Big in Belgium – Summerhall August Festival 2016

Last Call

Dave — Mon, 09 May 2016 03:05:58 +0000

A teenage girl runs away from home to the city. Nobody notices but is there actually someone looking out for her? Belgium’s foremost graphic novel artist, Philip Parquet, and playwright/director Adriaan Van Aken’s urban adult comic book is brought vividly to life, fusing together live voices, dynamic video, projection, sound and music into a thrilling after-dark fantasia of theatre and art. Part of the Big in Belgium programme, producers of Tourniquet (2013), Looking for Paul (2014) and The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy (2015), you won’t want to miss this year’s late-night cult Fringe show.

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World Without Us

Dave — Mon, 09 May 2016 03:05:46 +0000

We could hardly imagine it: no mortgages, no knitting scarves, no swimming pools, no butterfly strokes and no honey kept in glass bowls. Animals would no longer be stuffed, skyscrapers no longer built, no more suicide and no mathematics. There would be no more talk about the old days, about what’s possible. There would be no more words. It would never happen. We’d find a solution. A world without us. Multiple Fringe First winners Ontroerend Goed return to Edinburgh with their new solo piece about the end of humanity and what comes after. Performed by Valentijn Dhaenens (Bigmouth, 2012) from 3-14 August and Karolien De Bleser (Sirens, 2014) from 16 – 28 August.

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Us/Them

Dave — Mon, 09 May 2016 03:05:43 +0000

In September 2004, during a school hostage drama in Beslan, the greatest of evils (terrorists) chose the greatest good (a group of children) as their victim. Us/Them is not a straightforward account of this terrible drama, but is about the entirely individual way children cope with extreme situations. With humour and a matter-of-fact approach, it contrasts the views of children with those of adults. Brussels-based BRONKS is one of Belgium’s leading theatres for young audiences. A lightness of story-telling, breathtaking scenography and a strong cast creates a thrilling theatrical experience not to be missed.

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Bildraum

Dave — Mon, 09 May 2016 03:05:35 +0000

Architect Steve Salembier and photographer Charlotte Bouckaert use architectural models, live photography, sounds and music to take the audience on a trip between 2D and 3D. Beginning in the reality of the theatre space the journey moves through remembered and reconstructed spaces as visual storylines slowly unfold – like browsing a photo-album created on the spot. The two performers act as technicians of the imagination to compose an audiovisual story live on stage. A brilliantly original, award-winning show where the past and present seem to coincide and the audience themselves gradually develop the connections in between.

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One Hundred Homes

Dave — Mon, 09 May 2016 03:05:21 +0000

Yinka Kuitenbrouwer visited more than a hundred people. She talked with them about the idea of home. With the help of snapshots, quotes and biscuits, Yinka created a new story. One Hundred Homes is an ongoing performance; each time that Yinka performs the play, she also visits people from the area, adding their stories to her archives. During her stay at the Fringe, Yinka will continue to develop the piece with Edinburgh locals, artists, and visitors. Join Yinka in her new Edinburgh home, a small wooden cabin specially built in Summerhall’s Courtyard, to experience an intimate performance.

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Macbain

Dave — Mon, 09 May 2016 03:05:04 +0000

Macbeth and Kurt Cobain and Lady Macbeth and Courtney Love inspire a pitch-black comedy about unbridled ambition, hunger for power and an addiction to intoxication and ecstasy. Macbain is a triptych of hilarious interviews with the pop stars, a freaky fast-forward puppet version of Macbeth culminating in a merciless symbiosis of grunge royal couple Cobain-Love and the king and queen of Scotland. In their 22 years of creating work together, Dood Paard have forged a reputation as one of European theatre’s most ground-breaking companies.

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