Espionage

Advantages: Free entry, choice of music on different floors
Disadvantages: Can get very busy

I've worked in Espionage for a few months now and am ready to enlighten you all about probably one of the best clubs in Edinburgh. Espionage is situated on Victoria Street but can also be accessed from the Cowgate. It is on 5 levels with 5 bars and 4 (apparently) different themes of music and drinks. When you enter from Victoria Street you will find yourself in The Lizard Lounge, this is on the top two levels. The upper level has a bar close to ...
...for the essential details. Espionage opens at 7pm until 3am 7 days a week. During the festival and over christmas and new year the opening is extended until 5am. Entry is free at all times. Dress code is smart, i.e. no trainers, tracksuit bottoms or baseball caps. Drinks are served right up til closing time which I find to be a huge benefit considering most of the clubs in Edinburgh won't serve you after 2.30am. Drinks are priced at around £2.80 ... Read review

Advantages: good size, nice drinks
Disadvantages: busy busy busy

...One more rule of espionage is get there as early as you can. I am talking 4-7pm if you want to get a seat anywhere. After 10pm any night you can hardly move around it is so busy. Personally i think this is a fire hazard as if there was a fire most people would be crushed or burn. Drinks - they do a really good james bond themed shooters menu, £2.50 per shooter. I would recommend scaramanga, teehee, miss moneypenny and octopussy. Party bowls are ...
...my chair. Times - espionage is open from 4pm-3am every day, although durung the festival it is open 3pm till 5am. It is free to get in but the drinks are not cheap, altough not particularly expensive for a posh club. TOP TIPS Just to recap, i will list my top tips for a decent night at espionage. 1. Enter via the back entrance. this way you start off on a good floor without having to squeeze down 3 other floors to get there. 2. Drink lots of ... Read review

Advantages: The funniest play in the West End... Ever
Disadvantages: You might miss some of it because you are crying

...and comic timing. This is perhaps the ultimate spoof espionage thriller. The play starts with the 37 year old hero feeling bored and looking for something exciting to do. He goes to the theatre where he meets a mysterious young lady and to cut a hysterical story short, she gets murdered in his flat after revealing some secret information and the chase begins. Most other roles are played by just two male actors, sometimes several at a time with just a quick change of hat and accent to alert you to the identity. Pythonesque female characters and outrageous overacting will keep you laughing to the end. The 39 Steps is currently playing at the Criterion Theatre, which is in the middle of Piccadilly Circus, easy to see, with large signs outside. The theatre is a good old theatre with reasonable comfortable seats, although we had slightly restricted... Read review

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Advantages: A great laugh and a great price
Disadvantages: the venue can get a bit stuffy

...the votes have been counted. The fun does not end there. The audience has a chance to pitch their own sitcoms too. You write down a title for a sitcom and a one line pitch for it (This section of the show is cunningly called - The pitch Fest) and the one which gets the biggest laugh wins. Some Recent entries include: CHISEL ME KANGEROO DOWN SPORT - Skippy needs a bit of chiselling SHEPHERDS PIE - Undercover Farm Espionage MEET THE RODENTS - Mouse sized fun as mickey and jerry reveal plans for their gay marriage to their reactionary parents There were many more that were unsuitable for a family audience but hopefully you get the picture. The Venue is the Comedy pub, 7 Oxenden Street, London. This is just of Leicester Square and about 50 yards from the Comedy Store. Entry to the sitcom trials costs £5, which for two and a half hours... Read review

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Advantages: Short queues, nice location, near to good pizza shops.
Disadvantages: Musicak.

...to the Rocking Horse that always had the long queues of students outside. Now the Rocking Horse is gone and it looks like the club that’s replaced it, Espionage, is drinking the life of the Liquid Room.... Read review

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