We specically booked an early show (9.25) to get us out of bed and started. The rain had stopped after 24 hours of non stop drizzle so our walk across the city to the Surgeons Hall was very pleasant. We opted for an American High School Theatre group because we wanted to support a young group, even if they are american. Their play was about the consequences of being on the sidelines of an alcoholic or drug addict. It was well performed but as always when young people act out something very deep and experiential it is somewhat limited due to their own narrow life experiences. We've seen a lot worse and they portrayed grief and emotional upset with some gravitas. It did go on a bit and it over ran by ten minutes which meant we had to walk very fast to the next venue situated in New Town (across the city). As it happened they were running late due to a technical hitch on their computers. When in trouble blame the computer - it works in most cases.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?attachment_id=142" rel="attachment wp-att-142"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-142" title="The Butterfly Effect" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/velociped-glas-200x161.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="161" /></a>The Butterfly Effect was a 3 man music ensemble who used a bizarre variety of instruments to create a story regarding how chaos theory works. It was brilliantly simple, comic and musically enchanting. It was one of those shows that you go in not knowing what to expect and come out having had a great experience but not sure how to describe it. We loved every minute.

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