18–25 AUGUST Festival Cover Story
Americans in Edinburgh There are some great entertainers from across the pond at this year’s Festival. Head to page 18 for our interview with Mark Chavez (one half of The Pajama Men), Amanda Palmer (one half of Evelyn Evelyn) and Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler (both halves of Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen).
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WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE American film and theatre director Stephen Earnhart is something of a poster boy for EIF 2011’s East-West intercultural mandate: he’s the man behind the stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel. FESTIVAL FOOD It can be hard to find the time to sit down to a good meal while rushing from show to show. Put your faith in The List’s expert food team, who have been sampling Edinburgh’s street food options to find you the top ten.
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BOOKS Jon Ronson Grant Morrison Jo Nesbø
COMEDY WitTank Nick Helm David O’Doherty
DANCE Soy de Cuba The Ballet Ruse Circolombia
KIDS
The Incredible Book Eating Boy Mirazozo Snow Play
MUSIC Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Warpaint Orkestra del Sol
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THEATRE Belarus Free Theatre You Once Said Yes Steven Berkoff’s Oedipus Audience Belleville Rendez-vous Ten Plagues Hotel Medea
VISUAL ART Runaway, Success Carmen Sylva Norman McBeath Chris Drury
CLUBS Gary Beck Girl Unit Win tickets to Tiga
AROUND TOWN Golden Hour Mobilise Anti-Cuts Festival
GREAT OFFERS
Win tickets to Puppetry of the Penis 3D and Tiernan Douieb vs The World
2 for 1 tickets at Assembly venues and The Blue Lady Sings Back Win tickets to Rowland Rivron and Robert Coover at the EIBF
2 for 1 tickets at The Stand
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Outside the festivals From page 87
We’ve two options for those wishing to escape the hustle and bustle of Festival life this issue. You could escape to Crete, in the style of Will, Jay, Simon and Neil in The Inbetweeners Movie, or relax in classy new Glaswegian restaurant Barolo Grill.
Features
THE INBETWEENERS We ask four teenagers how close The Inbetweeners’ universe is to real life. 90
FOOD & DRINK Stylish Italian restaurant Barolo Grill has large shoes to fill, taking over as it does the site of Glasgow favourite L’Ariosto. Read our review to see how it measures up. 93
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