.. only one week to go glummer chums and we'll be taking the low road [yes .. it is quicker] to Edinburgh .. one week left to watch the remainder of our flawless plan swing into action .. publicity is almost done .. t-shirts are designed and ordered and our in house cartoonist is currently working to an impossible deadline to create the illustrations for a minor tome we’ll be producing for the Edinburgh Fringe .. we’ve checked and double checked our poster and flyer information .. especially the spelling .. I’d hate to disappoint an audience member who’d come along expecting a show of stand-up pottery ..

.. this weekend we'll be tirelessly drilling our pit crew .. before each of our Edinburgh performances we have around 10 minutes to set up and sound check before we let our audience into the venue .. just to complicate matters during the very same 10 minutes the previous show will be striking and clearing their audience out of the space .. it could all end in tears .. we have a slightly technical show .. FX pedal/looper/guitar and mics .. so we'll be spending most of this weekend setting up and striking until we're confident we can do it within the required time .. we've even bought colour coded cables to make the process a bit easier .. I'll let you know if it works ..

You can see the glummer twins live at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the La Favorita Freestival, Venue 186 [Fingers Piano Bar] at 6.30pm from Tuesday 25th to Sunday 30th August. Free entry, pay what you want.

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With a combined age of 124 the glummer twins David Harmer and Ray Globe must be the oldest stand up poetry double act in town. And it’s turning out to be quite a year for the duo. Since their first gig at Sheffield’s legendary Shipping Forecast last autumn they’ve been busy writing, arranging, previewing and open mic’ing around South Yorkshire. And the fruits of their labours? A new hour long show they are taking for a weeks run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.

Glummer Twins David Harmer and Ray Globe last performed in Edinburgh in 1985 [yes 1985!] when David appeared as one of the legendary Circus of Poets and Ray did his one man singer/songwriter show at the then newly opened Pleasance. So is this nostalgia? An attempt to recapture their lost youth? “Well to be honest .. yes. That’s certainly part of it” according to Ray. “But we also think we have something special to offer Edinburgh audiences. Being the wrong side of 60 certainly gives you a different perspective on life. So we’re trying to put a positive spin on getting older. Yes their are the moans, the groans, the shakes, indigestion, the bit that aches. But there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Why worry about old age; after all it doesn’t last that long.”

.. well .. we had an excellent time at the lantern theatre sheffield on 11th june .. thanks to all of you who came along .. for all the glummer twins completists out there here is the set list .. 

We’re the glummer twins Just turned 60 OAP Meds It’s your funeral 1957 Elvis Quiff The mod grandfather North and South Trainspotter Mediterranean homesick blues Silver surfer Jazz Keep away from the pies Not as big as it used to be I want Middle class elderly fat bloke rap In the olden days A streetcar named retired Na then Davos