The Edinburgh Festival Fringe started when
there were more performers than the Edinburgh Festival could invite. According to
the Guinness book of Records it is now the largest arts festival in the world. We
went for the comedy and were not disappointed.
With only two nights in Edinburgh, we had to decide who out of literally hundreds
of acts we wanted to see. Unfortunately, we didn't discover the Fringe site before
we left on our trip, so choosing was a bit like throwing darts at a dartboard. Fortunately,
we were in line to buy tickets when the "right" brochures and performers
were hanging around. The darts landed well.
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Our first choice, was an ensemble comedy/music show, but Ian
Kendall gave us a little preview of his magic while we waited to buy the tickets
for the other show. He so impressed us that we decided to go see his show instead.
Apparently TheHudsons are a magician magnets. Out of five live magic shows we have gone to see, either Patty or Tom has been called on stage to "assist" the performer three times. It was Patty's turn to go on stage. This probably comes from sitting too near the front. |
| Again, while in line with another show in mind, we were handed a brochure featuring
Bill Bailey. He was compared to Victor Borge; we like Victor Borge so we took a chance,
and he didn't disappoint. Instead of a piano, he had a synthesizer, recorder, and
guitar. Some of the humor may have been too British/regional to fully understand,
but overall, we really enjoyed the show. We were surprised to see him as a team captain on Space Cadets, a game show, of sorts, on Channel 4, with Craig Charles (Red Dwarf). |
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