went to post office to renew passport.

subscribed to the Fringe e-newsletter.

talked to my coworker about Scotland.

Just found out today. I am so so so psyched!

sent it into a contest!

Wish me luck.

don’t know what it’s about.

it’ll be short.

that’s what I know.

Go there, go there right now.

as it’s not going to happen this year. One day though.

i made the edinburgh wish last summer, and ended up pretty soon after heading of to that years Fringe. Because it was so last minute i went on my own, which was in itself a brilliant experience…. I hope to go again this year… Can;t wait…

My faves were:

Insomnobabble
Floating
Present
Puppetry of the Penis! (lol)
Little Red Things
Derevo – Ketzal
Haozklu

It’s completely fabulous, but so totally overwhelming.

WAY too many shows! It’s impossible to know which ones to pick. Fortunately, my goal was to see as many world-premier musicals as possible, and so this cut down the list considerably. After that, I cherry-picked miscellaneous commedy and theater acts that looked like fun (or were highly reviewed in “The Scotsman”).

I do worry about the festival in terms of serving the performers. Most of the pieces I saw were less than 1/2 full. One (an avant-garde russian adaptation of Snow White) only had three people in the audience.

I know that the ethic of the Fringe is to accept any show, without a jury process (although, I believe the venues have some say…). And that is certainly admirable. But you have to wonder if the unrestrained growth couldn’t be handled better – especially for the presenters.

Now that I think about it, the musicals were, on the whole, better attended than the plays or commedy acts.

the world’s largest arts festival, takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland during three weeks every August. Would love to go one day.

Not being able to go this year, I seem to have put together a mini-Edinburgh Fringe of my own – this is the time of year when many performers tour their acts in London, and I got tickets to see quite a few of them – both performers who were at the Edinburgh Fringe and theatre and comedy in general:

23rd Sep – Kindness and Exuberance – Josie Long
30th Sep – My Husband Is A Spaceman – Kazuko Hohki
1st Oct – NO2ID present Who Do You Think You Are? (standup benefit gig)
5th Oct – The IF.comeddies Awards Shows – Josie Long/ David O’Doherty
26th Oct – One Big Laugh (comedy benefit gig for the Mental Health Foundation)

It’s a good month :)

finaly

::phew:: you’d never know it was just down the road, i still cant believe this is the first year ive been
tsk tsk!
spent the whole day through yesterday and should be going back on thursday to see the fireworks… oooooh! aaaaah! lovely :D