Fringe

 We arrived in Edinburgh. It is packed with people seeing the 3 festivals that take place in august, theater, books and the tatoo.  The last one is a parade of military pipers and scottish regalia. We saw that at the Highlands festival so we are concentrating on the theater.

Ok so what I wrote was erased so I will briefly rewrite. 
Edinburgh is a city that reminds me of New York in that the big parks are borded with big gothic or classical buildings, like central park. The main stripe is the Royal Mile. 

There are crowds of people visiting with 3 festivals at the same time. The fringe is mostly one man shows, comedians and dance. The international festival of Edinburgh is a more established theater troupes and the Tatoo is a military parade of bagpipes.

There are 5000 productions here as opposed to Avignon’s 3000.


This above is a marionette show that we didn’t see but the poster was intriguing.

Lee and that gypsy.

I don’t have too much to show about the theater but so far the best shows in terms of creativity have been “A letter to Lyndon B. Johnson or God “ by Xloe and Natasha they were a great physical theater and were doing three different shows, all sold out, american group of two talented women. And “Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha” by Julie Masli, she was a kind of Andy Kaufman improvising is a strange cyborg way.

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  1. Esteban cashmanAugust 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM

    Back to blogging about your travels, are you. Good show etc etc

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