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by Mark Fisher
Published February 2012
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"Every single page of this book is enhanced by Mark Fisher’s lifelong enthusiasm for, and commitment to, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – the greatest arts festival in the world."
Kath M Mainland
Chief executive, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
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13 January 2012 theatreSCOTLAND
Fancy that
PITLOCHRY Festival Theatre has kicked off the new year by launching what it calls a summer season, except this one is going all the way through to November. Story continues here . . .
13 January 2012 theatreSCOTLAND
Fete accomplished
TAKING advantage of the January lull, Glasgow's Tron Theatre is holding a gala performance on Saturday. Story continues here . . .
13 January 2012 theatreSCOTLAND
Sports day
HAMISH Glen, artistic director of Coventry's Belgrade Theatre, will have memories of seeing the Maly Theatre production of Stars in the Morning Sky at Glasgow's Tramway in 1990. Story continues here . . .
SCOTTISH THEATRE REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
25 January 2012 The Guardian
The Infamous Brothers Davenport
By Peter Arnott. A Vox Motus/Royal LyceumTheatre review.
IN the theatre is a stage. On the stage is a panelled room. In the panelled room is a wardrobe. In the wardrobe is a music box. Like Russian dolls, these boxes within boxes promise revelations, but provide only further layers of obfuscation. Just as the music box dulls the sound of domestic violence coming from a neighbouring room, so the bigger boxes divert us from the truth about life and death.
8 January 2012 Scotland on Sunday
Survival guide is just the ticket for Fringe acts
News piece about Mark Fisher's Edinburgh Fringe Surival Guide
IT IS a gruelling three-week marathon with more than 1.9 million tickets sold for 40,000 performances in 250 venues. So no wonder first-time Fringe performers arrive in Edinburgh with a sense of trepidation. But now help is at hand with the publication of an independent 'survival guide' for rookie artists bringing a show to the world's biggest arts festival. Based on insights from Fringe veterans, including comics Ed Byrne and Mel Giedroyc, magician Paul Daniels, and actresses Siobhan Redmond and Cora Bissett, the book covers every aspect of Fringe life, providing tips on budgets, promotion, finding a venue and avoiding pitfalls.
 Martyn James and Shirley Darroch in Whisky Galore - A Musical in 2009 |
6 January 2012 The List
New Citizens Theatre boss Dominic Hill brushes up his Shakespeare
Interview with Dominic Hill. A Citizens Theatre preview.
TAKE on the Citizens Theatre and you take on the past. Any artistic director of the Glasgow institution can only be aware of the building's history. Opened as the Royal Princess's Theatre in 1848, it became home to James Bridie's Citizens' company in 1945 and was where Giles Havergal, Philip Prowse and Robert David MacDonald sealed their international reputation during a 34-year reign.
4 January 2012 The Scotsman
Martyn James and the unsung heroes of Scottish theatre
Obituary/blog.
EVERY time Martyn James took to the stage at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, you sensed a tremendous surge of warmth from the audience. There was something about the actor, who died yesterday after a long illness, that people loved.
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