It turns out a quick snap I took with my phone after my last haircut has been shortlisted to be the face of Stomp Models.
Please, please, please, vote for me. It takes a second. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Literally the worst advice I have ever heard
I’m totally dissertating right now. But I have plenty of stupid things to update once I’m done, including a special on Poorly Named Companies I’ve spotted around York. Bye!
A couch for incest doesn’t sound very comfortable
Whenever I log in, I always imagine that Old King Hamlet is imploring me to click the ‘Remember Me’ button. I might be the only one who does this.
What every Edinburgh Fringe flyer looks like to me
Don’t get me wrong; I love the Edinburgh Fringe. It’s been relatively good to me. But I’m not going this year because I don’t have the time or money. Which is lucky really, as although I think it’s a wonderful festival, I’m less excited about it than I used to be.
Here is how I translate every flyer I get given:
A vain attempt at a professional sounding name for a group of friends (who come september will never want to see each other again) pretending they’re a proper company
Present
A show whose title is a hodge-podge compromise of a name because the deadline for the programme was getting unbearably close
Described in a by-line that promises two metaphysical concepts and a novelty item
Further sold by
A quote that has been slightly lifted out of context to make it sound more positive about the show
And
A quote that is genuinely positive but applies to a show that one of the people was involved with three years ago
Showing at
A venue that isn’t used as a performance space 85% of the year
Price:
Far too much given all of the above.
But what’s great is that despite all this, there are some truly outstanding shows. Against the odds, fantastic theatre is being made by bright young things who should, by rights, be lazy, insensitive, bored and boring. But they spend months fundraising, risk their own finances and sanity, spend the month of August living five people to a single bedroom and compete against companies doing exactly the same thing to get an audience every night. And despite this, everyone still seems to make friends and play nice.
Good luck to all of those at Edinburgh this year. Keep doing what you’re doing. Although if you’re the company who did that abysmal musical about the credit crunch last year, please stop.
Fingers on buzzers
Quiz special! Comedy sketches based on ridiculous quizzes, and finally, my favourite real-life-quiz-show-wrong-answer.
