AP - Thu Aug 11, 9:31 AM ET
Song Atmin from the Chinese State Circus, Thursday Aug. 11, 2005
breaks bricks on his head during their show at the Edinburgh Fringe
festival. Famed for launching the careers of countless standup
comics, the Edinburgh Fringe festival, which runs alongside the
older but smaller Edinburgh International Festival each August, has
discovered its serious side, with unsettling topics such as Iraq
and the war on terror providing grist for playwrights, comedians
and even composers. For many who attend the Fringe and Edinburgh's
International festival, the sheer diversity of offerings, from good
to bad to ugly, is the biggest attraction. (AP Photo/ David
Cheskin/PA)
