The Toe Poke, 14 successful shows in Edinburgh and Dundee, now 14 chapters of a blog on Substack
George Street, Edinburgh
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This is now the X feed for the world premiere of The Toe Poke, showing at the Edinburgh Fringe 7-18 August. Local shops, media and policy followers go to the @ACS_LocalShops feed, AND come and see the show - updates on here and other socials
Final chapter from me - for now! Thanks again to everyone, and let me know if I can help anyone who’s doing anything comparable in the future jamesmlowman.substack.com/p/…
How we managed to take The Toe Poke to the Dundee Fringe - the penultimate chapter of the blog (as things stand) substack.com/@jamesmlowman/n…
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I’m duty bound to advise Edinburgh Fringe producers not to do merch, however fantastic is looks (and The Toe Poke merch was elite). Once again: keep the main thing the main thing! You can still buy the merch, link in bio
Mercifully short chapter up today: let’s take a look at your reviews … jamesmlowman.substack.com/p/…
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A long old post covering a crucial aspect of The Toe Poke experience: marketing the play. I had some crazy successes thanks to incredible support from friends. I struggled with some things, and I learned a lot. I’d love to hear views on this
All modesty aside; I did I really good job of finding actors and directors for The Toe Poke. Problem is I don’t really know how, but I try to unpack it here … jamesmlowman.substack.com/p/…
New post, this time on finding and working with an Edinburgh Fringe venue jamesmlowman.substack.com/p/…
New Substack blog is up. After three intro ones I’m now into the actual writing of The Toe Poke, and it’s a long post so make yourself a cup of English breakfast tea jamesmlowman.substack.com/p/…
New Substack is up and we’re getting into the Narey / 1982 / Jimmy Hill chant stuff now jamesmlowman.substack.com/p/…
Second blog post is up: why did I do this? The Toe Poke arrived like a perfect cross in late 2025, here’s why I was ready to coolly slot it past the keeper rather than blaze it over the bar jamesmlowman.substack.com/p/…
The Toe Poke play retweeted
Whatever the colour of your jersey, tangerine or dark blue or any other hue, i can recommend going to to see this by @JMLowman either tomorrow or Sunday night. Part of the @dundeefringe.
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The Toe Poke play retweeted
Just 3 performances left at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival of this winning comedy play, The Toe Poke by @JMLowman (and co-produced by yours truly). Thrilled by the great audiences and press and congrats to the whole team. Tickets at edfringe.com. Ends Aug 18 @edfringe
Archie Macpherson on the @theodelaney Life Goals podcast talking about The Toe Poke edfringe.com/tickets/whats-o…
One month since this @bbc5live interview with @SandroMonetti about The Toe Poke
Two weeks to go, so excited to see the hugely talented cast bring The Toe Poke to life #edfringe #quickflyer #mixitup #tartanarmy
3 weeks to go until world premiere of The Toe Poke! Was in Edinburgh this week seeing rehearsals, picking up merch and catching up with the cast and with friends of the show @alan_pattullo and @kaysbar1976 Some nights are really filling up - book now!
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See - @kaysbar1976 is moments away from the play venue on George Street. A nice walk to the play anticipating what’s in store, with a free pint in you … or a chance to reflect on what you’ve seen on the way to a free post-show pint