ALL EVENTS | 22 August, 2016 Order by: Date / title
Theatre Uncut: Refugee
Theatre Uncut
'Theatre's rapid response unit' (Guardian) Fringe First winning Theatre Unuct return with 6 brand new short plays responding to the migration crisis.
Eurohouse
Nasi Voutsas / Bertrand Lesca / Fellswoop
Two performers - one Greek, one French - dance and shout, cry and sing, agree and disagree, about life in the Eurohouse.
Equations for a Moving Body
Hannah Nicklin
A story about the physiology of endurance – when our brains tell our bodies to stop – and the psychology of continuing. A story about preparing mind and body for a 2.4 mile swim, 112 miles cycling, then running a marathon.
Taiwan Season: The Adventure of Puppets
Puppet Beings Theatre
A family show guaranteed to tickle the child in all of us. Two engaging and skilfully silly actors bring to life an array of ordinary objects, conjuring a DIY universe full of raucous fun and inventive play.
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
Walrus
This two-person show imagines a world where we’re forced to say less. It’s about what we say and how we say it; about the things we can only hear in the silence; about dead cats, activism, eye contact and lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons.
People of the Eye
The Deaf and Hearing Ensemble and Erin Siobhan Hutching
'Of course, you shouldn’t use "sign language".' Inspired by real events, this personal story follows a family finding their way through the Deaf world. A story about parents, about sisters, and about the complex love that binds families together.
Beyond Price
Jack Klaff
Jack Klaff presents presenting highlights from those shows which couldn’t make it to this Festival.
Growth
Paines Plough
Growth is a comedy about growing up and manning up from rising star Luke Norris (So Here We Are, Royal Exchange; Goodbye to All That, Royal Court)
A Pickering’s Gin Jolly
Summerhall Distillery
Join us for a tour of Summerhall Distillery as we raise the curtain on how award-winning Pickering’s Gin is made.
French Authors: Going Through
Summerhall
Led by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, supported by the SACD, and in collaboration with IPR ltd, Cross-Channel Theatre is an initiative aiming at promoting new French writing in the UK.
600 People
Third Angel
'We step out of our solar system, into the universe, seeking only peace and friendship…' So says the message from the human race on the Voyager spacecraft. But is there, y'know, anybody out there? Alex talked to an astrophysicist to find out.
Every Brilliant Thing
Paines Plough
The worldwide smash-hit is back. You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s done something stupid. She finds it hard to be happy. You make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for. 1. Ice Cream 2. Kung Fu Movies 3. Burning Things 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose 5. Construction cranes 6. Me A play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love.
The Lounge
Inspector Sands
97 years go by in a flash. An afternoon lasts an eternity. In a care home lounge somewhere off the A1, Marsha Hewitt begins the last day of her life. But she cannot go quietly. As the radiators burn and Jeremy Kyle blares, rivalries, relatives and murderous impulses jostle for space on the Axminster carpet. By teatime, a riot is brewing. The award-winning Inspector Sands shine a light on how we cope, or fail to cope, with ageing.
French Authors: It’s Christmas so deal with it
Summerhall
Led by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, supported by the SACD, and in collaboration with IPR ltd, Cross-Channel Theatre is an initiative aiming at promoting new French writing in the UK.
All the Things I Lied About
Katie Bonna and Paul Jellis in association with Soho Theatre
Would the world be a better place if we were all honest? Fringe First winner Katie Bonna (Dirty Great Love Story) is giving a TED talk on the science of lying.
Putting the Band Back Together
Unfolding Theatre
Why do we stop playing? What might make us start again? All those guitars propped up in bedrooms. Voices only heard in the shower. Drum kits taking too much space in garages. It’s time to blow off the dust.
Remember to Breathe
Figure 8 Productions / Scary Biscuits Promotions
Mixing serious themes with warm humour, Remember to Breathe is a deeply moving play about moving home and moving on.
Tell Me Anything
On The Run with Show And Tell
On The Run return, following the five-star sell-out success of their debut, So It Goes, with a show about love, hopeless devotion and growing up. Directed by Christopher Harrisson (Rhum and Clay).
Scorch
Prime Cut Productions
A story of first love through the eyes of a gender-curious teen, Scorch examines how the human story often gets lost amidst the headlines. Inspired by recent court cases, Scorch won Best New Play at the 2015 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards.
E15
LUNG
'We want social housing, not social cleansing.' Facing skyrocketing rent and forced relocation out of London, 29 single mothers united to confront Newham Council’s gentrification of their hometown.
Snakes and Giants
The Flanagan Collective and Joanne Hartstone
A brand new fantastical fusion of spoken word, dance and a heavy, soulful soundtrack from the critically acclaimed, international award-winning company behind Beulah, Babylon and Fable.
Faslane
Jenna Watt in association with Showroom & Contact
Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, or Faslane, situated 40 miles outside Glasgow, is home to the UK's nuclear missile programme: Trident. With family having worked in Faslane all her life, and with friends protesting at the gates, Fringe First-winner Jenna Watt explores what happens when the personal and political collide.
Robert Newman: The Brain Show
Phil McIntyre Entertainments
After volunteering for a brain-imaging experiment meant to locate the part of the brain that lights up when you’re in love, Robert emerges with more questions than answers.
Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor
Jonny & the Baptists
A riotous new musical comedy epic about friendship, inequality and betrayal.
NEHH: Grandaddy + Support
Summerhall
Grandaddy formed in Modesto, CA in 1992, and consisted of Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Tim Dryden, Jim Fairchild and Kevin Garcia.
Two Man Show
RashDash
Men have all the power. John and John keep hearing people say that men have all the power, but it doesn’t feel like that to them.
French Authors: Country
Summerhall
Led by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, supported by the SACD, and in collaboration with IPR ltd, Cross-Channel Theatre is an initiative aiming at promoting new French writing in the UK.
Ghost Quartet
Ghost Quartet
Ghost Quartet is a haunted song cycle about love, death, and whisky.
The Vagina Dialogues
The Völvas
The Völvas is an international feminist performance ensemble.
Where Do All the Dead Pigeons Go?
Scott Turnbull (presents)
Where do all the dead pigeons go? I could give you the answer right now... but it would ruin the show. Between you and me... I’m still not sure. With felt-tip pens, and his ex-girlfriend's overhead projector, Scott Turnbull takes us on a journey through space and time.
TUCKSHOP
Not Too Tame
TuckShop is a pick of new work from some of NTT's favourite writers and a mix of our trademark electrifying energy, blended to create a new writing night with a twist.
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