Creativity is thriving: Reflections from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

I've returned to Dublin after a chaotic, fascinating, and inspiring week at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest.

If you’re unfamiliar, the Fringe is the world’s largest performing arts festival, which has taken place annually across the month of August for the past 77 years.

The festival’s ~3500 (!) daily shows cover the entire spectrum of live performance - stand-up comedy, theatre, spoken word, magic, dance, music - in venues ranging from thousand seat theatres to six seat trailers (seriously).

Several hit television shows and plays debuted at the Fringe, here’s some you may know: Baby Reindeer, Fleabag, Flight of the Conchords, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Stomp, and Mr. Bean.

I was planning to post a single recap of my time at Fringe (and its link to business/creativity/public speaking, of course), but I have far too much to say for just one post!

I’ll start by summing up my experience in one sentence:

Creativity is thriving and everyone has a unique story to tell.

More to come!