2023 News, Interviews and Previews

Did you think think the Edinburgh festival was over. Wrong!
On Saturday 30th September the 15th Annual DARKCHAT awards took place. 36 shows were battling in 16 categories with a total of 137 nominations.
Who were our winners? Find out below.

Working out an Edinburgh festival schedule needs a balance of seeing the familiar with the new. DARKCHAT took a chance with " Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe 'n' Stuff". We are glad we did as this has proved to be one of the hits of the unexpected hits of the festival. Cheekykita ( Sonja Doubleday) took time out of her ridiculously busy schedule to give us this interview.

In 2019 Darkchat saw and enjoyed TS Crew perform at the Fringe, this year they are back with 3 shows, we caught up with the Andy Lo and asked what to expect from their link up with Hong Kong Soul.

Having seen the amazing 'A War of Two Halves' at last year's Fringe we couldn't wait to see what Two Halves Productions were bringing to this year's Festival. We spoke to writer Paul Beeson about their new show about Hearts legend Bobby Walker 'Never Trouble Trouble (Till Trouble Troubles You)' and his hopes for Hearts this season.

Despite not appearing in this year's Fringe Programme, thanks to an interestingly worded press release we liked the sound of Paul Connell and will be going to see his show "Ace In The Hole" at Boteco do Brasil on Lothian Street. Hopefully, after reading this interview you may join us.

As the Fringe approaches rapidly our latest interview is with Richard Lambert, Producer at LAMBCO Productions, who tells us about the pressure and excitement that bringing four different shows to Edinburgh can bring.

Ahead of this years festival we spoke to the wonderful Robin Ince, who tells us about his history with the Fringe, what to expect from his two shows this year and the (very good) reason why Brian Cox has told him not to mess with time.

Dave choo-chooses to attend his first Edinburgh preview of the year.