And that's really it for this year. Not said much about my final month because that was reviewing at Edinburgh Fringe, which you can read all about on my other website. I won't tell a lie, without the chance of a break after Durham Free Fringe, I was approaching breaking point at one time during my visit. But I've made it through to the end, lost count of the number of reviews I got out, and I finally I can have a rest. Well, not a complete rest, I have a few loose ends to tie up. And then I have a holiday to go on, and anybody who knows me knows my holidays are way more tiring than a normal day working. But after that, I'm pretty much clear until fringe season start ramping up in spring next year.

However, my fringe season has ended on a sour note. Two Edinburgh Fringe venues have gone full racist on us and kicked out Jewish performers for being Jewish. (They made claims as to why it wasn't about that, but their excuses are just shit - and, as I made the case on my theatre blog - not excuses accepted by the Equality Act for direct discrimination.) Most gutting: one of them in Banshee Labyrinth, where I have fond memories of doing Edinburgh Horror Festival. I must stress at this point that the racist act has been committed by the host venue, and - as far as I can tell - Edinburgh Horror Festival is an innocent party in this. But it's still enough to make me want to have nothing to do with a business that behaved as such a despicable manner. Had I been doing Edinburgh Horror Festival this year, I would have withdrawn in protest.

Anyway, Edinburgh Horror Festival was fun, but a novelty I can do without. I badly need a rest, so no decisions on anything for at least a month. And if you need to sleep for a month too, go ahead. You've earned it.