CO-PROMOTION
PLEASANCE THE CANTERVILLE GHOST Pleasance Courtyard, until 25 Aug (not 15 & 16, 18, 20, 22, 24), 2.45pm, £10–£13 (£9–£12). When the thoroughly modern Otis family move into Canterville Hall, they’re warned about its fearsome ghost. But has anyone warned the ghost about them? Award- winning theatre company Tall Stories presents its latest show – for those who dare . . . (Dei nitely not suitable for under 12s).
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LIMITED RUN FROM 14 AUG TETRA DECATHLON
SHOWROOM Until 26 Aug (not 20), 11.55am, £12 (£10). Having never set foot on a running track in her life, Lauren Hendry decided to sign up for the Tetra-Decathlon, a gruelling 14-event athletics competition. This amusingly audacious solo show, directed by Fringe First-winner Jenna Watt, asks pertinent questions about the psychology of sport and what drives us to compete.
ZUGUNRUHE MECHANIMAL ZOO Southside, until 26 Aug (not 15), 1.45pm, £10 (£9). Zugunruhe (zoo-gun-rue): ‘migratory restlessness in birds’. Body-compasses, magnetic i elds, African sunsets, star-chasing, storm-riding . . .This feast of bird behaviour explores a marsh warbler’s wild l ight, the world’s only bird whose song echoes its migration route.
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18 THE LIST FESTIVAL 15–27 Aug 2018
BEETLEMANIA: KAFKA FOR KIDS! Pleasance Dome, until 26 Aug, 1.15pm, £12–£15 (£10.50–£13.50). Kafka for kids? Karter thinks it’s a brilliant idea. Kat just wants to have fun! And Karl wants a kebab . . . but someone very strange and very important has arrived to shut everything down. And Edinburgh Pest Control are planning on killing the show. Karl is keeping quiet because strangely, he’s started growing extra legs.
LIMITED RUN FROM 14 AUG VOID
V/DA AND MHZ, IN ASSOCIATION WITH FERAL Until 26 Aug (not 20), 7.20pm, £10 (£8). Based on JG Ballard’s cult novel Concrete Island, VOID meshes experimental dance and abstract glitch-video landscapes. Taking in typically Ballardian themes of dystopian worlds, liminal spaces and urban paranoia, Mele Broomes performs edgy choreography to the backdrop of an industrial soundscape. ‘VOID assails you, unnerves you on many levels, with Broomes at the heart of the risk- taking ★ ★ ★ ★ The Herald
PASSIONATE MACHINE ROSY CARRICK ZOO Charteris, until 27 Aug, 3.30pm, £10 (£8). What would you change if you could travel through time? Using the questionable theoretical framework of all your favourite sci- i movies, Rosy Carrick blurs fact and i ction in an exhilarating multimedia mission to i nd herself – literally.