In Edinburgh this week a fringe theater festival debuts an entirely new genre of stage performance, plays based on blogs.

There are a total of four pieces inspired by the blogosphere being presented at this year's festival, including: Oliver Mann's play "Bloggers - Real Internet Diaries" - said to be an 'anthology' of blog voices.
From a review in The Guardian:
"At its best, 'Bloggers' is light-hearted, character-based fun, giving us a selection of confused souls on voyages of self-discovery. Mann has unearthed the people you couldn't make up, such as the 40-year-old agoraphobic virgin manning a sex chatline. A heart-warming honesty emerges in each of its voices - even those hiding behind their online bravado, such as the teenager who casually refers to a funeral as 'a depression session', or the sexual adventurer who accidentally admits to enjoying a cuddle."

It was really only a matter of time before performance art imitated life; and now blogs have become the newest wave of live entertainment with the already-famous Baghdad Burning also adapted for stage and presented at the festival. 
"Girl Blog" is a "moving and thought-provoking production. The hijackings, bombings and murders that flash across our news screens as statistics become painfully immediate." writes Emma John of The Guardian.

For more information about the festival click here.