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Looking back on the second Edinburgh Twestival

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With a final total of over £2625, there’s no doubt that the Edinburgh Twestival can be classed as a success. For a difficult second gig, following up the first Twestivals held in February was always going to be a tough challenge, but the team behind last Thursday’s event managed it with apparent ease. I say ease because I know from seeing the work that went on behind the scenes (and from organising similar events myself in a past life) that it’s not easy, and you always have the worry that you’ll fall flat on your face and not make anything

I’ll be compering the Edinburgh Twestival next week

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Next week is the return of the Twestivals around the world, where local groups of Twitterers all get together for a great night of fun and entertainment, all the time while raising money for charity. Edinburgh’s Twestival happens next Thursday (10th September) and starts at 7pm over at the Electric Circus. The charity this time around, chosen by readers of the Edinburgh Twestival Blog is Clic Sargent, Scotland’s leading children’s cancer charity. In a fit of (I think) well he managed it last time and he’s already on Twitter, the organisers asked if I would be able to compere the

After The Edinburgh Twestival

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Okay, so the bottom line first… the Edinburgh Twestival (on the night) raised just short of £3,500, which I think is a fantastic total. There are still some auction prizes and other bits you can be involved in so head over to the website. I was MC for the night, and given the crowd this was a new challenge for me – after all you cant rehearse jokes about Twitter, Facebook and Fail-Whales in a regular comedy club, and as the event kept pretty much to time and there weren’t a huge number of complaints from the audience I’ll score

My Edinburgh Twestival Documentary

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If all goes well, I’ll be stepping out on stage as this post goes lives, which means that the debut of my short ‘Documentary’ on Charity:Water for the Edinburgh Twestival is getting its premiere. You may recall I asked for people to pass a glass of water around yesterday – this was the reason. My thinking went something like this – for a charity event to not have some heart-wrenching documentary that makes you cry just before asking you to give as much money as you can is just not very British. Therefore, as the host of the event, it

I’ll be Hosting The Edinburgh Twestival

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Following on from a glittering, international career of compering, hosting, and performing (ahem), I’ll be compering the upcoming Edinburgh Twestival. Alongside music from Plum and Peter Gregson, I’ll be keeping the raffle on track, getting everyone a-twittering, delving into the psyche of the audience (or at least the person silly enough to sit right in front of the stage), raising as much money through the raffle and auction, and all the other stuff that comperes do. The event (one of almost 160 nearly simultaneous Twestivals around the world) is in aid of Charity:Water, who are “looking to bring clean and