For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been crazy busy the past few weeks here in Edinburgh soaking up the vibes of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Instead of writing about it, though, I’ve decided the only way to really express this quirky yet amazing event is via photos. The follow pictures hopefully will give you a feel for the diversity and strangeness that is Edinburgh Fringe.
A special thanks to Richard Dyson from Trixta Photography who has given us exclusive rights to use many of his photos, including those of live productions! My photos have the caption “(AH)” and Richard’s have the caption “(RD)” in case you’re curious.
And as an aside… we LOVED all these shows and would recommend all of them!
Just because it’s Fringe doesn’t mean it’s all laughs. 100 Wounded Tears covers difficult topics like cowardice, rape, humiliation… (RD)
Risque meets fanatic technical executation in the production of RAW. Perfectly titled too. (RD)
Parked in an old empty lot, The Pink Bus was is so full of junk you’d find it hard to believe you can drive it… or have a live music night inside! (AH)
Claire Cunningham proves that the term ‘mobility’ is a relative term in her show, Mobile/Evolution. (RD)
Zeitgiest is a powerful, uncomfortable journey…one of the best shows of 2009! (RD)
C Venues is one of the larger venues and a popular meeting place during the festival. (AH)
The guys from Tomfoolery explore some tough social situtations in their great sketch comedy, Socially Retarded. (RD)
The *best* costume idea ever – yes, aprons! – in this year’s production of Venus and Mars and Other Myths of Mr and Ms. (RD)
Sci-fi classic fiction like the Matrix comes to the stage in Anomie. (RD)
The Royal Botanic Gardens became an eerie modern art installation with this year’s exhibition, Power Plant. (AH)
Gorgeous costumes and angelic voices in Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir. (RD)
George Square becomes a social hotspot as home to the Underbelly Hullabaloo, an outdoor beer garden. (RD)
Aerical acrobatics, swing music, and a sinister plot come together to create Noir, a feast for the eyes. (RD)
The Ladyboys of Bangkok, perennial festival performers, show off their costumes in the annual Festival Cavalcade. (RD)
Tinkerbell narrates as we find out what happened happily ever after many of our favourite fairytale princesses in Princess Cabaret. (RD)
You don’t actually have to go to a show to see the action. The High Street (a.k.a. The Royal Mile) is filled with performers showing off their talents. (RD)
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Great photos (both of you!) and now I’m really jealous… must make time to get up to the Fringe next summer. (You know I used to produce fringe theatre, right?)
well, that’s an interesting festival.
Ooo – those photos are just amazing and I am really excited to come see some of those show you have pictured!
Wow – so varied! I can see why it’s such a popular event and why the city doubles in size!
This doesn’t cure my post-festival blues, it makes them worse! All those shows we missed. All those left behind. I’ll miss Edinburgh and the Festival, too. ::sniff::