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Sweet Best of the Fest '08 Showcase in London

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:54:00 +0000

It all kicks off tonight!!

Sweet have hooked up with the Rosemary Branch in Islington to host some of the best shows that rocked Edinburgh 2008!

Thought-Thief - An Evening Of Mind-Reading
Is your mind safe? This show will leave you wondering just that. Watch as Peter Antoniou, one of the UK's foremost mind readers, demonstrates his bizarre ability to know what you are thinking and predict your behaviour. Antoniou not only demonstrates his own abilities, but reveals for the first time how both criminals and the government use the same techniques to keep tabs on you. This fusion of comedy and mind reading will leave you baffled, entertained and just a little scared about how unsafe your mind really is.

"This man is pheno-mentally good!" - Kerrang!
"People were talking about the performance for weeks after" - Southern Comfort
www.mentalmarvel.com

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY FEB 16TH - 7.30pm
£8/£6 (concessions)
24 hour Box Office 020 7704 6665
http://www.rosemarybranch.co.uk/fringe-2008-sell-outs/

Applications for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009 Now open!

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:51:00 +0000

Applications for Edinburgh 2009 are now officially open.

If you would like to apply please check out our website
http://www.sweet-uk.net/venues/index.htm for more information.

or email info@sweet-uk.net

Sweet Director Julian Caddy in the Times

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:33:00 +0000

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LaSweetCantina Wins ThreeWeeks Editors Award

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0000

Enhorabuena!!!!!

LaSweetCantina just Won the ThreeWeeks Editors Award!!

Well done to everyone involved especially Adam, DMdJ and all of the performers who have made it a success!

"We're awarding the LaSweetCatina the ThreeWeeks Editors' Award which are presented to the 10 things we think made this year's Festival extra special".

"Also for creating a vibrant, affordable and performer friendly bar at the Fringe this year which our team thought was really cool." - Chris Cooke, Editor - ThreeWeeks

So come down to the Cantina!

Remember, Sunday will be an extra special night for everyone in this Award Winning Establishment!

Stay tuned for more information!

The best things in life are Sweet!

ENJOY LA SWEET CANTINA SCRATCH NIGHTS & OPEN MIC

noreply@blogger.com (DMdJ) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:53:00 +0000

Sweet Director Julian Caddy makes His Opinion Heard

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:03:00 +0000

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Sweet Shows Rock the House at Fringe Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:56:00 +0000

Sunday was a monumental day for Sweet as we were out and about in the Meadows supporting our performers.

Six Sweet Venues performers took the various stages and showed local and international festival goers what the Fringe is really about. From comedy to drama and even physical theatre, the Sweet acts drew in the crowds.

Fringe Sunday Featured acts from Sweet 2008:

Ginny Davis – Ten Days that Shook the Kitchen
A Brief History of Scotland – We Done Loads!
Wolfgang Weinberger - A GUIDE TO SEXUAL MISERY
Jody Kamali - Backpacker 2
Dan Rothenberg and Colleen Crabtree - Regretrosexual – The Love Story
Sean Choolburra - Live & Deadly & In-Didge Workshops

Weathering the rain, sun and more rain it turned out to be a fun day filled with colourful
Sweet World balloons and bubbly conversation highlighting our innovative and graphically ingenious Venue Guide and the great line-up it holds inside.

Well done!

The best things in life are Sweet.

FRINGE SUNDAY

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:38:00 +0000

Extra! Extra! Reviews are In!!!

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:44:00 +0000

Reviews are in – Sweet Venue shows are fast becoming the talk of the Fringe 2008.

Now that the Fringe is steadily underway our artists are anxiously awaiting reviews from the throngs of journalists and promoters that have been through our doors. Sweet Venues has shows for everyone with over 1,400 performances in 12 spaces and means that audiences are spoilt for choice when looking titillating shows.

Months of hard work, effort and passion have finally seen the curtain rise and our artists are duly being rewarded. These are some marvellous reviews that our shows have been receiving.

The Revenger’s Tragedy - **** The Scotsman

Pierrepoint - The Hangman’s Tale – “…Beautifully written, touching and honest…” 3Weeks

Red Peter - “… Something which everyone should experience!..’**** BroadwayBaby

1913 or Nude Descending a Staircase - “…Intriguing piece of theatre…” The Scotsman

Discover Kymaerica - “…A work of Impressive invention…” – The Scotsman

Dick Biscuit with Special Guests - “…youthful and funny comic piece…” 3Weeks

Mr Fizzywigg’s Story Factory - “…is marvelous…” – Primary Times

Make sure you stop by our Venue Box Offices at the Sweet ECA - Edinburgh College of Art ECA (Venue 186), Sweet Grassmarket Apex City Hotel (Venue 18) and Sweet Teviot Place, off Bristo Square (Venue 295) or call 0870 841 0136 purchase your tickets now.

The Best things in life are Sweet!

Superb! Scratch and Open Mic Night's in the LaSweet Cantina Ole`

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:11:00 +0000

The first of the Your Space Scratch and Open Mic Night’s kicked off at the
LaSweet Cantina (Venue 295) last night.

This event enables some of the hottest new and old writing, comedy and music to showcase new talent from around the world. The likes of Shameka Cunningham, Martin Hill, Luke Benson, Josh Widdicombe and Anna Pelly took to the stage and set the night on fire with excellent performances.

Scratch Nights was then followed by a more traditional Open Mic which sampled comedy, music, theatre and spoken word in the South American bear-pit that is the LaSweetCantina.

Yourspace and the Open Mic will be on for the rest of the Fringe except for the 4th, 11th and the 18th August - £7.50 (£6.50) - and is run in association with Stuffed Animals Media. http://www.stuffedanimalsmedia.com/
Open Mic (has the same dates as above) - New performers can register at the venue from 10pm.

The Interior design of the LaSweetCantina is done by David ' The One' Martin
Adam Morley is the Yourspace Artistic Director

Official Sweet Launch Party Picture Update

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:52:00 +0000

Sweet Success at our Official Launch Party today.

Everyone had a great time and enjoyed various sweet treats inlcuding organic cupcakes from Cakealicious, Sweet Unique, Fudges, S-Luca of Musselburgh, Magners and Cyberdog of Camden.

Official Sweet Launch Party Kicks Off at 12pm Today!

noreply@blogger.com (JJDP) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:42:00 +0000

Hello everyone,

The Sweet Venues team are looking forward to welcoming everyone to the Official Launch Party that will be happening today (31st July 2008) in the Courtyard at the Edinburgh College of Art from 12 - 2pm!

Featured perfomers for the day are The Carpetbag Brigade with The Vanishing Point and Mudfire, Robert Yule - Beautiful People Don't Travel Economy, Shameka Cunningham - I Lost My Laugh in the Revolution, The Uplifters - En-Suite Charity, Colin David Reece - Gift to the Future, Anna Pelley - The Secret Fantasies of Alice Pobbs aged 35 1/4 and Sean Choolburra - Live and Deadly.

Pictures and Video will be posted later tonight.

Welcome to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008 - Where the best things in life are Sweet

Welcome!

noreply@blogger.com (Sweet) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the blog for Sweet Venues!