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Bacon is running at the Soho Playhouse as part of the International Fringe Encore Play Series through January 28th. Find out more at www.sohoplayhouse.com.

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The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

On this week's episode, Nona is joined by the fabulous, cabaret comedy boy wonder himself, Rich Watkins! Together they discover the limited-edition cinnamon donut flavoured fruit loops, whilst they discuss Fringe festivals, Queer performing spaces, addiction, dick picks and sending nudes. 

Episode 78 features Fraser, who talks to us about his enterprise The Edinburgh Collective, making the most of your time at Edinburgh and utilising the fringe festival.

You can follow Fraser and his enterprise on Instagram @the.edinburgh.collective

Season 5 is titled All Roads Lead to Edinburgh. Here, we take our 2023 graduates 5 years into an ideal future and ask them where they would like to be, and how they would return to Edinburgh if presented the chance to give a speech to the new student cohort.

All opinions expressed are those of the individual and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Edinburgh.

Multi Story Edinburgh has been created and produced by the Alumni Relations team at the University of Edinburgh. If you are interested in telling your story, please get in touch and let’s talk!

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RPKFs, Las Cultch favorite Greta Titelman returns to the pod and joins us from Scotland with Matt, who has gone through one of the most harrowing travel experiences in recent personal memory. All this as Bowen has a terrible fever? It’s giving I DON’T Think So, Honey. Find out what on earth the Witches Well is and whether or not Edinburgh has amazing food options (it doesn’t). Noomi Rapace, early memories of curse words and the plausibility of “And Just Like That” pave the way for emphatic discussions on Vitamin Water stepping onto the world stage, the glory of multicam, and bands you would have wanted to “be” in the aughts. It’s JUST close, proud Americans this week, and you can check out Greta’s critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe Festival show “Exquisite Lies,” playing until August 27. @gertiebird @Gertie_Bird 

Tix here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/greta-titelman-s-exquisite-lies

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Hello and welcome to a special summer bonus episode of YXE Underground. My name is Eric Anderson and I hope you are having a wonderful summer so far. 

I spent the first two weeks of July on a trip to Scandinavia with my Dad and had a really great time there. We spent time in Norway, specifically Oslo and a city called Narvik within the Arctic Circle, which was pretty crazy to experience as the sun just doesn't really go down at all. We would go to bed around 1 am and it was like 7pm here in Saskatoon, so that was pretty neat to see. 

The reason for our trip was to learn more about my Grandpa Anderson's experiences as a member of the Norwegian Resistance in WWII and we really learned a lot. I posted a little bit about it on the YXE Underground social media channels but I did some audio recording during our trip and fingers crossed I'm going to be doing a radio documentary for CBC Radio about our time in Norway and my Grandpa's experiences.

I am also excited to be back in Saskatoon and to be talking about the Saskatoon Fringe Festival! It's one of my favourite times of the year here in the city. There's great live theatre to take in, there's wonderful local vendors to check out, the buskers are great and if you have kids well there's so much to do!

The Saskatoon Fringe Festival is put on by Saskatoon's 25th Street Theatre. It starts on August 3rd and goes to August 12th. There's so much going on in the festival, including a return to Broadway Avenue on August 5th and 6th, that I felt it warranted a summer bonus episode with one of my favourite people in the world, Anita Smith. 

Anita is the Artistic and Executive Director for 25th Street Theatre and is basically thinking about the Fringe Festival 365 days a year. When I met up with her last week and asked if she was getting any sleep as the festival was getting closer, she told me she was actually dreaming of the Fringe Festival. That's how much Anita Smith cares about putting on a fantastic Fringe Festival for us here in Saskatoon!

Now, before we get to our conversation, I quickly want to mention that Season 6 of YXE Underground will drop on September 14th and I am so excited for this upcoming season! I am going to try some new things this season with more episodes and more online promotion that I am eager for you to hear and see and I have some great new merchandise not only for people but for our four-legged friends as well! I'll share more details as we get closer to September but thank you so much for all of your support and spreading the word on all things YXE Underground.

Have a wonderful time at the Fringe Festival and best of luck to Anita as she attempts to see all 18 plays during the festival! 

I started by asking Anita how she was feeling a few days before the festival kicks off. 

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She slices! She dices! She engineers! She comedies! It's Mom! How does she do it? With biting wit. Comedian, triathlete, engineer, and filmmaker Anu Vaidyanathan joins Biz to talk pressure cookers, passive aggression on the dance floor, and the long road to comedy.

Learn more about Anu, her short films, her comedy, and book by visiting www.AnuVaidyanathan.com.

Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to become a member! This week, we're sponsored by Lectric eBikes and Earth Breeze. Visit LectricEBikes.com to explore the epic models Lectric has to offer. Go to EarthBreeze.com/BADMOTHER to get 40% off.

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Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive Sessions

Mom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For Teens

Telephone, Awesome, Beehive Sessions

Mama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the Butterbeans

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Therapy for Black Girls – Therapyforblackgirls.com

Dr. Jessica Clemmens – https://www.askdrjess.com

BLH Foundation – borislhensonfoundation.org

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Fresh off of a run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we have Aidan Jones! Very funny man & a very weird man, it was the most fun to record this over the weekend. Check out the links below to listen to Aidan's podcast, to watch his comedy specials, or to see him live.

