Welcome to my Blog

Welcome to my Blog

I created this space to post my thoughts and photos. It began in 2012 with my travels to New Zealand, Tasmania and living and studying in Australia then continued back to Canada with my return home to Edmonton and moving to Victoria, British Columbia. Join me on the journey. Post a comment!

Friday, 30 March 2012

The Adelaide Fringe Festival


So apparently The Edmonton Fringe is the second largest in the world after the original in Edinburgh. I beg to differ. The Adelaide Fringe Festival is huge. In a month, besides theatre, dance, street performers (I saw a couple of Canadians ) and stand-up comedians, there is an Aboriginal Spirit Festival and a variety of music festivals each weekend, including a large folk fest called Womadelaide.   
Some of the Fringe is held in the ‘Garden of Unearthly Delights', pictured below, a magical, old world amusement park reminiscent of Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.  I attended a performance called "The Hedgehog's Dimemna' in an very old theatre here.
 

I experienced the Aussie sense of humour  (more British and crude) and amazing music from all over the world. It’s painful to hear locals try to pronounce the French names of the jazz tunes they so beautifully play. 

No comments: