Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Postscript 2008

I need to keep reminding people of this: Spank's Pals are just all-round lovely folk. They don't need to contribute anything to my daily reports from the Edinburgh Festival, but they always do, and I'm grateful for it. So, once again, huge thanks to The Belated Birthday Girl, Charmian, Diane, Eve, Lee, Nick, Rhian, Stephen, Tomas, Anne, Jeremy and Roland for their contributions and companionship throughout the week.

Meanwhile, as the dust settles from Edinburgh 2008, people are inevitably thinking about the winners, the losers, and the ones in between. With that in mind, here are a few of Spank's Pals with their final thoughts from the Festival.

[Updated 02/09/2008: now includes additional notes from Charmian]

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Saturday 23/08/2008

Reviewed today: Johnny Candon: One Careless Lady Owner, On The Waterfront, The Standard.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Friday 22/08/2008

Reviewed today: Antonio Forcione, Because It's There, Dorian Gray, Terminus, Who Writes This Crap?

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Thursday 21/08/2008

Reviewed today: Are There More Of You?, Bale De Rua, Dizzee Rascal, Free Outgoing, The Honourable Men Of Art, Isy Suttie: The Suttie Show, James Sherwood: Songs Of Music, Mong Yeon (A Life In Dream), Shakers Re-Stirred, The Tailor Of Inverness.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Wednesday 20/08/2008

Reviewed today: Absolution, The Aluminium Show, Arthur Smith's ARTURART 2008, Cannibal! The Musical, High School Musical, Mr IMPOSSIBLE: Philippe Starck, The New Electric Ballroom, Scaramouche Jones, Tim Minchin, Tracey Emin: 20 Years, Watson & Oliver.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Tuesday 19/08/2008

Reviewed today: Animal Crackers, Dave McKean, Family, John Bishop: Cultural Ambassador, Our Country's Good, Simon Callow: A Festival Dickens, Yasser.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Monday 18/08/2008

Reviewed today: Black Bo's, Dog Day King, Elena Duran: Mexico Of My Heart, Footsbarn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Grim, John Bishop: Cultural Ambassador, Music At St Cuthbert's, Peter Buckley-Hill And Some Comedians, Regretrosexual, Robin Ince's Book Club, The World's Most Futile Journey.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Sunday 17/08/2008

Reviewed today: La Clique, Edges, In The Pink A Capella, Mervyn Stutter's Pick Of The Fringe, Richard Herring: The Headmaster's Son, Samurai Spirit, Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once Loved, This Show Belongs To Lionel Richie No 1: Sketch Show, X-Files Improv.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Saturday 16/08/2008

Reviewed today: Chuck Palahniuk, Elizabeth and Raleigh: Late But Live, Otis Lee Crenshaw.

Edinburgh Festival 2008

The Edinburgh International Film Festival? Dead to me. Let's move on.