Summerhal Fringe Brochure 2019

VENUE 26
FESTIVAL
PROGRAMME
2019
Welcome to Summerhall in a world whose centre Every year as we look through the programmes of
cannot hold. Summerhall at festival time is a place work across performance, visual art and music, we
where everyone is welcome to experience new find interlinking and common themes. Every year
work, make new connections and encounter new our festival takes the temperature of where we are
ideas. But, it is not a ‘safe’ place. Good artists now and reports back. This year we see less focus
neither cosset nor protect anyone. Their job is to be on global and national politics and more work about
fiercely independent, always challenging and never identity and personal politics.
satisfied. Myths and stories since Adam & Eve or All of you - the international performers and
Prometheus show us how defiance of authority is audiences coming here from across the whole world
essential in order to move forward. Without - make our festival what it is. Every year we discover
disobedience the story can't happen. from artists, audiences and producing partners how
much more can be drawn into our programmes
Cover image - Human brain synapses
that is new and surprising and profoundly moving.

Thank you.
Robert McDowell
Summerhall Director
WELCOME 01
Summerhall is a venue for diverse programmes of visual

and performing arts, at Festival time and throughout the
year. It is a place for all kinds of events, parties,
workshops, festivals, weddings and meetings. It is home
to a varied community of creative artists and businesses,
including a pub, café , brewery and distillery. We host all
of this activity in our unique home; Edinburgh’s former
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College. Our aim is to be a major
cultural destination where audiences meet and mix and
where artists and performers are inspired to make and
present their best work.
Summerhall is for everyone. Whether you are engaging
with our exhibitions, catching the best in avant garde theatre,
grabbing something to eat in the Royal Dick bar or simply
soaking up the atmosphere in our buzzy courtyard, there
is something for you to explore, discover and most of all,
enjoy, this Festival and all year round.
CONTENTS
01 FESTIVAL WELCOME
02 VISUAL ARTS
12 PERFORMING ARTS
46 NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE
56 ARMY AT THE FRINGE
58 BBC RADIO
62 ROUNDABOUT
66 CANADA HUB
69 BRUFORD AT SUMMERHALL
77 THE ROYAL DICK
80 THE VENUE
Box Office
0131 560 1581
General
0131 560 1580
info@summerhall.co.uk
www.summerhall.co.uk
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VISUAL
ARTS
We are proud to present our visual arts programme Using entirely new materials Smith has created digital images
that reference the spirit of many of his works made over the
for 2019. This year we continue to show art that is
last fifty years. A group of Smith’s earlier works is exhibited in
relevant to current political changes; art that is Sciennes Gallery and many of them refer to his experience of
critical and art that takes a stand. We believe that living in Italy.
artists’ voices are a vital contribution to public Such international links are crucial to the ethos of Summerhall
debate on the challenges of the modern world. We and our founder and Director Robert McDowell references this
in his forthcoming exhibition and study on Joseph Beuys and
invite you to join us on an exciting journey as we Leonardo da Vinci.
open our doors to these brave and challenging
Art is indeed a dialogue that knows no borders and it can be
projects. a vehicle conveying this message as Jane Frere reveals in her
Responding to the current climate crisis/emergency debate new exhibition Exit - 100 days of Khaos. The word ‘khaos’ -
we have invited Extinction Rebellion (XR) to curate a month of derived from the Ancient Greek for abyss and chasm reminds us
visual arts, documentaries and discussions. We hope that the that Greece is a cradle of our culture, and democracy also has
rooms of our Lower Galleries will be a place of meetings, its roots in this part of Europe - the continent which now has
dialogue but also of personal reflection and collective action. been shaken by Brexit. Frere’s artistic statement contrasts
As XR state in their declaration: ‘As an environmental and social passion and despair as she documents 100 days of the
justice movement XR is first and foremost an act of countdown to its initial date of 29 March 2019.
imagination.’ We are also delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in a
Alan Smith (b. 1941) worked extensively as a painter and public gallery by Andrew Sim: New Sodom Will Be a Shining
teacher, exhibiting in Europe and America for a number of City on a Hill. Presented in the Meadows Gallery, the artist
years. In 1991, shortly after his 50th birthday, the artist made a (b.1987) exhibits a new series of pastel drawing on paper - a
conscious decision to remove himself from the public world of personal account of the challenges facing the LGBTQ+
art. Now, after a life threatening illness, Smith has found the community and on learning what it means to be a Queer
need to return again to the language of art and has completed person in 2019.
a new body of work: The New World, prompted by Tiepolo’s The message of climate emergency is reiterated by the
Il Mondo Nuovo. The painting that inspired Smith was created showing of a selection of photographs by Josh Haner. The
in Venice in 1791 when The Venetian Republic of a thousand exhibition Carbon’s Casualties is presented in collaboration
years found itself in its death throes. with Beyond Borders.
“As I worked on this during 2016, I did feel a strong sense that We are very pleased to welcome Paul Nesbitt as advisor to
Tiepolo’s "Il Mondo Nuovo", held a remarkably similar dilemma our programme of visual art. Paul founded and directed the
to the one we now face in our own Brexit Britain.” acclaimed exhibitions programme at Inverleith House (1986 -
2016) and has been instrumental in presenting this year's
exhibitions by Andrew Sim and Extinction Rebellion.
Kasia Jackowska
Exhibitions Manager
Exhibitions:
25 July - 27 October 2019
Preview:
24 July 2019 18.30 - 20.30
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THE NEW YORK TIMES:

CARBON’S CASUALTIES
Photography by Josh Haner
Venue: Corner Gallery
The New York Times is proud to present

Carbon's Casualties in collaboration with
Beyond Borders.
Since 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times

photographer Josh Haner has worked across the globe
documenting the pressing and wide-ranging realities of
climate change. In dramatic drone footage coupled with still
photography taken on the ground, Haner captures diverse
environments as they are reshaped around the world while
highlighting the intimate stories unfolding within them -
weaving an intricate visual narrative of the ultimate legacy
of climate change: the loss of our planet’s heritage.
Beyond Borders works in partnership with Summerhall to

produce international cultural events as part of the Beyond
Borders International Festival and other related events as
part of the Beyond Borders Summer Cultural Programme.
For more information about Summerhall at the Beyond Borders
International Festival on August 24th and 25th, please visit
www.beyondbordersscotland.com
Image Josh Haner © Josh Haner/ The New York Times

04 VISUAL ARTS
THE NEW WORLD

Artist: Alan Smith
Venue: Sciennes Gallery
Born in a Scottish Borders town in 1941 and son of a painting, Il Mondo Nuovo. Prompted by Tiepolo’s painting,
livestock auctioneer, Alan Smith studied Drawing and The New World series depicts a journey in search of an
Painting at Edinburgh College of Art (1960 - 1964). answer; but as with the Tiepolo, no answers are found.
After his first job as a medical artist in Glasgow University’s Ancient ghosts mingle in the space between The New
Department of Medicine, he worked as a tutor in drawing World and Il Mondo Nuovo, never meeting us, but sharing
and painting in Northern Nigeria during the mid-1960s. The our mutual search for some hope and meaning in the face
outbreak of civil war in 1966 eventually obliged him to return of an unknown ‘next’.
to Edinburgh where in 1967 he established himself as a The year of Tiepolo’s Mondo Nuovo - 1791 - may have
painter and part-time art teacher. been of particular significance. The Venetian society republic
In 1969 Smith co-founded the Ceramic Workshop Edinburgh. of a thousand years, and one of the longest-lived forms of
This platform allowed him to explore his newly evolving government the world had ever known, was now in its death
practice as well as serving as a creative hub for artists. Out of throes - finally expiring six years later in 1797. Tiepolo must
the eventual closure of the workshop, with the help of the have sensed the coming of the end, and the uncertainties
art lawyer Henry Lydiate and the agreement of the Workshop the future had in store. In this very private work, there is a
Committee, Smith converted the workshop’s remaining funds searching for answers. Through the gestures of his actors,
into the artwork, £1512. The Money Work went on to be he expresses his own anxieties and uncertainties for his own
internationally recognised and has played a large role in future as well as that of his society in general: in Il Mondo
directing Smith's practice ever since. Nuovo, every group and age of contemporary Venetian
society is depicted.
In 1975 Smith removed himself to the remote and abandoned
monastery of S. Ambrogio on a mountainside near the small A group of Smith's earlier works is exhibited alongside
city of Gubbio in Italy. In this secluded location, he worked The New World.
extensively and was represented by the Veronese galleries,
‘
Studio la Citta and Galleria Ferrari. He exhibited in Europe
and America for a number of years, during which time he
returned to Edinburgh before finally settling in London in
1979.
In 1991, shortly after his fiftieth birthday, Alan Smith made
a conscious decision to remove himself from the public world
of art.
Now, twenty-three years on and after a life threatening
illness in 2013-14, Smith has found the need to return again to
the language of art and is at present completing a new
body of work.
Using entirely new materials, in Smith’s ‘renaissance’ series -
The New World - he builds digital images that reference the
spirit of many of his works made over the last fifty years.
Passing through the first reflections and journeying deep into
the space beyond the mirrors, are the searching eyes and
gesturing figures hidden from us in Tiepolo’s 225-year-old
Alan Smith, Flagellum, Courtesy of the artist © Alan Smith
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Alan Smith, The New World, Courtesy of the artist © Alan Smith
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NEW SODOM WILL BE A

SHINING CITY ON A HILL
Artist: Andrew Sim
Venue: Meadows Gallery
Andrew Sim's new pastel drawings on paper document the shadow that growing up in
the wake of the AIDS crisis, under Section 28, has cast on his experience of a new period
of Queer Liberation.
His life as a Queer person has witnessed the transition from Against this backdrop, Sim's drawings express the strains of a
a society still bearing the scars of the AIDS epidemic (and a community being pulled between a forward-facing radicalism
media backlash against LGBTQ+ people), through a period of and the unresolved traumas of the past. He asks questions
‘integrationism’ (which saw marriage equality and increased such as:
acceptance for some) - to a new period of Queer radicalism,
“How does Queer sex shed its association with death?
community building, gender fluidity and a rejection of
Can we acknowledge the bodily realities of Queer sex while
hetero/homo-normativity.
still experiencing it as lovemaking? How do we build Queer
communities safe for radical gender expression? How far
should Queer Communities isolate themselves in order to
overcome the legacy of homo-normativity and integrationism?
How do we re-discover the spiritual legacy and potency of
Queer, gender-diverse identities? Is Queer marriage always
radical or is it the hetero-colonisation of Queer love? Can
communities bound by shared traumas and violence be joyful?
Can Radical Queer Communities only ever exist in opposition
to a hostile majority?”
These drawings are a personal account of learning what it
means to be a Queer person in 2019; of being part of a
community that is once again becoming strong enough to
ask these questions, but is not yet sure what it will mean
to answer them.
Courtesy of the artist and Paul Nesbitt / Auburn Sedition
2019.
Andrew Sim, Small altar made from 6 pearls, (2019). Pastel on paper, 210 x 297mm.
Courtesy of the artist, © Andrew Sim 2019.
Andrew Sim (b.1987) studied at Glasgow School of Art, graduating with an MA (Sculpture and Environmental Art), in 2014. His drawings and paintings were exhibited
as part of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (2018) and have been also been shown at several other UK venues. He is a Co-Founder/Director of Love
Unlimited, a not-for-profit contemporary art gallery based in Glasgow which has a programme focus on the work of Queer artists. He lives and works in Glasgow.
VISUAL ARTS 07
Andrew Sim, New Sodom under a God-proof space dome, 3000AD, (2019). Pastel on paper, 21 x 29.7 cms. Courtesy of the artist, © Andrew Sim 2019.
08 VISUAL ARTS
EXIT-100 DAYS
OF KHAOS!
Artist: Jane Frere
Venue: War Memorial Gallery
“From the outset the idea that we would have an ‘orderly’ Brexit was an anathema to
me. My work here is a cry of despair as we collide and scramble blindly towards the
'EXIT' leading to where? Certainly an uncertain destination, perhaps the much feared
cliff edge that will hurl us into the abyss.”
Two years ago Jane Frere created permanent murals at of daily documentation, charting her personal response
Summerhall reflecting the questionable links between during the 100 day countdown to 29 March 2019. Some of
Trump's presidential campaign in the USA and the electoral the daily postings became animated, with the help of Frere’s
manipulation that led to a marginal victory for the Leave studio assistant and animator Georges Eloi Thibault.
campaign. The artist wanted to highlight the extent to which
our personal data has been used as part of a strategy to As the tragic saga of Brexit continues with no clear direction
swing the referendum vote. and no consensus, the process is already costing the country
billions and has impoverishing effects on individuals: both
The whole world has now seen the ‘mother of parliaments’ economical and spiritual.
imploding in irreconcilable self-destructive mayhem reflected
in Frere’s recent work. Continuing to create pastel murals, and Khaos, χάος - from Ancient Greek - emptiness, vast void,
with other forms of media, the artist used Instagram posting chasm, abyss.
hashtag #Exitkhaos as a novel means
Jane Frere, Heads on Twigs. Courtesy of the artist © Jane Frere
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Venue: Lower Galleries 1 & 2

Extinction Rebellion (XR) exhibits at Summerhall during this made in response to a public call-out, and a programme of
year’s Festival Fringe, curating a month of visual art, films, talks, film screenings, workshops and performances.
documentaries and performances. Having come to public
awareness during the International Week of Rebellion in April The overall aim of the exhibition is to invite visitors to engage
2019, XR, along with other activists and campaigners, have with XR’s three demands: to tell the truth about climate
finally broken through the wall of political denial to place change and the ecological emergency, to call on governments
climate change and species extinction at the forefront of to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025 and
our collective consciousness. to create a Citizens Assembly to oversee the process.
Drawing upon the power of the arts to communicate this state As an environmental and social justice movement, XR is first
of emergency, XR’s Summerhall exhibition offers a space for and foremost an act of imagination.
personal reflection and collective action. It includes a selection
of iconic images drawn from XR actions to date, works of art We invite you to join us!
Naomi Scott, End Oil Now, Courtesy of the artist © Naomi Scott
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JOSEPH BEUYS/
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Curated by: Robert McDowell
Venue: Laboratory Gallery
The third in Beuys in 1000 Items, a series of exhibitions Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) saw art as central to all aspects of
curated by Robert McDowell, explores Beuys’s connection human existence. His work spanned sculpture, installation
to Leonardo da Vinci. For Beuys, Leonardo da Vinci’s Codices and performance and increasingly came to encompass social
Madrid embodied the unification of art and science. He theory, environmentalism and political action.
conducted extensive research on da Vinci’s notebooks and
Summerhall's Director, Robert McDowell, was Beuys's
produced a series of drawings inspired by the discovery of
collaborator and teaching assistant in the 1970s. Richard
two lost da Vinci sketchbooks in the 1960s.
Demarco, whose collections are at Summerhall, brought
Joseph Beuys: Drawings After the Codices of Madrid of Beuys to Edinburgh many times in those years. Beuys died
Leonardo da Vinci in 1965 is shown as part of this exhibition, in 1986, but is widely recognised as one of the twentieth
along with other works, prints, photographs, publications and century's most influential artists, and he remains a major
objects of and about Joseph Beuys. inspiration for Summerhall.
Image courtesy of Robert McDowell

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ART AND HEALING

Curated by Demarco European Art Foundation
Venue: The Demarco Wing
ART AND HEALING, FROM DUNOON TO

VENICE TO EDINBURGH. . .
From the Burgh Hall in Dunoon, to La Scuola Grande di San Marco in Venice, to the Demarco Wing
at Summerhall in Edinburgh, celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Demarco Archive 1969 – 2019
Summerhall houses the Demarco Archive and is home to the Exhibitions from the archives will be open to the public as
Demarco European Art Foundation. Richard Demarco is part of this year’s festival programme, with a focus on Art and
credited with being a major force in the introduction of avant- Healing. The programme features Leeds Beckett University,
garde art to Scotland, has been involved with Edinburgh’s the University of Venice and the University of Milan. A full
festivals for over 50 years, and has inspired and promoted the programme is available at www.richarddemarco.org
work of generations of Scottish artists.
Image courtesy of Demarco European Art Foundation

