Alan Maxwell

And yes that's AETHER by TheatreGoose (one word), screw you, auto-incorrect

Already looking at which of my favourite #EdFringe shows I will go and see for a second time at the end of the festival (as is tradition) and SHIT the entire run of Theatre goose's AETHER has sold out. I mean it's great for them, but SHIT

Yes, because since his last two films have been original non-IP horrors that have been both critically and commercially successful there is absolutely no way they should be letting him try it again.

WARNINGS: Historical instruments will not be amplified

I've had a lot of different content warnings for shows at the Fringe but I think this is my favourite so far.

Major publications ditching their critics think that influencers or algorithms are the future, but they’re wrong. If anything, as entertainment becomes more overwhelming, you need experts as a guide. You need people who aren’t part of relentless hype machines designed to sell you something.

Oh hai. Maybe do something about the unsustainable demands of AI and bot farms before you ask the public to delete old family photos.

YouTube video by Film Trailer Channel Who Can Kill A Child? (1976) Trailer | Lewis Fiander | Prunella Ransome

Went to see Weapons. Would like to suggest a double bill.
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Picking shows by folks whose previous work I've loved proving fruitful again at #EdFringe. Loved their Philomena McGuinness and Victorine shows (the former is back this year too), so just went to see Ireland's @moonrabtheatre.bsky.social with Shirley: A Ghost Story and it's three for three. Magic.

Normal Fringe service has resumed - it's taken a bit longer than usual but I have finally seen my first instance of someone's poster having had a knob drawn on their forehead.

Love finding out one of my shows is cancelled and finally receiving an email notification of said cancellation five minutes after it was supposed to have started.

Another #EdFringe annual tradition for me is to go and see whatever show Box Tale Soup bring. This year it's the never-more-relevant 1984 and they've done a great job as always. You might even say the show is double plus good, DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE

YouTube video by Ricky Callan The Town Where No One Got Off Part 1

And continuing delving into the Scottish shorts from the 90s ECA/Napier era. As a worshipper of Ray Bradbury there's obviously no way I can ignore another adaptation of one of his stories, even if it does feel a little odd seeing it taking place in Scotland.
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YouTube video by Ricky Callan Burke & Hare - The Musical Part 1

Next up in my latest Scottish viewing session, a film that I can only assume will be the most historically accurate and deadly serious portrayal of this Edinburgh tale.
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Watch The Chalk Mark - BFI Player Set in and around the tenement blocks and rubbish tips of the Glasgow slums, this short film depicts a young boy’s perspective of his family, his friends and the local ‘bad man’.

Trawling through my Scottish-related film bookmarks again. Now watching Bernard Rudden's The Chalk Mark (1989), which is currently free on the BFI Player.
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YouTube video by Nicely Entertainment A Scottish Christmas Secret | Trailer | Nicely Entertainment

Just discovered there's finally a trailer. I am assuming this is going to be brilliant.
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Two men and a woman stand by an old stone wall looking at something offscreen

Very niche question... I'm watching a 1980 documentary short from the NFB, The Fiddlers of James Bay, in which a couple of Cree fiddlers from Canada visit Orkney, and there's a brief scene of them looking at some geese with an unnamed woman. Is that Margaret Tait?

Candlelit interior of a grand old church, set up for a small classical ensemble

You can keep your Oasis pish, here's where the real musical fun is happening late on a Saturday night.

Just been sitting here watching some old Films of Scotland shorts and just as I was about to finish up and go to bed I just saw that the great Laurence Henson died a few days ago. Time to squeeze in one more before bed then. RIP.
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And rounded off my Fringe day today with more music. A trip down to Leith for Blue Rose Code with tonight's guest Beth Malcolm. Stellar stuff all round.

Enjoyed Devil's Point at #EdFringe this afternoon, a nice wee slice of Scottish folk horror (with a few laughts too), from Cutty Sark Theatre whose work I have enjoyed previously. Worth a punt if you want something for that late afternoon slot.

I thought it was a sign of modern Edinburgh that there's now a posh looking restaurant where there used to be some public toilets, but that's now been trumped by the fact that the brothel round the corner from where I used to work now appears to be some kind of Airbnb/serviced apartments.

Given the crazy prices folks were paying for Oasis tickets, it's pretty mad how many of them I've seen already today who clearly won't be making it to the gig, or won't remember it if they do. Condolences to anyone living near Murrayfield.

Decent start to my #EdFringe day today with an Irish-themed theatre double bill of Our Brothers in Cloth (Assembly George Square) and Consumed (at Traverse). Both very good.

Just read on here that it's International Cat Day apparently, so why not watch the 1977 masterpiece The Uncanny.

Every time you see a Labour MP heading to the toilet, make sure to intercept them and demand documentary proof that their Supreme Court-undefined "biological sex" matches the socially constructed gender signifiers in the icon on the toilet sign, and then simply refuse to accept any proof they give

Orange Order walk to close 20 major Edinburgh roads amid Fringe and Oasis shows A NUMBER of roads in Edinburgh’s city centre are set to close and bus diversions will be in place this weekend due to an Orange Walk amid Oasis's…

Amazing.
www.thenational.scot/news/2537032...

Thus I am now watching Body and Soul (1981)

Not sure some of the younger audience members were expecting the actual photos of corpses...

Off to a show about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Going to assume this is a feel good story about the triumph of business and the American dream where nothing bad happens, so no need for me to do any further googling on the subject.

The Edinburgh International Festival branding on the side of the Festival Theatre, which says THE TRUTH WE SEEK in big black on yellow letters. Underneath it, a couple of lads hold up a banner in the same style which says JESUS

LOL