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Tidemark
Edinburgh Fringe Experience 2004
Wednesday 11 August 2004
We
saw a really great piece of theatre last night.
Local
group Leitheatre put on a piece of Scottish comedy every year at
the Fringe, to help keep the Scottish language alive.
This
year they have produced 'Walk into my Parlour' which is a gentle
17th century Scottish farce.
The
audience was made up of four Tidemark company members (Sassenachs)
and about 50 locals and it took a wee while for us to get into the
language, (even though, as you may recall, I am actually a Scot
- according to our review
in the Scotsman that is).
Indeed,
as the first few jokes flew straight over our heads, we turned to
each other in bafflement, and searched desperately in the programme
for a glossary.
Sadly,
there wasn't one but thanks to some excellent performances, we soon
got the gist of things and ended up laughing along heartily with
my fellow country-men.
Rebecca
will be reporting on Tidemark's experiences throughout this year's
Festival. Come back to see how she's doing!
Are
you taking a production to Edinburgh this year? Do you want to tell
the world about it? If so, let us know by emailing threecounties@bbc.co.uk
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