12 PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
THEATRE, DANCE
AND MUSIC
Welcome to Summerhall’s ninth festival programme. As we Our ongoing collaborations with other presenters and
look forward to the start of our second decade, we are proud producers make us all stronger and enable us to bring you an
to have created a place in the landscape of Edinburgh’s international programme of inventive, rule-breaking
festivals where artists can present world-class, ground- performance for the ninth year running. We are happy to be
breaking work to audiences who want to try something new. able to help artists who might not otherwise be able to
We have learned and grown as an organisation and as we access the Fringe to take up its opportunities through award
continue to mature, we will also keep innovating. schemes funded by the generosity of our partners - the
Autopsy Award (Leyla Josephine, p21) and The Eclipse Award
We are honoured that so many talented, innovative theatre- (Rachael Young, p34).
makers have chosen to present their work at Summerhall this
August. By making and sharing work about what matters to We look forward to welcoming you back to Summerhall. We
them, from their different perspectives, places and histories, know that you will find plenty to explore, discover and enjoy.
these artists give us all a reason to gather together, to
experience something new and to celebrate human creativity
and connection. This year the programme includes many
works with themes of resilience and survival; stories from Verity Leigh
people who are meeting our challenging times head-on. Festival Programme Manager
Image: Demi Nandhra, Life is No Laughing Matter: Page 29

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Image: Nelly Rodriguez

Image: Jorg Baumann
..
21 - MEMORIES OF 8:8
GROWING UP
Mats Staub
Mercimax
Part of Pro Helvetia’s Swiss Selection Edinburgh
Part of Pro Helvetia’s Swiss Selection Edinburgh

When did you turn twenty-one? In this ambitious video Eight ordinary people stand before eight spectators. But
installation, Mats Staub explores how world history is how ordinary are they really? Can you trust how people
mirrored in personal memories. From Germany to South look and what they say? What makes someone a suspect?
Africa, Australia to Scotland, he interviews more than 200 With a cast of eight accomplices drawn from the Edinburgh
people from all age groups and backgrounds about their community, this intimate play of truth and deception
memories of the year they became an adult - then several challenges the judgements we make about the people we
months later, asks them to listen back to their words. With pass every day. 8:8 combines physical theatre and
warmth, humour and poignancy, 21 - Memories of Growing whispered secrets in an unsettling performance for just
Up is an urgent reminder that we have more in common eight audience members at a time. Appearances can be
than sets us apart. deceptive.
` includes new interviews with
This Scottish premiere
Edinburgh residents.
“ [I spent] four hours flicking through the faces… “ The Zurich theatre collective Mercimax presents a
it’s addictive, and I could have spent four more.” sophisticated play of truth and deception, appearance
The Guardian and reality.”
Kulturkritik
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ALASKA
Cheryl Martin
Alaska is a funny, magical trip to the moon, with singing and dancing thrown
in: one woman’s extraordinary story of how she survived growing up with
severe depression. A raw and powerful performance, with humour, heart and
soul, with stunning vocals and beautiful imagery in the storytelling. With one
in four of us estimated to experience mental health difficulties at some time in
our lives, this story touches everyone, whether first-hand or through family
and friends.
Image: Fotocad
FORMER WOMEN’S 14:00 - 14:50 £5, £10/£8 14+

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APPROPRIATE
Sarah-Jane Scott
Sorcha LOVES weddings. Just like all the other girls in the parish, she’s been
dying for her big day since forever and ever. The thing is...she has just run
away from her own reception. Perched on the edge of her perfectly planned
life, Sorcha is pure ragin’ at the dawning reality that she has never really
listened to herself. Can she ever go back? A darkly funny tale of fighting for
love in rural Ireland and a lifelong quest to settle down.
“ Engrossing...winningly tongue in cheek...an affecting solo. ” HHHH Irish Times

` Fahey
Image: Cait
ANATOMY LECTURE 19:15 - 20:15 £5/£8, £10/£8 16+

THEATRE
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BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A BRICK

Sean Mahoney
Following his 2018 Summerhall debut with Until You Hear That Bell, Sean
Mahoney returns with a story about mental health and London. “I was young
when I chose to love London. I decided to be in on the jokes pulled on me.
Decided that everything happening here was serving a grand story. This
love is less important than it used to be.”
“ a piece of theatre crafted and articulated with the discipline and precision of an
athlete… Mahoney is no less than captivating, both as a physical performer and
Image: Zia Ahmed
verbally, as a story-teller. ” HHHH The Skinny on Until You Hear That Bell
ANATOMY 11:30 - 12:30 £8, £10/£8 12+

LECTURE THEATRE
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Image: Tanja Ahola
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Image: Ed Collier
ALI & ALPO ALL OF ME

Caroline Horton & Co., China Plate,
Alpo Aaltokoski Company in association
with From Start to Finnish Cambridge Junction and The Yard Theatre
A beautiful wordless dialogue between Iraqi traditional ‘Hello, I thought I'd introduce myself properly. As is polite.’
music and Finnish contemporary dance. Iraqi oud lute Written and performed by Olivier Award nominee Caroline
virtuoso Ali Alawad and Finnish choreographer Alpo Horton, All of Me is an intimate and absurd exploration of
Aaltokoski had planned to collaborate on a new work which wanting to live, wanting to die and what can happen if we
would contemplate the similarities and differences between sit together with the dark. Caroline reunites with director
their cultures. But the rejection of Alawad’s asylum Alex Swift (Mess, How to Win Against History) to bring you
applications dramatically affected the final form of the work. the show that happens after the curtain call, when the lights
To avoid forced repatriation, Alawad fled Finland two weeks have gone down but the mess remains.
before the premiere and so takes part in the performance
via video projection. The piece touchingly brings out the Supported by UCL Culture and using public funding by the
human experience of the consequences of increasingly National Lottery through Arts Council England.
restrictive asylum policies.
“ This intimate and intense performance brings a lump “ Comes perilously close to genius and announces
to the throat. It’s difficult to hold back the tears..” Horton as a major, major talent.”
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) HHHH Time Out (on Mess)
OLD LAB 13:05 - 13:45 £8, £10/£8 12+ MAIN HALL 15:10 - 16:20 £5/£8, £15/£10 14+
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Image: Capture That - Street / Alamy Stock Photo
Image: Gregory Navarra
BYSTANDERS
Cardboard Citizens
BEFORE THE END
Catherine Graindorge
‘I was murdered once.’ Shocking stories (and wild Catherine Graindorge is a writer, theatre-maker and
speculations) about the lives and deaths of homeless violinist. In April 2015, Michel Graindorge, Catherine’s
people. A Windrush generation boxer, a Polish migrant father and a well-known lawyer and public figure in
marked with a tattoo, and a man with a bottle of gin and a Belgium, passed away. Before he died, he asked Catherine
television in his shopping trolley. Playfully serious and to create a show for him. With words, images and music,
seriously playful. Catherine tells his story but also opens up her own
Last seen at the Fringe with Cathy in 2017, Cardboard autobiography and her experience of grief, loss and caring
Citizens return with an eye opening collection of homeless for her father in the last months of his life.
histories. Are we mere bystanders?
“ Rich and vital material, shaped modestly by a

daughter and an artist, in a way which intimately
“ Essential viewing... Gripping, soul-wrenching stuff.” connects the personal story of a man and a family
HHHHH Sunday Mail (on Cathy) with the history of a country.”
La Libre (Belgium)
TECHCUBE 0 11:30 - 12:30 £8/£5, £12/£10 12+ CAIRNS LECTURE 13:15 - 14:15 £5/£8, £10/£8 12+
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Image: Sassafras De Bruyn

Image: Mostafa Abdel Aty
BEFORE THE REVOLUTION BUZZ

Kopergietery, KGbe, Arsenaal/Lazarus, Richard
Temple Independent Theatre Company (Egypt)
Jordan Productions, Theatre Royal Plymouth,
Big in Belgium, Summerhall
The Egyptian revolution was not just about the desire to In the desolate landscape of the Faroe Islands, a young
change the political system. It was - most importantly - the person is found washed ashore. Adapted by Charlotte
expression of the accumulation of decades of oppression, Vandermeersch with Lazarus and Fringe First Award-
deception, insecurity, violence, inefficiency and depression. winners Kopergietery, Norwegian writer Johan Harstad's
Mixing fiction and non-fiction, Before The Revolution compelling and acclaimed novel Buzz Aldrin, What
transports its audience to the moment of stagnation before Happened to You in All the Confusion? is turned into a
an inevitable eruption. Cairo-based Temple Independent musical, verbal and visual experience about love and
Theatre Company creates new Arab theatre that is sensitive losing it, about great talent and not using it and about a
to the contemporary context in both form and content. huge world losing its perspective.
Previous work, also written and directed by Ahmed El Attar,
continues to tour internationally.
“ A powerful piece in the form of a countdown “ Charlotte Vandermeersch's adaptation combines

depicting two decades of oppression until the great intensity, sensitivity, and light-heartedness,
uprising of 2011.” with music and beautiful film images fitting
OnOrient (France) perfectly together.”
Radio Klara, Belgium
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COMA
Darkfield
Imagine the moment of waking up is actually the moment when your dream
begins. In light of this new and strange reality, how can we save you from the
unspeakable horrors which lurk in the dark recesses of your mind? The only
cure we offer is a placebo and a promise. Please remember when you leave
to take your body with you.
`
DARKFIELD, creators of Seance and Flight, return to Summerhall with their
new show in a completely dark shipping container.
Image: Stephen Dobbie
“ A perfectly programmed high-art theme park ride that spits you out into
the sunlight feeling palpably, certainly alive. ” Exeunt Magazine on Flight
THE various times between 13:00 and 22:00 £7.50/£5.50 12+

TERRACE
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COMMUNITY CIRCLE
Trevor Lock
Trevor invites you to join him for a collaborative experiment to find out if
there is such a thing as reality. Community Circle is a show which never
begins which you won't want to end, and which leaves you feeling like you're
friends with everyone in the audience. Take part in an immersive show like no
other, or sit back, relax and watch the spectacle unfold.
“ It is a social experiment, and it is both fascinating and hilarious. An absolute
masterclass in comedy performance. ” HHHHH The Scotsman
Image: Kate Mawby
“ Utterly improbable, absolutely entertaining. ” The Independent

ANATOMY LECTURE 13:00 - 14:00 £5/£8, £10/£8 12+
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CONTRA
Written and performed by Laura Murphy,
directed by Ursula Martinez
Drawing from circus, stand-up and live art, Contra is a solo-cabaret of
contradictions. Fierce, witty and uncompromising, this highly physical
show interrogates personal, social and historical occupations of the female
body and explores - literally - where such bodies are positioned and how
we are meant to look at them. Expect scenes of nudity, aerial acrobatics,
and explicit references to mythical reptiles and female sexuality. Laura
Murphy is a genre defying queer performance maker from Bristol who
Image: Darko Skrobonja
makes text driven and dynamic physical work, about things that she thinks
need to be talked about.
DEMONSTRATION 21:10 - 22:10 £5/£8, £12/£10 16+

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COTTON FINGERS
National Theatre Wales
Aoife’s hungry and bored. Cillian makes a mean cheese

toastie. As her boredom and hunger are satisfied by half
an hour in Cillian’s bed, Aoife’s life changes forever. As
social and political upheaval grips her country, what hope
does Aoife have to regain control? A timely, politically-
charged show, written by award-winning writer Rachel
Trezise at the time of the historic referendum of the 8th
amendment in Ireland, Cotton Fingers takes us on a
journey from Belfast to Cardiff.
Image: Phil Boorman
MAIN HALL 12:15 - 13:15 £5/£8, £14/£12 14+

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DIE! DIE! DIE! OLD PEOPLE DIE!

Ridiculusmus
The UK’s most enduring theatre double act, David Woods and Jon Haynes,
attempt to reclaim humankind’s last taboo from imminent eradication in a
paper-fine portrait of a timeless trio: cursed to eternal life without eternal
youth. Last seen at Summerhall with Give Me Your Love in Festival 2017,
Haynes and Woods project into 120-year-old versions of themselves in a
seriously funny work about hanging on, dying and grieving, which has the
fear of an ageing world population in its sights.
Image: Bryony Jackson
“ Somewhere between Beckett and Monty Python. ”

Sydney Morning Herald
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GIVE ME YOUR LOVE

Ridiculusmus
Back for one show only, Give Me Your Love is a seriously funny play informed
by medical research and real-life testimonies. Zach has withdrawn into a
cardboard box in his kitchen. His friend Ieuan attempts to deliver him a
capsule of MDMA as a cure for his post-traumatic stress. What follows is a
head warping exchange on patriotism, conflict and supermarket shopping
that will tickle, move and appal you in equal measure.
“ The dialogue as comically surreal as the situation is bleak and bewildering. ”

Image: Sarah Walker
HHHH The Scotsman
TECHCUBE 0 16:05 - 17:05 £10/£8 14+
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THE ERADICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

IN WESTERN LAPLAND
Ridiculusmus
A last chance to see Ridiculusmus’s 2014 Fringe hit and the first part of their
mental health trilogy. The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland is
informed by a treatment for psychosis that has seen amazing results in
Western Lapland. Ridiculusmus travelled to the region to study this radical
new therapy as the starting point of their own creative journey.
“ There’s something electrifying, yet oddly reassuring about this experience. A startling
Image: Jemima Yong
piece of work that challenges how you listen and fathom what you hear. ” The Guardian
RED LECTURE 20:55 - 21:55 £10/£8 14+
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DADDY DRAG
Leyla Josephine
This is a show about dads. Good

dads, daft dads, dads who wear
slogan t-shirts, dads that put on
barbecues, dads that tell dad jokes,
dads that are bad at dancing. This is
a show about dads who are absent
and dads who are not very good
dads at all. Daddy Drag asks us to
consider how the relationships with
our fathers affect us for the rest of
our lives. Leyla Josephine attempts
to understand what it means to be a
father through her witty performance
style, drag costumes and complex
but unconditional love for her dad.
Winner of the Autopsy Award.

