Theatre
Hour by hour recommendations for the best festival theatre.
Looking Up Trapeze meets theatre in this New York two-hander about a circus escapee and a bartender. Assembly Rooms, 3—26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 10.30am.
Traverse plays A different running order each day (not Mon). but at 11am you‘re likely to see Yeh Hal Mumbai Meri Jaan, a full-scale Bollywood musical, Shut Eye by Philadelphia's Pig Iron company, Iron by Rona Munro or Outlying Islands by David Greig. Traverse, dates and times vary.
Project 9/1 1 Making an early bid to be the most affecting response to the attack on the Twin Towers, this production is the true voice of seven young Americans. Assembly Rooms, 2—26 Aug (not 13, 20) 11am.
The Frog Princess David Mamet is best known for his foul-mouthed, hard-living dramas. but here he turns his attention to a kids show that is edually appreciated by the grown-ups. Assembly Rooms, 3—26 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 11.30am.
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Horse Country Highly-rated new American play by CJ Hopkins about contemporary life. Assembly Rooms, 2—26 Aug (not 13), noon.
Traverse plays A different running order each day (not Mon). but at noon you’re likely to see The Drowned World by Paines Plough, Stitching by Anthony Neilson, Weather by Canada‘s Volcano or Safety by Unlimited TheatreTraverse, dates and times vary.
Bright Colours Only Acclaimed one-woman show by Glasgow's Arches Theatre Company set at an Irish wake. Assembly Rooms, 2—26 Aug (not 5, 12, 19), 12.15pm.
Captain Corelll’s Mandonlin Much loved Louis de Berniéres adaptation returns to the Fringe after a UK tour. Va/vona 8Crol/a, 3—14 Aug,
3, 6, 8,10 Aug, 1pm and 3pm.
The Whole Shebang A show we raved about last year based on Jack Klaft‘s experience of being professor of the public understanding of science at an international think tank. Pleasance, until 26 (not 7, 13), 1pm. The Complete Lost Works of Samuel Beckett The show with the longest title on the Fringe (it continues: “as found in an envelope (partially burned) in a dustbin in Paris labelled ‘never to be performed, never. ever, ever! Or I'll sue! l’ll sue from the grave!!!') is a send up of the 20th century's most haunting playwright. Assembly Rooms, 3—26 Aug (not 13), 1.25pm
Fish Dancing A Fringe regular from Vermont, Firefly has been well liked by The List in the past. This new comedy about what it means to be human when part of you is a fish. Southside, 3—25 Aug (not 11, 18), 1.30pm.
Pemdo Zawose stars in Co Co: The Boy with the Magic Foot In
the Royal Botanic Garden at 8pm.
See preview, page 63
Filler Up On stage baking in this
7 acclaimed one-woman show about
5 acceptance in a skinny society. See
'2 Festival Gay section for interview.
f Assembly Rooms, 3—26 Aug (not 13),
1.45pm.
_ 3 II_ E 3 Edinburgh International Festival,
? Marius von Mayenburg's play about fire raising teenagers is revived by an
: enterprising young Edinburgh
i company. Gilded Balloon, 2—26 Aug
j (even numbered dates only), 2pm.
; Snatches Why did no one think of
i this earlier? It‘s a show based on the
f secretly-taped conversations between '1 Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp that . all but brought down a president.
; Should be a hoot. Assembly Rooms, 3-26 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 2.15pm.
1 Tiny Ninja Theater presents
i Macbeth Only on the Fringe would
2 you discover Shakespeare’s Scottish
2 play being performed by inch-high
Fireface Last seen here in the
plastic toys on a briefcase stage. Gateway, 2—25 Aug (not 6, 13, 14,
i 20). 2.30pm and 4pm.
; Tuesdays and Sundays Five star § reviews in its native Canada for this
3 play about the truth behind a young couple’s romance. Pleasance Dome, i until 26 (not 7, 19), 2.30pm.
; Jerry Springer: The Opera Is it i theatre? Comedy? Opera? Who
cares? Our cover-starring tribute to
TV's tackiest entertainment show is
3 set to be the big hit of the festival.
3 See preview in Festival Music section. g Assembly Rooms, 2—26 Aug (not 5,
13, 20), 2.35pm.
13, 20), 3.30pm.
exactly that. Assembly Rooms. 2—26 5 Aug (not 12), 6.20pm.
3 Macbeth Accomplished outdoor
§ Shakespeare which is turning into something of a Fringe tradition -
E whatever the weather. Greyfriar’s Kirk 2 Yard, 4—23 Aug (not 5, 10, 12, 17,
19), 6.30pm.
3 _ i Doodrock High-octane drumming
3 and dance from Korea. making a bid to be this year's Stomp. Gateway,
5 2—26 Aug (not 14), 7pm.
