Well, I have now met the best audience member ever! I think she doesn’t quite beat the room full of women in Camden, many years ago, who chanted my name as I left the stage. However, as individuals go – she is all of my top ten! Why, you ask? Well, at one point in … Continue reading »
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Gill Smith – I’d hope never to see those ***ts ever again
Well, as ever, fitting in time for a blog is a challenge with a fringe going on, but I have a moment, as my little girl is debating colours with granny (she calls them all yellow, but doesn’t actually like yellow. Daughter, this is, not granny. Granny likes all colours and is spot-on accurate on … Continue reading »
Gill Smith – Should Be Writing
The press release is with the Fringe Office, and the poster artwork has been sent off to Tenfold for printing. Now what? And don’t say, hone and perfect the show. I know that. It’s just not last-minute enough for me to be panicking yet. Remind me nearer the time. Now this is the time when … Continue reading »
Gill Smith – A punch-up followed by an orgy.
The Brighton Fringe is done and dusted. Not literally dusted, I should point out. I can see how you might have thought I’d given Brighton a clean-up, but really, with the number of hen parties in our hotel alone, it’d be an uphill struggle. (Best fun bits of hen party watching – spotting the apologetic … Continue reading »
Gill Smith – Obsessively Positive
As Brighton rapidly approaches (the less obsessively positive about life might say “looms”) the show is really coming together, but I have to ask, why does it always only come together after total panic has set in, accompanied by massive stress and a passing phase of manic depression, complete with the highs, in which I … Continue reading »
Gill Smith – Coarse Mates
Apologies that it’s been a while, and that this (probably) wont be very long. I am currently awaiting my musical director’s arrival, to help knock the show into some sort of better shape pre-Brighton. So I have a moment or two for an update. So, what’s happened? Well, I got my show safely booked in … Continue reading »
Gill Smith – The Panic Begins
I’m currently a little bouncy, if not to say mildly hyperactive with nervous excitement about the whole Edinburgh thing. My deadline dates for what needs to be done when are very early this year, partly because the song spoofs need to fit into the overall structure of the show, so they need to be done … Continue reading »
Gill Smith – Top Tip Number 1
There are always a million little things to do when you plan a solo show, and I’m sure I’ll go into plenty of them at great length here over the coming months, but one of the first brings a smile to my face regularly from then onwards. I’d recommend it. After checking the title of … Continue reading »
Gill Smith – The Singing Obsessive
Right, so, 2011 will be my fourth Edinburgh solo show, and I can’t quite work out if I’m more excited or terrified. Why? Well, it’s actually a fairly short story, so I’ll tell you. Sometime in 2007, I decided it’d be a great idea to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe. Now, I’m a … Continue reading »