Image: Daniel Hughes
CAIRNS LECTURE 17:45 - 18:45 £5/£8, £10/£8 14+

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Image: Holly Revell
Image: Rich Dyson
CYST-ER ACT
Catherine Hoffmann
DRONE
Harry Josephine Giles, Rob Jones, Neil Simpson
and Jamie Wardrop
A messy Live Art musical probing into the bloody realms of A live jam of music, video and poetry, this multimedia
the womb. What's it like to have your fallopian tube hacked theatre show tells the true story of a military drone’s life
off or to birth a 10lb cyst baby? Cyst-er Act is a new work and fears. The Drone is a weapons system, an office
written about Catherine Hoffmann’s personal experience of worker, a background hum. The bleak humour and tender
having an ovary removed, and the discoveries of other fury of Drone sees the unmanned aerial vehicle as the
women’s womb difficulties. It uncovers lost knowledge technology of a neurotic century, asking how anxious
about women’s bodies to a live score of ovary blues, punk people can live as part of systems of such astonishing
and death metal with some gospel numbers thrown in. destruction. Drone is mixed new every night: a cabaret
Catherine is joined onstage by her two Poly-Cysters. band of a video jockey, an electronic musician and a
Expect slime, songs and speculums. spoken word performer.
Supported by Arts Council England, Metal and Ovalhouse. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com
“ A state of the nation address from a frayed

electronic mind flying high above that nation
and looking for a place to hit.”
The Scotsman
DEMONSTRATION 12:05 - 13:00 £8, £10/£8 14+ RED LECTURE 19:10 - 20:10
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Image: Florence Ellis
EVERYTHING I DO EVERYTHING I SEE I SWALLOW

Shasha & Taylor Productions
One Two One Two
Everything I Do is a music-driven theatre piece made up of Everything I See I Swallow is a compelling study of a
an album’s worth of songs about the universality of love, mother/daughter relationship, set against a backdrop of
pain, and hope. It tells a story of love, loss, loneliness and shifting generational attitudes to empowerment, sex and
the healing power of music, written and performed by feminism. Performed by Tamsin Shasha and Maisy Taylor,
` Everything I Do premiered at the
musician Zoe Ní Riordain. it uses aerial rope and shibari - the Japanese art of rope
Dublin Fringe Festival in a sold out run at Project Arts bondage - to explore control, freedom and sexuality.
Centre, where Zoe Ní Riordain ` received the award for Best Where are the lines drawn and how is the rope tied?
Performer at the Dublin Fringe Awards. Commissioned by the Lowry.
“ Anyone fresh from a bad breakup will “ Everything I See I Swallow is a fascinating and
recognise the sensations, oscillating surprising examination of ideas and emotions that
between anguish and repudiation” are as simple as they are complex”
HHHH The Irish Times The Reviews Hub
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EJACULATION - DISCUSSIONS ABOUT

FEMALE SEXUALITY
From Start to Finnish
Is female ejaculation the last taboo? A documentary performance about
sexuality and desires by Essi Rossi and Sarah Kivi, based on interviews with
women from various backgrounds and countries. Through a personal journey,
the performance creates a safe space for self-discovery and explores the
collective experience of female sexuality. As well as the sexual meaning of
the word ejaculation, this piece explores its original meaning: a sudden
verbal exclamation, an emotional outburst of words, the desire to be heard,
in an honest dialogue about the most crucial questions of female sexuality.
Image: Sirkku Rosi
“ comical and frankly pedagogical. ” Hufvudstadsbladet (Finland)

RED LECTURE 20:55 - 21:55 £5/£8, £10/£8 16+
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FIRST PIANO ON THE MOON

Will Pickvance
Adapting Mozart, Chopin and Scott Joplin for outer space requires a pianist
to be specially equipped. Will has been doing some groundwork. As his
schoolmates study for exams, he’s busy making preparations for his lunar
recital. How will less gravity affect hand position? Do melodies get homesick?
Stories come alive from the piano stool as Will builds variations on themes
and experiments with ways to play. From the creator of critically acclaimed
Anatomy of the Piano.
“ Highly entertaining maestro for young and old alike. ” The Stage
ANATOMY LECTURE 11:30 - 12:30 £8, £12/£10/£32 family 5+

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FIRST TIME
By Nathaniel Hall, presented by Dibby Theatre
with Waterside Arts
Can you remember your first time? Nathaniel can’t seem to forget his. To be
fair, he has had it playing on repeat for the last 15 years. HIV+ theatre-maker,
Nathaniel Hall, presents a funny and frank autobiographical solo show about
staying positive in a negative world.
“ A truly remarkable story. ” Russell T Davies

“ First Time has made a timely generational update to the story of acquiring and living
with HIV. But this is an intensely personal story, and in staying true to that, Hall has
Image: Lee Baxter
created something universal and deeply moving. ” HHHH Attitude Magazine

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FOOTNOTES
Lewys Holt
Footnotes are additional information at the bottom of the page which can
Image: Photo: Liam Keown. Design: Paul Banks

add context for the reader. At other times they are frightening glimpses into
what the author is really thinking underneath it all. Footnotes is a dance
parody of an academic lecture which is frequently de-railed by footnotes that
could entail any number of diversions including dancing, oversharing, surreal
narratives or flirting. Footnotes plays on alternating nights with Phrases
(below).
ANATOMY LECTURE 20:45 - 21:35 £12/£8 16+

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PHRASES
Lewys Holt
Miscommunication and confusion are often things to be avoided but what if

you just lay into them? What if there's actually nothing else? Phrases uses
projections of stream of consciousness writing, improvised movement and
discussions of communication to create a subtly humorous yet unnerving
piece. Phrases plays on alternating nights with Footnotes (above).
Lewys Holt is an interdisciplinary dance artist whose practice also spans
comedy, visual arts and devised theatre, last seen at Summerhall in 2016 with
Of, Or At, A Fairly Low Temperature (Fringe Review Hidden Gem).
Image: Liam Keown
ANATOMY LECTURE 20:45 - 21:35 £5, £12/£8 16+

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FOR ALL I CARE

National Theatre Wales
Clara and Nyri. Two very different women. Two complicated lives. Both
having a very bad day. Mental health nurse Nyri’s woken up hungover with a
younger man. Meanwhile, Clara has developed a compulsive wink and can’t
remember if she’s taken her meds. Nyri needs to get to Ebbw Vale Hospital
via Greggs, and Clara is dodging signs telling her - rather rudely - to kill
herself, so she can get cracking with her shoplifting list for The Devil.
Interweaving and unexpected connections collide in this fast-moving,
touchingly funny one-woman show by Alan Harris.
Image: Jack Abbott
MAIN HALL 13:30 - 14:30 £5/£8, £14/£12 14+

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FRONTX
Cie No Way Back / Milan Emmanuel
Belgium’s No Way Back Company describes itself as existing on the border

between hip-hop and contemporary art, between the street and the stage.
FrontX’s director, former break dancer and street performer, Milan Emmanuel,
brings together an ensemble of street performers he met on his travels
around the world. With artistic practice including hip-hop, break dancing,
Thai boxing, beat boxing and singing, and origins in Madagascar, Australia,
Morocco and the Ivory Coast, the artists’ fascinating personal life stories are
the main theme of the show.
Image: Gautier Houba
“ A furiously human, united, indestructible painting. ” Le Soir

DEMONSTRATION 15:00 - 16:00 £5/£8, £9/£7 14+
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HEARTY
Emma Frankland
Bearing wings made of sharp knives and shooting fireballs into the air, Emma
Frankland tackles the current fascination with trans lives and interrogates the
controversial bio-technology of HRT. It’s messy, it’s on fire and it’s politically-
charged. Double Fringe First winner Emma Frankland returns to Summerhall
following the sell-out success of Don Quijote in 2013.
“ Emma Frankland’s euphoric Rituals for Change is a near perfect twinning of content
Image: Maurizio Martorana
and form. A hymn to mutability, an earthy messy sacrament to constant evolution

and alteration, it charts her gender transition in a series of gnomic, interlocking
actions. ” HHHHH The Stage
DEMONSTRATION 21:10 - 22:10 £8, £10 14+
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HOLD ON LET GO
Unfolding Theatre
Alex is 56. Luca is half his age. Alex has an encyclopaedia in his head. Luca has
one on her phone. Most of us forget most things, most of the time. What if
we forget something important? Something that might make the world a
better place? Last seen at Summerhall in 2016 with Putting The Band Back
Together, Unfolding Theatre return with a new show about memory and
what we pass on. Director: Annie Rigby, Writer and Performer: Luca
Rutherford, Performer: Alex Elliott, Songwriter: Paul Smith (Maxïmo Park),
Designer: Simon Henderson, Sounds: Mariam Rezaei, Choreographer: Liv
Image: Luke Waddington
Lorent, Dramaturg: Selina Thompson (salt.)

“ Fantastic - funny, big-hearted, moving and truthful. ”
The Guardian on Putting The Band Back Together
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JAMES ROWLAND'S SONGS OF FRIENDSHIP

Tangram Theatre Company & James Rowland
For the first time James performs his multi-award winning trilogy of
storytelling shows; Team Viking, A Hundred Different Words for Love, and
Revelations back to back in one evening. As James weaves his stories in and
out and through each other, come and experience his joyous hymn to
friendship in all its messy glory as a single larger story with special extra bits
throughout.
Image: Joe Brett

CAIRNS LECTURE 21:00 - 01:00 £15, £25/£20 16+
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TEAM VIKING
Eight years ago, when Tom was diagnosed with cancer, he asked best mates
James and Sarah to give him a Viking burial. This is the hilarious heart-lifting
story about them doing just that. Team Viking is James Rowland’s electrifying
debut storytelling show about love, loss and living life to the full.
“ As accomplished a piece of storytelling as you could hope to see...
Image: Rosie Collins

Heart-lifting and incredibly moving. ” HHHHH The Stage
CAIRNS LECTURE 21:00 - 22:00 £12.50/£10 12+
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A HUNDRED DIFFERENT
WORDS FOR LOVE
Five years ago, at his best friends Sarah and Emma’s engagement party,
James met the love of his life. Two years later, they broke up. After a sellout
run in 2017, James returns to Summerhall to retell his tragicomic story about
Image: Rosie Collins
falling in love, landing broken hearted and your best mates being there to
pick up the pieces.
CAIRNS LECTURE 21:00 - 22:10 £12.50/£10 12+

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REVELATIONS
Two years ago, James's best friends, Sarah and Emma, asked him for his
sperm. This is the tale of what happened next: a storytelling show about
trying to do the right thing, even when it involves taking all your clothes off.
Revelations returns to Summerhall after a sellout run last year.
Image: James Rowland
“ A generous, deepening hymn to friendship. ” HHHH The Times
CAIRNS LECTURE 21:00 - 22:10 £12.50/£10 16+

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JONNY DONAHOE: FORGIVENESS

Jonny Donahoe
Forgiveness is a surprisingly funny and joyful work-in-progress about the

cycles of abuse that form and affect who we are; if and how we can escape
them and move on. Jonny Donahoe is the co-creator and performer of Every
Brilliant Thing, which he performed more than four hundred times over four
continents, including five months off-Broadway. The show was eventually
filmed and screened on HBO. This is his first new solo show in five years.
“ Painfully honest, funny, joyous... possibly one of the funniest plays

you'll ever see, full stop. ” HHHH The Guardian on Every Brilliant Thing
ANATOMY LECTURE 14:30 - 15:30 £5/£8, £10/£8 12+

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LIPSYNC
Cumbernauld Theatre
Two performers simultaneously lip-sync one story, one script, and one life. But
only one of them is telling their own true life story... Part-spoken, part sung,
Lipsync is an intensely intimate exploration of living with an invisible illness.
This work has been created as part of Cumbernauld Theatre's innovative
Invited Guest programme which looks to draw out the extraordinary stories of
everyday life. A new play about discovery, honesty and the joys of breathing.
Image: Cumbernauld Theatre
Cumbernauld Theatre returns to Summerhall after winning a Herald Angel for

2017’s sleeper hit, The Gardener.
“ most moving play of the year. ” HHHHH The Times (on The Gardener)
TECHCUBE 0 16:05 - 17:10 £5, £10/£8 16+
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LOUDER IS NOT ALWAYS CLEARER

Mr and Mrs Clark
Meet Jonny: teacher, father and football fan. He’s an artist, a campaigner,
and he’s deaf. He wishes he could sing and loves to dance, but he can’t hear
the music unless the bass is turned right up. Jonny grew up in a hearing
family, surrounded by fear of the stigma of disability. Louder Is Not Always
Clearer tells Jonny’s moving, funny story of disconnection, difference and
desperation to belong. This one-man show is a starkly honest portrayal of a
man seemingly confident, outgoing and popular, who is inwardly vulnerable
and, at times, isolated.
Image: Kirsten McTernan
Part of the British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2019

Performed using creative captioning, spoken English and BSL.
“ A deeply moving piece of theatre. ” HHHH The Stage
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Image: Mihaela Bodlovic

Image:Tom Kennedy
LIFE IS NO LAUGHING MATTER LIKE ANIMALS

SUPERFAN in association with Tron Theatre
Demi Nandhra
Life is No Laughing Matter is a performance about mental A parrot says ‘I love you’.
illness, suicide and radical cure attempts. A dolphin tries to speak.
Part personal narrative, part social rant, part mess; Life is No A woman spends a lifetime trying to understand.
Laughing Matter tells the exhausting and hilarious account
of living with depression. Demi was told to eat a banana a Like Animals is a funny and poignant investigation into love
day and think happy thoughts. Inevitably she got worse. So and communication in human (and not so human)
she bought Yoko the dog to save her. In a generous and relationships. Inspired by true stories of animal language
painfully honest performance, Demi talks of causes, cures, experiments and performed by a real couple, it blends
and what happens when you eat 56 bananas. Expect shit surreal comedy with moments of tenderness and
metaphors, co-dependency, holy water and the one and vulnerability to explore the impossibility of ever truly
only Yoko Ono. knowing someone else. SUPERFAN is a collaboration
between Ellie Dubois, Kim Donohoe and Peter Lannon.
“ It is a generously funny, ultimately moving display

of grit, determination and athletic prowess.”
HHHH The Herald on No Show by Ellie Dubois
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MISS AMERIKA
Spitfire Company
Last seen at Summerhall during Festival 2015 with Antiwords, Total Theatre
Award and Herald Angel winning Spitfire Company return with their new show.
In a collage of music, text, photography and animation, Miss AmeriKa tells the
story of a New York misfit and her experience of immigration, loneliness and
dislocation. Its protagonist Mckenzie Tomski is a persona of the Czech
performer Mirenka Cechova; an Everywoman representing all the outsiders
who are standing in the shadows and dreaming the American Dream.
Image: Vojtěch Brtnický
“ Going to extremes seems to be a default position for any work

presented by the Spitfire Company.. ” The Herald on Antiwords
OLD LAB 18:45 - 19:40 £8, £13/£11 12+
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MAN ON THE MOON

Keisha Thompson
The award-winning Man on the Moon journeys through space and time,
fuelled by love, fear and Afrofuturism. Keisha communicates with her
reclusive dad through books, letters and symbols. But when the letters stop
coming she is forced to venture into his world. Using poetry, looped sounds
and story-telling, this piece explores the impact of mental health on family
dynamics. Prepare to jump from Manchester to the Moon as this story reaches
for those answers that can often feel out of reach.
Part of the British Council Showcase. Commissioned by STUN and Contact.
Image: Benji Reid
“ Man on the Moon is a poetic and eloquent piece of storytelling. ” HHHH The Stage
RED LECTURE 19:10 - 20:25 £8, £12/£8/£32 family 12+
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MY MUM'S A TWAT
Showroom
“My mum wasn’t always a twat. But sometime after I turned 10, everything
changed. She stopped taking me shopping. She regularly forgot my
birthday. And she thought she could heal people.”
After a sold out run at the Royal Court in January 2018, Anoushka Warden
performs her funny and honest account of losing her mum to a cult in a new
version directed by Debbie Hannan. A teen-spirited and gangsta rap fuelled
survival guide to growing up with an actual twat for a mum.
Image: Helen Murray
“ An ultimately joyous testament to teenage resilience. ” Time Out
RED LECTURE 17:30 - 18:40 £5/£8, £12/£10 14+

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MOOT MOOT
Cade and MacAskill in association
with Take Me Somewhere
Doppelganger DJs Barry and Barry are desperately seeking connection with the world beyond...
Two of Scotland’s finest live artists, Rosana Cade (Walking:Holding, Sister) and Ivor MacAskill (STUD, Alma Mater),
spew out their dark and riotous take on modern day communication, as the identical hosts in a surreal phone-in talk
show. Finding humour, warmth and despair in the absurd, they spin a thick web of cliches and catchphrases in their
outer space echo-chamber, accompanied by a weird, wild soundscape by Yas Clarke.
Part of the Made in Scotland and British Council Showcases.
“ spooky, sinister, skilful”

