Contents The essential eight-day guide to Edinburgh’s Festivals

Thursday 6 Thursday 13 August 2009

4 Noticeboard 4 Poorboy Playroom 4 New Michael Jackson show 4 Updates on extra train times, charity comedy gigs and Bluetooth storytelling

11 Comedy 6 Lucy Porter is a Fringe 14 The Signspotting Project 16 Alistair McGowan 22 Dixie’s Tupperware Party 24 Umbrella Birds 26 WitTank

35 Dance 37 Flhip Flhop

38 Kids 39 Peter Duncan

41 Music 44 Billy Childish 46 Rough Cut Nation

49 Theatre 53 Rock music theatre 56 Trilogy 58 White Tea 60 Stefan Golaszewski 65 East 10th Street

67 Visual Art 69 Bob & Roberta Smith

74 Clubs We Are . . . Electric Confusion is Sex

76 Around Town Edinburgh Mela

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Cover story: Rhys Darby Fans of Flight of the Conchordsare gearing up for the ‘dick meeting’: a solo stand-up show from the man behind Bret and Jemaine’s gormless manager, proving he’s also a sound effects whizz, Kiwi extreme sports enthusiast and versatile character comic. Rhys Darby calls a band meeting with Claire Sawers. See page 18. Highlights

42 Sambor Dudzinski The Polish multi-instrumentalist talks to Anna Docherty about his Time(less) Machine, a show inspired by jazz, pop and classical music forms.

50 Barflies The short stories of Charles Bukowski are the focus of this production from Grid Iron, which is being performed in Edinburgh’s Barony bar. Steve Cramer heads down to the pub to find out more. 56 Muriel Spark As two stage adaptations of Spark’s novels line up in an orderly fashion for this year’s Fringe, Kirstin Innes explains the appeal of the lady who gave us Miss Jean Brodie, and much more besides.

68 Sculpture shows Mirrors, stone, latex, wax and plaster all appear in the Edinburgh’s Art Festival’s series of sculpture events. Talitha Kotzé guides you through the programme.

Reader Offers

8 2 for 1 tickets to Circa; Kataklo’s Love Machines; Jamie Kilstein Revenge of the Serfs; Greg Behrendt’s Love, Sex, Pudding, Death; Cardinal Burns; A Stroke of Genius; A Grave Situation; Lighter Than Air; I'll Always Think Of You That Way and Nicholas Parson’s Happy Hour.

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