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#TalkFest15 Charity Number: SCO36767 www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk Charlotte Allan Peter Arnott Calum Beaton Clara Brennan, Jo Clifford Michael Daviot & Anonymouse Janis Joplin: Full Tilt Showbiz, or Repeat Until Funny Vivienne Franzmann, The Gospel According to Kally Lloyd–Jones Theatre Found Kieran Hurley, Dennis Kelly, Jesus, Queen of Heaven Nijinsky’s Last Jump Ipdip Theatre Regular Music and National Neil LaBute, Stef Smith Royal Botanic Gardens Theatre of Scotland Artspace@StMarks Queen Jesus Plays Company Chordelia 10th – 21st Aug, 11:00 & 15:00 The Queen’s Hall 11th – 29th Aug, 22:30 Theatre Uncut 2015 Summerhall Dance Base 24th – 30th Aug, 21:30 Paines Plough’s Roundabout @ 5th – 30th Aug, 10:45 7th – 23rd Aug, 14:00 Tommy Ambrosini, Henry Bell & Sara Sharaawi Summerhall 24th – 30th Aug, 10:00 Queen Jesus Plays Helen Gilmore, Peter Arnott Lifted Finn Den Hertog & Artspace@StMarks Laurie Motherwell & Theatre Censorship Now Triad Pictures / Free Festival the Company Gregory Burke 23rd Aug, 21:00 Kay Singh University of Edinburgh / Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Light Boxes Pre: View Gagarin Way adapted from the novel by Shane Jones Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland Monkey Alan Cochrane University of Edinburgh & 50 George Square 6th – 20th Aug, 14:30 New Celts Productions and Grid Iron The Fairmer Wants a Wife Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland 12th Aug, 16:30 MindFrame Theatre Company Summerhall Traverse Theatre Anna Blainey theSpace on the Mile Edinburgh People’s Theatre 9th – 30th Aug, 19:15 9th – 29th Aug, 16:05 Mayfield Salisbury Church 10th & 17th Aug, 19:30 Phil Baarda Giving up the Ghost 7th – 22nd Aug, Times vary Jack Dickson The Rhum Plants Butterfly with a Bomb Gregory Burke Fraxi Queen of the Forest Dave Anderson Mangonel Theatre Productions The Pie–Eyed Piper Hoors Ailie Cohen & Asylon Theatre Sweet Grassmarket theSpace @ Jury’s Inn Lewis Hetherington of Hamilton 6th – 30th Aug, 15:30 24th – 29th Aug, 13:20 New Celts Productions and Royal Botanic Gardens Òran Mór in association Nook N’ Cranny Productions The Secret Life of Suitcases 7th – 23rd Aug, 11:00 with Ayr Gaiety Alan Bayley & Mona Bozdog theSpace on the Mile Ailie Cohen Puppet Maker Assembly George Square Studios 9th – 29th Aug, 14:30 Scottish Storytelling Centre Iain Campbell Lost in Transition Selma Dimitrijevic 5th – 31st Aug, 18:40 8th – 23rd Aug, 15:00 Desperately Seeking Sugar Gods Are Fallen And All Summerhall Safety Gone 12th – 23rd Aug, Times vary Pamela Carter Peter Arnott Practical Magic Spotlites @ Merchant’s Hall Paul Bright’s Confessions Greyscale Ensemble, or 9th – 15th Aug, 19:00 of a Justified Sinner Summerhall The Rehearsal Room Reconstructed by 17th – 29th Aug, 20:05 University of Edinburgh / Untitled Projects Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland The Queen’s Hall 50 George Square 19th – 22nd Aug, 20:00 12th Aug, 14:00 James Douglas Oliver Emanuel Morag Fullarton John Harris & Duncan Kidd & Johnny McKnight Dark Lantern Dragon Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Zinnie Harris the Company Wendy Hoose Red Card Theatre Company Vox Motus / National Theatre Room Divas The Garden Persevere Birds of Paradise and Random Central Hall of Scotland / Tianjin Peoples’ Sharon Burgess Productions by Produced by sound Active Inquiry, Strangetown, Accomplice 24th – 31st Aug, 16:00 Arts Theatre arrangement with Òran Mór Traverse and Out of the Blue The Assembly Rooms Royal Lyceum Theatre Assembly Hall 18th – 30th Aug, 15:00 and Out of the Blue 17th – 30th Aug, 15:30 James Douglas 14th – 16th Aug, Times vary 6th - 30th Aug, 18:15 18:00 12th – 13th Aug, 18:30 Denial Linda McLean Alexander Gillespie Red Card Theatre Company Robert Alan Evans Iain Heggie Clunie Mackenzie Control Zed part of Traverse Breakfast Plays: (in search of) Tomorrow Central Hall The Voice Thief Patriots Facebooked! Baba Yaga – and the girl with 7th – 15th Aug, 16:00 Catherine Wheels Mermaids Performing