So this is not only my first day at Edinburgh fringe this year but my first time ever and I am very excited to be here. After a long journey sat too close to the toilet I finally arrived into the city at 4.30pm pumped and ready to see some theatre. All my belongings got thrown into my room and I fled to The White Horse to find Kelly Jones in her pink metallic dress, clutching a cardboard cut out of George Orwell.

We caught up on her show Dating George Orwell and made an impulse ticket purchase for The Lonely One by Dotted Line Theatre. Entering the theatre space we were welcomed by four actors beside four miniature white houses. The piece tells a story based on an extract from Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury through narration, fantastic lighting and puppetry. The performances where superb and I was truly inspired to experiment more with lighting and shadows. The only criticism I have is that I didn’t feel the puppetry always added to the story line and at times felt a little disjointed.

After this we felt a Nando’s was totally necessary followed by a Ukulele showdown – I wish Mondays were always like this.

Approaching 10.30pm we still wanted more and so headed over to The Space to see an 11pm showing of Daughters Of Lot by Brain Melt Consortium an American company founded in 2010. If you are male and go to see this show you may feel a little hard done by. Made up of five actresses the piece looks at how women are taught to be women. If you blush easily then this performance is probably not for you.

Now it’s off to bed ready to hit the theatre scene hard tomorrow and see what wonderful things Wales has brought to the fringe this year. 

Follow me @anna_ntw Kelly Jones @cockneykel and Sarah Leigh @defythestars87 to see what we are up to at the fringe this year #NTWTEAM