HHHHH Voice
Image: Niall Walker
DEMONSTRATION 13:30 - 14:30 £8, £12/£10 12+

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Image: Solomon Hughes

Image: Tabitha Arthur
MY BEST DEAD FRIEND

Zanetti Productions
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE
Created and hosted by Jo Fong and Sonia Hughes
December, 1998. Dunedin. The bottom of New Zealand, the Funny, intimate, political, a bit livid, powerful, powerless
bottom of the world. High summer in a town where there and patient. Sonia and Jo host a series of conversations
isn’t a lot to do. Anya Tate-Manning & Isobel MacKinnon’s that happen over 6 minutes. They have questions about
comedy about death, revolution, unfulfilled love, and a how it’s all going: big questions about the world, small
possum was the winner of the Summerhall award at questions about the state of your garden. Complexity
Melbourne Fringe 2018. A true story about heart-breaking takes time, it requires multiple voices, many levels of
grief and enduring friendship, featuring a soundtrack expertise. They’d like you to join the conversation.
ranging from The Verlaines to the Backstreet Boys, and the Sonia and Jo are two middle-aged, award-winning,
words of poets Tuwhare, Baxter and Maniapoto. international provincial artists.
Inspired by research undertaken by Frank Bock and Katye
Coe.
“ Extraordinary joys and sorrows, extraordinary “ A leap of faith.” Culture Colony

rebellions and submissions.”
Sydney Morning Herald
OLD LAB 17:15 - 18:15 £5/£8, £12/£10 14+ MEET IN THE 19:15 - 20:45 £10/£8 16+
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MY NAME IS IRRELEVANT
Matthew Hall with Tortoise in a Nutshell
In a world created by your imagination it can be difficult to work out what is

fiction and what is reality. A man gives a lecture about all of the people he
has met in his life, but, as his stories escalate, words, music and visuals open
up the inner workings of a confused brain. Written and performed by
Matthew Hall, directed by Ross MacKay, with music composed and played
live by Jim Harbourne.
“ Hall's arresting poetic performance skilfully guides the

audience through a fractured psyche. ” HHHH The List
Image: Ben Winger

ANATOMY LECTURE 17:45 - 18:45 £8, £10/£8 14+
THEATRE
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NARCOLEPSY
Chris Goode and Company
In September 1996, Channel 4 screened a documentary about River Phoenix

as a gay icon. One participant in that film was a 23-year-old Chris Goode.
Chris’s new solo show uses the life and death of River Phoenix to look back
on the turbulent experience of queer life in the 90s, including the intense
summer of his first Edinburgh Fringe, twenty-five years ago. A compelling
blend of documentary and fractured autobiography, Narcolepsy is a warmly
intimate story about how we become who we are.
“ A theatre-maker of infinite talent and infinite compassion. ” The Guardian on Chris Goode
RED LECTURE 13:00 - 14:10 £5, £12/£10 16+

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OH YES OH NO
Louise Orwin
This is a show about having sexual fantasies that don’t align with your politics.
About understanding what you want, and wondering how to ask for it. Award-
winning performance artist Louise Orwin asks the difficult questions as she
presents a surreal joyride through female sexuality and violence. Using
recorded interviews and Barbie'n'Ken role-play, Oh Yes Oh No is a playful,
confrontational look at sexuality and who gets to have a say in it. Steady
yourself to rethink desire, and then watch Louise smash it all to pieces.
Image: Field & McGlynn
Part of the British Council Showcase 2019
“ Brave, taboo-breaking work. ” The Guardian

CAIRNS LECTURE 19:20 - 20:30 £5/£8, £12/£8 16+
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Image: Marcus Hessenberg
Image: Marcus Hessenberg
NIGHTCLUBBING
Rachael Young
OUT
Rachael Young
Performed with marikiscrycrycry. Originally
created and performed with Dwayne Antony.
POST PUNK / POST FEAR / POST PANIC Defiantly challenging homophobia and transphobia, OUT is
Rachael Young and her badass band of super-humans a duet - a conversation between two bodies, carving out a
embrace Afrofuturism and the cult of Grace Jones in new kind of space, reclaiming Dancehall and celebrating
NIGHTCLUBBING; an explosive new performance bringing Vogue culture amongst the bittersweet scent of oranges.
visceral live music and intergalactic visions to start a “We’re shape-shifting in a bid to fit in; to be black enough,
revolution. 1981: Grace Jones releases her landmark album straight enough, Jamaican enough…” Embracing personal,
‘Nightclubbing’; her body is brown and soft. 2015: Three political and cultural dissonance; this act of
women are refused entry into a London nightclub; their interdisciplinary self-expression smashes through
bodies are brown and soft. WE are those women, we zoom normativity, summoning voices and re-enacting
through galaxies and solar systems, travelling through time, movements in an exhilarating mash-up of remembrance
preparing for our moment to land... IT’S NOW! and re-invention.
Supported by The Eclipse Award Supported by The Eclipse Award
“ Nightclubbing is a show of grit and glitter: “ a powerfully eloquent danced dialogue… performed
an uncompromising original tornado.” with both calm reserve and concentrated intensity.”
HHHH The Stage HHHH The Stage
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PASSENGERS
Vacuum Theatre
Max wants to tell you a story. He’s not entirely sure why, or even who he is;
savage, peacekeeper or critic. Passengers, by award-winning writer Kit
Redstone and directed by Jessica Edwards, explores the epic battles within the
psyche and the beautiful power of the mind to protect itself, using ensemble
theatre to invite you to see the self in a whole new way. Kit Redstone’s
Testosterone was shortlisted for The Samuel Beckett Award, The Peter Brook
Award and The Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.
“ A refreshing, genuinely smart piece of work full of undercutting humour. ”
Image: Christa Holka

The Guardian on Testosterone
RED LECTURE 14:30 - 15:30 £5/£8, £10/£8 16+

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PIZZA SHOP HEROES

Phosphoros Theatre
Four former child-refugees from Eritrea, Afghanistan and Albania working
your average shift in your average pizza shop take us on a journey across time
and continents to show how extraordinary they are. Having told their stories
to social workers and courts as part of their asylum claims, these lived
experience actors are now reclaiming them. From prisons in Libya and
Greece, to imagined conversations with mothers, to raising future sons, they
shine a light on masculinity and forced migration. Powerful, celebratory,
resistant, revealing; refugees take centre stage.
“ Well-paced, engrossing and ultimately uplifting, as well as deeply humanising,

telling the real stories behind the news, fear and statistics. ” HHHHH Western Mail
TECHCUBE 0 17:40 - 18:40 £12/£10/£36 family 12+
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RESURRECTING BOBBY AWL

By B.Catling
Avalon and BBC Arts
Born in the nineteenth century, and kept in the toe of a boot hung above a
fire, Bobby Awl grew to become a feature of the Fleshmarket Steps. Famous
in his time, but wiped out of history by Messrs Burke and Hare, Bobby’s life
had passed into the void, until his death mask was discovered by
international artist and author of The Vorrh Trilogy, Brian Catling.
Resurrected here using a blend of sculpture and performance, Bobby is back
- a totem for all the crushed boys of Edinburgh who were transformed by
Image: Mihaela Bodlovic
poverty into violent survivors.
ANATOMY 16:00-17:00 £8, £15/£14 12+

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Image: Greg Bailey
SEX EDUCATION
Harry Clayton-Wright
SHIT
MILKE + Dee & Cornelius
One parent refuses to talk about sex. The other buys their SHIT is a compelling, raw and powerful piece which
child gay porn DVDs. Sex Education blends startling examines the intersections of class and misogyny. Patricia
performance, moving storytelling, a no-holds-barred Cornelius’s play tells the story of three women, Billy,
interview with Harry's mum and some good old-fashioned Bobby and Sam - each equally damaged, each unable to
gay porn that his dad bought when he was 14. A show for escape their destinies, each unloved and unloving, and yet
anyone who’s wondered why they want what they want. bound to one another. After sold-out, award-winning runs
Delivered with the candour and charm that have made him in Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin, SHIT makes its UK
an acclaimed international touring success (Briefs: Close premiere at Summerhall.
Encounters, Miss Behave’s Gameshow), join Harry as he
delves into his sexual past, live on stage.
Winner of the LGBTQ Brighton Fringe Award (2017).
“ Shit is provocative and tragic, bracing and bitterly

“ Genius” funny. It's the sort of bold theatre that will have us
Cosmopolitan
confronting our own prejudices; that forces us to
acknowledge these things of darkness ours.”
HHHH Sydney Morning Herald
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SH!T THEATRE DRINK

RUM WITH EXPATS
Soho Theatre in association with Show & Tell
“ Hilarious and
heartbreaking. ”
HHHH The Sunday Times
(on Letters to Windsor House)
Multi-award winners Sh!t Theatre return to Summerhall

Image: Photography by Bronwen Sharp Art Direction by Studio Doug
with their new show/ excuse for getting drunk on

stage. Celebrating their final year as Europeans,
island-monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the
2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta. They went
to drink rum with Brits abroad but found a lot more
than they expected. From our small island in the sea
to another small island in the sea, Sh!t Theatre found
mystery and murder in the fight to be European.
MAIN HALL 20:05-21:20 £5/£8, £12/£10 14+

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SPARKLE
Honolulu Theatre for Youth supported by Catherine Wheels
Scottish theatre-maker Annie Cusick Wood worked with companies such as

Visible Fictions and Catherine Wheels before moving to Hawaii where she
collaborates with Hawaii’s Honolulu Theatre for Youth. This timely show,
designed by Karen Tennent, celebrates diversity and the power of believing
in yourself. Sparkle, who loves to dress in tutus, tiaras and sparkly dresses,
finds on his first day of school that not everyone wants to let him shine. In this
playful and poignant show, Sparkle discovers the joy of standing up for
himself and being unique.
Image: Brad Goda
TECHCUBE 0 10:20 - 11:00

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SWALLOW THE SEA CARAVAN THEATRE

Step inside a converted 1970s caravan to find puppetry, shadows, absurd
object theatre and live soundscapes. Escape into a wildly different world and
experience intimate all-immersive theatre in the tiniest of settings with the
smallest of audiences. Jess Raine, Jemima Thewes and Emma Brierley of
Swallow the Sea will present three of their own pieces: Lamp, Journey and
Up North. With the support of Puppet Animation Scotland, the caravan will
also show 3 new works from other Scottish puppeteers: Twa Pirate Lassies by
Fiona Oliver-Larkin, Shadow Bird by Mary and David Grieve and Finger Fatale
by Ella Mackay.
Full schedule: www.swallowthesea.com/where-and-when
COURTYARD Various times between 11:00 and 17:30 £7/£5 5+
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THE AFFLICTED
groupwork in association with ThickSkin, supported by Tramway
The Afflicted marks the first production from new Scottish theatre collective
groupwork, led by co-directors Finn den Hertog and Vicki Manderson,
whose previous work together includes the Fringe First winning Square Go
and Light Boxes. In a small town in upstate New York a group of teenage
girls starts behaving strangely - twitching and stuttering uncontrollably and
without cause. Is it a case of mass hysteria? or something darker? Inspired by
real events The Afflicted combines choreography, video and text in an
Image: Lewis den Hertog
explosive new piece of dance theatre from an international team of award-

winning artists.
DEMONSTRATION 19:30 - 20:40 £5/£8, £14/£10 14+

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TAIWAN SEASON: BOUT

Chang Dance Theatre
Taiwan’s Chang brothers (co-creators of Fringe 2018’s hit show Bon 4 Bon)
bounce back with a dance that reveals fresh facets of their fraternal
relationships and the rich possibilities - and inherent conflicts - of male
bonding. Originally inspired by the ritual and physical rhythms of the boxing
ring, this simply staged, unpretentiously eloquent new work is the physically
deft and thoughtful expression of three contemporary young Asian men who
communicate best through their bodies. By exploring their strong, if
sometimes strained, personal connections, the Changs once again endear
themselves indelibly to us.
“ Sometimes tender, sometimes fierce, this is a beautifully constructed
Image: Terry Lin

evocation of brotherly love. ” HHHH The List on Bon 4 Bon
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TAIWAN SEASON: FISH

Shinehouse Theatre
Sign language meets puppetry in this engaging, BSL-signed production

based on a short novel by the revered Taiwanese author Huang Chunming.
Revolving around the expected delivery and unfortunate loss of a much-
desired fish, the conflict between a grandfather and grandson unfolds in a
touching, richly sensory experience for d/Deaf and hearing audiences.
Shinehouse Theatre specialises in creating inclusive, socially-conscious
performances. Here, in its European debut, it draws upon diverse skills to
shine a warm and loving light on the subtlety and complexity of
generational differences.
Image: Terry Lin
CAIRNS LECTURE 12:00-12:40 All BSL signed performances £5/£8, £10/£8 8+

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THE DESK
Reetta Honkakoski Company in association
with From Start to Finnish
One teacher. Five students. Five desks. The Desk is a powerfully compelling
physical theatre piece about a hierarchical, disciplined community. Director
Reetta Honkakoski mines her personal lived experience of a cult to explore
the seductive power of groupthink and to shed light on spiritual and political
groups offering a structured worldview, hope and security. The Desk is a
precise ensemble piece which exposes the universal mechanics of power in
an entirely wordless performance.
Image: Noomi_Ljungdell
“ Unstoppable and dynamic, with a mischievous wink. ” Voima, Finland
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THE POPULARS
Volcano Theatre Company
Join The Populars - four performers who

are throwing a dance party for a divided
nation. They are looking to the future and
wondering how it will feel when we get
there. They have questions for you, things
on their minds, and a playlist of great
songs that tug at the memory and the
muscle fibres. Tell them what you think of
the atmosphere, where you last danced
your heart out, and who you reckon is the
coolest. Expect sweat, sequins, and a
thoughtfully upbeat take on what unites
or divides us in these uncertain times.
“ In a postmodern age of unlimited

content, it makes sense to sift
through the rubble of culture in
search of meaning as Volcano
Theatre do. ”
Fest Magazine
THE LIBRARY 21:20 - 22:20 £5, £12/£8 14+

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TO MOVE IN TIME
Tim Etchells & Forced Entertainment
Imagine you can travel through time. Backwards and forwards. What would
you do? Go back into history to change the present? Get rich using
knowledge of the future? Written by Tim Etchells and powerfully performed
by Tyrone Huggins, To Move in Time is an unfurling trail of thought in which
extraordinary and impossible fantasies are dreamt up, lived out and then
discarded. An obsessive stream of consciousness, tangled and contradictory,
the work combines Etchells’ text with Huggins’ powerful performance to
Image: Hugo Glendinning

walk a line between comic absurdity and melancholia.
TECHCUBE 0 16:05 - 17:05 £10/£8 14+
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TRÖLL
Trick of the Light Theatre
It’s 1998. Otto is twelve but online he’s thirteen and he’s pretty sure he gets
away with it. He lives with his mum, dad, and sister, a chain-smoking
Icelandic granny, and an ancient malevolent troll that’s living in the wall...
From award-winning NZ company Trick of the Light Theatre (The Bookbinder,
The Road That Wasn’t There) comes a lo-fi wi-fi fable in the vein of Stranger
Things, combining storytelling, projection, and puppetry.
“ merging magic realism, sharp writing and brilliant performances to deliver an inspiring
work that is both comedic and profoundly compassionate. ” HHHHH FringeFeed (Australia)
DEMONSTRATION 12:05 - 13:00 £5/£8, £12/£10 10+

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TWIN PEAKS
Mandy Tootill
Twin Peaks is an honest and fearless account of being diagnosed with breast
cancer at the age of 30. Faced with her own mortality, Mandy laughs into
the cleavage of cancer. From sex with her girlfriend and a pair of Marigolds
to a mannequin’s head called Celine, Mandy overshares it all in a show that is
Image: Angela Booth Photography
original, unsentimental and disarmingly funny.

