Tears of joy as Lady Boys of Bangkok finally return home to Edinburgh, where it all started

The Lady Boys of Bangkok were rehearsing their new show, Flight of Fantasy, in Thailand when the pandemic broke. Like millions around the world, their lives stopped overnight, put on hiatus for the next 16 months.

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So it's hardly surprising that when Philip Gandey, the co-creator and artistic director of The Lady Boys of Bangkok called their tour coach to tell them restrictions had been relaxed in Scotland just hours ahead of their arrival in the Capital, they were in tears.

Binky Beaumont, the company's Tour Director, is chatting with me in their big pink Festival Square tent as the audience arrive ahead of the opening performance. It has has already sold out. It appears Edinburgh loves the Lady Boys.

The Lady Boys of Bangkok