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Temper, Temper Five reasons to see this Summerhall-based music act
1. Should Marlene Dietrich, Scott Walker, Antony Hegarty, Laurie Anderson and Nick Cave ever cross space and time to meet at a gig it would be this one. Temper Temper’s sound fuses muscular, glittering blues with old, dusty jazz.
2. More than a gig, Temper Temper’s performance is a mix of theatre, music and visuals. 3. Wendy Bevan – statuesque, intense and striking; Temper Temper’s lead singer has made her name as a multi-disciplinary artist, photographer of fashion and singer. She has performed with Punch Drunk, sung with Nouvelle Vague, photographed Tilda Swinton, Air and Debbie Harry, and has exhibited at ICA.
4. It’s the closest thing to time-travelling to a 1930s underground cabaret in Berlin via David Lynch’s Black Lodge. Harking back to the golden age of silent i lm, audiences meet Wendy Bevan’s performance alter ego, a dramatic, dark and devasting femme fatale. A captivating sight to behold.
5. The intimate, 60-seat Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall creates the perfect backdrop to a Fringe experience. The audience might be different but the animal magnetism remains . . . ■ Temper Temper – The Pain of Desire, Summerhall, 0845 874 3001, until 18 Aug, 9.45pm. See review, page 60.
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5 Things . . . TECHTALK TECHTALK Get your geek on with these tech-inspired Festival shows
1 Agony & Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
A one-man theatre show detailing the
working conditions in
Chinese factories that manufacture the iPhone. Gilded Balloon Teviot.
2 Steve Wozniak The co-founder of
Apple discusses the future of computing
and the internet along
with life at Apple, his book iWoz and entrepreneurship as part of the Turing
Festival. Edinburgh Playhouse.
3 Misha Glenny The journalist on
discoveries he made while researching his
book DarkMarket:
Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You. Charlotte Sq Gdns.
4 Through the Looking Screen
Clare Presland stars
as Annabel in this light opera depicting her
attempt at romance with her colleague
Sebastian using a variety of social networking sites. Underbelly, Cowgate.
5 Mark Restuccia Having been a
master of internet
dating for ten years, Mark Restuccia now
shares his knowledge and attempts to teach you the secrets of his success.
Gilded Balloon Third Door
OVERHEARD IN EDINBURGH
‘I pulled a guy dressed in a tiger suit last night. I love the Fringe.’ A girl regaling her pal with some night-before detail by the La Favorita stand on the Royal Mile
16–23 Aug 2012 THE LIST 9