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DANCE Black Grace The New Zealand dance company presents a programme of short pieces from their 20-year career, with music including Jimi Hendrix, Johann Sebastian Bach and traditional Maori songs. See preview, page 52. Assembly Roxy, until 22 Aug. THEATRE The Generation of Z Demonstrating that there’s still life within the old corpse yet, New Zealand’s Royale Productions stage a plot-driven twist on the interactive zombie experience. See feature at list.co.uk/festival. Assembly George Square, 31 Jul–25 Aug (not 11, 19).
KIDS Potted Sherlock Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation gets a head-spinning abbreviation, as all 60 of his adventures are boiled down into a 70-minute performance. See preview, page 58. Pleasance Courtyard, until 25 Aug (not Wed). COMEDY Bridget Christie Last year’s Comedy Award winner returns for a new feminist-themed hour (plus a one-off recording of her regular BBC Radio 4 show, Mind the Gap). See feature, page 14. The Stand, 2–25 Aug (not 11); BBC@ Potterrow, 24 Aug.
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VISUAL ART Tessa Lynch: Raising If you manage to build a house and have a fire in the hearth by sunset, you can claim ownership of the land. That’s the ancient law Lynch aims to explore with her series of old-style barn-raisings at Jupiter Artland. See feature, page 87. Jupiter Artland, Thu–Sun until 28 Sep.
THEATRE Light Theatre company Ad Infinitum (Ballad of the Burning Star, Translunar Paradise) present a story of love and betrayal in a technological dystopian future inspired by the revelations of Edward Snowden. See preview, page 69. Pleasance Dome, until 25 Aug (not 11, 18). MUSIC Glen Matlock: I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol The original bassist for the Sex Pistols (replaced by Sid Vicious in 1977 after helping write a chunk of Never Mind the Bollocks) discusses a life spent kicking against the pricks. See preview, page 62. Assembly George Square, 1–6 Aug.
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MUSIC / THEATRE Torsten the Bareback Saint A one-man song-cycle probing the sexual, sensual side of its saintly, semi-immortal protagonist, performed by none other than Erasure’s Andy Bell. See feature at list.co.uk/festival. Assembly George Square, 5–16 Aug.
DANCE Missing David Bolger’s piece concerning lost loved ones arrives at the Fringe on a wave of praise from last year’s Dublin Dance Festival, and in the hands of double Fringe First-winner CoisCéim Dance Theatre. See preview, page 54. Dance Base, 1–24 Aug (not Mon). COMEDY One Man Breaking Bad Walter, Jesse, Skyler, Saul, Fring, Hank – how is it possible to fit their entire story into one hour? We’re guessing by cutting out at least one awkward breakfast scene. See preview, page 46. Famous Spiegeltent, 1–11 Aug (not 5); The Stand III & IV, 13–24 Aug (not 19).
THEATRE / MUSIC Janis Joplin: Full Tilt An intense depiction of the iconic 60s singer-songwriter and member of the tragic 27 Club from Cora Bissett (Roadkill) and Peter Arnott (White Rose, Cyprus), played with passion by Angie Darcy. See feature, page 66. Assembly Checkpoint, 31 Jul–24 Aug (not 12, 19). 31 Jul–7 Aug 2014 THE LIST FESTIVAL 7