Horsing around: a merry-go-around in Edinburgh. Photograph: Jonny McHugh
Sound artist Jonny McHugh has been traversing the festival and recording as he goes. Here's his fourth and final instalment - you can download the file in mp3 format or stream it using RealPlayer. Jonny writes:
If you don't have to be running across the city between productions and sets then you really have no excuse for not getting about and exploring. But no need to waste your money on guides to tell you where everybody else is - just follow your ears and let the sounds of the festival guide you. The C-Bar is a pleasant venue but, as is typical for the festival, full to bursting. Not only do you get theatre productions being churned out at an uncanny rate, but also photography from Raj Chana (worth viewing), and live music (although, was that merely a press sweetener?). Passing a graveyard on a ramble through the city, my ears picked up... a merry-go-round! As I approached, I couldn't help but notice the enjoyment written on the faces of everybody chilling out on the green, kids playing on the playground and the people using the bungee trampoline. Listening back to what I recorded, what comes through is the pure joy of people relaxing and having a laugh in Edinburgh.
