EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2009: BEHIND THE SCENES - First At The Fringe

I've now been in Edinburgh a whole week, and with the arrival of the first weekend of the Fringe, Edinburgh Ffestival 2009 is now undeniably in full swing. Today will be the fifth performance of Time Out of Joint, and with audiences increasing each day so far, we're hoping this will continue and we'll have a big Fringe hit on our hands. Our Shakespeare at the Fringe campaign is also going well, and we'll be holding our first events over the next few days.

So far, over the first three days of the Fringe, I've seen nine shows, ranging from a student adaptation of A Clockwork Orange to a comedy by the name of Bitch Got Owned and a crazy piece of Italian physical theatre called Or(f)unny. I haven't seen a five-star show yet, but I did give A Clockwork Orange and Or(f)unny four stars, along with Philip Escoffey's psychic show and a collection of shorts called Bedtime Stories. I can also tick off some Edinburgh achievements: I've eaten haggis, walked out of three shows in one day, and even been on stage, taking part in one of Philip Escoffey's experiments! Now I can say I've been on stage at Edinburgh, despite my lack of any talent in the performing arts.

Today I'm quite excited for a reason all Broadway World readers will sympathise with - I'm seeing my first Fringe musical! I don't know much about the story, but it's called Baby and the score is based on pop and jazz music. I'm also quite excited about seeing in full a show I saw an extract from yesterday, called Up and Over It! An Irish Dance Spectacular. It's an Irish dancing show set to modern pop songs, and their dance to Frankmusik's Three Little Words was the standout performance of yesterday's C Venues press launch (except for Time Out of Joint, of course!). Other shows I'm looking forward to seeing in the coming weeks include the Oxford student a capella group, Out of the Blue, who apparently are performing a brilliant version of Poker Face by Lady Gaga, and the Brazillian dance show, Capoeira Nights, which I'm scheduled to review tomorrow.

 

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