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Clockwise from top left: Samantha Baines, Ben Hart, Pippa Evans, Tago
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Enjoy a fl avour of the Fringe at the National Museum of Scotland with Museum After Hours
T his series of adults-only evenings was a sell out in 2016 and offers a unique l avour of the Fringe, with performers showcasing highlights from their festival acts. You can also nosey about the museum’s galleries after hours with curators and
scientists on hand to bring the collections to life, tour the Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites exhibition and visit the various pop-up bars (it is Friday night after all).
The lineup at Museum After Hours is truly eclectic, with music offerings ranging from Tago, who pair gigantic drums and other Korean traditional instruments with martial arts, to Gareth Cooper’s Nerd Rock, a musical comedy show celebrating all things geeky. Fans of magic should check out Ben Hart, star of BBC series Killer Magic, and Fringe veteran and cheeky chappy, Chris Cook. The grand gallery’s main stage plays host to physical performance, with highlights from Fauna, an exploration of primal behaviour created by performers from leading circus companies Gravity & Other Myths, NoFit State Circus, Seven Fingers and Poivre Rose. And from Arnhem Land in Australia, Djuki Mala are making their UK debut at the Edinburgh Fringe. The group, who’ve won Best Dance honours at both the Adelaide and Perth Fringes, fuse popular culture and traditional indigenous dances in a high-energy show.
It wouldn’t be the Fringe without comedy: Samantha Baines explores the lost women of science, while Chortle award-winner for Best Music & Variety Act, Pippa Evans, performs excerpts from her comedy show Joy Provision! and the aptly named Night at the Museum is an unrehearsed show-and-tell performance, with comedians prompted by the historical artefacts housed in the National Museum of Scotland’s archives. With thousands of objects to choose from, expect i ction over fact.
National Museum of Scotland, 11 Aug, 7.30pm, £18 (£16). Museum After Hours returns on 18 and 25 Aug, with a different lineup each week.
104 THE LIST FESTIVAL 10–17 Aug 2017
EVENTS CALENDAR
ART LATE FEATURING HAPPY MEALS
This edition of Art Late visits Collective, Edinburgh Printmakers and Rhubaba Gallery and Studios. The evening i nishes up at Custom Lane in Leith, with an artist performance from Pauline and the Matches and music from Glasgow synth-pop duo Happy Meals. Collective, 17 Aug, 6.30pm, £9 (£8).
ART LATE FEATURING HAMISH HAWK
Choose one of three routes for the i nal Art Late, with featured works including Bobby Niven’s Palm House at the Johnston Terrace Wildlife Garden and Kate Davis’ exhibition at Stills. The evening i nale is at the Fruitmarket Gallery, with music from Hamish Hawk. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 24 Aug, 6pm, £9 (£8).