After breakfast today, we all hopped the city bus and went down to Prince's Street. There is so much going on over in this part of town. Huge parks, art fairs, a ferris wheel and carousel, the National Gallery of Scotland, and of course... SHOPPING!
We grabbed a bite for lunch while we were down there, then boarded the busses for our final AHSTF show - Seussical at Pilrig Theare.
After we returned to Pollock there was a short break to refuel, then we began our binge. First we walked to The Summerhall Festival Theatre to see Dead to Me. This was a really interesting play performed in the round in a pop-up theatre constructed for the festival. The play was about how an offhand comment made by a phony psychic dramatically altered the life of a man, who became a psychic healer and was consequently responsible for countless future deaths. Very existentialist.
After we returned to Pollock there was a short break to refuel, then we began our binge. First we walked to The Summerhall Festival Theatre to see Dead to Me. This was a really interesting play performed in the round in a pop-up theatre constructed for the festival. The play was about how an offhand comment made by a phony psychic dramatically altered the life of a man, who became a psychic healer and was consequently responsible for countless future deaths. Very existentialist.
We then had a break for dinner in the neighborhood and then returned to Summerhall for A Journey Around my Skull. Upon arrival, the audience is each handed a pair of headphones. In this one woman piece, a doctor is addressing her patient who suffers from auditory hallucinations due to a benign tumor. Completely immersive sound - plus a glowing head. A fantastic piece.
We then walked up to Zoo Southside for our final piece of the evening, Super Tramp. In this physical theatre piece, a young man tries to come to terms with how his alcoholic father shot and killed his mother. A powerful storyline overall, but poorly written and (in my opinion, at least) amateurishly executed. The kids also got to experience another truth of the Fringe - there was not a single other person not in the company at the theatre apart from us.
We waited for a bus for a bit to come back to Pollock, but then realizing that we were downstream of the thousands leaving the Tattoo at the same moment, we just walked back. Another great day!!
