Unlike most other acts it's actually recorded on the streets of actual Edinburgh (last week should you be interested).
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Back In E.D.I.N. Braw - Scottish Falsetto Socks Fringe promo video
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have recorded and released and brand new promotional video for their 2009 Edinburgh Fringe show, THE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD. And here it is -
Unlike most other acts it's actually recorded on the streets of actual Edinburgh (last week should you be interested).
Unlike most other acts it's actually recorded on the streets of actual Edinburgh (last week should you be interested).
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Fringe Previews continued
So, we had 7 preview shows lined up. A week's worth of shows to get it all right, which sounded too good to be true. Lo the first one got cancelled before we'd started.
It was a doorsplit, as many Edinburgh Previews are, run in a venue that doesn't run comedy the rest of the time and, by the sound of it, weren't ready to. So London was to do without a preview. The thing with Previews is that they come at a time of year when, previously, comedy clubs used to just close their doors and give up till September, it being nigh on impossible to get an audience indoors to watch comedy when it's warm and still daylight outside. This year more than most that looks like being a problem.
But our first actual preview went ahead, in the Looking Glass in Leicester, our familiar preview venue of the previous two years. And Leicester didn't disappoint, with a nice sized audience, helped out by friends and family (my Mum & Dad live in Leicestershire). So the only concern was the material, was it good enough? And I'll be honest, I chickened out and pussyfooted a bit, including reliable sketches from the touring show, including Halloween and Kraftwerk, to keep the audience onside. I also tried out two "Cross Channel" sketches: Sex & Politics which has been in the touring show but will be new to Edinburgh, and Superman, which was one "similar sketch" too far.
The material that got debuted in Leicester that looks like staying is Casablanca, Western and the brand new Sweary Song which was a total hit. Sockodile Dundee got some laughs, but not enough. Stuff that is defo going is Halloween and Kraftwerk, they've had their time. The musical sequence is still from the 08 show, and works well but maybe it has to go, just because.
Our second Preview was last night in Milton Keynes and it was brilliant. No Kraftwerk, no Halloween, it was all new (except for the musical sequence towards the end) and featured the world debut of Star Wars as our new finale. Yes, we have an end to the show. Also the Andy Warhol song, which got its laugh. But Sockodile Dundee doesn't quite fit because it's a monologue, so it need turning into a dialogue. And now I'm aware of all those films we don't mention. How to squeeze in Hitchcock, Spielberg, and all the other audience suggestions? We now work on that.
Tonight should have been a Preview in Glasgow, but I had to cancel it because, sadly, I can't afford it. So, the day and evening are devoted to making costumes & props, recording music, and thinking more about those bits of the show that need making perfect.
I realise this diary is of no interest to anyone but me, so thanks for ignoring it.
It was a doorsplit, as many Edinburgh Previews are, run in a venue that doesn't run comedy the rest of the time and, by the sound of it, weren't ready to. So London was to do without a preview. The thing with Previews is that they come at a time of year when, previously, comedy clubs used to just close their doors and give up till September, it being nigh on impossible to get an audience indoors to watch comedy when it's warm and still daylight outside. This year more than most that looks like being a problem.
But our first actual preview went ahead, in the Looking Glass in Leicester, our familiar preview venue of the previous two years. And Leicester didn't disappoint, with a nice sized audience, helped out by friends and family (my Mum & Dad live in Leicestershire). So the only concern was the material, was it good enough? And I'll be honest, I chickened out and pussyfooted a bit, including reliable sketches from the touring show, including Halloween and Kraftwerk, to keep the audience onside. I also tried out two "Cross Channel" sketches: Sex & Politics which has been in the touring show but will be new to Edinburgh, and Superman, which was one "similar sketch" too far.
The material that got debuted in Leicester that looks like staying is Casablanca, Western and the brand new Sweary Song which was a total hit. Sockodile Dundee got some laughs, but not enough. Stuff that is defo going is Halloween and Kraftwerk, they've had their time. The musical sequence is still from the 08 show, and works well but maybe it has to go, just because.