Nominated for Best Comedy Manchester Fringe and Best Comedy Performer
Buxton Fringe 2018.
“ Touches the heart and leaves you crying and laughing simultaneously. ”
HHHH North West End
RED LECTURE 11:30 - 12:30 £5, £10/£6 16+

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TRAUMBOY
Daniel Hellmann
TRAUMGIRL
Anne Welenc
Pro Helvetia’s Swiss Selection Edinburgh Pro Helvetia’s Swiss Selection Edinburgh
Daniel is an artist. He’s also a sex worker. Through accounts Kim is an actress. She is also a sex worker, bartender,
of clients and their desires, Traumboy explores why he German, Polish and more. Which identity is most
chose this profession, and why having sex for money is still important? Traumgirl is a brand new, solo show about
considered taboo. Told with humour and honesty, this female sex work in all its forms - and who pays the price.
interactive performance challenges audiences to scrutinize Welenc takes an autofictional approach to explore what a
their own sexual ideals and appetites, as Daniel performs woman is allowed to reveal about herself. Where do your
different roles for his customers - and the audience. Where boundaries lie? Created in response to Daniel Hellmann’s
do your boundaries lie? Traumboy is performed on Traumboy, a performance from the perspective of a male
alternating nights with Anne Welenc’s Traumgirl: a sex worker, the two shows are performed on alternating
performance from the perspective of a female sex worker. nights.
Traumboy has toured in ten countries.
“ Daniel is a strong and vulnerable stage presence,

offering candour and clarity about himself and his
role. His story... is fascinating.”
Attitude
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UMBRELLA MAN
Teuchter Company - Colin Bramwell
Umbrella Man is the story of a young man from the north of Scotland who
tries to prove the Earth is flat: a tale of friendship, loss and conspiracy that
will take you on a journey to the outer limits of common sense, and beyond.
Written and performed by one of Scotland's most exciting new theatre-
makers, Umbrella Man comes to Summerhall fresh from a critically-acclaimed
tour of Australia and New Zealand. Don't miss this hilarious and moving piece
Image: Eva Rodriguez Paredes

of Scottish spoken-word theatre.
“ A beautiful amalgamation of story-telling, poetry, drama, comedy

and music. A monumental triumph. ” HHHHH Broadway Baby
RED LECTURE 10:00 - 11:00 £5, £8-£12 14+
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WHEN I FALL IF I FALL

Claire Dowie/Face to Face Theatre
Directed by Colin Watkeys
Leaping barriers of age, sexuality and gender, Gloria prepares to dance the
Can-Can one last time. Written and performed by the pioneering Claire
Dowie, When I Fall If I Fall tells Gloria’s story, a story about growing up
Image: Claire Dowie/Colin Watkeys

feeling different and not fitting in... With this new work, Dowie continues her
ground-breaking subversion of gender expectations and stereotypes.
“ A performer at the top of her game, she is more than comfortable on stage,
challenging, cajoling, teasing and befriending her audience under the expert
direction of Colin Watkeys. ” Edinburgh Evening News on Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?
RED LECTURE 16:00 - 17:00 £5/£8, £10/£7 12+
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WHERE TO BELONG
Victor Esses and Ellie Keel Productions
What makes a home for you? Victor Esses is Jewish-Lebanese, Brazilian, and
gay. In 1975, Victor’s mother flees Lebanon as a refugee of the Civil War. In
2017, Victor visits Lebanon for the first time. In 2018, amidst the elections
that will see Brazil choose a far-right president, he travels from London to
São Paulo to show his partner the city of his childhood. Where to Belong is
the tender, moving story of these journeys. Start your day with an
exploration of how to find your place in a rich and complex world of
identities. Shortlisted for the Emerge performance prize.
Image: Yorgos Petrou
ANATOMY 10:10 - 11:00 £5, £9/£7 14+

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WHO CARES
LUNG
“The alarm rings. You take a breath. Then it starts.”

Sitting at the back of the bus, skipping the lunch queue and
skiving lessons. At school Nicole, Jade and Connor are just
like everybody else. But when they get home, things are
very different. Adapted from real-life testimonies, award-
winning theatre company LUNG examine our failing care
system, the impact of austerity and what happens when a
child becomes the parent. LUNG return to Summerhall with
the follow-up to 2018’s Fringe First and Amnesty
International Award winning Trojan Horse.
“ The bravest and most astutely

political of shows on up in
Edinburgh this year. ”
HHHHH What’s On Stage on Trojan Horse
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Image: Maurizio Martorana

Image: Andi Crown
WORKING ON MY YOUR SEXTS ARE SHIT:

NIGHT MOVES
Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan
OLDER BETTER LETTERS
Rachel Mars
Breaking the rules, the patriarchy and the time/space Total Theatre Award winning Rachel Mars returns after her
continuum. A search for multiple feminist futurisms,a gleeful sell-out hit Our Carnal Hearts - this time she’s
gesture to the impossible and an ode to the search for unearthing the hot-as-hell letters from history that make
utopia. Working On My Night Moves is the latest live art sexts blush. Before tech, there were hand-written letters.
work by award-winning artists Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan, And loads of them were proper filthy. Come! Take pleasure
two of the many minds behind previous Fringe hits Power in James Joyce’s passion for arse, find out who sneaked her
Ballad (2017) and If There’s Not Dancing at the Revolution, gay lover into the White House and bear witness to the
I’m Not Coming (2016). best/worst sexts ever sent. This gloriously intimate, very
funny and surprisingly moving new show is an erotic archive
shot through with Rachel’s personal ventures in
contemporary Queer kink.
“ This is the real deal: othering, teasing, “ Both hilarious, moving and a history lesson.”
provoking. The tone moves between hysteria HHHHH LGBTQ Arts
and terror, joy and despair”
HHHHH The List on Power Ballad
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In five years Summerhall's Nothing Ever Happens Here has grown from an idea to
bolster Edinburgh's live music scene to become one of the best places to see
exciting, live music in the city.
Over the last five Edinburgh Fringe Festival Programme's we have brought such
luminaries as The Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Kil Moon, Billy Bragg & Joe Henry,
Grandaddy, Pussy Riot, Lift to Experience, Charlotte Church, Iceage, We Were
Promised Jetpacks, Optimo and a host of other stellar live and club nights to our
inimitable Dissection Room, whilst helping to provide a platform for young
Scottish artists to perform at one of the world's most important multi arts
festivals.
We are delighted to unveil this years programme, which wouldn't have been
possible without collaboration with our partners 432 Presents, Braw Gigs, World
Headquarters , Rhythm Machine, Balkanarama, Sneaky Pete's & Cryptic. We're
positive there's something in here for everyone!
Jamie Sutherland
Nothing Ever Happens Here - Music Programme Manager
Image: Peter Dibdin
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ANDREW WASYLYK - THE PARALIAN

Nothing Ever Happens Here
Scottish writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Wasylyk brings

his acclaimed new record The Paralian to Edinburgh. Conceptualised as part
of an extended residency at arts centre and historic house Hospitalfield, The
Paralian was released in April to rave reviews.
Wasylyk was invited to create new music for Hospitalfield’s 19th-century
Erard Grecian harp. Ideas were inspired by the building’s unique relationship
with the looming North Sea horizon and field recordings gathered during
study trips to Seaton Cliffs and Bell Rock Lighthouse.
Image: Donald Milne

“ Meditative and majestic, quieting the mind as it leads it through multiple journeys
of space, time and place. ” HHHH The Skinny
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BALKANARAMA
BALKANARAMA is back at Summerhall this August with an incredible sell-out

show. This riotous night brings you the best of tastes and sounds of the
Balkans - expect superb live music, gypsy belly dancing, Balkan Beats DJs,
bespoke live visuals, Balkan rakija, costume boudoirs and more.
“ You are hit by something utterly alive and you are able to see beyond the shiny
instruments, wobbly bellies and rattling drums right into Balkanarama’s heart.
And it beats fast and furious. ” The Skinny
“ Balkan is the new punk!. ” The Scotsman
THE DISSECTION 22:30 - 03:00 £12 18+
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BROKEN RECORDS
Celebrating 10 years since releasing their debut album on 4AD, Until The
Earth Begins To Part, Edinburgh band Broken Records come to Summerhall
for their only live date in 2019 to put on a special show celebrating the
band’s four album back catalogue as well as a look forward to future
releases. Expect old songs, new songs and a few surprises.
Image: Solen Collet
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BODEGA BRIGDHE CHAIMBEUL

432 Presents
& AIDAN O'ROURKE
With wild minimalism and sharp wit, New York’s art rockers Winner of the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, and
Bodega revitalise the rock and roll vocabulary under the 2017 Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Up and Coming’ nominee,
influence of post punk, hip-hop, kraut rock, and folk- Skye musician and piper Brìghde Chaimbeul is one of
derived narrative songwriting. 2019 has seen the release of Scotland’s fastest rising stars. A native Gaelic speaker, her
their live album Witness Scroll, a follow-up to their 2018 style is rooted in her indigenous language and culture, but
debut Endless Scroll. draws inspiration from a variety of piping traditions such
as from Cape Breton, Eastern Europe and Ireland.
Brìghde launched her debut album on River Lea Records
'The Reeling' at a special concert at Celtic Connections
“ bursting with intelligence, humour and ideas, 2019. The record is inspired by old tunes from gaelic song
and canntaireachd traditions, as well as global piping
BODEGA are the real deal.” traditions that have been of significant influence to
HHHHH DIY Magazine Brìghde's music. It is performed entirely on smallpipes in
C, and features acclaimed fiddler Aidan O Rourke (Lau), the
legendary Rona MacDonald Lightfoot of South Uist, and
the amazing Radie Peat (Lankum) on concertina.
“ Riot grrrl rant meets deadpan satire.” “ A talent beyond her years.”
HHHH The Observer Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show
“ Simultaneously ancient and modern, profound and direct.”

Folk Album of the Month - The Guardian
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CATE LE BON EMMA POLLOCK

Writer and producer Cate Le Bon brings songs from her fifth Scottish singer-songwriter and Chemikal Underground co-
studio album, Reward, to The Dissection Room. Her most founder Emma Pollock made her name in indie pop outfit The
personal collection of songs to date, Le Bon has taken a Delgados, who released 5 studio albums before disbanding. In
surrealistically-inclined and tactile approach and produced the time since, Pollock has picked up plaudits and acclaim for
some of the best work in her 12 years of making music; her unique brand of lavishly lyrical songwriting, all elevated by
Reward is intensely introspective and profound. the honeyed liquid clarity of her voice.
“ Her music is elliptical and sparse, using familiar “ The Dusty Springfield of cerebral indie pop.”
sounds—chiming electric guitar, saxophone—to HHHH UNCUT
create her own alien landscape.”
Pitchfork
“ One of our most vital, poetic and singular voices.”

The Herald
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DYLAN CARLSON (EARTH)

Nothing Ever Happens Here & Braw Gigs
Dylan Carlson’s musical explorations can be traced back to his pioneering

work with the minimalist ensemble Earth - from the groundbreaking drone
metal of Earth 2 to the ominous instrumental twang of Hex; Or Printing in the
Infernal Method.
Untethered from the collaborative nature of the band, Carlson veered away
from American music and motifs and dug into English folklore and song
traditions for his solo work under the moniker of drcarlsonalbion.
“ a cavalcade of dark, intense, downward thrusts that linger and fold back on
Image: Solen Collet
themselves, each time getting slightly deeper and more daunting. ” HHHH UNCUT
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FREE LOVE
Sneaky Pete’s
Free Love is the latest manifestation of Scottish duo Suzanne Rodden and
Lewis Cook (FKA Happy Meals) - a continuation and progression of their
utopian dance pop experiments released on Night School Records and
Optimo which have seen them nominated for Scottish Album of the Year and
performing across the globe. Using a table of all-hardware electronics, Free
Love harness a charismatic chaos and unpredictable energy that sets them
apart as one of the most exciting artists of 2019.
“ the lyrics are like mantras which leave the listener's mind
and body feeling wholly uplifted. ” HHHHH The Skinny
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INCINERATOR ARTIST PARTY

Heat will rise for one night only (for a second time…) to ignite The Dissection
Room with fed-after-midnight electro disco, homegrown in Summerhall’s
last industrial graveyard. DJs/Artists are all female Edinburgh based DJ
collective MISS WORLD (Sneaky Pete’s Residents); Contemporary classic
underground playlist bliss from The Royal Dick; Gnomatron goes nuclear on
the flashlights and explosions; and Greek sound artist Dozen Draft live
samples melodic fusions and fuzz.
THE DISSECTION 23:00 - 03:00 £5 18+

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KATHRYN JOSEPH -
FROM WHEN I WAKE
Nothing Ever Happens Here & Cryptic
Award-winning singer, songwriter and

musician Kathryn Joseph returns to Edinburgh
in a poignantly staged, live performance of her
2018 album, From When I Wake The Want Is,
produced in collaboration with Glasgow based
producing art house Cryptic.
An intimate and raw portrait of Joseph’s secret
world, the music, produced by Marcus Mackay,
is visualised by the intimate and provocatively
expressive designs of Czech body architect,
` Kratochvílova, set by James Johnson
Marketa
and lighting by Nich Smith, with direction by
Josh Armstrong.
“ Like watching an exposed

photograph slowly come into
focus... building to a dynamic,
compelling conclusion ”
Clash Magazine
Image: Andy Catlin
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NITEWORKS OPTIMO (ESPACIO)

432 Presents
Childhood friends and long-term fellow musicians from the The legendary duo JD Twitch and JG Wilkes bring Optimo
Isle of Skye, Niteworks blur the lines between Scottish to Edinburgh this festival. Renowned for their visionary and
traditional, folk and Gaelic music with contemporary exploratory musical approach during sets, as well as
electronica, creating a unique and exhilarating sound. In throwing some of the best parties on the planet, the
August 2018, the band released their greatly anticipated original weekly club night ran uninterrupted between 1997
second album Air Fair` an La.
` and 2010. Experience one of the most influential and
eclectic late nights ever formulated in Scotland.
“ Fresh and innovative, catch them if you can.”

Peter Morrison (Peatbog Faeries)
“ Niteworks deliver a tight, groovy, mesmeric dance “ A party filled with good feeling and raw, edgy euphoria.”
performance that leaves you exhausted and dripping HHHHH The Scotsman
in sweat when it’s all over.”
The Skinny
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Image: Dovile Sermokas
PETER BRODERICK SINGS THE RACHEL SERMANNI

SONGS OF ARTHUR RUSSELL (ALBUM LAUNCH)
Nothing Ever Happens Here Nothing Ever Happens Here
A celebration of the music of the great experimental cellist After the release of two studio albums, a live album, a
& songwriter Arthur Russell. This performance follows on plethora of precious EP’s, a near decade of touring,
from an acclaimed show at Celtic Connections, featuring followed by a year of learning what it is to be a Mother,
Peter Broderick and a live band made up of members of Rachel Sermanni is returning with her new record So It
Scottish acts C Duncan, Admiral Fallow, Monoganon, Yous Turns, a collection of songs inspired by her time studying
and WOLF. & volunteering at a Buddhist monastery.
Born in 1987, Peter Broderick is an American-born multi- Rachel Sermanni is a dynamic (in many senses of the word)
instrumentalist and singer, now based in Ireland. Broderick singer and songwriter whose performance and lyrics draw
recorded several acclaimed albums of solo material, from a deep well of mystic lore, dreams, nature and the
ranging from sparse classical compositions or homemade simple-complex experience of being human.
folk music to piano and voice recordings.
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RHYTHM MACHINE
Rhythm Machine is a night of dance music and performance art. Each week in
August DJ's Yves, William Francis and special guests play unboundaried
dance music across genres - from Chicago House to Rave, New Wave Disco
to UK Garage. Guest artists also create new work for the space each week;
approaching it as if creating for a gallery while utilising and responding to the
unique context of the nightclub space.
THE DISSECTION 23:00 - 03:00 £6 18+

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SHOOT YOUR SHOT

‘Queer stalwart’ (Dazed and Confused), Shoot Your Shot will be throttling into
Summerhall for their Fringe opening party! Lezzer Quest will be joined by
Panorama Bar resident, Cormac on the decks who is setting a course for
dancefloors the world over with his sound that comprises the breadth of the
house and techno spectrum.
Let the SYS crew journey you into their signature HIGHER voyage along with
an array of brilliant local and international performers. Their events are now
counted among an exclusive group of nationally recognised club events
pushing political boundaries around vital feminist & LGBTQI+ issues in clubbing.
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START TO END PERFORM

