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

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DaveFeb 7, 2007
 

 
RE: Paul's disguise - that was the year he was auditioning for the
part in the new Hardold Shipman musical!

--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
wrote:

>
>
> 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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