EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Two
The #NothingToReviewHere and #SomethingToReview projects
In the eerily fallow Fringe of 2020 and weirdly hybrid event of the following year, The Dibdin Brothers, Thom & Peter, published a daily image from around Edinburgh.
These projects – #NothingToReviewHere and #SomethingToReview – showed the Edinburgh Fringe as it had never been seen before. And in that first year, when everyone had to stay at home, provided a surrogate fringe for its fans to witness from afar. There is an introduction to the projects here: #NothingToReviewHere.
This year, over the course of EdFringe 2024, we are publishing the images and words from the respective days of 2020 and 2021.
EdFringe: Day Two
Edinburgh Bristo Square. Saturday 8 August 2020
Edinburgh. Bristo Square. Saturday 8 August 2020. Pic: Peter Dibdin
Edinburgh Fringe 2020 Day 2: Peter Dibdin and I were there.
There was no Underbelly Barn, ticket booths or bars.
There were no crowds, no actors pitching shows.
Nothing to review here, guv.
The lights for the EIF‘s Light UP The Skies were ready – #MyLightShinesOn
The skateboarders were having a ball!
(the security guard was earning his wage…)
#21Venues21Shirts Day 2 #BrothersGonnaSnapItOut
Edinburgh Bristo Square. Saturday 7 August 2021
Edinburgh. Bristo Square.Saturday 7 August 20921. Pic: Peter Dibdin
#Hybrid @edfringe Day 2: Peter Dibdin and I were there.
No great big upside-doon Purple Coo
Underbelly is all about bunting and picnic tables; Beer and nibbles.
Table service, Covid regs, bouncers.
McEwan Hall empty.
Low Street Performers stage
Potterrow empty.
The whiff of fringe is faint, drowned out by local street foods and a festival bar (table service only).
#SomethingToReview (but not much) Day 2
Edinburgh. Bristo Square.Saturday 7 August 20921. The Long View. Pic: Peter Dibdin.
ENDS
