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Welcome to AIR ALBA (Gaelic - ‘About Scotland’) At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe August 1st to 30th 2009 Thanks for use of Burns image to owner Pete Heywood and artist Jan Miller The Royal Oak Bar Downstairs Lounge 1 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, just off South Bridge opposite Cafe Nero at Blackwell’s bookshop. Come & Ceilidh (visit) with us in our cosy 30-seat room in the heart of Edinburgh with Song, Story, Music & Crack to warm your heart & tickle your fancy . A Different, original show each day of the week, every one a fresh view ‘about Scotland’ Tickets: £7/ 5 from Fringe Box Office 0131 226 0000 or from The Royal Oak (in person only) from June onwards AIR ALBA Daily Listings Shows run for a generous hour NN: Nancy Nicolson ALI : Alastair McDonald NN, TM: Nancy Nicolson and Tony Mitchell AUG 3.30- 4.30 AUG 6.30-7.30 1 Sat 1 Sat NN, Nancy’s WHISKY 2 Sun 2 Sun NN Nancy’s BURNS. 3 Mon ALI Old Scotia’s Shores 3 Mon NN The TWO BOB PIECE 4 Tue ALI Scottish Laughlines 4 Tue ALI Old Scotia's Shores 5 Wed NN Nancy’s WHISKY 6 Thu NN Nancy’s BURNS.. 7 Fri NN The TWO BOB PIECE 8 Sat NN, TM Oats and Oysters (Food) 9 Sun NN, TM Reel o Stumpie (Scots & Sex) 9 Sun NN, Nancy's WHISKY 10 Mon ALI Old Scotia’s Shores 10 Mon NN, Nancy’s BURNS 11 Tue ALI Scottish Laughlines 11 Tue NN The TWO BOB PIECE 12 Wed NN Nancy’s WHISKY 12 Wed NN, Nancy's WHISKY 13 Thu NN Nancy’s BURNS.. 14 Fri NN The TWO BOB PIECE 15 Sat NN, TM Oats and Oysters (Food) 16 Sun NN, TM Reel o Stumpie (Scots & Sex) 17 Mon ALI Old Scotia’s Shores 18 Tue ALI Scottish Laughlines 19 Wed NN Nancy’s WHISKY 20 Thu NN Nancy’s BURNS.. 21 Fri NN The TWO BOB PIECE 22 Sat NN, TM Oats and Oysters (Food) 23 Sun NN, TM Reel o Stumpie (Scots & Sex) 24 Mon ALI Old Scotia’s Shores 25 Tue ALI Scottish Laughlines 26 Wed NN Nancy’s WHISKY 27 Thu NN Nancy’s BURNS.. 28 Fri NN The TWO BOB PIECE 28 Fri NN, Nancy’s BURNS 29 Sat NN, TM Oats and Oysters (Food) 29 Sat NN, TM Stumpie (Scots & Sex) 30 Sun NN, TM Reel o Stumpie (Scots & Sex) 30 Sun NN, Nancy's WHISKY Seven Different Original Shows about Scotland and its Fascinating People Afternoons 3.30 – 4.30 Selected Evenings 6.30 – 7.30 AIR ALBA 1 Oats & Oysters- The Scots and Food Nancy Nicolson + Tony Mitchell, guitar Scotland - the finest food & the worst diets in the world. How do we manage that? With a laugh! 3.30pm SATURDAYS August 8, 15, 22, 29 The Reel o Stumpie - The Scots and Sex (adult content, bawdy songs, over 18s only) Nancy Nicolson + Tony Mitchell, guitar From the Garden of Eden to the gardens of Edina, Nancy explores these fields of delight. 3.30pm SUNDAYS August 9, 16, 23, 30 6.30 pm SATURDAY August 29 AIR ALBA 2 Old Scotia’s Shores Alastair McDonald, guitar, banjo, song From fishing to the Highland Clearances, holidaying to piracy, hear how the sea has sustained, challenged & influenced Scots in songs & stories through the years. 3.30pm MONDAYS August 3, 10, 17, 24 6.30pm TUESDAY August 4 Scottish Laughlines Alastair McDonald, guitar, banjo, song Despite the Scots’ austerity of life through oppression, repression, depression, wrongful succession & even the weather, the Scottish songbook rings with wry, pawky & self-effacing wit from bothy to variety theatre. 3.30pm TUESDAYS August 4, 11, 18, 25 AIR ALBA 3 Nancy’s Whisky Nancy Nicolson & her boxie (melodeon) Songs & music of Whisky including the hilarious true tale of the illicit still beside the Nicolson peat bank. 3.30pm WEDNESDAYS August 5, 12, 19, 26 6.30pm SATURDAY August 1; SUNDAY August 9; WEDNESDAY August 12; SUNDAY August 30 Nancy’s Burns Nancy Nicolson & her boxie (melodeon) Meet Burns as a child, as the scientific Farmer, & as the poet in Edinburgh where he met Nancy McLehose, & wrote for her ‘Ae Fond Kiss’. 3.30pm THURSDAYS August 6, 13, 20, 27 6.30 pm SUNDAY August 2; MONDAY August 10; FRIDAY August 28 The Two Bob Piece - Robert Tannahill & Robert Louis Stevenson Nancy Nicolson & her boxie(melodeon) Meet RLS in Wick on a dive to survey Wick Harbour as apprentice to his father. Walk with Tannahill 30 miles to Alloway Kirk to honour Burns’ Tam o Shanter. 3.30pm FRIDAYS August 7, 14, 21, 28 6.30 pm MONDAY August 3; TUESDAY August 11 Digest of Evening Shows, 6.30pm-7.30 pm 1 Aug Saturday NN Nancy’s Whisky 2 Aug Sunday NN Nancy’s Burns 3 Aug Monday NN The Two Bob Piece 4 Aug Tuesday ALI Old Scotia’s Shores 9 Aug Sunday NN Nancy's Whisky 10 Aug Monday NN Nancy’s Burns 11 Aug Tuesday NN The Two Bob Piece 12 Aug Wednesday NN Nancy's Whisky 28 Aug Friday NN Nancy’s Burns 29 Aug Saturday NN TM Reel o Stumpie 30 Aug Sunday NN Nancy's Whisky |
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