{"id":982,"date":"2012-10-18T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/?p=982"},"modified":"2022-02-25T02:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T02:12:39","slug":"the-edinburgh-fringe-festival-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/2012\/10\/18\/the-edinburgh-fringe-festival-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Edinburgh<\/a><\/p>\n

The Edinburgh Fringe<\/a> is the world’s largest arts festival and one that I have always enjoyed, so once the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival<\/a> had ended, I took the opportunity to stay in the city for a few days of fringe show going. Predictably, it wasn’t long before I’d found a burlesque event – the ‘Boom Boom Club’.\u00a0 Although the venue and audience’s attire made me feel more like I was at a warehouse party circa 1989, than a nightclub circa 1959, there was no questioning the quality of the entertainment, which included burlesque scene stalwarts such as Dusty Limits and Kitty Bang Bang<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paul Foot<\/a>, the Brian Eno of surrealist stand-up, was not my cup of tea, in his one man show ‘Kenny Larch is Dead’. To give him his due, he was consummate and had his audience in hysterics, but for me it was the brief moments he went off script that he really shone.<\/p>\n

Two Cornish Rappers and a Casiotone<\/a> was perhaps the most confusing show that I saw at this or any other fringe. Was it music? Was it comedy? Was it a desperate cry for help? I’m not entirely sure and suspect that neither are the two Cornish rappers, or, indeed, the Casiotone.\u00a0 All I do know for sure is that their show is probably best described as two Cornish rappers and a Casiotone. Take a look at this and I think you’ll see what I mean:<\/p>\n