TAYLOR SWIFT’S 1989
Some of Scotland’s leading young musicians come together as Start to End.
Experience a live band’s interpretation of Taylor Swift’s 2014 breakthrough
album ‘1989’, performed in full, to celebrate TayTay’s 30th Birthday.
Featuring Rachel Lightbody, Cariss Crosbie and Emilie Boyd (Little Acres) on
vocals and members of Fat-Suit, Stanley Odd, Apache Darling and Altered
Images. Start to End received glowing reviews for previous performances of,
amongst others, Jeff Buckley’s Grace & Carole King’s Tapestry.
“ An at times tear-jerking performance of John Martyn's Solid Air. ” HHHH The Skinny
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SIOBHAN WILSON
Following the critical success of her 2017 album There Are No Saints,
Edinburgh songwriter Siobhan Wilson plays a hometown show, bringing songs
from her new record The Departure. A poignant celebration of independence,
it’s a record that finds the artist asking questions about fragility and strength,
whether addressing toxic masculinity or the divinity of nature.
“ Magical, beautiful, haunting – she’s got a voice like a nightingale! ” BBC Music
“ Mesmerising… a hugely exciting talent. ” The Scotsman
Image: Chris Scott

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TOM MCGUIRE AND THE BRASSHOLES

432 Presents
Tom McGuire & The Brassholes are an eclectic modern-soul-funk 8 piece band
from Glasgow. Taking inspiration from classic 70s funk and soul as well as the
likes of modern funk purveyors Vulfpeck and Snarky Puppy, the band elevate
the genre with thoughtful and meaningful songcraft. Beginning as buskers on
Sauchiehall and Buchanan Street in Glasgow during the 2014 Commonwealth
Games, the group have worked their way to becoming one of Scotland’s
most vibrant live acts.
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100% SOUL: WHQ & THE VOICES

OF VIRTUE GOSPEL CHOIR
WHQ & Nat Turner Live Events
A chance to experience Motown & Soul Classics all performed live by the full
16 piece Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir band & horn section, alongside WHQ’s
DJ Tommy Caulker. An evening of high-octane, blistering, classic Motown and
soul hits of the 60s and 70s (the ones you know & love) - this classic soul
revue was originally created for The Great Exhibition of the North 2018.
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IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERHALL

Army @ The Fringe returns to the world’s largest soldiers. The relaxed and comfortable Mess Bar
arts festival with a programme of work ranging serves some of the best value hot and cold drinks
from Leith to Australia. There’s a focus on a female and alcoholic beverages you'll find at the Fringe,
perspective on military life past and present, alongside an Army Field Kitchen throughout the
Owen Sheers’ acclaimed play about Keith Douglas day and evening.
and Edinburgh’s own Creative Electric’s unique
Hepburn House, 89 East Claremont Street,
brand of contemporary performance.
Edinburgh EH7 4HU (venue 210)
The venue is a real life Army Reserve Centre in
Edinburgh’s New Town, staffed by serving armyatthefringe.org
UNICORNS, ALMOST
The Story of Books
Unicorns, Almost is a one-man play by Owen Sheers, directed by John

Retallack, about the life and work of WWII poet Keith Douglas. Let an
immersive set and Dan Krikler’s 'wonderful performance' (Margaret Atwood)
take you into Douglas's world, from childhood through four engagements to
fighting in the Western desert and his death three days after D-Day aged 24.
This is the story of the accelerated development of a poet and his desperate
race to see his words in print before time runs out.
“ resonant one-hander...elegantly evocative. ” HHHH The Guardian

Image: Finn Beales
ARMY @ Audio version 2-4, 6-11 Aug £10/£8/£5 12+

THE FRINGE Performance version 13-18, 20-25 Aug
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THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

Creative Electric
The Happiness Project explores our need for non-sexual physical contact in
our highly digital era.
It features scenes of graphic reality TV binge-watching, Whitney Houston and
spooning. We're not sure if any of it will make you happy but it’s worth a try.
Performed by a diverse, inclusive cast, The Happiness Project places queer,
working class and disabled people’s stories centre stage. Edinburgh’s
Creative Electric make accessible, socio-political contemporary performance.
Previous projects include the award-winning Church of Broccoli (Leith Late,
Kelburn Garden Party) and Leith Is Where The Heart Is (Hidden Door).
Image: Chris Scott
ARMY @ 14:20 - 15:10 All relaxed performances £10/£8 14+

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BOMB HAPPY D DAY 75

Everwitch
A verbatim play about ordinary young men in extraordinary times. Bomb

Happy evocatively brings to life the powerful testimonies of five Normandy
Veterans, inexperienced young conscripts, who find themselves part of one
of the most dangerous operations of World War II. As the action unfolds,
memories - humorous and harrowing - collide, allowing a close-up experience
of life on the frontline, whilst wives' accounts highlight the lifelong impact of
PTSD. Meet two of the Veterans after each show.
75th Anniversary of D-Day Commemorative Touring Production 2019.
Image: Michael J Oakes.

“ ..a powerful sense of immediacy and involvement. ” HHHHH Broadway Baby
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HALLOWED GROUND
The Shift Theatre
From Serbian snowfields to deserts in Afghanistan, four women unite across a

century. Lilian, a surgeon in her fifties denied service in the Australian army in
WW1, joins The Scottish Women’s Hospital. In WW2, Australian radiologist
Mary finds herself the only woman among 3000 British troops in the Middle
East. In Iraq doctor Tam, plagued by dreams of fleeing war-torn Saigon,
reconciles her own refugee experience. Catherine, on active service in
Afghanistan, reflects on the remarkable women who paved the way.
Image: Theresa Harrison
ARMY @ 17:20 - 18:20 £10/£8 14+

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DEAD EQUAL
Palmer & Hall Music
The unsung stories of women medics in combat through time are given voice
in a new opera directed by Miranda Cromwell. A pioneering production
weaving together gripping testimonies gathered from contemporary
servicewomen of the Royal Army Medical Corps with the forgotten true story
of nurse Flora Sandes, a British medical volunteer on the Allied front who
joined the fighting and won the Serbian Army’s highest medal for valour in
World War I. Written by Lila Palmer with music by Rose Miranda Hall featuring
the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, tickets include admission to Live
Image: Nick Rutter
Equal, a portrait exhibit by acclaimed photographer Wolf James.
ARMY @ 19:00 - 20:00 £12/£9.50 14+

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POP-UP RADIO DRAMA STUDIO

AT SUMMERHALL
The BBC returns to Summerhall with its intimate live pop up radio studio. Nine brand new plays will be recorded
in front of a live audience for broadcast in September and October. This is a unique opportunity to experience
the thrill of a studio environment, complete with a full cast and live sound effects.
Plays come from a host of extraordinary writers including Zodwa Nyoni, Owen Whitelaw, Frances Poet, Kate
O’Donnell, Matilda Ibini, Naomi Sheldon, Gemma Bedeau, Thomas Pickles and Satinder Chohan. Expect to
explore the supernatural, meet media obsessives and tech geniuses, live through an alien attack, solve a murder
mystery and to dive deep into faith and marriage, race and sexual commodification and a dark futurist London.
Each recording is followed by a Q&A with the creative team. There is also a chance to get involved with
workshops, virtual reality experiences and other behind the scenes exclusives.
THE LADIES ROOM

By Gemma Bedeau
Sparklab Productions For The BBC
Gemma Bedeau is a writer, costume designer and graphic novelist. In The
Ladies Room she wonders how do you stay friends when people change?
She invites us to join Amy, Becca and Keisha on a girls’ night out in the
Ladies room of a nightclub. This is usually a safe space where women help
you back into your jumpsuit or get over your ex-boyfriend. But tonight, three
friends can no longer avoid dealing with the past. If they are to stay friends,
things must be faced.
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 16+

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A KHOISAN WOMAN
By Zodwa Nyoni
BBC Production
Her skin is black. Her hair is kinky. Her hips are wide. Her tongue clicks the
songs of the Khoi language. Saartjie Baartman is the proud embodiment of
the Khoisan women of South Africa. But in London 1810, she is the ‘Hottentot
Venus’, a freak of race and sexuality. We see her displayed as a medical
curiosity by British Army doctor Alexander Dunlop. Saartjie’s black body has
been prodded, whipped and mimicked for audiences’ amusement for years.
Saartjie stands as the epitome of colonial exploitation, ridicule and
commodification of black women.
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 12+

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PASS
By Kate O’Donnell
Naked Productions for BBC
A mother and daughter’s relationship through transition... A funny,
compassionate, and modern drama about family relationships from award
winning performer and writer, Kate O’Donnell.
From Coventry to Bridlington and back, a Thelma and Louise for our times.
When Kate’s mum showed her the drawer full of money she’d saved to leave
her controlling second husband, Kate was ready to start the car - but her
mum just shut the drawer. This show is for all women trying to excel.
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 16+

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THE GRAPE THAT ROLLED

UNDER THE FRIDGE
By Matilda Ibini
In a future world advancements in technology have allowed the government
to accurately monitor everyone’s activities by directly communicating with a
person’s shadow, which stores entire histories about its owner. When Seth’s
shadow is stolen, with all of its secrets, she has to get it back and fast...
An Afrofuturist tale about identity, familial relationships and the ever
encroaching surveillance state, by award winning writer Matilda Ibini.
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 16+

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OUT OF YOUR MIND

By Naomi Sheldon
Naomi Sheldon (Funny Women Best Show 2018) returns with a new
psychological drama that takes the audience on an exploration of sound and
the supernatural. Making maximum use of headphones and binaural sound,
Out of Your Mind will be a bold treat for the ears. Not for the fainthearted…
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 16+

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QUESTIONS FOR QUIZ SHOWS

By Thomas Pickles
BBC Production
Cora is at the Festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. She rents a room,
living with Anabelle and her children. Sapphire is social media obsessed.
Oscar is a recluse, convinced of an alien attack, and an avid watcher of quiz
shows. When Cora returns one evening, she’s no longer only a lodger but
responsible for the answers to solve a surreal and stark situation. Questions
for Quiz Shows explores how we construct our own realities, how we
measure success and how we balance responsibility with individual dreams.
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 12+

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GARLANDS
By Satinder Chohan
BBC Production
It’s the happiest day of Khush’s life. Arriving at the Gurdwara, the kirtan music
soothes her nerves until a blood-curdling chant rises. A group of men have
forcibly blocked the entrance to the prayer hall inside to stop her wedding.
Their objection? The religious marriage of a Sikh to a non-Sikh.
Khush confronts the group leader recognising him as Bal, an old bullied
school friend she used to defend. Meeting again now, their differing beliefs
clash. Can Khush persuade Bal to back down, to salvage her wedding - and
more importantly, her faith?
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 12+

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UNCENSORED
By Frances Poet
BBC Production
When a teenage tech genius has a racist word directed at her, she decides
to take direct action. She deletes that particular p-word from the entire
internet. But given the range and proliferation of abusive language online,
Layla has to decide what to delete next. The n-word, obviously, the c-word -
but where will it end? Frances Poet’s stage plays include GUT, which won
Best Play at the Writers Guild Awards, the award-winning ADAM and the
Citizens Theatre/Stellar Quines co-production, FIBRES.
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 18+

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FAKING IT BBC VIRTUAL REALITY

By Owen Whitelaw
EXPERIENCES
During a live radio broadcast a private detective stuns the Come and try a range of the latest BBC virtual reality
audience by accusing a best-selling author of murder. The experiences - from incredible explorations across the planet
author denies the accusation and sets out to prove her to journeys into time and space.
innocence to the audience. A comic drama by Owen Suitable for audiences aged 13 and over.
Whitelaw exploring the impact of fake news - both in the
past and in the present. Owen is an actor turned This event is free but ticketed.
playwright. His first play, Thole, a surreal black comedy
about a dysfunctional family, was recently commissioned
by the Traverse.
RADIO 18:00 - 19:00 £6 14+ RADIO 19th, 21st and 23rd Aug - 16:30 - 17:30; FREE 13+
STUDIO STUDIO 20th, 22nd Aug - 16:30 - 19:30. 30 min sessions.
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ROUNDABOUT AT SUMMERHALL
“ It’s not just one of the Fringe’s ROUNDABOUT is a new kind of theatre. A beautiful,
most exciting venues, but one intimate in-the-round pop-up amphitheatre with immersive
surround sound and dazzling lighting. ROUNDABOUT flat
of Britain’s.” packs and pops-up across the UK - the world’s first plug-
The Stage and-play theatre. Now in its 6th festival season at
Summerhall, Paines Plough is proud to present three brand
new plays from some of the nation’s most exciting writers
alongside thrilling new work from our favourite companies
and artists. See them all in ROUNDABOUT.
DAUGHTERHOOD
By Charley Miles
Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd
One sister stayed at home to care for Dad. The other set out to ‘make a
difference’. Reunited under their childhood roof, Pauline and Rachel unearth
more than the 10 years between them. It’s a huge gap. Almost
insurmountable. And each is determined to let the other know exactly who
has done things right. DAUGHTERHOOD is a beautiful, ferocious play about
the bonds that tie us, and how we sometimes need to break them.
“ Explores lost love and the fragility and power of nature in fifty
minutes that passed like a dream. ” iNews on BLACKTHORN
ROUNDABOUT 11:20 - 12:30 CAP Captioning available £9-£15, £10-£17 14+

14:15 - 15:25 for all performances
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ON THE OTHER HAND, WE’RE HAPPY

By Daf James
A single Dad meets his adopted daughter for the first time. Then he agrees
to meet her birth-mother. When their two worlds collide, will what they
have in common outweigh their differences? A one-off meeting. But three
lives will be changed forever. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE’RE HAPPY is a
tender, funny, hopeful play about being a mum when your name is Dad.
Written by Daf James, award-winning writer, composer and performer. His
first play LLWYTH [Tribe] became a Welsh-language cultural phenomenon.
“ A water-shed play that changed the landscape of Welsh language
theatre forever. ” Contemporary Welsh Plays on LLWYTH [Tribe]
ROUNDABOUT 11:20 - 12:30 CAP Captioning
BSL R available £9, £10-£17 14+
14:15 - 15:25 for all performances
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DEXTER AND WINTER’S

DETECTIVE AGENCY
By Nathan Bryon
When Dexter’s mum is sent to jail for getting mixed up in a jewellery robbery,
it’s up to Dexter and his best friend Winter to get her out. On their journey
to uncover the truth and free mum, their detective work leads them to some
surprising discoveries. A mad-cap adventure story for all the family from one
of the writers behind CBeebies hits Rastamouse, Apple Tree House and
Swashbuckle.
“ If only all children’s theatre could be performed in the Paines Plough ROUNDABOUT. ” The List
ROUNDABOUT 11:20 - 12:10 CAP Captioning available £8/£10/£28 family, 5+
for all performances £8/£10/£28 family
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ISLANDER: A NEW MUSICAL

By Amy Draper, Stewart Melton & Finn Anderson
Helen Milne Productions
Eilidh stares out to sea and dreams of a new life beyond her lonely island.
Myth and reality collide when the tide washes a mysterious stranger onto
her beach, changing her life forever. Epic storytelling, intimately staged with
a contemporary Scottish folk-inspired score. The cast live-record and layer
their voices to create an ethereal adventure for the ears and imagination.
Originally developed in association with Comar. Part of the Made in Scotland
2019 showcase.
“ It's both the complexity and simplicity of Islander that make it so thoroughly enjoyable. ”
HHHH The List
ROUNDABOUT 10:00 - 11:00 £8-£14, £8-£15/£40 family 8+
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THE CLAIM
Tim Cowbury and Mark Maughan in association with James
Quaife Productions
A comically absurd and quietly shattering journey to the heart of our tolerant
and fair society. Serge stands before us. He has a performance to give. But
why is he here? What is he claiming has happened to him? And what has
Willy Wonka got to do with it? A bold, imaginative response to the stories of
those seeking refuge in the UK, The Claim asks what happens when your life
is at stake and all you have to save it are your words. Part of the British
Council Showcase 2019
“ A bold interrogation of the UK’s Kafka-esque asylum system. ”

