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Hairline Highlights 2008

Awards given each year. To be given towards the end of the Fringe.

You want to know about them, we interview them for you. Read the latest interviews in our new section!

Feeling the Credit Crunch? Want to enjoy the Fringe but your pocket won’t allow it? With over a hundred free shows during the Festival, you needn’t worry about missing out.

For the first time in Hairline Magazine, we have a section where you can read all about these acts. We will tell you if they are worth the free entrance, or if they should pay you to watch them! We’ll tell you where they are, what they are about and what to look out for.

In ‘Hairline’s Free Fringe’ we will be reviewing as many free shows as we can, so you have as much information at hand as possible.

Don’t despair, as you see, you can still enjoy Edinburgh’s August on a tight budget.

Contact Us

* Doubts?
* Questions that do not fit under any post?
* Do you want to advertise in Hairline Magazine?

Drop us a note and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Adrian G. Velazquez - Editor in chief
email: avelazquez@hairline.org.uk
mobile: 07905301006

Martin Miller - Editor in chief
email: mmiller@hairline.org.uk
mobile: 07969671624

In 2001, Hairline founder Richard Biggs found himself facing August in Edinburgh with a Fringe press pass and lots of spare time. With a quick scrabbling together of funds, a bit of blagging and a high dose of self-confidence Richard set off to try his hand at producing the first Hairline. The first weekly issues included old-fashioned pasting up of master copies, photocopying, folding and distributing every copy. August 2001 was a long month for Richard but it was clear that this quickly conceived project had made a small impact and it was not long before plans to expand were being formed.

2002 saw another year of self-funding but the addition of extra hands to carry the burden and, with three other keen reviewers in tow, Hairline increased its circulation and, more importantly, the number of shows reviewed. The 2003 run was funded by a Millennium People award and saw the addition of more copies, several more writers and the launch of a simple website. The latest addition would soon shape the way of Hairline in the future.

Three years later Richard decided that he could no longer spend huge amounts of time seeking funding for Hairline and producing the hard copy versions of the magazine, so it migrated fully to the World Wide Web. Later that same year, he handed control to fellow reviewers Adrian G. Velazquez and Martin Miller who took full ownership of Hairline in 2006.

Under the new management, Hairline has grown bigger and stronger with each passing festival, incorporating new features and interviews. Despite the size our goal has always been the same, to give a fair, honest and balanced view of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In the upcoming years, Hairline intends to expand its new website design and incorporate new multimedia sections, ultimately intending to maintain its household name.

Would you like to review shows of the upcoming 2008 Fringe festival for Hairline?

We are currently looking for two or three Fringe show reviewers to join our team.

This is an unpaid job, but will give you first hand freelance journalistic work experience, and the chance to see a few fringe shows for free!

A journalistic, media or theatre degree desirable (even if you are half way through it), but not necessary.

Interested? send us your cv and an example of your writing to jobs@hairline.org.uk

Closing date: 20th of July

Welcome to the new and improved Hairline. It’s our 8th year and Hairline has gone through some transformations bringing us back from the ashes, so to speak. Just call us Phoenix. Well, no! Call us Hairline of course!

With a spiffy new web design and a healthy number of new and old reviewers we are finally ready to go. We are very excited to be able to share the 2008 Fringe experience with you all, and it looks like its going to be a good one.

There are over 2000 shows to sink your teeth into this Fringe, and Hairline is here to help you with all your Festival needs. We will see as many shows as humanly possible and our goal is to inform you on what you should be getting tickets for. We want to share those gems we find with you, and we hope you fall in love with them too.

But fear not, poor people in Edinburgh, we have a new section! In Hairline’s Free Fringe we will be reviewing the freebies (the name of the section is self explanatory, right!?), in case you are looking for a cheap day out. High prices do not always mean the best shows.

Look out also for lots of new features and interviews. Don’t say we are not good to you! Hopefully we will see you around.

Enjoy!

The Hairline Editors