Four Reviews of Jewish-Themed Shows From Edinburgh's Massive Fringe Festival
It’s August, which means that it’s time for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! The Fringe, which is technically the alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, is “the largest performing arts exhibition in the world,” with thousands of performances occurring throughout the city over the course of the month. From spoken word to circus arts, every performer has a shot at exposure at a huge level, and many of them even perform for free. At the Fringe, you can buy an early ticket to see a big name, like Trevor Noah, or very likely sit in a small theatre with ten other people in the audience watching someone with nothing but a microphone and a dream.
The Fringe is vast and overwhelming. Walking down one of the major streets in Edinburgh is a bit like being in Times Square—that is if Times Square’s digital neon signs were posters for comedy shows, the skyscrapers were replaced with castle-like architecture, and every superhero impersonator were transformed into ten youngsters aggressively giving out flyers for avant-garde musicals while competing with buskers for space.