fringe festival madness

If you ever get the chance to spend time in Edinburgh during August and the festival madness, DO IT. The ‘Burgh has come alive and I’m so glad to be living here now for this. Street performers, artists, actresses, people in costumes all over the streets. Flyers planted everywhere.

I promised myself that I would make the most of living here for the festival so have been booking tickets all over the place for various shows throughout the month.

I went to the following shows and really loved them.

• The Lady Boys of Bangkok, a cabaret show featuring men as women - we could not believe how gorgeous some of them were. I was one of the few pulled up on stage with the Ladyboys and danced YMCA with them.
• Office Party, one crazy show where we part of the office party and it felt just as awkward as one. We weren’t sure who were actors and who were part of the audience. We were part of the marketing team and our Manager ended up a stripper and poledanced.
• One of the funnest nights, the Silent Disco, where everyone gets a set of headphones and you can switch between the music if you don’t like it, and if you take them off, it is silent apart from the bad singing. What a phenomenon.
• We checked out Jason Byrne, an Irish comedian from Dublin with a filthy mind and amazing improvisation comedy. We absolutely rated it.
• La Clique, a cabaret show full of talents from all over the globe in the famous Spiegel tent.
• And many more free shows, and random shows we spontaneously stumbled across…

I have had friends stay most weekends of the festival (one of the benefits of me living here), some came up from London. I took them to a ceilidh and hung out with my friends. It really has been one of the best months of my life. Alot of people don’t realise that there is a free festival as well as the Fringe festival where you have to pay for shows. I have been to so many free shows throughout the month. The free shows can be hit or miss, either really great or really mediocre. But with a free show, there is nothing to lose.

Here’s a few piccies I have taken over festival time: