At the Edinburgh Festival 5

So much for the Scottish summer.  It's been raining for two days straight which makes flyering very unpleasant and even less worthwhile.  However, the audiences don't seem to be affected all that much.  If you're in town for the Festival, a collection of mostly indoor events, then rain is a reason to see more shows, not less.

But it does mean that audiences tend to stay in the one venue and see a series of shows rather than pick and choose between shows / venues around town.  Given that our show is quite broad in its appeal we benefit from this.  However, the act on immediately ahead of us is far more specialised.  The show is a work of genius but one glance at it's promotional material says it ain't for everyone.

My comments about Long Tail at the Fringe seem to be borne out by the fact that the model breaks down when the distribution (ie punters walking between venues) seizes up.

We had about 14 in last night.