the life of brian was voted the all time best comedy film on a clip show on channel 4 the other night. brilliant. hopefully that means lots of people will be up for the dressing up bit of the amazing life of brian party i'm having next summer! haha
i was reminded of the life of brian while in edinburgh last week at the fringe festival: in particular the judean peoples front and the peoples front of judea!
you may or may not know that it is incredibly difficult to make a profit as an artist on the fringe. you only hope to break even or only lose a few hundred quids because of the huge prices big venues charge in rent and ticket costs. this lead to the birth of the the 'free' fringe festival, which is a much more cost-effective way to enjoy the fest for both performers and punters...
but while we enjoyed the delights of the free fringe both this year and last - this time we came across 'the other free fringe festival' haha which is why i thought life had gotten very life of brian! 2 free festivals in one town - a bonus for punters i'd imagine but such a shame that the two groups who were originally as one couldn't agree on how to run the free festival... since they both have the same aim - to keep the cash in the pockets of the artist (there's a bucket at the end of the show if you've enjoyed it) ...
what was interesting as well was how only the pbh free festival flyer slagged off the other laughing horse festival - the laughing horse made no mention of the competition so it was definitely an acrimonious split for pbh at least... oh divorce is so messy! why can't everyone just get along! they'd be such a force to be reckoned with if they teamed up! such a shame...
people are funny ain't they?
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