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CENTURY SONG ZOO Southside, 5–18 Aug (not 8, 15), 3pm, £12–£14 (£10–£12). Previews 3 & 4 Aug, £9. The original co-producers of global hit White Rabbit, Red Rabbit return with a new work of visceral beauty. Exploring 100 years of black women’s unspoken history, Century Song takes us on a journey through performance, music, and animated art.
FACE 2 FACE theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5–25 Aug (not 12, 19), 3.05pm, £10 (£8). Previews 3 & 4 Aug, £5 (£4). Technology is becoming a greater force within our society; everyday we are becoming more dependent on it. Set 20 years in the future, we see the story of Ben and Emma who are different from the norm. They share one thing in common: the desire to escape from this high tech world, which is easier said than done.
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of love, longing and loss. Sitting is the debut play by BAFTA Award-winning actress Katherine Parkinson.
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Underbelly Cowgate, 4–26 Aug (not 13), 4pm, £12–£13 (£11–£12). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £6.50. Birdie’s a hoarder. The neighbours call her a harridan and a harpy, although most have never even met her. They see her hoard as a hazard for house prices. But it isn’t rubbish. It’s her life’s work and it exists because years ago something deeply cherished was stolen, and Birdie’s not been able to give up anything since. Directed by Hannah Chissick and starring Su Pollard in her Edinburgh Fringe debut. A GENEROUS LOVER
Summerhall, 4–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 4.10pm, £10 (£8). Previews 1 & 3 Aug, £8. A Generous Lover is the true and very queer tale of one soul’s journey through the wasteland of mental illness, to deliver their lost love. Drawing on epic poetry, classical mythology and queer modernist literature, it fuses psychology, euphonic prose, and song to create an intimate and beguiling world. See preview, page 103. Gilded Balloon Teviot, 4–26 Aug, 3.15pm, £14–£16 (£13–£14). Previews 1–3 Aug, £8. Luke, Cassandra and Mary are sitting. They sit weekly for their portraits and, in a series of revealing sessions, end up NAME HERE sharing their funny and moving tales Some of the best comedy in the Fringe’s first week. Written by: Brian Donaldson Some of the best comedy in the Fringe’s first week. Written by: Brian Donaldson Some of the best comedy in the Fringe’s first week. Written by: Brian Donaldson Some of the best comedy in the Fringe’s first week. Written by: Brian Donaldson. Donaldson Some of the best comedy in the Fringe’s first week. Written by: Brian Donaldson
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HUFF CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, 3–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 4.15pm, £11 (£9). Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £9. Cliff Cardinal’s solo show Huff is the wrenching, yet darkly comic tale of indigenous brothers, caught in a torrent of solvent abuse and struggling to cope with the death of their mother. Their fantastic dream world bleeds into haunting reality, as they’re preyed on by the Trickster through hallways at school, the abandoned motel they love more than home, and their own fragile psyche.
TIMMY Assembly George Square Studios, 3–27 Aug (not 14), 4.15pm, £9–£11 (£8–£10). Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £7. Tim is acting strangely. Judith wants answers. Together, they’re struggling to reach a conclusion. A punchy, honest comedy about avoiding decisions at all costs. Written and performed by Roxy Dunn, creator of five-star sell-out hit In Tents and Purposes, at Soho Theatre.
PICKLE JAR Underbelly Cowgate, 4–26 Aug (not 14), 4.40pm, £10–£11 (£9–£10). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £7. It’s hard keeping it together when your whole life is falling apart. But the pressures of teaching, Tinder and outrageous Irish best mates are a
lot to juggle, especially when you’re stumbling through the maze of trying to be a grown-up. Stranger danger, heartbreak and piña coladas are on the syllabus in the debut play Pickle Jar, written and performed by Maddie Rice.
TESTAMENT ZOO Charteris, 5–27 Aug, 4.45pm, £10 (£8). Previews 3 & 4 Aug, £5 (£4). In the beginning God created the heavens and earth and . . . Max! After a car crash, Max questions what happened to Tess. Answers take the form of apparitions of modernised biblical characters, aiding Max in his discovery or tempting him away. His only hope of recovery lies in the hands of a brother whose guilt is driving him away.
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RE: PRODUCTION ZOO Southside, 5–27 Aug (not 15), 5.15pm, £10–£12 (£8–£10). Previews 3 & 4 Aug, £7. Karen and Tom met and married when they were really young. They’re grown- ups now. Their friends are painting the spare room sunset yellow. Flexible working hours, baby yoga, PTA meetings; it’s what they want, isn’t it? Karen is a scientist. She knows the facts. By now she should be ready. But what if she’s not?
HENRY The extreme puppetry experts Blind Summit let artistic director Mark Down take a masterclass which ends up in awkward revelations when ‘possession’ uncovers some truths – or fictions – about the furious 50-year old puppeteer’s relationship with his father. The power of the inanimate delves into one man’s emotional turmoil. Pleasance Dome, 11–26 Aug, 3.30pm, £10–£12 (£9–£11).
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