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fast facts • In the wake of the murder of comedian Eurydice Dixon, who was attacked on her way home from a gig in Melbourne, a group of female comedians have set up the Home Safe Collective to help female, non-binary and trans performers get home safely during the Fringe. The Collective have established an account with CityCabs, into which anyone can donate.
• The Edinburgh Fringe Queer Meet Up – a COM ING TO THE F r i n g e
weekly support group for queer performers, staff, producers and critics – has been set up by performer Teddy Lamb, with support from Underbelly. The group, which will meet every Monday from 4–6.30pm at the venue’s Cow Café, will offer support and networking opportunities to those in the LGBTQ+ community. • Following the death of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison in May, Neu! Reekie!’s Michael Pedersen has reconi gured their planned joint Edinburgh International Book Festival event as a celebration of Hutchison’s life and work, with a performance from their musical group, the Cold Turkey Collective.
• The Fringe Society is encouraging people to ‘shoot’ pigeons . . . with their cameras. Golden ‘Fringe pigeons’ have been placed at iconic landmarks and venues across Edinburgh, and anyone who shares a photo of these special birds on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #CatchthePigeon will be entered into a daily prize draw of £30 worth of Fringe vouchers. • Recycling company Viridor will be picking up an extra 500 tonnes of glass products at this year’s festival, as Edinburgh’s population doubles from 500,000 to one million in the month of August. Glassware can be recycled indei nitely and everyone can do their part to make this the greenest festival yet by placing their waste in the right bin.
FREEMAN | FRINGE WIVES CLUB | TRUMP’D MUSICAL Performers are pouring into our fair city from all around the world, ready to present their hard work to the masses. Look at how excited they are to see their wee faces plastered all over town!
2018 was the year that men i nally seemed to learn that there are consequences for shitty misogynistic behaviour through the #MeToo movement and other campaigns. As a result sex, consent and contemporary feminism are big themes at this year’s festival. These performances and events take a look at exploitative behaviours against women and add to the global conversation aimed at eradicating such conduct once and for all.
ROSE MCGOWAN WITH AFUA HIRSCH Actor and i gurehead for the #MeToo movement Rose McGowan sits down with award-winning writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch as part of the Edinburgh Book Festival’s Identity Parades series. Charlotte Square Gardens, 13 Aug, 3.15pm, £12 (£10).
DAUGHTER Adam Lazarus faces toxic masculinity head-on as he plays The Father in a solo performance that explores the misogynistic behaviours and attitudes that society knowingly (and unknowingly) perpetuates. CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, until 26 Aug (not 13 & 14, 20 & 21), 12.30pm, £11 (£9). PUSSY RIOT: RIOT DAYS The Russian protest punk-rock collective became household names in 2012 after they were thrown in jail for protesting against Putin’s Russia. They use punk and electronic music mixed with i lm footage to sing their protest songs. Summerhall, 10–19 Aug, 7pm, £17.50 (£16.50).
AYESHA HAZARIKA: GIRL ON GIRL The political pundit and ex-advisor to the Labour party analyses the i ght for feminism in 2018 in the wake of the #MeToo movement. She asks important questions like whether feminism is too white, too posh and who was it that asked Piers Morgan for his opinion anyway? Gilded Balloon Teviot, until 11 Aug, 6.35pm, £11–£12 (£9–£10).
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