One of the standouts of the Fringe is the variety of the entertainment you are likely to experience; performances you might not see anywhere else.

Hamstrung is unusual and cleverly entertaining.  For those who can remember the plot of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a key line comes from Hamlet himself holding a skull in the graveyard scene.  “Alas poor Yorick I knew him well”

Imagine if Yorick was not dead how the story would evolve, or if he were dead, his grief at being a powerless ghost. This is the basis of George Rennie’s one hour comedy.

You enter the venue and in front are a number of pieces of parchment like paper with writing scattered on the floor.  To the rear are a series of vases with flowers in them, as if they have come from a cemetery, with candles burning.  In front, apples are lying around with no apparent reason. In the middle is a propped-up piece of paper asking an audience member to read it out as if at a seance.  “Who’s there?”   George Rennie appears dressed as a clown. He is a nervous clown not knowing why he is here.