This past month has been complete madness. The Edinburgh Fringe festival is the world's largest arts festival. The streets have literally exploded. literally the shows go all night, the latest show starting at 1 am, ending at 5. bars close at 5am new ones open at 6am. food venues open 24-7.
In the past 21 days I have seen over 25 standup comedians, dance groups, plays and sketch comedy shows. I have seen a play about a South African with JRA, a pirate musical, a woman who asked the audience to throw raw meat on her, beatboxers with djs who perform in sync with acrobats, tv stars, bands, comedy in caves, men juggeling knives blinfolded on unicycles...I mean you name it, I have seen it here.
My days have looked something like this...I wake up around 11, eat...breakfast? make it to town around two. find a few shows-- my friend alison has been really good about making me see new things. watch shows and street performers until like 6 or so...eat, regroup and start going out with friends at about 9 or so. normally there is some falafel, kebab meal thing around 4 am and then i crawl home :)
this has been such a fun month!
