The week started off with some Camden Fringe, in Islington. We went to a fun act of improv. They took Steph’s suggestion for a Greek Myth of “Why do platypuses exist?” It was decently well done, but the venue was amazingly hot the whole time, so it was harder to enjoy. I can’t imagine what it was like for the actors under the spotlights.

We got on a train Early Wednesday for Edinburgh. We had a nice lunch near the train station, and hung out in the park for a bit before heading to the Airbnb to check in. We saw the AI Improv again, and it hadn’t changed much, which disappointed me. I still enjoyed it. We saw two cabaret acts that evening The first was more lighthearted, and the second was more impressive.

Thursday we saw the show that Steph’s friend Michelle was in. It was a really touching and lovely show, and we went out to lunch afterwards with them, and it was great. We then saw an a capella group that was good, but not as good as last year. To be fair last year we saw one of the best in the world. I then saw Avenue Q, and it was amazingly well done.

Friday we had a lovely lunch, and then Steph and Michelle did some martial arts training in the Meadows. After training Steph and I went to YUCK circus which did a great job and had some good social commentary and meta commentary to go along with the show. We then met up with Michelle again to see La Clique, which was just as amazing as last year, if not more. They were checking ID at George Square before the Disney Villains Drag show, and Steph had forgotten her ID so we couldn’t get in.

Saturday Steph hung out with her sparring partner and I went to the sing-a-long show, which was a lot of fun. We had done two of the songs in choir, so I knew them really well. I was a little surprised by the song selection, as the show seemed targeted at kids, but the song selection was not. After that I did a short hike up Arthur’s Seat. The show 44 Sex Acts In One Week was much better than we were expecting. They had a large set of objects for doing the foley sound effects. It was really fun to see what they used for each sound effect. The show was hilarious with great character development, and story.

In the evening we went to a show called Ask a Stripper where two strippers did a quick strip then sat in the nude while taking questions about their careers. One of them had the strongest Scottish accent I’ve ever heard in person, and she went by the mononym Morag. It was an entertaining show for sure.

Sunday we had afternoon tea, then went to see a standup routine by Anna Akana called It Gets Darker. The comedy was dark, but well done. It was hard to laugh at points, despite the punchlines being delivered well. She did a little crowd work, and hyped Asian women, having them raise their hands. Then asked which ones were here with their white boyfriends, and that left just me and Steph. She then saw that I was in my Captain America shirt.

That evening I went on my own to a VR Musical. I was really impressed with the tech, and the MC did a really good job. The players were all over the place and didn’t really know how to use VR that well it seemed.