Thursday, July 31, 2014

Fringe Festival

So during festival month, they say the population of Edinburgh, normally half a million, doubles (I'll let you do the math).  The Fringe catalogue is about 350 pages.    Each show is about an hour long, and if you go to a lot of shows, the costs will add up.  It seems ten pounds ($17) is a common price for shows. Here are some somewhat random show titles to give you a flavor, although these selections are biased towards the odd.

Children's Shows:  Potted Sherlock, Dean Friedman's Smelly Feet, The Comedy of Errors, Pirate Gran.

Comedy: Billie was Tap Dancing for the Seagulls, Booze Bombs and Haggis, Come Heckle Christ, A Controversial Title in Order to Sell Tickets, The Sketch Show That Cannot be Named for Legal Reasons

Events:  Literary Pub Crawl (which we did), Saints and Sinners Walking Tour (which we will do today)

Exhibitions:  Jewelry of the World,  Urban Twist Papercut Artwork, Scottish Landscape Photographers, West End Street Fair

Music:  A Tribute to Cole Porter, Bach on Guitar, Footstomping Traditional Scottish Music

Musicals and Opera:  The Onion of Bigotry A History of Hatred, Funny Girl, The Pirates of Penzance

Spoken Word:  Arrest That Poet!, Arthur Conan Doyle Experience, Brave and Free Traditional Tales of Scotland, Hard Travelling with Woody (Guthrie)

Theater:  Star Wars A One Man Play, The Lord of the Rings a One Man Play, Government Inspector, A History of Falling Things.

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