FESTIVAL THEATRE | Day Planner
Needing to fill every hour of your day with a little drama? Gareth K Vile helps map out your festival itinerary 10AM
Shakespeare for Breakfast Ease yourself into the day with the bard, coffee and croissants. C Venue, 0845 260 1234, 31 Jul–26 Aug (not 12), 10am, £8.50 (£6.50).
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L.O.V.E. Nigel Charnock directs a journey into Shakespeare’s sonnets – the most famous three-way affair in literature – with physical theatre sensuality. Assembly Roxy, 623 3030, 3–25 Aug (not 7), 11.15am, £12 (£10). 31 Jul– 2 Aug, £8. Gardening for the Unfulfilled and Alienated Inside his shed, Owain explains about his quest for horticultural beauty in a new play from Brad Birch. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 2–25 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 11am, noon, 1pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, £9 (£7–£8). Previews 1 Aug, £6. NOON
Specie In the future will gender be a choice? And if it is, what will people become? Pleasance Dome, 556 6550, 3–26 Aug (not 13), 12.10pm, £9.50– £10.50 (£8–£9). Previews Jul 31–Aug 2, £6. We Will Be Free The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, a reminder of the power in resistance to injustice. Assembly Rooms, 0844 693 3008, 4–25 Aug, 12.30pm, £15 (£12). Previews 2–3 Aug, £14 (£5–£11).
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Confessions of a Rabbi’s Daughter She just wants to be the perfect daughter, but love can get in the way. Mood Nightclub, 550 1640, 2–26 Aug (not 5, 12, 19), 1.20pm, free. High Plains (A Western Myth) The desolate prairie forces a man to confront his demons. Underbelly Cowgate, 0844 545 8252, 3–25 Aug, 1.40pm, £11 (£10). Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £6. 2PM
An Actor’s Lament Physical theatre hard man and Hollywood baddy Steven Berkoff does comedy – doubtless in a brutal satirical style. Assembly Hall, 623 3030, 3–20 Aug (not 5, 12), 2.30pm, £18–£20 (£16–£18). Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £12. The Trench War is hell, and hell is being caught underground during WWI: the return of Les Enfants Terrible’s 2012 sell-out show. Pleasance One, Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 3–26 Aug (not 12), 2.45pm. £9–12.50. Previews 31 Jul–2 Aug, £6.
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Wot? No Fish! Danny Braverman discovers his grandfather’s life through an archive of weekly, homemade cartoons. Summerhall, 0845 874 3001, 2–25 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 3pm, £10 (£8). Hag Baba Yaga is back. Music and puppetry tells the story of Eastern Europe’s favourite child-eating nightmare witch. Underbelly, 0844 545 8252, 3–25 Aug (not 13), 3.30pm, £10–£11 (£9–£10). Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £6.
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THE EVENTS Scottish playwright David Greig presents a new play that asks if forgiveness is possible in the face of great atrocity. The Events courted controversy earlier this year after it was reported that the show was based on the shootings in Norway in 2011 by Anders Brevik. Greig has since clarified that the story is a work of fiction. ■ Traverse Theatre, 31 Jul–25 Aug, times vary, £6–£20.
trained in French mime, lending her the perfect background for this parody of artistic pretension. Features one woman, one scarf and multiple competing personalities. Pleasance Dome, 556 6550, 3–26 Aug (not 12, 19), 4.20pm, £11 (£10). Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £6.50. Breaking the Silence Three generations of women look back at their family history: while the youngest wants to find out what happened to them during the Holocaust, the older women are reluctant to help. C Nova, 0845 260 1234, 31 Jul–26 Aug (not 13), 4.45pm, £9.50–£11.50 (£7.50–£8.50). 5PM
Another New World When a captain has the expectations of an Empire upon him, how can he cope with the loss of his men? Arctic tragedy from rising playwright Tom Dempster. Cafe Camino, 226 0000, 3–24 Aug, 5pm, free. Circus of Terror Blindfolds are provided for this literal journey into darkness: a clown show that shows the punishment awaiting those who taste the joys of the Seven Deadly Sins. Greenside, 557 2124, 2–24 Aug (not 11, 18), 5.10pm, free.
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Death and Gardening Puppetry and physical theatre explore the words of Edvard Munch. Assembly Roxy, 623 3030, 4–26 Aug (not 12, 19), 6.10pm, £11.50£12.50. Previews 31 Jul–2 Aug, £10. Oh My Irma Haley McGee’s dark comic monologue is an absurdist murder mystery that slowly reveals the crime and
the narrator’s own accountability. Hill Street Theatre, 226 6522, 3–15 Aug (not 13), 6.45pm, £10–£11 (£8–£9). Previews 1–2 Aug, £6 (£5). Next Door The death of a neighbour leads to an intriguing journey into the unknown life that happened only a wall’s width away. Underbelly, 0845 545 8282, 3–25 Aug (not 13), 6.45pm, £9.50–10.50 (£8.50–£9.50). Previews 1–2 Aug, £6.
9PM Somnambules & the 7 Deadly Sins The Karavan Ensemble used to be part of Russian mavericks Derevo. Their first collaboration since 2007 pitches them into a capitalist world about to collapse. Summerhall, 0845 874 3001, 2–25 Aug (not 5, 12, 19), 9.30pm, £11 (£9).
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Sappho... In 9 Fragments The great lyric poet mourns her exclusion from mainstream history, while a chorus girl finds the love that the original lesbian celebrated. theSpace@Venue45, 510 2381, 8–10 Aug, 7.15pm, £12 (£10). The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning The National Theatre of Wales tells the story of the soldier who revealed secret US cables to Wikileaks. Pleasance at St Thomas of Aquin’s High School, 226 000, 8–25 Aug (not 11, 14, 21), 7.30pm, £13–£14 (£10–£12). Previews 6–7 Aug, £10 (£8). The Bloody Great Border Ballad Project Writers from across the UK contribute new poetry to survey the state of the nation from the place where it is most porous. Northern Stage @St Stephens, 558 3047, 5–24 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 10pm, £14 (£11). Previews until 4 Aug, £11. Hooked Award-winning actress Nicky Guadagni looks at the lives of famous women struggling against addiction to substances and powerful men. Sweet Grassmarket, 243 3596, 1– 25 Aug (not 7, 14, 21), 10.30pm, £8.
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Pugni Di Zolfo (Fists of Sulphur), Angry Italian theatre inspired by a poem, raging against the exploitation of children in the Favara mines. Zoo Southside, 662 6892, 4–26 Aug (not 12, 21), 8pm, £8 (£6). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £5. Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon Turning an entire venue into a WWI trench, Jethro Compton directs Aeschylus’ violent tragedy against the brutal warfare of 1918. C Nova, 0845 260 1234, 31 Jul–26 Aug, 8.30pm, £13.50 (£7.50–£11.50). Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escape Bad-boy puppets escape from the clutches of demons and return with a vaudeville show from beyond good and evil. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 3–26 Aug (not 13, 21), 11.10pm, £11 (£10). Previews 21 Jul–2 Aug, £6. Tourniquet 2013 Belgian theatre that promises the usual Belgian menu: beauty and horror. Summerhall, 0845 874 3001, 5–25 Aug (not 7, 12, 19), 11.20pm, £12 (£10). Previews 2–4 Aug, £6.