Like bus drivers
on Princes St, we can’t believe our eyes. It’s December
already! So in between the shopping, skating and selection of Christmas
parties we’ve dug up some delectable December treats. Enjoy…
Eh? To Z! (of Christmas)
Master of the swash and bringer of the buckle, Zorro is in town!
Body swerve the pantos this year and make a date with the masked
outlaw as he fights for justice, honour and to get the girl. So
take his lead and get the girls and boys down to the Traverse for
a Christmas Show of action and adventure to beat the band-its!
Zorro, various times 4 – 24 December,
Traverse Theatre. Tickets from £8 (family tickets also available).
Call 0131 228 1404 or visit www.traverse.co.uk
From Japan with love
This Christmas give the gift of a good idea. To start here’s
one we’ve come across already. Pecha Kucha is Japanese for
chit-chat and is a creative event where people have 20 powerpoint
slides and 20 seconds each slide to discuss anything they want.
Devised in Tokyo the network has grown worldwide and Edinburgh’s
Pecha Kucha has been a home of ideas and discussion inviting people
of all ages and backgrounds to discuss their passions to powerpoint.
Take a peek this month and start the ideas ball rolling…
Pecha Kucha Night Edinburgh 7.30 –9.00pm,
17th December, Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB. Free
but advance booking required here
What the dickens!?
If Charles Dickens’ imagination could have stretched to the
idea of Muppets you can be sure he would have found a space for
them in the original. A synergy of two great talents results in
this classic tale being given the Henson treatment with a sprinkling
of Michael Caine thrown in for good measure. Don’t wait for
the TV supplements to clutter the house and start the Christmas
movie season early at the Filmhouse.
The Muppets Christmas Carol, 1pm and 10.30am
Sun 13th & Monday 14th December, Edinburgh Filmhouse. Tickets
£2.10. Call 0131 228 2688 or visit www.filmhousecinema.com
Break out that fancy dress
Trendy Wendy’s Tackno is the stuff of legend. If you’re
going to make one party before the year ends make it the Tackno
Christmas cracker. Wendy takes over The Voodoo Rooms for a fancy
dress frolic of festive fun. Classic Christmas crooners and jingle
bells fill the floors and DJ Lennie Love will be on the decks in
The Speakeasy which will be doubling up as Santa's grotto &
gift exchange. Don some festive fashion and we’ll see you
there for dancing!
Tackno’s Christmas Cracker, 10.30pm
– 3am, Sunday 27th December, The Voodoo Rooms. Tickets £
6 in advance (£8/£7 on the door). Call 0131 556 7060
or visit www.thevoodoorooms.com
La Dolce Vita
See out 2009 in style with a proper Hogmanay treat. Join Philip
Contini and his Be Happy Band for an evening with Dean Martin. No,
it’s not a séance but a swinging evening at VinCaffe.
Live jazz, singing and dancing, welcome aperitifs, a five course
Italian festival dinner and a glass of midnight champagne are the
perfect New Year’s Eve ingredients starting 2010 as we mean
to go on. So “Sit Right Down and Write a Letter” (or
e-mail), or better still pick up the phone and hit the ‘Caffe
for Hogmanay.
Hogmanay 2009 - Philip Contini and his Be
Happy Band, Guests arrive 8.30 for 9pm, carriages at 1am. Tickets
£95 per person, to reserve call 0131 557 0088.
So there you have it.
Enjoy the last days of
December and if you’re reading this wondering what to get
your family and friends for Christmas check out our special offers
page where you can get 2 copies of The Locals’ Guide to Edinburgh
for the price of 1!
Have we gone mad? Yes, but it’s only a seasonal
condition until Friday 18 December so hurry up and buy your books here.
Until the next time in 2010 have a December to remember
and a hell of a Hogmanay!
Owen & Claudia
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