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[INSERT SLOGAN HERE] YESYESNONO ZOO Charteris, Sun 5–Sun 19 Aug, 6.10pm, £12–£14 (£10–£12). Previews Fri 3 & Sat 4 Aug, £7. In 2016, Volvo launched their Human Made marketing campaign. New adverts focused on individual human lives; school children, explorers, factory workers. Global sales increased by 20%. This is an attempt to do the same. A show about objects, the objects we use, the stories we tell about them, the way we consume them. With live music and video artistry, award-winning YESYESNONO return with [insert slogan here]: a fevered excavation of adverts, objects, memory and identity.
ALL THESE THINGS Live Art Bistro ZOO Southside, Wed 15 Aug, 5pm, £20 (£17). See preview, page 71. Century Song
CENTURY SONG Volcano (Canada), Richard Jordan Productions in association with CanadaHub ZOO Southside, Sun 5–Sat 18 Aug (not 8, 15), 3pm, £12–£14 (£10–£12). Previews Fri 3 & Sat 4 Aug, £9. Volcano, 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. Created by powerful Dora Award- winning soprano Neema Bickersteth, and Dora Award-winning collaborators Ross Manson (direction) and Kate Alton (choreography). DON’T KILL YOUR DARLINGS Det Andre Teatret / The Other Theatre ZOO Charteris, Fri 3–Sun 26 Aug, 1.15pm, £10 (£9). Award-winning actor Ingvild Haugstad from Det Andre Teatret tells the story of a person who retreats from the world after losing a soulmate to a freak raspberry accident. Puppetry, sketches and improvisation make up this heartfelt silly show by one of Norway’s most unique performers. Nominated for Best Show at Bergen Fringe 2017.
FIVE ENCOUNTERS ON A SITE CALLED CRAIGSLIST YESYESNONO ZOO Charteris, Mon 20–Thu 23 Aug, 6.10pm, £14 (£12). Sam wants to tell you about i ve encounters he had on Craigslist. Sam’s anxious about how he gets to know people. This is a chance to get to know him. In exploring one person’s attempts to know others, the show considers how a group of people in a darkened room can ever get to know each other. Desperately hilarious and achingly bleak, YESYESNONO’s smash debut returns to ZOO for a limited i nal run. THE FORECAST Limbik ZOO Charteris, Tue 14–Sun 26 Aug, 6pm, £10 (£9). Preview Mon 13 Aug, £7 (£6). In a backyard near you, in the not too distant future, four women from four corners of the globe l oat in mid-air. Fleeing war, poverty and environmental destruction they now have a new job: human garden ornaments. Inspired by George Saunder’s short-story The Semplica Girl Diaries, The Forecast teems with stories, songs, secrets, shadows, giant dresses . . . and women hanging by a thread.
ELSIE THATCHWICK CharliefromGroundforce Productions ZOO Southside, Sun 5–Mon 27 Aug (not 15), 6.30pm, £10 (£9). Previews Fri 3 & Sat 4 Aug, £8. A new play written by Skye Lourie. Armed only with an address, a pack of Jammy Dodgers and a Scottish sense of humour, Elsie heads from Glasgow to Manchester in search of her father. Two actors and 20 characters drive this fast-paced dark comedy. ISTANBUL: YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE From the Gut Theatre ZOO Southside, Sun 5–Sat 18 Aug (not 15), 7.45pm, £10.50–£12 (£8.50–£10). Previews Fri 3 & Sat 4 Aug, £7. It’s 2005 and somehow Liverpool are back in the European Cup Final. From the Mersey to Turkey, the Reds will their team to glory. But can this ragtag Liverpool side topple giants AC Milan? Drawn
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from accounts all over the world, Istanbul is about Scousers, football, class and gender. The ultimate underdog story told by the fans.
JET OF BLOOD Civil Disobedience ZOO Charteris, Sun 5–Mon 27 Aug (not 15), 2.10pm, £10 (£9). Previews Fri 3 & Sat 4 Aug, £8. Brought to you by Civil Disobedience, Jet of Blood is the docudrama/ballet/opera/performance art/ musical/protest piece you haven’t been waiting for. Trigger warnings include but are not limited to: rape, graphic pornography, excessive drug use, violence, the musical styling of Miley Cyrus, self-mutilation, corruption, anorexia/bulimia and the not-so-unique true story of one 14-year-old boy in the oldest and most prestigious prep in North America. But in all seriousness, Jet of Blood is not for the faint of heart. A MODERN GUIDE TO HEROISM AND SIDEKICKERY Michelle Zahner ZOO Charteris, Fri 3–Mon 27 Aug (not 13), 4.50pm, £10 (£8). Michelle Zahner joyfully mixes storytelling, comedy and poetry to work out how being a superhero in the real world really works. How do you rescue people from depression or broken friendships? How do you i ght cyclones, rabid llamas or the patriarchy? What do you call a boy damsel? And shouldn’t there be a villain somewhere? A new hero i nds herself dealing with media hype, impossible expectations and protest groups.
PASSIONATE MACHINE Rosy Carrick ZOO Charteris, Sun 5–Mon 27 Aug, 3.30pm, £10 (£8). Preview Fri 3 Aug, £6. Featuring a diverse cast of real-life characters including David Bowie, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Rocky Balboa, and set against the questionable theoretical framework of your favourite time travel movies, fact and i ction blend to create an exhilarating story about letting go, having the courage to take the untrodden path, and i nding yourself – literally. Writer, performer, poet and translator, Carrick has toured the world and now makes her Fringe debut.
WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING Det Andre Teatret / The Other Theatre ZOO Charteris, Fri 3–Sun 26 Aug (not 7, 8, 13, 15, 20–22), 2.15pm, £10 (£9). Fresh from selling out the National Theatre in Oslo, award-winning poet Fredrik Høyer from Det Andre Teatret tells his critically acclaimed story about life, marathon, ultra-runners and the rom-com The Holiday. All while running for his life on a treadmill!
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