Max Scratchmann

In this fun-to-read manual Scratchmann illustrates how freelance artists can land dream commissions, wow art directors, and fast-track their career.

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Alec Beattie

Edinburgh in the Shadows - stories the tourist guides never reveal... Want to know the Edinburgh the tourist guides won't tell you about? Beattie and Scratchmann tell it like it really is in this fact-packed book from their popular spoken word show about the city's sinister side with stories, tales and poems of drugs and murder, witchcraft and fetishes, executions and hauntings, cover ups and botch jobs that reveal the truth behind Edinburgh's lesser-known miscreants, unfortunates and flawed geniuses. 'thoroughly dark and entertaining' 'kept the audience amused, aghast and attentive' 'darkly fascinating historical laughs and thrills' 'grimly amusing' First performed in June 2015, Edinburgh in the Shadows has entertained and amused audiences at the Celtic Mystery Festival, the Grassmarket Festival, the Merchant City Comedy Festival, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It's also sold out at the National Library of Scotland, and toured libraries, cafes, pubs and clubs throughout Edinburgh. Back on the road for 2016, the show will be performed at the Cowgatehead venue during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with a warm up tour of Edinburgh's nest reading establishments.

Stories from the Dark Side of the City

Edinburgh in the Shadows

Kara Evelyn-McNeil

A little bear must learn that every failed attempt is not really a failure at all. This rhyming children's book is all about learning to succeed by learning from our mistakes and figuring out how to persevere. After reading this to your child, why not start a conversation about a time in your adult life when you have failed, only to find success later on because of what you learned from your mistakes? Tell your kids how you have failed WELL in your life.

Fail Thee Well Little Bear

Michael Dyer

Shoeboy in Pumpkin Land is a wonderfully surreal and Carrollesque opera for young people, brought to you by the wacky partnership of mad lyricist, Max Scratchmann, and round-the-bend composer, Michael Dyer. Dealing with the joint themes of alienation and acceptance in a darkly comic manner, this easy-to-stage one-act opera is the perfect vehicle for schools and/or youth theatre companies seeking to help children confront serious issues in a fun way. Jasper Jedd is an ordinary boy except for one little thing - he is born with a shoe for a head! And in this feast of devilish wit and roguish musical creativity he sets off on a journey through the dark forest of the fearsome Ginkle Snicks to find the mythical Pumpkin Land, where he hopes he'll finally fit in... (Duration: 35 minutes) The cover price of this libretto includes photocopying rights for one production.

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