Edinburgh Blog 9 So we’ve now passed over the half way point. And bang on the half way point I got the Edinburgh Flu, and spent a couple of days in bed curled up under a duvet reading sci-fi, hence the lack of blog recently. This was after one of my earlier blogs that actually[…]
Edinburgh Blog 9: Edinburgh Advice 308: You will get ill anyway, so you might as well drink
Blog Aug 29, 2011
Edinburgh Blog 8 After being here almost two weeks it’s strange that out of the madness of Edinburgh a routine has developed. Even The Royal Mile itself has become normal, with patterns developing out the chaos. Jules from our group will always be stood at the upper end, looking dapper and chatting in a charming[…]
Edinburgh Blog 7 Two things on my mind at the moment: Riots and Reviews. We currently feel like we’re in a happy little Edinburgh soap bubble floating around a sunshine sky while apparently in our home town all hell has broken loose. Weirder still is that all the riots are happening where are cast usually[…]
Edinburgh Blog 6 I went to the Meet the Press event a couple of days ago. This involves queuing up with other performers in order to meet the press and reviewers directly and have a chat about the show. It wasn’t at all as intimidating as I thought it would be, and was encouraging to[…]
Edinburgh Blog 5 Hello, Dr. Music Box here. At previous Edinburgh festivals I have rapidly fallen victim to Edinburgh lurgy. Symptoms Symptoms of Edinburgh lurgy include: – Sleeping all day for no reason. – Turning a pale green/grey colour. – Sheltering under a duvet like an introverted snail and only coming out to perform. If[…]
Edinburgh Blog 4 Hurrah! First show done, first flyering done, first pint had. This feels soooo good and has released a feel-good sense of adventure within me where I just want to make more cool things happen. More good news is that the first show had an audience! I was fully prepared to perform to[…]
Edinburgh Blog 3 There was a flurry of Music Box social activity before leaving London. On Friday night I found myself at a BBQ where everyone there was about to be in a show before Edinburgh. Everything was noticeably “before Edinburgh” over the weekend. I’m eating a burger, before Edinburgh. I’m sitting on the tube,[…]
Edinburgh Blog 2 There it is, beating away on the horizon. This time next week I would have done three Edinburgh shows already. In the build up my mood constantly changes from terror to complacency to excitement to nerves to just stupid giggling, all in the time it takes me to finish my cornflakes. I have[…]
Edinburgh Blog 1 Hello! I’m Steve Roe, producer of Music Box Improvised Musical. That’s my funny face staring back at you. Of all the headshots I’ve got, that’s the most normal looking! I had to go into comedy as my big head is unsuitable for any other style of acting. I once performed in an[…]
The future of improv in London Last blog sparked a minor chat in The Miller last night that I’ve interpreted as an undercurrent of feeling of ‘is this the end of some groups working together?’ since Tuesdays at The Miller have become chocablock with monthly nights and new shows I’m producing. The short answer to this[…]
History Just under a year ago I was at the Edinburgh Fringe, in a youth hostel, not performing but phoning up loads of impro groups I knew to book them in to The Black Horse. I’d just got to the point where I’d booked them all in, and put all the details on the website,[…]
Two New Character Exercises I led a one day character workshop on Saturday and came up with two new character exercises that might be helpful for anyone out there running similar things. Here they are…. That’s Great, New Character Two actors – A and B. A starts talking about a topic from their real life[…]