Tag: Edinburgh

  • A Portrait of a Provincial Dickhead OUT NOW!

    My 2013 Edinburgh show is available for internet consumption now: Please remember, my work is not for morons. Or idiots. It is for imbeciles. All hail the beautiful,

  • Raph Shirley: A Portrait of a Provincial Dickhead

    Promotional material for my upcoming Edinburgh show has started to come out. Many happy returns,

  • Video of Edinburgh 2012

    Here’s a full HD 1080p digital video of my 2012 Edinburgh show; a memoir shot at a cheeky angle. You may watch this video as many times as you like and you may also ‘like’ it using as many, like, YouTube accounts as you like!

  • Edinburgh 2012 summary

    I got two reviews. One was one star. One was four stars. That pretty much sums up the audience responses. Average star rating was therefore 2.5, half a star down on last year, but I got 2 more stars in total. Yippee! I only need a two star review and a five star one and […]

  • “Hangin’ Out” unplugged session in F Major

    Hello, A little web cam’ vid’: There will be no songs in the show. Thank god! Best wishes for the future, P.S. You may watch this video as many times as you like! *************************** BONUS MATERIAL *************************** Bonus material – Philosophical Investigations Conclusion in unexplainable high definition audio As part of a scheme to promote my forthcoming […]

  • Edinburgh Preview at 9.30pm on 22 July @ The Hen and Chickens

    Hello, Please come to my Edinburgh Preview at 9.30pm on Sunday 22 July at the Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar, Islington. I’d like it if you did. Buy tickets here. Or pay on the night to save £0.75 you cheap skate. If you’re in to Facebook events: https://www.facebook.com/events/499420723407199/ Many thanks, *************************** BONUS MATERIAL *************************** Bonus […]

  • Computer Programmer Extraordinaire

    Dear potential friend/enemy, I’m taking a brand new show to the Edinburgh festival again. Do come! *************************** BONUS MATERIAL *************************** Bonus material – Philosophical Investigations Introduction in heart breaking high definition audio As part of a scheme to promote my forthcoming Edinburgh show, I am releasing an audio recording of last year’s show, Philosophical Investigations. I’m releasing […]

  • A recount of a tough crowd

    In the land of small and unappreciative audiences; Raph Shirley’s 2011 début Edinburgh solo show. I think the worst show at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival was the one I did to a solitary ninety year old man. He’d got lost on his way to the military tattoo. Old people often can’t see very well, […]

  • Edinburgh DVD on sale now

    My 2011 Edinburgh show, Philosophical Investigations, is now available on DVD for the incredible price of 10 pounds. I have made DVD cases out of left over flyers and then burnt a PDF of the script on to an Intenso 4.70 Gb DVD-R disc using the Sonic RecordNow! software on my Toshiba Satellite Pro. I […]

  • Edinburgh 2011 summary

    The 2011 smash flop, Philosophical Investigations, has today come to an end. Figure 1. Conventional cameras can not capture the sublime performance of Raph Shirley. The show of which The Telegraph said nothing at all, the show nominated for under 1 awards, the five star masterpiece (five one star reviews from audience comment website edfringe.com) […]