? Born African Back after rave reviews last year, Zimbabwe's Over
the Edge offers three views of its
'; country today. Augustine's, 5, 7. 9.
11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23 and25, 7.45pm.
~ 1 Victory at the Dirt Palace The
1 Blood The Fringe First-winning Halyon Productions returns with a tale g of love. sex and violence. Gilded
§ Balloon, 2—26 Aug. 3.45pm.
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Auntie and Me Jonathan Creek star
; Alan Davies makes his professional theatrical debut in this award-winning ; Canadian black comedy about a man '; tending to his supposedly dying aunt. Assembly Rooms, 2—26 Aug (not 7,
13, 20), 4pm.
§ The AI-l-lamlet Summit
2 Shakespeare's doomy Dane meets the Middle East. Pleaseance. 2—26 5 Aug (not 7, 19), 4.15pm.
_ Quasi-Murder Canadian play about .f the ugliest man on earth. whose love
i for a sublime beauty fuels his rise to fame and fall from grace. The Garage. g 4—25 Aug, 5pm, £37 (£5).
E Gulliver Ta Fantastika. the Black
2 Light Theatre of Prague. combines live action and film in this impressionistic
; vision of the classic fantasy.
§ Pleasance. until 26 Aug (not 7. 20).
§ 5.30pm.
Diarmud and Grainne Ireland's
f acclaimed Passion Machine in Paul
E Mercer's comic reworking of a classic i Celtic legend as a Dublin underworld adventure. Assembly Rooms, 3—1 7
5 Aug, 5.35pm.
_ § David Leddy’s on the Ledge
3 Entertaining send-up of the murder mystery. Pleasance Dome, until 26
. 3 Aug (not 7, 19), 6pm.
Boner The inspired Americana
‘; Absurdum troupe in a frantic black comedy about three doctors
; struggling to save the US president.
'5 See preview. Assembly Rooms, 2—26 é Aug (not 13), 3.15pm.
§ Hammerklavler Yasmina Reza is
. the toast of the West End thanks to
; Art and The Unexpected Man. Here
i her memoir is adapted for the stage. trailing rave reviews in its wake.
3 Assembly Rooms, 2-26 Aug (not 6,
Caveman Inc The multi—voiced
Kerry Shale plays a host of characters I in a stone age theme park in this
satirical comedy. Pleasance, until 26 3 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 6.10pm.
The Insect Play what I Wrote Theatre meets science. the Brothers ; Capek meet Ernie Wise. in this
f intriguing-sounding six-legged
; roadshow. Komedia Roman Eagle
§ Lodge, 3—25 Aug (not 7, 14),
2 6.10pm.
3 Who’s Floyd Stearn? Tom Hanks told fellow actor Michael Raynor to
share his story. So here he is doing
, Riot Group. winner of a Fringe First in
1999. turns its uncompromising
; attention on TV, royalty and sex. Garage, 4—26 Aug, 7.30pm.
1 Go Go: The Boy with the Magic 2 Feet Look out for members of one of
the most talented world music groups in Thealrum Botanicum's latest
outdoor feelgood spectacular. Royal
Botanic Garden, uni/130 Aug, 8pm. : Bambi In 1936 the Nazis banned
; Bambi for it‘s allegorical reference to the treatment of Jews in Europe. Z
Theatre Company seeks to re-invest
j the classic tale with its original political 1 weight. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5—16 (not
1 1), 8.40pm.
Jack Pleasure A man becomes
obsessed by the world of pornography in this follow-up to the successful From lbiza to the Norfolk Broads. C. until 25 Aug (not 13),
_ 8.45pm.
% _ , Red, Black and Ignorant Parents and children battle to find a sense of
? humanity in a world ruined by war and social division. Southside, 2—1 Aug,
‘ 9. 15pm.
j Ordinary Miracles Theatre meets magic in this acclaimed show from
Istanbul about the romance between
a disillusioned illusionist and a woman full of life. Gateway, 2—26 Aug (not
14), 9.30pm.
; The Bomb-itty of Errors " Shakespeare re-invented for the rap generation: and surprisingly well at
that. Pleasance. until 26 Aug (not 6. 20). 9.30pm.
, La Davina Commedia The
i celebrated Derevo returns from St
5 Petersburg on top form with a
i shocking new big top show. Assembly f Big Top, until 26 Aug (not 7, 14, 21),
10pm. A Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer Michel Tremblay's
; brilliant Ouebecois drama slimmed
é down in an acclaimed production by Edinburgh students. Gateway, 2—26
i Aug (not 7, 14, 21), 10pm.
i Taboo Return after more than a
? decade of this highly entertaining one- man show that probes your darkest
secrets. Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2—26
Aug (not 12). midnight.
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