HHHH Time Out
ROUNDABOUT 12:50 - 13:55 £9-£14, £12-£15 12+

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HOW TO BE BRAVE
By Sian Owen ^
Dirty Protest
When Katie was little, she was brave: climbing trees and riding bikes too
fast. Now Katie’s a mum, she must be brave in a new way. Determined her
daughter will keep the fierce magic she arrived into the world with, Katie
sets off on a mission around Newport with the help of a stolen BMX, a
policewoman with bad hair, and a pigeon in a bag.
Produced by the award-winning Welsh company behind Fringe hit Sugar
Baby, this one-woman play is about what we're made of and learning to be
brave when your world's falling apart.
“ theatrical tour-de-force . ” HHHH The Times on Sugar Baby

ROUNDABOUT 15:45 - 16:45 £9-£14, £12-£15 14+
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PARAKEET
By Brigitte Aphrodite and Quiet Boy
Boundless Theatre and Boom Shakalaka Productions
In Margate, an isolated teenager forms a band and finds her voice with the
help of a gang of exotic birds. A new musical about finding your flock and
ruffling feathers, Parakeet is a feast for the ears, eyes and heart told through
irresistible song, poetry and electronic sounds. Discover the new spirit of
punk: punk with empathy.
Written by Brigitte Aphrodite with music by Quiet Boy.
“ Imagine the Mighty Boosh crossed with the best episode of Girls. Prepare
to cry and laugh several times over. You’ll leave a better person. ”
Elle Magazine on Brigitte Aphrodite’s previous show, My Beautiful Black Dog
ROUNDABOUT 17:05 - 18:05 £9, £12-£15 14+

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BABY REINDEER
Written and performed by Richard Gadd
Francesca Moody Productions in association with the Bush Theatre
“I looked at her, wanting her to laugh. Wanting her to share in the joke. But
she didn’t. She just stared. I knew then, in that moment - that she had taken
it literally…"
Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Richard Gadd has a chilling story to tell
about obsession, delusion, and the terrifying ramifications of a fleeting mistake.
An unmissable debut play, directed by Olivier Award Winner Jon Brittain.
“ It confirms Gadd as a true one-off with what could well be a glittering

future ahead of him. ” HHHH The Daily Telegraph on Monkey See Monkey Do
ROUNDABOUT 18:25 - 19:30 £9-£14, £12-£16 14+
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THE CANARY AND THE CROW

By Daniel Ward
Music by Prez 96 and James Frewer
Middle Child
The award-winning Middle Child present brand new gig theatre about the
journey of a working-class black kid who is accepted to a prestigious
grammar school.
This lyrical, semi-autobiographical piece from writer and performer Daniel
Ward uses grime, hip hop and theatre to tell the story of the struggle
between a new environment that doesn't accept you and an old one that has
no opportunity.
“ A superb piece of gig theatre.” Lyn Gardner on All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
ROUNDABOUT 19:50 - 20:55 £9-£14, £12-£15 14+

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SQUARE GO
By Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair
Francesca Moody Productions in association with SEARED
The unmissable, Fringe First Award-winning show from Kieran Hurley and
Gary McNair. Max spends his days daydreaming and hanging out with his
weird wee pal Stevie. But when Max is called for his first Square Go - a fight
by the school gates - it’s his own demons he must wrestle with first. A
raucous play about playground violence, myths of masculinity and the
challenge to step up or run. Starring Game of Thrones’ Daniel Portman and
River City’s Gavin Jon Wright and featuring original music by members of
Frightened Rabbit.
“ Riotously entertaining. ” The Independent
ROUNDABOUT 21:15 - 22:15 £9-£15, £10-£17 12+
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LATER
Paines Plough and Friends
LATER is our curated programme of late night one-off shows from the
hottest companies and artists on the Fringe. Round off your day in
ROUNDABOUT with exclusive new theatre, comedy, music, spoken word
and more. ROUNDABOUT is the place to be. And yes, you can bring drinks
in. Acts will be announced on www.painesplough.com and Twitter
@painesplough.
“ Paines Plough’s ROUNDABOUT is the Edinburgh ‘bubble’ in microcosm. ” The Stage
ROUNDABOUT 22:35 - 23:25 £5 14+

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CanadaHub is a showcase of the very best CanadaHub is produced by Selfconscious

of contemporary Canadian performance. Productions in partnership with the Canada
Since its arrival in 2017, CanadaHub has Council for the Arts and in association with
been a smash success, winning three Fringe the High Commission of Canada and the
Firsts, two Herald Angels and a Stage Government of Canada.
Award. This year, CanadaHub is partnering
with Indigenous Contemporary Scene to
present three shows: Deer Woman, Kanata
Cabaret Hour, and Songs in the Key of Cree. www.canadahubfringe.com
BLIND DATE
Rebecca Northan
One actor. One audience member. One blind date. A sexy French clown goes
on a blind date with a willing gentleman from the audience. Expect improv,
naughty clowning, strong language, spiritual nudity and hilarity. First created
for Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, Blind Date has since sold out across
Canada and toured to New York and London. Rebecca Northan was awarded
Canada’s prestigious Dora Mavor Moore Award for Blind Date in 2016.
Image: Greg Tjepkema
“ A flight of theatrical fancy that is absolutely magical. ” Toronto Star
CANADA 21:00 - 22:30 £9, £11/£9 16+

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DEER WOMAN
ARTICLE 11
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene
"My name is Lila and I am a proud Blackfoot woman. What I am doing is illegal.”
So begins Deer Woman, a solo-warrior-woman work of righteous
vengeance. Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, ARTICLE 11's
Deer Woman is a comedic-dramatic thriller about one of 1,600 officially
recognised missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
Lila, the missing girl’s sister, is a skilled hunter and a veteran of war; watch
as she creates the perfect opportunity to avenge her sister’s murder.
Image: Andy Moro
“ an extraordinary night in the theatre. ” Rachael Maza, Artistic Director, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company
CANADA 14:30 - 16:00 £9, £11/£9/£36 family 16+
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Image: Peter Pokorny
PATHETIC FALLACY SEA SICK

Alanna Mitchell/The Theatre Centre
Anita Rochon/The Chop Theatre
A performer steps out of the show for personal reasons. The ocean contains the switch of life. Not land, not the
Every day, a different stand-in from the festival takes on the atmosphere. The ocean. And that switch can be turned off.
central role to replace her. They receive all their instructions The Theatre Centre presents Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell’s
for how to do the show live, onstage. A hyperactive green critically acclaimed production about climate change, and
screen is the backdrop for this show about the weather. the state of the global ocean, which has toured Canada and
Landscape painting, small talk, meteorological science and the world. Experience this powerful story in which Mitchell
pathetic fallacy - the attribution of human feelings and uses science and delicate wit to tell us about her journey to
responses to inanimate things, like the weather - come the bottom of the ocean, the demons she discovered there,
together in this curious and hopeful work. From the makers and her hope for the future.
of the award-winning international hit How to Disappear
Completely.
“ The Chop are probably the coolest of the younger “ Terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and ultimately
generation of theatre companies in Vancouver.” hopeful, Mitchell's Sea Sick is a must-see.”
Plank Magazine Vancouver Observer
CANADA 17:00 - 18:00 £9, £11/£9 8+ CANADA 12:30 - 13:40 £9, £11/£9 12+
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Image: Sean Howard
Image: Greg A. Hill
SONGS IN THE KEY OF CREE

Tomson Highway
KANATA CABARET HOUR
Indigenous Contemporary Scene
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene
Born in a snowbank on the Manitoba/Nunavut border to a Kanata: the Haudenosaunee word for Canada.
family of nomadic caribou hunters, Cree playwright, pianist Kanata Cabaret Hour: a radical offering of dance, music,
and singer, Tomson Highway, has been called one of the and live art from uniquely Indigenous and Scottish
most important Canadians in history (Maclean's Magazine). perspectives. This isn’t your coloniser’s cabaret, it's self-
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, Songs in determined Indigenous badassery!
the Key of Cree is a compilation of his work and a cabaret,
with Tomson himself at the piano accompanied by
extraordinary Peruvian-Canadian singer, Patricia Cano and
jazz saxophonist Marcus Ali.
“ [Highway] is a master of the playful pastiche...

[Cano's] got a Broadway belter's voice and the
stage presence to match it”
The Globe and Mail
CANADA 19:00 - 20:00 £9, £11/£9 16+ CANADA 19:00 - 20:00 £11/£9 16+
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BRUFORD AT SUMMERHALL
UPPER CHURCH
For the fourth consecutive year, London’s Rose Bruford College of
Theatre and Performance is presenting internationally renowned
theatre companies in its Upper Church venue in Summerhall. Building
on the expansion of practice based performance programmes in
London, Berlin, USA and Moscow, the Summerhall space is the home
of the College's Edinburgh Acting Foundation Course.
www.bruford.ac.uk
EXTREMELY PEDESTRIAN CHORALES

Karl Jay-Lewin and Matteo Fargion
Extremely Pedestrian Chorales celebrates the commonplace experience and

movement language of the pedestrian as an act of beauty, meaning and
gentle comedy. Based on the sublime harmonies of JS Bach’s famous
Chorales, it pitches them into our present day lives with just a dash of punk-
ish irreverence. A beguiling mix of high and low art, The Guardian described
it as ‘A Dadaist riposte to Strictly Come Dancing’.
“ Clever, funny, and thought-provoking. ” HHHH The Herald
UPPER 20:30 - 21:25 £12/£10/£32 family 14+

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FEAST
Clout Theatre/Performance Infinity
A show about food. From primitive struggle, through baroque excess to

technological perversion, how has our relationship with nourishment
changed throughout history? This one-woman show employs physical
theatre, clowning and multimedia to delve into consumerism's excesses
and extremes. With cascades of milk, splashes of raw meat, and a dash of
live feed webcams, Feast is an hour of Dionysian anarchy the like of which
you won’t have tasted before. Part of FeastFest.
“ [Hieronymous] Bosch would applaud... brilliantly disturbing, not least because

of the belly laughs that it serves up. ” HHHH The Herald, on Feast 2015
UPPER 22:20 - 23:20 (6-11 Aug), £10/£8, £12/£10/£32 family 14+
CHURCH 20:30 - 21:30 (13-18 Aug)
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GREEN & BLUE

Kabosh
Green & Blue explores the painful and humorous realities faced by the
individuals who patrolled the Irish border during the height of the conflict.
Written by Laurence McKeown, directed by Paula McFetridge and performed
by James Doran and Vincent Higgins, the play is based on archive interviews
with police officers. This production looks at the person behind the uniform
and what it’s like to be hunted when you’re protecting a man-made line on
the ground.
“ A drama of substantial insight and revelation and a life-affirming

celebration of the end of the dark days. ” The Reviews Hub
UPPER 19:20 - 20:20 (2-4, 6-11 Aug), £8/£24 family, £10/£32 family 14+
CHURCH 19:00 - 20:00 (13-18, 20-25 Aug)
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LIMBO
Meeting Place Theatre and Teresa and Andrzej
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Welminski Foundation
- ` Foundation present
Meeting Place Theatre and Teresa and Andrzej Welminski
Limbo, a contemporary European Theatre performance inspired by the works
of Kantor and Cricot2 Theatre. We invite you to experience a cacophony of
contemporary movement, sound and live art that has been influenced by the
collision of memory, history and literature. Enter the world of our abstract
courtroom and be put into Limbo as you witness the peculiarity of what it
means to exist. We all wait, and we all judge, and we invite you to join us.
UPPER 14:30 - 15:50 £10/£8/£16 family 12+

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THE UNRETURN OF LYDIA OSBORN

White Crane Productions
White Crane Productions are the International Graduate Acting Ensemble of

Rose Bruford College. Created in the mountains of Georgia, and inspired by
Mary Oliver's powerful poem 'The Lost Children', The Unreturn of Lydia
Osborn weaves fiction and reality to create a collage of powerful original
theatrical stories of loss, escape, rupture and joy. Actors, singers, poets and
writers present this kaleidoscopic production of tales, songs and mysteries
from the old and new world, woven of time, imagination and experience of
what it is to choose life.
UPPER 20:50 - 21:50 £10/£8 14+

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MIIJIN KI (EATING LAND)

Lara Kramer
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, Miijin Ki is a new work from

Lara Kramer. A woman twirls endlessly, casting trails of pleasure, while
another rebuilds beauty among the fall and collapse of her storm. A man and
a woman sit together in their spontaneity. Witness four bodies navigating
colonial values of land ownership, bodies connecting to the essence of
nature and relationship to materials and decay.
“ Kramer is a talent to watch. She wears her heart on her sleeve, which translates
into dance theatre that is as vulnerable as it is emotional. ” Globe and Mail (Canada)
UPPER 16:00 - 17:00 £10/£8/£28 family 0+

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NATIVE GIRL SYNDROME

Lara Kramer
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, Native Girl Syndrome is

inspired by the experience of Lara Kramer's own grandmother’s migration
from a remote Canadian First Nations community into an unfamiliar urban
environment as a young woman. It is at once the story of one woman and the
story of many, depicted in a raw theatrical performance by Karina Iraola and
Angie Cheng. Their drug-filled, disassociated personas take the audience on
a dynamic journey of addiction, loss and alienation while exploring the effects
of cultural disorientation, assimilation and self-destructive behaviour.
UPPER 16:20 -17:20 £10/£8/£28 family 18+

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THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT

by Lara Kramer and Emilie Monnet
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, performance-based

installation This Time It Will Be Different denounces the Canadian
government's discourse on Indigenous people and takes a critical look at the
national reconciliation industry. From one inquiry to the next, the emotional
labour begins to take a physical toll as a family explores the question of
whether anything has really changed in the relationship between the
Canadian government and Indigenous peoples?
Image: Adrian Morillo
UPPER 16:00 - 17:00 £10/£8/£28 family 18+

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MEN CHASE WOMEN CHOOSE

People Zoo Productions
After their successful run of The Trial in 2016, People Zoo Productions return
to Bruford at Summerhall with their latest show, Men Chase Women Choose.
Taking its title from one of the many gender myths that pervade our society,
this show is intent on skewering some widely held beliefs and unearthing the
bad science behind them. Taking the form of a sketch show, with co-creators
Sophie Giddens and Eve Shotton at the helm, Men Chase Women Choose is
an informative and uproarious feminist romp that features fruit flies, film,
physical theatre and a flute solo.
UPPER 14:30 - 15:30 £8/£7 14+

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MUSTARD
Eva O’Connor
A one woman show about heartbreak, madness and how condiments are the
ultimate coping mechanism. Award-winning playwright & performer Eva
O’Connor returns to Summerhall after 2018’s hugely popular Maz and Bricks.
When E meets the man of her dreams, a professional cyclist, love hits her in
the pubic bone like a train. But when it ends she plummets into a black hole
of heartbreak at the speed of a doped up team on the Tour de France.
“ It’s got polish, political bite and poignancy too. ” HHHH The Stage on Maz and Bricks
UPPER 11:30 - 12:25 £10/£6/£20 family, £12/£8/£28 family 14+

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MY UNCOMFORTABLE WARDROBE
Natasha Dodsworth
Tash is trying to fit into her clothes as well as her role in society. Watch her
cope with dressing for the five scheduled events that she has to cram into
her week. This one-woman show takes an honest, funny and revealing look
at the everyday pressure of women squeezing themselves into
uncomfortable outfits and situations and the marks this leaves behind. We’re
all guilty of wearing a tight piece of clothing or buying a size smaller than we
are actually are, but can we look and laugh at ourselves for doing it?
UPPER 14:30 - 15:20 £10/£8 16+

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Image: Joe Twigg
ONE THE END

Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas
Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas
ONE is the final part of Bert and Nasi’s trilogy on In this new piece, Bert and Nasi dance the end of their
contemporary questions, following Eurohouse and the relationship, imagining what a future without each other
Total Theatre Award-winning Palmyra. Taking as its point might look like. Above the stage, and projected onto a
of departure the polarisation of politics today, One begins screen, two parallel narratives run alongside each other: the
amid the ruins of unresolved conflict. Nasi’s on a ladder. end of the Earth and the end of their collaboration. In the
He’s not coming down any time soon. It’s time for Bert’s vein of their previous work it is a poignant, sad, and funny
solo career to begin. One examines the left through the account of the ongoing ecological crisis. Their dance is a
prism of the right, and the walls we build to protect the reminder and a celebration of our own mortality and that of
difference between what we say and who we really are. everything around us.
“ Jagged, knockabout fun with

a decidedly sharp edge.”
HHHH The Times on Palmyra
UPPER 22:00 - 23:05 £9/£32 family, £12/£10/£36 family 14+ UPPER 11:30 - 12:25 £9, £11/£10/£32 family 12+
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VIGIL
Mechanimal
Bali Tiger. Dusky Seaside Sparrow. Cinnamon-coloured Cryptic Treehunter.

