The Edinburgh Fringe Festival . Anyone who does theatre has heard of Fringe. It's become the mecca of fringe theatre and is the festival of all festivals. After 8 theatre companies put on their own shows at the first Edinburgh International Festival back in 1947, theatre troupes from all around the world have participated in what is now the largest open-to-all theatre festival. With over 2,500 shows to choose from, the festival can be quite overwhelming. Which is why I didn't bother looking up shows or making any sort of plan for my first adventure at Ed Fringe. As my first time, I wanted to soak in the atmosphere and just see what it was like. And the main reason why I had to go no matter how broke I be was that Lauren Rayner , a very dear friend and theatre colleague all throughout college, was in town with a show. There's no way I could not go up an see her. After spending the afternoon flyering on the Royal Mile in my light bulb blue bowler hat (from the London Olympic Closing Ceremony), the show Daughters of Lot had a full audience. I like to think is was my charm that pulled in punters from the street. Most likely it was me yelling, "Biblical burlesque! You know you're intrigued!" The story takes the biblical daughters of Lot (who was the only righteous man from Sodom and Gomorrah and who was drugged by his cray cray daughters who did