Maybe ‘weird and wonderful’ isn’t quite the correct description, but nestling in among the big names and big productions are hidden gems of exotic, eccentric offerings that you might overlook in this year’s might Fringe guide.
There are plenty of them, but here’s our selection of the best.
Lynn Ruth Miller is Approaching 80!
Well, she’s 78 actually, but she’s a Fringe regular and mixes nostalgic reminiscences with touches of filthy humour – unique.
Forget Therapy – Just Drink – Free
How Pauline Curtin discovered after 30 years of therapy that her inner child was a bit of a slut with a drink problem.
Josh Richards: Keith Looks Back in Anger – Free
A man-sized ginger koala screaming about making napalm while playing ukelele, apparently. Just the thing for some light, early-afternoon entertainment.
Seymour Mace: Squeg!
What’s not to like in a Fringe guide description that’s simply the word ‘Squeg!’ repeated 30 times (with a couple of ‘Peg!’s thrown in). In any case, Seymour Mace is a wildly inventive and fun performer, and he’s well worth a look.
Simon Munnery’s La Concepta
Fringe regular Simon Munnery is an unstoppably original comedian/performer, and this non-dining restaurant experience in the Whitespace gallery looks set to be fascinating at the very least.
City Dance Edinburgh
This hardly counts as weird or wonderful, but it’s your chance to get involved an an open-air dance extravaganza starting on Calton Hill from 11am on 11 August, with the city as your backdrop.
How May We Be Of Service?
Engage the services of a butler for ‘tasks of almost any description’ – for free!
Invisible People
One-to-one performances of stories, jokes or play fragments from actors of the older generation, in secret locations to be found on the company’s website.
Lingua Frank
If the thought of a fanatic painting Alex Salmond naked gets you going, this language-school comedy might be just your thing.
One Minute Birdwatching – Free
It’s a simple concept – spend a minute watching birds in Princes Street Gardens, shouting their name or ‘bird’ if you don’t know it, with the results recorded and posted online. Go along and get involved.
24h
A 24-hour theatre experience beginning at 6am and ending at 6am the following day, telling the stories of 24 lives through music, sounds, improvisation, live painting.
What unusual events have you discovered in this year’s Fringe guide? Let us know using the Speak Your Mind boxes below.
