Ally goes to the Fringe

Ally's good friend Andrew, who is of course also the son of our friends Heather and Ewan, has invited Ally through to spend the night in his Edinburgh flat and they have decided to go to the Fringe. This may have been inspired by our enthusiastic reports of the fun that we had on our Fringe weekend. I got a phone call from them this evening to ask where they should go, because understandably they were amazed by the sheer amount of venues and shows. I passed Ally on to my resident Fringe expert - James - who has become a regular over the last few years! He advised them to go to the Pleasance Courtyard and look through a brochure. I further advised them to ask advice at the box office there, because I remember a few years ago they were very helpful at recommending something to fill a gap in our evening. Ally texted back to say that they had booked a couple of shows and that the first one was The Late Night Gimp Fight, which we saw on Saturday! This show had seemed to affect some of the audience very strongly when we were there (for good or bad - some people were shouting "genius" and at least one person walked out!) So I think Ally and Andrew were interested to see it for themselves! Ally has just texted me to say that they generally enjoyed it and thought some bits were good, some not so good - very much the same way I felt about it. That's the fun of the Fringe I think, trying different things. As my favourite comedian of all time, Bill Hicks, said about life, "It's just a ride!" I wish I had seen Bill Hicks perform - he died way too young. Ally and Andrew's next show starts at 12.15 - ah the stamina of the young!