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Talent Night in the Fly Room »

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Applause and laughter flood the audience as Peter Arnott leads an hour-long performance flitting between the philosophical, religious and moral. Arnott is the playwright in residence with University of Edinburgh’s ESRC Genomics Forum and the piece bein...

Wed 09 May 2012 by Jared Cohen | Read more »

2401 Objects »

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2401 Objects is the Fringe First winning play from the exciting young company Analogue. Written by Hannah Barker, Lewis Hetherington and Liam Jarvis, the play tells the story of Henry Molaison, who in 1953 emerged from the experimental brain surgery th...

Thu 26 Apr 2012 by Rebecca Tamás | Read more »

Snookered »

Snookered - Muzz Khan (Shaf), Peter Singh (Mo)

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Friends, formalities, loyalties , separation and jealousy are just some of the rich and varied topics tackled in Tamasha Theatre’s impressive Snookered. Written by Ishy Din and directed by Iqbal Khan, this new play provides an unmissable look int...

Wed 28 Mar 2012 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

Mwana »

Mwana

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Family ties, loyalty and identity form the basis of Tawona Sitholé’s first full-length play, Mwana. Directed by Shabina Aslam and set in contemporary Zimbabwe, the play focuses on one young man’s struggle to discover his place in th...

Thu 01 Mar 2012 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

The End »

The End Conor Lovett

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In order to 'get on' in contemporary society, it would seem one has to look the part. Think of how a business man appears. Now visualise a homeless person. We all share a similar vision. Commodification plays a large role within our neo-liberal society...

Thu 01 Mar 2012 by Charles Tyrer | Read more »

Appel d'Air »

Appel d'Air

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From French theatrical group Theatre Velo comes the one-man-show Appel d’Air. Started in Angers, France in 1981, Theatre Velo creates performances with little or no words, forcing actors to interpret their sets and scenery the same way that they ...

Wed 15 Feb 2012 by Jared Cohen | Read more »

Goodbye Mr. Christie »

Goodbye Mr. Christie

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The film part of Phil Mulloy’s Christie Family trilogy, Goodbye Mr. Christie, gets its UK premiere at the Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival. Focusing on existential, unrequited love, hidden violence and religion in the seemingly peaceful English...

Sun 12 Feb 2012 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

Polaris »

Polaris

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Part of the Traverse’s innovative ‘Manipulate Festival of Visual Theatre’, young Czech company Wariot Ideal present Polaris. Polaris explores the experiences of two 19th century polar explorers, lost and freezing to death in the ...

Sat 11 Feb 2012 by Rebecca Tamas | Read more »

The Return of the Great Puppet Horn »

The Return of the Great Puppet Horn

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The Return of The Great Puppet Horn by Pangolin’s Teatime England is a spectacle of image projection and shadow puppetry. The entire show was produced, directed and performed by Jeremy Bidgood and Lewis Young. Taking on a variety of characters t...

Sat 11 Feb 2012 by Francesca Parker | Read more »

Waltz With Bashir »

Waltz Withe Bashir

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Waltz with Bashir is an animated documentary, a potent exploration of director Ari Folman's own experience of war. It's told as he tries to piece together his fractured memories of the major Israeli incursion into Lebanon in 1982. Waltz with Bashir is ...

Mon 06 Feb 2012 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »

Chico & Rita »

Chico & Rita

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In 2008 Mark Kermode called Chico & Rita 'One of the 10 best films of the year' and with its cracking soundtrack and charming visual aesthetic it's not too hard to see why. Talented Spanish director Fernando Trueba invokes the tradition of the...

Mon 06 Feb 2012 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »

Hamletmachine »

Hamletmachine

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The Traverse Theatre’s annual visual theatre festival, Manipulate, is always a highlight in its Spring/Summer season and this year promises to be no different. The festival's opening production is Heiner Muller’s Hamletmachine, performed by...

Mon 06 Feb 2012 by Kate Adams | Read more »

Plucked...A True Fairy Tale »

Plucked...A True Fairy Tale

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Director Liz Walker’s work has been challenging the British audiences perception of puppetry since she co-founded Optic Theatre Company in 1987. Her work today continues to do so as she brings us Plucked...A True Fairy Story a charming tale deliv...

Mon 06 Feb 2012 by Kate Adams | Read more »

The Builders »

The Builders

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Plutot La Vie’s The Builders is a deliciously dark comedy that delves into today’s obsession with home improvement and makes a number of comments on our seemingly insatiable thirst for the material. Written by Line Knutzon, the play follows...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »

Miranda »

Miranda

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Tonight Company Chordelia bring their blend of modern ballet and theatre to a new work: Miranda. The piece was conceived by founder and Artistic Director Kally Lloyd-Jones, who also dances the title role. Beautifully staged, there is much to admire her...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Sean Watson | Read more »

The Tree of Knowledge »

The Tree of Knowledge

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Commissioned by the Traverse Theatre and written by Jo Clifford while she was a Creative Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh, The Tree of Knowledge offers a fresh and insightful treatment of Enli...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Sophie Stephenson | Read more »

balletLORENT: La Nuit Intime »

la nuit intime. BalletLORENT.

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As dry ice clouds the bar, stage lights cast dim shadows over candlelit tables, podiums and rocking horses. The effect is almost filmic; disarming and intriguing. In dramatic style, Liv Lorent's balletLORENT return with a touring production of her ecle...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Sean Watson | Read more »

Little Match Girl Passion »

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Cryptic, the art house responsible for the production of Little Match Girl Passion, are described as a company that ‘ravish the senses, with performances that fuse music, dance, sonic art and multimedia.’ Indeed, this production incorporate...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »

Kes »

Kes

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Catherine Wheels’ latest play, a co-production with the Brunton Theatre, Kes, revives a national treasure at the Traverse. Adapted by Rob Evans from Barry Hines’ 1968 novel, A Kestrel for a Knave, and directed by Gill Robertson, the play de...

Sun 20 Nov 2011 by James Corlett | Read more »

Watching The Detective »

Watching the Detective

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A Play, a Pie and a Pint is over for the season, and Edinburgh will be a slightly lesser place without it. Watching the Detective written and directed by Paddy Cunneen, is the perfect balm on the wounds of hundreds of the city’s theatre-goers: it...

Sun 20 Nov 2011 by Caroline Bottger | Read more »

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