Einstein! – Celebrating 100 Years of General Relativity, Edinburgh Fringe Online
Today is Nobel Prize winner, Sir Alexander Fleming’s birthday and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer continues to show the life story of the father of the atomic bomb in cinemas, so it seems like the perfect time to visit Einstein and the formation of his Theory of General Relativity. Written and performed by Jack Fry, Einstein! Celebrating 100 Years of General Relativity, is a unique one-man show, combining scientific theory, irreverent humour, and poignant reflections on the life of everyone’s favourite genius.
The show’s director, Tom Blomquist opens the play with a projection of a graveyard and a soundtrack of tinkling bells, rattling chains, and howling winds, reminiscent of the appearance of Jacob Marley in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This creates the feeling that what we will see i...