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Re: Attending JAM Sessions (that was certainly a pun intended)

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Dean BedfordFeb 7, 2007
 

 
On Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 04:38 PM, Dave wrote:

> I love the fringe episodes, they always seem to find the players in
> high spirits and when they get the right mix of guests they are some
> of the very best shows. The point of this is I have listened to them
> a lot, and do seem to remember Nicholas referring to the audience
> having 'queued outside for hours'. From this I have always assumed
> that, with the shows being free, its a first come, first served
> basis - hence the long wait outside.
>
> However, Dean is of course right - check in advance. If you can find
> any info please post it up here because I'm eager to visit a live
> recording or two myself.
>
> Oh, and may I be the first to welcome you to the UK(prematurely).

yes there was a long queue the year I was there (2002) _ I arrived very
early as given that I had flown around the world principally to see a
JAM recording I wasn't going to miss out! They actually turfed everyone
out after the first show and brought a new crowd in for the second which
they don't usually do, and though I would guess there was around a
thousand people in the theatre - someone else may know the seating
capacity - they still didn't have everyone who had arrived seeing one of
the shows.

I do remember though it was a beautiful warm Edinburgh day. And it was
very pleasant standing in the sun waiting that morning. The panellists
actually wandered round beforehand mixing with the crowd a little,
especially Nicholas. Greg Proops was sitting at a bar upstairs holding
court, shouting at the others to join him. Clement arrived and really
was shaped like a bowling ball - he is shorter and fatter than you
imagine. He seemed the shyest of them. Paul was in his semi-disguise at
the time - he had grown a bushy beard and wore dark glasses obviously to
avoid recognition, but he still chatted with people and I remember how
pleased he seemed to catch up with Nicholas, Clement and Ross Noble
again. I think they are very good friends.

Incidentally it's two sleeps till I see Ross's show live. I don't know
whether the excitement shows. :-)

As to the tickets or first come- first served, I can't be sure but my
recollection is that last year the Fringe Festival's website was saying
about a month ahead that the shows were booked out. However I notice
that this year it just says "arrive early, entry not guaranteed". But it
doesn't even have a date yet so maybe details are still to come.
http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=JUSTA

The Fringe website would be a good place to keep an eye on anyway.
http://www.edfringe.com/index.html?r_menu=global&static=true I see the
message board has lots of accommodation available for example. It might
not be that way if you go looking in late July!

 
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