three women in edinburgh

Three Women went to Edinburgh, thanks to Tessa's planning and resourcefulness. We drove up there in her green Volkswagen which we had pasted over with our show posters. We bought, dyed and wore (constantly) pink boilersuits (over the now sewn-to-the-skin uni-tards), and performed at the WildCat venue - at the now the original Pleasance site - now a plethora of venues in itself, then just one big dusty hall. We shared the stage with National Theatre of Brent's show Zulu (with the feverish comic genius of the sadly late Julian Hough), and on another year their show about the Bible with the exquisite Jim Broadbent as a touchingly innocent Virgin Mary.

Quite a venerable wooden floor it was, with no dance lino. Claudia had a bit of floor work and we spent minutes after each show helping her pull the splinter out of her leotard. 
Food was mainly curious Scottish bread rolls that seemed to have a high cellulose content and mostly filled with ham or corned meat. For our vegetarian Claudia, a simple cheese filling was a rare find. On Sundays nothing was open, except for the high streets. The little corner shops were closed. 
Thank God for Hendersons and the pizza restaurants.
We would sign on for the cabaret spots at the Fringe Club. Does this still happen?
Performers performing to other performers to advertise their shows.
We'd drag ourselves and our props to a huge hall near the university. I loved watching the other acts and would go up and introduce myself to the people or groups I liked. I first met my future husband doing his set in the Fringe Club, though we weren't to properly meet till a year later.
We did two Edinburghs. One with High Heels and another with a show called Follies Berserk. I remember that show we used our funding to create a portable set and used it to upgrade the visuals in our show in terms of props and costumes.
We were still mining the seam of things relevant to women. I had seen the Follies Bergere in Paris and that was what the show was based on.