Guest guest Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 LONDON (August 16, 2006): Lost luggage, a global security alert, a fire, an attempted break-in: an Indian theatre company was wondering today whether its appearances at Edinburgh's world famous arts festival were jinxed. The Teamwork troupe had been due to stage the European premiere of its show "Transposition" in the Scottish capital on Monday until thousands of pounds' worth of sets, costumes and equipment went missing en-route on Saturday. At the same time, the eight cast and crew flew into London's Gatwick airport amid an international security alert prompted by the arrest of 24 people on suspicion of an alleged plot to blow up US-bound aircraft. The weary travellers then had to chase away would-be burglars who tried to break into their rented Edinburgh flat on Sunday. Company manager Sanjoy Roy told the Scottish Press Association news agency that they may have been tempting fate by trying to get a giant puppet of Indian goddess Kali through heightened security checks. "We should have known getting the goddess of mass destruction through tight airport security would have been a bit tricky but we've had such bad luck it seems the goddess of the 'Fringe' doesn't like us very much either," he said. Teamwork's previous visits to the Edinburgh 'Fringe' have similarly been blighted by bad luck, Mr Roy said. In 2004 the entire set was lost en-route, forcing the company to hastily rebuild it while the previous year, a band of street magicians accidentally set fire to a different flat where the performers were staying. Several shows of Transposition - billed as a love story told with Indian dance, martial arts and life-size puppets - have been cancelled because of the missing luggage and sets. SOURCE: The Herald Sun; Melbourne, Australia. Jinxed theatre troupe blames goddess. From correspondents in London. August 16, 2006 04:54am URL: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20146725- 5005961,00.html# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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