Fringe - one more for Saturday night

[dreamshark]

We took in a 10pm performance of Wallace & The Dragon, and we're glad we did. It's not the most dynamic show at the Fringe, but it's one of the better researched ones, and really very interesting. I had never heard of Alfred Russsel Wallace, and this show left me wondering why not. For real, I mean: the explanation offered by the play is too silly for words. Well, the dancing dragon part of the explanation. The other explanation, having to do with the odd plague of "spiritualism" that swept through late Victorian England is a little more plausible. Anybody remember the movie Angels and Insects? The book that the movie was based on was fiction, but clearly the background for the young scientist in that movie was inspired by Wallace. Victorian England was so fascinating - the most amazing and unexpected things lurked beneath the surface.

This play really deserves a wider audience than it's getting (there were fewer than a dozen people at this performance). There's one more show tomorrow - consider it if you enjoy historical plays and trancey electronic music.