ALABAMA GOD DAMN Hippana Theatre Pleasance Dome, Sat 4–Sun 26 Aug (not 13, 21), 11am, £8.50–£10.50 (£7.50–£9.50). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6. An electric performance inl uenced by S-Town, True Detective and Seasick Steve. Frank returns to his hometown and has a riot with the casual criminals, the enlightened rednecks and a snake-wielding pastor. Overwhelmed with humour and dark beauty, Frank rediscovers the Deep South in all its profanity, its charm and its humanity. Live music and untamed characters animate this fast-paced bittersweet comedy. FINDING FASSBENDER Lydia Larson Pleasance Courtyard, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug (not 13), 11.45am, £8–£10.50 (£7–£9.50). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6. Eve’s leaving Wolverhampton to work in the big smoke because it’s something you should do. But the capital’s charm quickly wears off and Eve decides to pack her bags and head home to her boyfriend Rich and cat, Steve Bull. Until she receives a letter addressed to a famous i lm actor. Finding Fassbender follows one woman’s misadventure as she tries to carve out a life on her own terms, and Michael’s too.
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU This Noise Pleasance Courtyard, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug, 12.30pm, £8–£10.50 (£7–£9.50). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6. An insomniac is watching TV in a language he doesn’t understand; a woman is standing in a garden stretching her arms to the sky. The whole world is asleep and something extraordinary is about to happen. No One Is Coming to Save You is the hypnotic story of two young lives lived in social, political and economic fear.
IN LOYAL COMPANY Lab Rats Pleasance Courtyard, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug, 1pm, £9–£11.50 (£8.50–£11). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6. The incredible true story of missing -II soldier Arthur Robinson by David William Bryan and Sascha Moore. Declared missing after his ship is sunk during the Battle of Singapore in 1942, this epic untold tale of survival is a one-man powerhouse performance presented by the team behind Trashed in 2017. SIGNALS Footprint Theatre Pleasance Courtyard, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug (not 13), 1.10pm, £8–£10.50 (£7–£9.50). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6. Alone on the night shift, two data analysts monitor for signs of alien contact. Every shift is the same. But tonight is different. Tonight is the night they’ve been waiting for. The award-winning Footprint Theatre presents Signals, a show about human connection, space exploration and Jaffa Cakes. A new dark comedy that asks how it feels to be lost in the cosmic ocean with only each other for company. Shortlisted for the Untapped Award 2018.
WEIRD Some Riot Theatre Pleasance Courtyard, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug (not 14), 1.45pm, £10–£12 (£9–£10). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6. Critically acclaimed company Some Riot Theatre return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Based on the writer’s experiences, WEIRD explores the
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highs and lows of what it is like for a sufferer, and a sufferer’s family, to live in the shadows of obsessive compulsive disorder. A moving one-woman play about the effects of one person’s mental health on a whole family. Sell-out Arcola show, winner of Slam- Soaps 2018. VELVET work.Theatre Pleasance Courtyard, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug (not 14), 2pm, £11–£12.50 (£9–£10.50). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £8. Set against the backdrop of the 2017 #MeToo movement, VELVET explores the complex realities of harassment within the industry and how far a person is willing to go to achieve their dreams. However, when most creatives are riding the wave of change, will Tom’s opportunity slip through his i ngers? VELVET is written and performed by Tom Ratcliffe.
UNCONDITIONAL ThisEgg, Stefanie Mueller and Hoipolloi in association with The Pleasance Pleasance Courtyard, Sat 4–Sun 26 Aug (not 14), 2.15pm, £8.50–£11 (£7.50–£10). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6.50. What Josie wants for her mother and Stefi wants for her daughter is the same – a better world. UNCONDITIONAL is about i ghting the i ght that needs to be fought. It’s about slaying the monsters and standing your ground. Both touching and laugh- out-loud hilarious, this show is a joyous celebration of equality and liberation between a mother and her grown-up daughter. REVENANTS The Pleasance in association with Bill Kenwright Pleasance Dome, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug (not 8, 15), 5pm, £11–£12.50 (£9.50–£11). Previews Wed 1–
Fri 3 Aug, £8. A new play by Olivier Award-winner Nichola McAuliffe. Twenty-i ve years after the murder of the Romanovs and 25 years before the murder of Martin Luther King, a group meet in an English birch wood. Actor Ernest Thesiger, Queen Mary and her chauffeur Walcott commemorate the death of the Russian royal family. Into their midst comes Waverley Monk, a young black GI whose experience of segregation has him ready to wreak revenge on a whites- only barracks. As the group battle with notions of persecution and bravery, it’s clear that violent revolutions must have unforeseen consequences. SIRENS Zoo Co Pleasance Courtyard, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug (not 13, 20), 3.35pm, £8.50–£11 (£7.50–£10). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6. Three Greek sirens i nd themselves washed up on Hastings beach. It’s 2018, and sitting around naked on rocks is no longer en vogue. But the sirens are still cursed: any man who hears their voice dies instantly. It’s a bit of a drag. Award-winning Zoo Co returns to stick two i ngers up at gender expectations with their trademark visual storytelling, stunning projections and electro-folk soundtrack. Sirens is creatively captioned and BSL inclusive.
STARDUST Blackboard Theatre Pleasance Dome, Sat 4–Mon 27 Aug (not 20), 4.20pm, £9–£11.50 (£8–£10.50). Previews Wed 1–Fri 3 Aug, £6.50. Stardust shines an unl inching light on Colombia’s heart of darkness. Mixing new writing by Immersive Ensemble founder Daniel Dingsdale, with physical theatre and hand-drawn animation, Colombian artist Miguel Hernando Torres Umba and Blackboard Theatre bring you an irreverent, entertaining and
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