I got a four star review YAY!!!. Yes, I am proud. In a festival that sifts the chancers from the gurus and future rockstars, I consider this a “Keep going, you’re doing alright” pat on the back ,from the proverbial Fringe doorkeeper. Feels good, YEAH! I am also quite grateful for the audiences that have been coming in, just trusting me to take them on this journey. It is insane to just stop and look a the audience, a few minutes of silence,  you take a breath and they laugh before you continue. Those are moments you treasure because you know they cannot be recreated. I felt like I was having a catch up session with friends, so relaxed and so fun. And there were NO South Africans in the room. I patted myself on the back for such ( there had been at least one or two South Africans in all my shows so far). I dare say I am becoming more accessible in my content and delivery heheheh!

I did this thing called the Chortle Fast Fringe.  FUN and crazy. Basically you perform a three minute snippet of your show and the audience will either come watch the full thing or write you off lol! I had mad fun. I thought five minutes of comedy was easy, three is such a wild romp I wanted to see if I could divide my hour-long show into twenty, three minute romps, rolled into one. You hit those punchlines so hard because there is no time for lengthly setups you literally sit with laughs every few seconds, I was insane. I had  a blast. And these audiences are honest, no such thing as sympathy laughs here lol!

Otherwise, I am LOVING Edinburgh.  Man! Screw the big girl panties, I have put on my kiddie panties (plus size, of course) and am beginning to turn this place into my playground. I go forward with slightly more reckless abandon, and take in the atmosphere of creativity and desperate aspiration. I catch a cab every now and then, simply  to make sure I arrive with enough time to explore before I need to be wherever I am going. I am watching more artists and a bigger variety of comedy, beyond the stand up comedy. I have seen that some people are just nuts and others are nutty geniuses.

I feel like I have only just arrived at Edinburgh LOL! I spent the past two weeks so wrapped up in my whole world I actually ended up missing those first two weeks of the festival. Now I am honing my craft, trying something new nearly everyday. And realising that I am enjoying an experience many people can only dream of.

There’s been some heartache this week with a death in the family but I soldier on. Time to network, entertain, be entertained, cry because I miss home and avoid clogging my arteries with fried everything. And yes, loved haggis, no, haven’t tried black pudding yet.