2024-08-20
27 分钟Natasha Tripney reports from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and selects the top theatre picks at the monthlong event. Plus, Robert Bound heads to ‘Hafla’, a celebration of Middle Eastern culture at the New Bond Street headquarters of Sotheby’s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hello and welcome to Monocle on Culture.
I'm Robert Bound.
Today's show is a tale of two halves.
We'll begin at the world's largest performance arts festival.
That's the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Their friend of the program, Natasha Tripney, has seen a mammoth 55 shows at time of recording and counting.
We'll hear her top picks if you're heading to the final week of performances, or if you're hoping to catch one of the shows in their post.
Fringe life out in the wild in the rest of the world.
Then we'll round out our week of cultural offerings at an exhibition at Sotheby's, which brings more than a taste of the Middle east to New Bond street here in London.
Do stay tuned.
That's all coming up on Monocle On Culture.
Now.
First up, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is very impressively knocking on the door of being 80 years old.
During that time, it's become the not to miss theatre, comedy and cabaret event of the year, defined by its dizzying array of performances from large theatres to pub backrooms and holes in the wall.
It takes a lot of stamina and sanity to get a good read on the festival as a whole.
We found a tiny window, no pun intended, between a shedload of show watching with Monocle on Culture friend and international editor at the St.
Natasha Tripney.
And lo and behold, here she is.
Natasha, it's wonderful to have you back on the program to explore some of the best or some of your greatest hits of the Edinburgh theatrical Fringe this year.
First things first, is there an overarching theme or atmosphere to this year's Edinburgh, or is there simply too much going on for you to be able to sort of stick a pin in it?