EDINBURGH:

Eddie Jen, a drag queen from San Francisco, wants to show that "America still fights for kindness", while Abby Govindan, a US stand-up comic of Indian heritage, aims to convince audiences Texas is not what they think.

The performers are among those who make the number of US acts at this year's Edinburgh Fringe the highest in at least a decade.

The Edinburgh International Festival, held every August, was established in the aftermath of World War II with the goal of using culture to heal divisions.

It immediately spawned an unofficial Fringe that became bigger than the original festival, attracting thousands of more maverick performers in venues across the city.

This year's Fringe includes productions from Armenia to Zimbabwe, organisers say. The percentage of US acts is 12.1

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