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best of the southside
PLEASANCE
WALLACE & GROMIT’S MUSICAL MARVELS
CARROT PRODUCTIONS Pleasance at EICC – Pentland Theatre, 15 & 16 Aug, 1pm & 3.15pm, £18 (£15.50). Join everyone’s favourite dynamic duo as Wallace prepares to perform his musical masterpiece with help from his faithful canine companion Gromit. This interactive experience features specially created animations from Aardman, as well as live orchestral accompaniment from some of the UK’s top musicians and presenter Matthew Sharp.
SUMMERHALL
ZOO
WINNER OF THE MELBOURNE FRINGE SUMMERHALL AWARD MY BEST DEAD FRIEND
ZANETTI PRODUCTIONS
Until 25 Aug (not 12, 19), 5.15pm, £12 (£10). Set in Dunedin, New Zealand, Anya Tate- Manning & Isobel MacKinnon’s comedy about death, revolution, unfulfi lled love and a possum is a true story of heartbreaking grief and enduring friendship. ‘Funny, beautiful and devastating.’ Theatre Review NZ
STYX SECOND BODY
ZOO Southside, until 17 Aug, 3.05pm, £14 (£12). Award-winning gig theatre about memory loss, legacy and myth performed by an international supergroup of musicians. An exploration of what it is to lose the memories that make us who we are and the stories that connect them. Original songs, live sound- processing and personal recordings bring light to the experience of living and dying with dementia and the imprints that outlast us.
14 THE LIST FESTIVAL 7–14 Aug 2019
A WOMB OF ONE’S OWN WONDERBOX AND THE PLEASANCE
Pleasance Dome – 10Dome, until 26 Aug (not 13, 22), 2.50pm, £10–£12 (£9–£11). Funny, clever and politically challenging A Womb of One’s Own follows 18-year- old Babygirl on her journey of self and sexual discovery, exploring the emotional rollercoaster that is an unwanted pregnancy and asking why it’s still such a taboo. Supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund for Theatre.
PRO HELVETIA’S SWISS SELECTION EDINBURGH 21 – MEMORIES OF GROWING UP MATS STAUB
Until 25 Aug (not 12, 19), 10am/noon/2pm/4pm, £8. When did you turn 21? The Scottish première of Mats Staub’s video installation, exploring how world history is mirrored in personal memories, includes new interviews with Edinburgh residents. ‘I spent four hours fl icking through the faces . . . it’s addictive, and I could have spent four more.’ The Guardian
LOVELY GIRLS THE HICCUP PROJECT
ZOO Southside, until 17 Aug (not 12), 8.50pm, £14 (£12). Chess and Cristina are multi award-winning duo, The Hiccup Project, often introduced as ‘the lovely hiccup girls’. At fi rst, they didn’t react, because women are supposed to be lovely. But then they started to wonder what else they could be. Using their powerful blend of dance, theatre and comedy, they delve into the ridiculous and limiting contradictions and clichés of being a woman today.