Edinburgh Fringe 2015: Pension-age performers from Henry Blofeld to Virginia Ironside prove the old ones are the best
The Edinburgh Fringe begins this week, with tens of thousands of performers flocking to the Scottish city. It is a place of dreams – while there are plenty of big names in attendance these days, it is still associated with fresh talent and opportunity; people arrive as unknowns and hope to leave as "breakthrough hits". Perhaps it's unsurprising, therefore, that we also often associate the fringe with youth. Edinburgh can be seen as the preserve of trendy young companies, pretentious students, even school children... Читать дальше...