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MEOW MEOW’S LITTLE MERMAID The cabaret superstar takes advantage of her theatrical prowess – she has recently been seen in The Globe’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – to examine the mythology that surrounds ‘true love’ and its insistence on the perfection of the self and the other. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival. See feature, page 36. The Hub, 3–27 Aug (not 8, 15, 22), 10.30pm (& 7.30pm on 12, 19, 26 Aug), £15.
EVE Jo Clifford reflects on her life as playwright, father and grandmother in a show that remembers how recently such a journey would have been so much more difficult. See feature, page 104 and listen to our podcast online at list.co.uk/festival Traverse, 4–27 Aug (not 7,14, 21), times vary, £19.50 (£14.50). Preview 3 Aug, 6.30pm, £13 (£9).
THE SKY IS SAFE Matthew Zajac met with women in exile to inform his meditation on the
Syrian tragedy: how can a privileged westerner understand the pain and horror of the lives of those forced to migrate from their homeland in the face of civil violence? See feature, page 109. Summerhall, 4–27 Aug (14, 21), 7.45pm, £15 (£10). Preview 2 Aug, £8. WOKE Apphia Campell gets to grips with the very pertinent issue of race through a look back to one of the greats of the 1960s’ civil rights movement and the struggles of a contemporary student. See feature, page 25. Gilded Balloon Teviot, 5–28 Aug (not 17–19), 2pm, £10–£12 (£9–£11). Preview 4 Aug, £6.
CREATIVES Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia sneak a look at the self-indulgence, the battles and the jealousies of the Chicago music community in a comic pop opera that revels in the secrets and lies that bedevil the collaborative facade of creative scenes. See feature, page 103. Pleasance Courtyard, 5–28 Aug (not 15, 22), 4pm, £11–£14.50 (£9–£13.50). Previews 2–4 Aug, £8.
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HINT OF LIME PRODUCTIONS presents Te Poer Be(cid:4)nd te Crone “ There are no good parts in Shakespeare for older women.”
Professor Artemis Turret, played by Alison Skilbeck, sets out to refute these words in a serio-comic celebration of Shakespeare’s older women, directed by Tim Hardy.
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The Tunnel at TICKETS £18 Venue 150 £15 CONC 2 - 27 Aug
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