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Dallas, 22 November 1963. The main event is supposed to be on Main Street – crowds fifty deep, a blizzard of ticker tape. A few blocks away in Dealey Plaza, the scene is quieter: a handful of people, clear skies. A man with an umbrella. A woman with a polaroid. A dressmaker with vertigo. These are the strange, true stories of the ordinary people who opted out of the main event, only to spend the rest of their lives unable to leave it.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Umbrella Man: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination is by Martin Fitzgerald, listed under Spoken Word in the Fringe programme. It plays at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall, Surgeons Quarter, Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW, 7 August to 22 August.
The show runs 50 minutes and is suitable for ages 16+. Tickets are £10. Content warnings: Scenes of violence.