Subway Theatre a kind heart Traverse Theatre Company Summerhall Arts Fund The Assembly Rooms Theatre Alba Traverse 20th and 27th Aug, 09:00 James Douglas & 5th – 30th Aug, Times vary Paradise in The Vault 5th – 30th Aug, 18:15 Duddingston Kirk Gardens Ruth Urquhart 8th – 22nd Aug, 20:35 3rd to 16th Aug, 14:30 Descent Catherine Exposito & Lucy Hunter Gary McNair David Greig Ali Maloney A Gambler’s Guide to Dying Red Card Theatre Company Marli Siu The Ghost of Sadie Kimber Central Hall Dead Letter Office Lanark – A Life in Three Acts Making Light Productions Hydronomicon Gary McNair with Show and Tell adapted from the novel by Alasdair Gray 16th – 23rd Aug, 16:00 Some Company Productions Spotlites SHIFT/ Traverse and New Celts Productions Co–production between 6th – 22nd Aug, 15:30 Summerhall 6th – 30th Aug the Citizens Theatre and Times vary Andy Duffy theSpace on the Mile 8th, 15th, 22nd Aug, 21:30 8th – 30th Aug, 16:05 the Edinburgh International Crash Festival Jackie Kay Keir McAllister Stuart Melton Traverse Theatre Company Royal Lyceum Theatre Takeaway A Boy and a Bear in a Boat Traverse Dave Fargnoli 22nd – 31st Aug, Times vary kes theatre The Last Laugh 6th – 30th Aug, Times vary Heartlands theSpace on the Mile Jay McAllister Creative Produced and Commissioned Urban Fox Theatre Company Catherine Grosvenor 7th – 10th Aug, 16:10 Consultancy by The Spark Arts for Children The Assembly Rooms on behalf of Nottinghamshire Sweet Grassmarket The Year of the Hare 6th – 30th Aug, 13:00 County Council 6th – 30th Aug, 20:20 adapted from the Finnish drama Rhymateatteri National Library of Scotland 15th – 22nd Aug, Times vary Pleasance Dome 5th – 31st Aug, 18:45 Katherine Mendelsohn Rona Munro Sandy Nelson Liam Rudden Martin Travers Maureen & Nicole Watson Skins and Hoods translated from Bold Girls Hooray for All Kinds of Things Thief Scarfed for Life The Selkie and the River God the play by Gustave Akakpo New Celts Productions and Sandy Nelson LR Stageworks Citizens Theatre Lip Theatre Company Cie du Veilleur Laughing Hen Productions The Assembly Rooms Sweet Grassmarket Just Festival at Central Hall Sweet Grassmarket Institut Francais d’Ecosse theSpace on the Mile 18th – 30th Aug, 13:15 6th – 30th Aug, 20:00 14th – 22nd Aug, 14:00 10th – 30th Aug, 13:00 8th - 31st, 14:00 8th – 28th Aug, 14:30 Sandy Nelson Liam Rudden Elspeth Turner Mark Westbrook Ramesh Meyyappan Donald S. Murray The Gospel Inquiry And I Ran With the Gang SpectreTown Stain Butterfly Sequamur Sandy Nelson LR Stageworks Stoirm Òg in co–production Tartan Spartan Greenside @ Infirmary Street Pròiseact nan Ealan The Assembly Rooms Le Monde with Cumbernauld Theatre theSpace @ Surgeons Hall 8th – 29th Aug, 20:45 The Assembly Rooms 5th – 16th Aug, 13:15 7th – 30th Aug, 19:00 Assembly Hall 7th – 29th Aug, 14:05 18th – 24th Aug, 11:00 6th – 31st Aug, 13:30 Rebecca Monks Ian Pattison Stef Smith Angus Yellowlees Scour Ruaraidh Murray Willie and Sebastian Swallow James Urquhart Styx Peacetime Productions Allie Gilded Balloon Traverse Theatre Company Letters to Aberlour STaG Clouds & Soil Ruaraidh Murray Gilded Balloon Traverse New Strides Theatre theSpace @ Surgeons Hall 8th – 29th Aug, 14:15 Gilded Balloon 8th – 30th Aug, 20:15 7th – 30th Aug, Times vary Central Hall 7th – 22nd Aug, 13:05 5th – 31st Aug, 17:00 7th – 31st Aug, 20:30 Rona Munro Marty Ross Sandy Thomson & Translated from the play Ciarán Myers Vampires in the Vault Jeremiah Reynolds Various Strawberries in January Pirates and Mermaids by Évelyne de la Chenelière Touch Marty Ross Village Pub Theatre Poorboy Gone Rogue Productions Co–produced by Ciarán Myers & Paradise in The Vault Village Pub Theatre Scottish Storytelling Centre C Nova Asylon Theatre / Universal Arts 8th – 15th Aug, 17:55 16th – 29th Aug, 20:00 24th – 31st Aug, 11:15 16th – 31st Aug, 19:20 New Town Theatre 19th – 30th Aug, 19:00 Raymond Ross Wojtek the Bear Diane Torr Donald Does Dusty Theatre Objektiv Scottish Storytelling Centre Diane Torr 7th – 12th Aug, Times vary Summerhall 17th – 30th Aug, 19:35 www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk