Children exercising outdoors at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
19/08/2009 As well as hosting reams of controversial comedians at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, part of the city has been turned into a children's play area.
The Pleasance, which is running 11 shows for children and family, has also designated part of its courtyard as a Kidszone, reports the BBC.
It contains a Teepee for storytelling, a cafe serving kid's food and an area where parents are encouraged to sit and play with their children, and even a replica of the Blue Peter garden.
Famous for its alternative comedy and dazzling entertainers, there has been an increasing number of children's shows at the event which runs throughout August.
More than four per cent of the 2,000 shows on the Fringe are aimed at children, with many more marketed as family shows.
The Kidszone is the idea of Candida Alderson who, as the wife of the venue's director and mother of three young children, said "pure frustration" had driven her to set it up as there was not a venue where kids and parents can go after shows.
The Fringe 2009 runs from August 7th to 31st and is the biggest arts festival in the world
The Pleasance, which is running 11 shows for children and family, has also designated part of its courtyard as a Kidszone, reports the BBC.
It contains a Teepee for storytelling, a cafe serving kid's food and an area where parents are encouraged to sit and play with their children, and even a replica of the Blue Peter garden.
Famous for its alternative comedy and dazzling entertainers, there has been an increasing number of children's shows at the event which runs throughout August.
More than four per cent of the 2,000 shows on the Fringe are aimed at children, with many more marketed as family shows.
The Kidszone is the idea of Candida Alderson who, as the wife of the venue's director and mother of three young children, said "pure frustration" had driven her to set it up as there was not a venue where kids and parents can go after shows.
The Fringe 2009 runs from August 7th to 31st and is the biggest arts festival in the world
