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best of the southside
PLEASANCE
CIRQUE BERSERK! CIRQUE BERSERK! Pleasance at EICC – Lennox Theatre, until 25 Aug (not 21), 1.30pm & 6.30pm, £17.50–£19.50 (£13–£15). Cirque Berserk! combine contemporary cirque-style artistry with adrenaline-fuelled stunt action. The international troupe includes over 30 acrobats, aerialists, dancers, drummers and daredevil stuntmen, alongside the world’s most hair-raising circus act; the legendary motorcycle Globe of Death.
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LIFE IS NO LAUGHING MATTER DEMI NANDHRA Until 18 Aug, 1pm, £10 (£8). Life is No Laughing Matter tells the exhausting and hilarious account of living with depression. ‘This is a show that has come from a powerful brain. It constantly reshapes and reforms itself as it looks at depression from every angle, zooms right in on the personal and charges out into the political.’ Selina Thompson
SUPER HUMAN NEXT ZONE ZOO Southside, until 17 Aug, 5.30pm, £14 (£12). Super Human explores and pushes the limits of the human body. Both supernatural and superhuman behaviour is in the spotlight in this performance inspired by science-fi ction movies, superheroes and real-life scientifi c experiments. The distinctive choreography of Next Zone translates states of mind into extreme physical movements, in a fusion of urban dance and new composed music.
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THE BRUNCH CLUB GRID IRON, SDTN AND THE PLEASANCE Pleasance Pop-Up – Levels, until 24 Aug (not 20), 8.15pm, £9–£12 (£8–£11). Rebel, geek, emo, which were you? Or were you the popular one? Scotland’s brightest new talents, The Network, take on the cliques in a homage to classic coming-of-age movies, with a soundtrack that will take you right back to the tears and triumphs of fi nding your place in the world.
BEFORE THE REVOLUTION TEMPLE INDEPENDENT THEATRE
COMPANY (EGYPT) Until 25 Aug, 9.50pm, £10 (£8). Mixing fi ction and non-fi ction, Before The Revolution transports its audience to the moment of stagnation before an inevitable eruption. ‘Documentary meets fi ction in this powerful performance by the internationally renowned Cairo artist Ahmed El Attar, who takes us back to Egypt before the 2011 revolution.’ Théâtre Contemporain (France)
STAGED CIRCUMFERENCE ZOO Southside, until 25 Aug, 7pm, £12–£14 (£10–£12). Employing stunning aerial acrobatics in a calculated game of chance, Staged is a breathtaking test of physical limits in a world of increasing uncertainty, where not everything is as it seems. ‘At a time when circus is striving with every sinew to reinvent itself . . . Circumference are testing the conceptual boundaries’ The Observer