Tagged with Brighton Fringe

Gill Smith – Look what I got

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 »

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 »