Our second Preview was last night in Milton Keynes and it was brilliant. No Kraftwerk, no Halloween, it was all new (except for the musical sequence towards the end) and featured the world debut of Star Wars as our new finale. Yes, we have an end to the show. Also the Andy Warhol song, which got its laugh. But Sockodile Dundee doesn't quite fit because it's a monologue, so it need turning into a dialogue. And now I'm aware of all those films we don't mention. How to squeeze in Hitchcock, Spielberg, and all the other audience suggestions? We now work on that.
Tonight should have been a Preview in Glasgow, but I had to cancel it because, sadly, I can't afford it. So, the day and evening are devoted to making costumes & props, recording music, and thinking more about those bits of the show that need making perfect.
I realise this diary is of no interest to anyone but me, so thanks for ignoring it.
Edinburgh Previews
The Socks have started their Edinburgh Preview process, and it's more drawn out than any previous year.
The Preview tradition, which seems to have developed in the last decade, sees comedians setting themselves the challenge of coming up with a totally new show every year for the Edinburgh Fringe. They do this partly for their regular audience, partly to prove their versatility, part as a personal challenge, part to appease reviewers who demand a new show every year, and part to be eligible for the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier Award).
In year one it was easy for us, we cobbled our best stuff together and just did it. We had 2 previews, one in Leicester and one in Bristol at the Hatchet. It went well, our expectations being low and the result surprising me as much as anyone else.
Year 2 we only had 3 previews, this time Leicester, Bristol and a show at the Bedford Fringe, and the show, made of all-new material save for the opening theme song, only really came into shape during the Edinburgh run. It was better than the previous year, sold more, got better reviews. Suddenly I got to thinking about how much better year 3 had to be, with the spotlight being on us.
So with Year 3 looming we lined up a record 7 Preview shows, and for the first time a them - The Socks Go To Hollywood. (to be continued)...
The Preview tradition, which seems to have developed in the last decade, sees comedians setting themselves the challenge of coming up with a totally new show every year for the Edinburgh Fringe. They do this partly for their regular audience, partly to prove their versatility, part as a personal challenge, part to appease reviewers who demand a new show every year, and part to be eligible for the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier Award).
In year one it was easy for us, we cobbled our best stuff together and just did it. We had 2 previews, one in Leicester and one in Bristol at the Hatchet. It went well, our expectations being low and the result surprising me as much as anyone else.
Year 2 we only had 3 previews, this time Leicester, Bristol and a show at the Bedford Fringe, and the show, made of all-new material save for the opening theme song, only really came into shape during the Edinburgh run. It was better than the previous year, sold more, got better reviews. Suddenly I got to thinking about how much better year 3 had to be, with the spotlight being on us.
So with Year 3 looming we lined up a record 7 Preview shows, and for the first time a them - The Socks Go To Hollywood. (to be continued)...
Friday, 10 July 2009
New comics by Comic Art Masterclass kids.
Below, Covers of comics produced by kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses, June/July 2009. Left to right: St Peters Marlborough, Danum School Doncaster, Larbert Library Stenhousemuir, Grangemouth Library, Denny Library, Collegiate High Blackpool, Backwell School Somerset, Shire Oak School Walsall.
Covers of comics produced by kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses, June/July 2009. Left to right: Clifton College Bristol, Collegiate High Blackpool, Don Valley High Doncaster, Windsor High Halesowen, Ruskin Juniors Swindon, St Peters Marlborough, Meadowbank Library Polmont, Gordano High Portishead.
Covers of comics produced by kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses, June/July 2009. Left to right: Clifton College Bristol, Bonnybridge Library, Woolwich Poly school London, Don Valley High Doncaster, Falkirk Library, Bo'ness Library, Slamannan Library Falkirk, Ruskin Juniors Swindon.
