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We tried to see a few Fringe shows today. We saw some earlier but today we were more planful, or at least tried to be today. Kate and I started with an immersive circus not five minutes from the AirBnB in a warmed up ice rink. It was an aerial performer in a night sky half dome. The was an air of shamanism in the performance but most the woman who was the star was so strong and powerful. It was amazing to see her work with the aerial ribbon. The lighting intensified the whole experience.

Then we went into town – or rather I went into town and the girls planned to meet me there I made a stop in the National Gallery to see some art. I saw a little Peter Paul Rubens, Johannes Vermeer and El Greco.

I also stopped in the National Library. I couldn’t get into the reference room without a library card but they had a couple of exhibits. My favorite was all about the library. Every public library should be so good at promotion. There was also a exhibit on the history of AIDS in Scotland. It’s quite impressive.

I also saw some fun street Fringey things.

I met up with Kate and Aine. We got last-minute, free tickets to YUCK Circus, even though it was actually sold out. It was amazing! Five women perform high acrobatics representing vignettes in life as a woman. First, the athleticism was amazing. Second, the take on issues was awesome. The tackle topics like periods without shame or mystery. Third, they were so funny. It was a super fun show.

Next we just got into Hersterectomy, a play about a woman looking to get a hysterectomy for medical reasons. No one seems to care about her pain or understand that she is OK committing to being childfree. It’s a statement on a side of bodily autonomy that doesn’t get discussed much but is as important as any other side of personal autonomy. Medical decisions should be between a patient and the healthcare provider.

And then there was just the festivities of Fringe and Majesty of Edinburgh.