Psychedelic Rock Gecko. Fire Millipede From Hell… One human. Twenty-six
thousand animals. A wildly intimate, inter-species meditation on mass animal
disappearance. Mechanimal is an award-winning theatre company creating
work in the UK and internationally, last seen at the Fringe with the 2018
Herald Angel award-winning Zugunruhe. Vigil is supported by Bristol Old Vic
Ferment, University College London, Arts Council England, and Pound Arts.
“ Utterly compelling solo show. ” HHHH The Herald on Zugunruhe

Image: Jack Offord
UPPER 13:00 - 14:00 £8/£7/£24 family, £10/£9/£24 family 12+

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WILD WOMEN AND ONEIRONAUTS

The Whisper Theatre Collective
The Whisper presents a double-feature. In Wild Women, three goddesses are

summoned to bestow their ancient wisdom on the city. Instead, the heavens
send the women your mother hoped you would never become. These
grotesque clowns go on a hilarious, irreverent journey of feminine stories
(from Eve to Cinderella) to discover what has happened to the Wild Woman.
Oneironauts is a movement and sensorial journey navigating the mysteries,
oddities, and tragedies of the dreamscape. Using physical theatre, dance, and
partner acrobatics, we tumble into the shadow of our reality and wonder if we
will ever find our way back.
UPPER 20:50 - 22:15 £12/£10/£32 family 16+

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YUKON HO! (TALL TALES FROM

THE GREAT WHITE NORTH)
Jennifer Irons
Comic dance-theatre conceived and performed by Yukon born ‘Intrepid’ Jen.
This is the story of Jen’s life and survival in the remote wilds of the Yukon
Territory, Northern Canada … and her ultimate escape. A boisterously laugh
out loud, cabaret-style survival guide to the unbelievably mad life in the
frozen north, home to the coldest temperature ever recorded in North
America where tossing chainsaws is entertainment. Dark, fearless, original
and bizarre, you’ll laugh, holler, quaff very questionable cocktails and learn to
be Bear Aware. And it’s all (mostly) true…
“ Fascinating, laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly tender. ” HHHH The List
UPPER 17:50 - 18:50 (2, 3-4, 6-11 Aug), £7, £10/£8/£28 family 14+
CHURCH 17.30 - 18.30 (13-18, 20-25 Aug)
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A PICKERING'S GIN JOLLY

Pickering's Gin, Summerhall Distillery
Take a jolly around a working gin distillery with Pickering’s Gin. G&T in hand,
you’ll explore Summerhall Distillery to see how craft gin is really made. You’ll
also sample some award-winning gins along the way.
SUMMERHALL 14:00 - 15:15, 16:00 - 17:15, 18:00 - 19:15 £15 18+

DISTILLERY please see website
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BARNEY'S BREWERY TOUR

AND WALKABOUT
ScotBeer Tours
Join the award-winning ScotBeer Tours for an historic walking tour, a look
around Barney’s Brewery and a beer tasting. Discover the history of Scotland
through beer and stay to socialise with your new friends!
BARNEY'S 11:30 - 13:00, 14:15 - 15:45, 18:00 - 19:30 £19/£25 18+

BREWERY please see website
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UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AT THE

FRINGE NETWORKING EVENT
Fringe University
Fringe University believes that the Edinburgh Fringe makes an excellent

classroom. Meet and network with other university professors from around
the world planning to, or already using, the Fringe for educational purposes.
MEET IN THE 11:00 - 12:30 Free 18+

COURTYARD
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EXPLORE OUR GREAT

SHOP AND CAFÉ
THE SUMMERHALL SHOP THE SUMMERHALL CAFE

Our eclectic shop presents a variety of Our cafe opens from 9am for breakfast -
original and interesting items, many created we also serve hot and cold lunches, soups,
by talented artists based in Summerhall. sandwiches, cakes and pastries all day as
well as great coffee - keep cup discount -
We also carry an exclusive range of tea and a variety of cold drinks.
Summerhall branded goodies - tote bags.
tea towels, notebooks, chocolate and We have a range of takeaway options
T-shirts. including children’s lunch boxes to enjoy
in our courtyard.
All of which will provide you with a memento
of your visit to Summerhall over the Fringe.
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THE
INDEX
The New York Times/ Team Viking 27 Working On My Faking It 61

Josh Haner 3 A Hundred Different Night Moves 45 BBC Virtual Reality
Alan Smith 4 Words for Love 27 Your Sexts are Shit: Experiences 61
Andrew Sim 6 Revelations 27 Older Better Letters 45 Daughterhood 62
Jane Frere 8 Forgiveness 28 Andrew Wasylyk - On The Other Hand,
Extinction Rebellion 9 The Paralian 47 We're Happy 62
LipSync 28
Beuys and Da Vinci 10 Balkanarama 47 Dexter and Winter's
Louder Is Not Always
Demarco Archive 11 Clearer 28 Broken Records 47 Detective Agency 63
21 13 Life is No Laughing Matter 29 Bodega 48 Islander 63
8:8 Swiss Season 13 Like Animals 29 Brìghde Chaimbeul 48 The Claim 63
Alaska 14 Cate Le Bon 49 How to be Brave 64
Miss AmeriKa 30
Appropriate 14 Emma Pollock 49 Parakeet 64
Man on the Moon 30
Back of the Head with Dylan Carlson (Earth) 50 Baby Reindeer 64
My Mum's A Twat 30
a Brick 14 Free Love 50 The Canary and the Crow 65
MOOT MOOT 31
Ali & Alpo 15 Incinerator Artist party 50 Square Go 65
My Best Dead Friend 32
All of Me 15 Kathryn Joseph 51 Later 65
Neither Here Nor There 32
Bystanders 16 Niteworks 52 Blind Date 66
My Name Is Irrelevant 33
Before the End 16 Optimo (Espacio) 52 Deer Woman 66
Narcolepsy 33 Pathetic Fallacy 67
Before the Revolution 17 Peter Broderick
Oh Yes Oh No 33 sings the songs of Sea Sick 67
Buzz 17
COMA 18 Nightclubbing 34 Arthur Russell 53 Songs in the Key of Cree 68
Community Circle 18 Out 34 Rachel Sermanni - Kanata Cabaret Hour 68
Passengers 35 Album Launch 53
Contra 18 Extremely Pedestrian
Cotton Fingers 19 Pizza Shop Heroes 35 Rhythm Machine 54 Chorales 69
Die! Die! Die! Resurrecting Bobby Awl 35 Shoot Your Shot 54 Feast 69
Old People Die! 20 Sex Education 36 Start to End perform Green & Blue 70
Give Me Your Love 20 SHIT 36 Taylor Swift's 1989 54 Limbo 70
The Eradication of Sh!t Theatre Drink Siobhan Wilson 55 The Unreturn of Lydia
Schizophrenia in Rum with Expats 37 Tom McGuire and Osborn 70
Western Lapland 20 Sparkle 38 the Brassholes 55 Miijin Ki (Eating Land) 71
Daddy Drag 21 Swallow The Sea Caravan 100% Soul: WHQ & Native Girl Syndrome 71
Cyst-er Act 22 The Voices of Virtue
Theatre 38 Gospel Choir 55 This Time It Will
Drone 22 The Afflicted 38 Be Different 71
Unicorns, Almost 56
Everything I Do 23 Taiwan Season: BOUT 39 Men Chase Women
Everything I See I Swallow 23 The Happiness Project 56 Choose 72
Taiwan Season: Fish 39 Bomb Happy 57
Ejaculation - Discussions The Desk 39 Mustard 72
About Female Sexuality 24 Hallowed Ground 57 My Uncomfortable
The Populars 40 Dead Equal 57 Wardrobe 72
First Piano on the Moon 24
First Time 24 To Move In Time 41 The Ladies Room 58 One 73
Footnotes 25 Troll 41 A Khoisan Woman 58 The End 73
Phrases 25 Twin Peaks 41 Pass 59 Vigil 74
For All I Care 25 Traumboy 42 The Grape That Rolled Wild Women and
FrontX 26 Traumgirl 42 under the Fridge 59 Oneironauts 74
Hearty 26 Umbrella Man 43 Out of Your Mind 59 Yukon Ho! 74
Hold On Let Go 26 When I Fall If I Fall 43 Questions for Quiz Shows 60 A Pickering's Gin Jolly 75
James Rowland's Songs Where To Belong 43 Garlands 60 Barney's Brewery Tour 75
of Friendship 27 Who Cares 44 Uncensored 60 Fringe University 75
80 SUMMERHALL
THE
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ACCESS SUSTAINABILITY • There are recycling points in the cafe,

Summerhall is proud to have achieved Level Summerhall is doing its best to minimise courtyard, venues and bar areas, for
2 of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s the environmental impact of the festival. glass, mixed recyclables and general
Access Award. We are a member of the Green Arts rubbish & food waste. Please help us
• New for 2019 - we have installed a Initiative. recycle more waste by disposing of
platform lift which makes The Dissection your litter into the correct bins.
All year:
Room accessible to wheelchair users. • We have over 2.5 million bees on
FAIR FRINGE
• This lift will also make the Cairns Lecture our roof! Summerhall supports the Fair Fringe Charter.
Theatre accessible to wheelchair users • We have 2 charging points for All Summerhall employees - permanent and
up until 7pm each day. The Red Lecture electric vehicles. seasonal - are paid above minimum wage.
Theatre is also now accessible by
• We are cycle-friendly. We provide Our festival contracts entitle our team to
passenger lift.
sheltered bike parking for staff, residents rest breaks, equal pay for young and older
• Unstepped access to Summerhall is via workers, minimum hour or full time
and visitors, and pool bikes for staff to
the side gates on Summerhall Square, to contracts, paid transport for late nights,
use for meetings.
the right of the building as you look at it Trade Union access, consultation on rota
from the street. Taxis and other vehicles At festival time: changes and 100% of tips. We have an
can drop passengers off here. • We are flyer-lite. We discourage flyering anti-bullying and harassment policy and an
• Parking for Blue Badge holders is in our courtyard and control where flyers equal employment policy.
available on single yellow lines near can be placed around the venue. We tell
to Summerhall. all our companies this in advance so they
don’t over-order and inform them about OPENING HOURS
• Detailed access information for all our
how to dispose of any surplus print for Box Office 09:00 - Late
venue spaces is available on our website:
recycling at the end of the festival. The Courtyard Bar 11:00 - Late
summerhall.co.uk/about/accessibility/
• Summerhall and all food vendors on Summerhall Cafe ´ & Shop 09:00 - 18:00
• If you have access requirements you can
book your tickets via site serve takeaway food in Vegware The Royal Dick 11:00 - Late
accessbookings@edfringe.com compostable containers. Used The Shed 09:30 - 22:00
or 0131 226 0002 containers and food waste are collected Galleries 11:00 - 18:00
by Vegware for commercial composting
• All our FOH staff have received disability
as part of their Close The Loop service. Box Office:
equality training.
• Accessible performances: audio
• Our ‘plastic’ glasses are actually made 0131 560 1581
described, captioned, BSL interpreted from recyclable materials (PET).
General:
and relaxed performances are listed on • We provide drinking water on all of 0131 560 1580
our website. our bars and you can also fill up water
bottles from our taps. www.summerhall.co.uk
The style and age of our building - it’s B-
listed and over 100 years old - means that • Our lovely Summerhall keep-cup not only
physical access is challenging. We try and @summerhallery
reduces the number of disposable cups
make up for that with good attitudinal used but gets you money off your coffee! facebook.com/summerhalledinburgh
access. If you have any suggestions for You can buy one from our shop and cafe´
improvements, please let us know. counters. @summerhallery
SUMMERHALL
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that is new and surprising and profoundly moving.

Summerhall is a venue for diverse programmes of visual

THE NEW YORK TIMES:

The New York Times is proud to present

Since 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times

Beyond Borders works in partnership with Summerhall to

Image Josh Haner © Josh Haner/ The New York Times

THE NEW WORLD

NEW SODOM WILL BE A

Venue: Lower Galleries 1 & 2

Image courtesy of Robert McDowell

ART AND HEALING

ART AND HEALING, FROM DUNOON TO

Image courtesy of Demarco European Art Foundation

Image: Demi Nandhra, Life is No Laughing Matter: Page 29

Image: Nelly Rodriguez

Part of Pro Helvetia’s Swiss Selection Edinburgh

FORMER WOMEN’S 14:00 - 14:50 £5, £10/£8 14+

“ Engrossing...winningly tongue in cheek...an affecting solo. ” HHHH Irish Times

ANATOMY LECTURE 19:15 - 20:15 £5/£8, £10/£8 16+

BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A BRICK

ANATOMY 11:30 - 12:30 £8, £10/£8 12+

ALI & ALPO ALL OF ME

Image: Gregory Navarra

“ Rich and vital material, shaped modestly by a

Image: Sassafras De Bruyn

BEFORE THE REVOLUTION BUZZ

“ A powerful piece in the form of a countdown “ Charlotte Vandermeersch's adaptation combines

THE various times between 13:00 and 22:00 £7.50/£5.50 12+

“ Utterly improbable, absolutely entertaining. ” The Independent

DEMONSTRATION 21:10 - 22:10 £5/£8, £12/£10 16+

Aoife’s hungry and bored. Cillian makes a mean cheese

MAIN HALL 12:15 - 13:15 £5/£8, £14/£12 14+

DIE! DIE! DIE! OLD PEOPLE DIE!

“ Somewhere between Beckett and Monty Python. ”

TECHCUBE 0 17:40 - 18:40 £8, £10/£8 12+

GIVE ME YOUR LOVE

“ The dialogue as comically surreal as the situation is bleak and bewildering. ”

HHHH The Scotsman

TECHCUBE 0 16:05 - 17:05 £10/£8 14+

THE ERADICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

This is a show about dads. Good

Winner of the Autopsy Award.

CAIRNS LECTURE 17:45 - 18:45 £5/£8, £10/£8 14+

Image: Rich Dyson

“ A state of the nation address from a frayed

Image: Florence Ellis

EVERYTHING I DO EVERYTHING I SEE I SWALLOW

EJACULATION - DISCUSSIONS ABOUT

“ comical and frankly pedagogical. ” Hufvudstadsbladet (Finland)

FIRST PIANO ON THE MOON

ANATOMY LECTURE 11:30 - 12:30 £8, £12/£10/£32 family 5+

“ A truly remarkable story. ” Russell T Davies

created something universal and deeply moving. ” HHHH Attitude Magazine

Image: Photo: Liam Keown. Design: Paul Banks

ANATOMY LECTURE 20:45 - 21:35 £12/£8 16+

Miscommunication and confusion are often things to be avoided but what if

ANATOMY LECTURE 20:45 - 21:35 £5, £12/£8 16+

FOR ALL I CARE

MAIN HALL 13:30 - 14:30 £5/£8, £14/£12 14+

Belgium’s No Way Back Company describes itself as existing on the border

“ A furiously human, united, indestructible painting. ” Le Soir

and form. A hymn to mutability, an earthy messy sacrament to constant evolution