Covers of comics produced by kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses, June/July 2009. Left to right: Clifton College Bristol, Collegiate High Blackpool, Don Valley High Doncaster, Windsor High Halesowen, Ruskin Juniors Swindon, St Peters Marlborough, Meadowbank Library Polmont, Gordano High Portishead.
Covers of comics produced by kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses, June/July 2009. Left to right: Clifton College Bristol, Bonnybridge Library, Woolwich Poly school London, Don Valley High Doncaster, Falkirk Library, Bo'ness Library, Slamannan Library Falkirk, Ruskin Juniors Swindon.
Glasgow Socks gig July 12 cancelled, sorry folks
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Sorry Glasgow Socks fans, we've had to cancel this gig on Sunday July 12th, Edinburgh preview in Glasgow. I know people who were intending coming and we hate to let you down, but travel problems have made it impossible to do now.
Really sorry to do this at short notice, but take consolation that it was a free gig, so hopefully no-one's lost any money over it. And I hope Alan the promoter will still be my friend.
Love Kev & the Socks
Sorry Glasgow Socks fans, we've had to cancel this gig on Sunday July 12th, Edinburgh preview in Glasgow. I know people who were intending coming and we hate to let you down, but travel problems have made it impossible to do now.
Really sorry to do this at short notice, but take consolation that it was a free gig, so hopefully no-one's lost any money over it. And I hope Alan the promoter will still be my friend.
Love Kev & the Socks
Friday, 3 July 2009
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Sitcom Trials 10th Anniversary Season - now open for entries
Announcing The Sitcom Trials 10th Anniversary Season
Have we found the new Fawlty? The new Father Ted? The new Phoenix Nights? You decide. In The Sitcom Trials.
The best new comedy writers in the country are about to compete to create the next great situation comedy in The 10th Anniversary Season of The Sitcom Trials.
Thousands will enter, only one can win. Could it be you?
Anyone can send in a sitcom script, it costs nothing to enter. The shortlisted finalists will have their sitcoms staged at London's prestigious Leicester Square Theatre this autumn, with the audience and a panel of experts from the comedy industry voting on which, if any, deserves to be seen again. After the heats and the semi finals, the best new sitcom scripts in the country will go head to head in the grand final in December.
The winner of the last season of The Sitcom Trials, From Riga To Rotherham author Dean Hardman, has subsequently been commissioned by the BBC. And over the last decade, writers and artists who've competed in The Sitcom Trials have gone on to great success on TV and radio.
So, could you be the next great sitcom writer? Now's the chance to find out. The competition is open for entries now at http://sitcomtrials.co.uk
Will we find the new Brent? The new Bilko? The new Blackadder?
You decide.
THE SITCOM TRIALS - the Future of Sitcom, in your hands.
Deadline for entries Sept 6th 2009. Live shows begin Oct 19, Grand Final Dec 1st.
Have we found the new Fawlty? The new Father Ted? The new Phoenix Nights? You decide. In The Sitcom Trials.
The best new comedy writers in the country are about to compete to create the next great situation comedy in The 10th Anniversary Season of The Sitcom Trials.
Thousands will enter, only one can win. Could it be you?
Anyone can send in a sitcom script, it costs nothing to enter. The shortlisted finalists will have their sitcoms staged at London's prestigious Leicester Square Theatre this autumn, with the audience and a panel of experts from the comedy industry voting on which, if any, deserves to be seen again. After the heats and the semi finals, the best new sitcom scripts in the country will go head to head in the grand final in December.
The winner of the last season of The Sitcom Trials, From Riga To Rotherham author Dean Hardman, has subsequently been commissioned by the BBC. And over the last decade, writers and artists who've competed in The Sitcom Trials have gone on to great success on TV and radio.
So, could you be the next great sitcom writer? Now's the chance to find out. The competition is open for entries now at http://sitcomtrials.co.uk
Will we find the new Brent? The new Bilko? The new Blackadder?
You decide.
THE SITCOM TRIALS - the Future of Sitcom, in your hands.
Deadline for entries Sept 6th 2009. Live shows begin Oct 19, Grand Final Dec 1st.
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