We are just at the beginning of the second week of our three week visit to the Edinburgh Fringe, and enjoying the better weather! The sand mandala exhibition in St John's Church on Princes Street ended last weekend with the destruction ceremony on the hottest day of the whole tour, and the afternoon performance of the dances in the church went well, with full advantage being taken of the wonderful acoustic. We will be back at St John's again for a one-off performance on Sunday 22nd August at 4pm - worth a visit!
We continue to work at Venue 40, the Quaker Meeting House, for the next two weeks. We have a full programme of events going on, and hope for good audiences to complete our record of nearly being sold out each night.
This week from 16th to 21st August we are running morning workshops of the Tibetan monastic arts - sand mandala making, butter sculpture, prayer flag printing and Tibetan language. So far the workshops have been for small, select groups, who seem to have enjoyed meeting the monks and having a go at these very specialised activities!
At 4.30pm there is a performance of Power of Compassion - the one hour programme of masked dance and sacred chant from the monastery in the theatre. From Monday 23rd August onwards there will be a morning performance, beginning at 11.30am, in addition to the afternoon show. This is preceded by a performance workshop starting at 9.30am, where you can learn a bit more about the monastery, the costumes used in the dance, the art of dialectical debate and the mudras or hand gestures used in Tantric prayer - a perfect introduction to the following performance!
Please come and visit us in Edinburgh if you can - and stay in touch through our website at www.tashi-lhunpo.org.uk
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