Theatre
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Culch.ie’s Edinburgh representatives uses his time off to see Dead Cat Bounce, Matinee, Shane Lagan, Jarlath Regan and Newsrevue before getting back to work. The fringe doesn’t start in my opinion until someone hands you a flyer walking down the royal mile and says come see my show. Therefore as of today it has started! Flyering is the most popular and often only means of advertising for shows. With something like 2500 performances a day and an average audience of 7 means that a lot of shows go without viewers at some point. From working on a show here I know how hard it is to stand in the elements and try convince people you are worthy of their money when there are so many other options. So try to be nice to those that make the effort. The fringe did indeed start today as I was lucky enough to … There’s more →

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Week 0

  By ekilko | August 7, 2009 - 9:59 am | Comedy, Events, The Arts, Theatre
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On Arrival in Edinburgh there were boring things to take care of - hostels, insurance bank accounts etc but then the fun begins. Planning what tickets to get! For many weeks, immense planning has gone into a complicated excel document. Try to balance show times, lengths and duration, when i will have time off, what shows will sell out fast, 2 for 1 offer, concession prices, when relations arrive and when and what shows my girlfriend is going to. What results in is a timetable of over 60 shows, 27 to book now, 18 possibles and around 15 that i most likely wont get to see. Then to the box office where I managed to spend over 200 pounds in my first go. However the big problem is that Andrew Maxwell and David O Doherty are sold out which upsets the entire delicate balance. Ill need to sort that out … There’s more →