Aidan Jones Comedy web page
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Tickets to his shows

Follow my Instagram to keep up with what we are doing on the podcast.

Anita Smith is one of my favourite people and it was wonderful to have her back on the podcast for this special summer bonus episode. 

Anita is the Artistic and Executive Director of Saskatoon's 25th Street Theatre and a fierce advocate for the arts in our community. When she's not directing and acting in plays, Anita empowers local artists from all backgrounds to tell their stories on local stages. That's one of the many reasons why she is so excited for the Saskatoon Fringe Festival.

25th Street Theatre puts on the Fringe Festival which means Anita and her team are busy all year preparing for the 10 day festival in Saskatoon's Broadway District. This year's festival  features the return of international theatre companies to Saskatoon as well as some fantastic local and national companies. 

Anita was kind enough to swing by my house on a Sunday morning to offer a preview of this year's Fringe Festival for the podcast. We also discuss the importance of getting kids interested in the arts at a young age and why she feels so strongly about our community supporting local artists. 

You can learn more about this year's Fringe Festival and purchase tickets to any of the festival performances by visiting the 25th Street Theatre website. 

I hope all of you are having a wonderful summer and don't forget that Season 5 of YXE Underground drops on September 8th! I have started gathering interviews for the new season and can't wait to share them with you!!

Thank you, as always, for supporting a local, independent podcast. I really do appreciate it. Have a great rest of your summer and maybe see you at the Fringe!

Cheers...Eric 

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Welcome to the Public Art and Street Art episode.

In our latest show we (as always)  have so much to chat about and in this episode, we pay “homage”*  to all the brilliant artists and creative people in our community.

Ben gives an update on the awesome event happening in SA, including Womad and the exploding public art scene in Adelaide plus a rundown on some of his favourite artists and how some ugly buildings are getting an interesting refresh!

Kristy shares some interesting anecdotes on  Melbourne street and community-based laneway art, plus the backstory to the Taylor, Kanye, and Kim art in Richmond, Vic.

Our special VIP guest is Elizabeth Close. 
Elizabeth Close is a prolific South Australian artist with a lot of well-known and very large public works including some collaborations, we had the best chat with Elizabeth and are so grateful for her time.

We also catch up with Peter Douperouzal, President of the Nhill Silo Heritage Project, and how the works are progressing inside the Silo. 

Enjoy this fun episode as we celebrate the brilliant street artists and thanks for listening.

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Saturday 12 February: A versatile singer on switching characters and musical styles, an unheard interview with American composer George Crumb who died this week, and Simon Rickard brings a musette (baroque bagpipe) into the studio.

Diana Varco is a UCB/Groundlings trained improviser, storyteller and actress using humor to heal. Her solo show Shattered uses comedy and character-work to explore mental health, the power of Shame, post-traumatic growth, and much more! Since its premiere in 2017, Shattered has graced many stages in LA, NYC (off-Broadway), and a recent 25 show run at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With over 10 years in comedy, Diana co-created and co-produced the variety show Ladies' Night - which ran over 5 years in Los Angeles - co-created the improv-based web series Riding Buddies and co-wrote the pilot MomCircle. For more information - visit www.dianavarco.com or follow @dianavarco on IG!

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and  coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life. 

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In the first episode of the 3rd Burden of Truth miniseries, Luke Annand interviews Nathan Costa about being the COVID fighter in the production office for Season 4 of Burden of Truth.  Along the way, they discuss the pros and cons of the Fringe Festival, share memories of living in Toronto and being online content creators as creative outlets.

Ike Avelli and Tym Moss are back this episode, SOLO! They are back from performing 3 nights at the Providence Fringe Festival in Providence, R.I., where they shared a stage with the fabulous Viki Villainess for "50 Shades of Gay" Here all about the ups and downs of being on the road!

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RVK Fringe hátíðin fer fram 3.-11. júlí. Í þessu Hot Pot-casti spjallar hátíðarstjórnandi Nanna Gunnars við uppistandarann Arnór Daða, leikarann Ingimar Bjarna og kabarett sönggyðjuna Bibi Bioux. Fyrrverandi stjórnandi Edinborgar Fringe, Paul Gudgin, kíkir í heimsókn og droppar sögum um kynni sín af Tim Minchin og fleiri Fringe frægum stjörnum.

On this episode of Cry About It, we welcome actor and supporter of the arts Conor O'Brien! 

Conor is an actor, theatre-maker, and arts advocate. Conor has performed Off-Broadway (59e59 Theatres, The Cell, Actors Company Theatre) as well as a few small TV roles. Conor has performed or seen his original works performed on stages across the country and Great Britain.

He is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Scranton Fringe Festival as well as a proud member of the New Vintage Ensemble and the Dramatist Guild of America.

In a previous life, he co-founded The Vintage, an all-ages art and music venue/coffeehouse that was a popular destination in Northeast PA for several years.

Listen to the audio version: http://www.cryaboutit.buzzsprout.com