ITALIAN ARTISTS AT 7 – 31 AUGUST 2015 Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus SONICS in TOREN Equipe Eventi sas/Sonics srl Toren is a land of make believe where dreams come to life. The performers fly through the air in gravity-defying acrobatics. Daring costumers combine with circus acts and pas the deux to unravel dreams and realise wishes. Date: Previews 5-6-7 August; Show Dates: 8-16, 18-23, 25-31 August Venue: Gilded Balloon More SOMETHING Liberi Di… Physical Theatre It’s when we fall to the ground, that we discover how strong we really are. Seven artists will make you dream, will leave you breathless and above all will make you laugh. Something is the backstage of a dream. Date: 5- 31 August (except 14, 15 & 27 August) Venue: Gilded Balloon More IDIOT-SYNCRASY The Place presents: Igor and Moreno London’s boldest dance theatre brings hit shows to the Fringe. We jump a lot. We sing. We jump some more. We commit. We want to change the world. We promise to persevere. British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2015. #idiotsyncrasy. Date: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29 August Venue: Summerhall More TRISTISSIMO C&C Company Nothing can take a turn for the worse as quickly as a perfect day. What’s the shape of the sadness left behind? Should we worry our pretty little blonde heads about this? From the makers of EdFringe14 'Maria Addolorata'. Date: 7-15 August Venue: ZOO Southside More THE SACRED ROOM OF DESIRE Gruppo del Cerchio (GdC) The most gorgeous Indian stories of desire. A blend of words and classical/bollywood dance, graciously adapted from Hindu tradition, describing the Gods family of Parvati, Shiva, their elephant-headed son Ganesha, unexpected relatives, friends, and enemies. Date: 7-29 August (except 16 & 23 August) Venue: Greenside @ Infirmary Street More Dance DISCOTEQUE MACHINE Bags Entertainment The show where you can’t help getting up and joining in! Get ready to be overwhelmed by the Creatures; with sounds gags and choreographies, they will take you on a real journey of initiation. Never stop dancing! Date: 7-31 August Venue: ZOO SouthSide More Theatre LA MERDA BY CRISTIAN CERESOLI, STARRING SILVIA GALLERANO Frida Kahlo Productions, Richard Jordan Productions, Produzioni Fuorivia with Summerhall Winner of six major awards including the Scotsman Fringe First and Stage Best Actress. Following sell-out seasons around the world, the critically-acclaimed sensation La Merda returns for its final Edinburgh performances. Date: 25-30 August Venue: Summerhall More #REALITI BigTree So you want to be a part of our new reality show? Well this time it’s different: there are no TV studies, no special light effects, no great and sexy announcers to interact with. Date: 24-29 August Venue: theSpace More THE NEXT MOON Agape In The Next Moon the relationship between two strange characters (who are not what they look like) is described in a soft and sometimes moving way. Several aberrations of human life are hidden among laughter and jokes. Date: 17-29 August (except Sundays) Venue: Greenside More ANTIGONE on Ἀντιγόνη Theandric TeatroNonviolento The audience will participate actively, following a path of meditation experiencing first-hand tragedy and catharsis. The body is the map and the voice is the guide through harrowing conflicts to discover the joy. Date: 7-15, 17-22, 24-29 August Venue: theSpace More A LIFE WITH THE BEATLES Stella Danzante Productions A Life With the Beatles is a monologue, in which Neil Aspinall, The Beatles’ road manager until 1970 and then CEO of Apple Corps until 2007, tells the story of his personal involvement with The Beatles from 1961 until the band’s break up, including key episodes in the history of The Beatles. Date: 6-30 August Venue: Sweet Grassmarket More THAT DEADLY NOIR MAGIC Dani Iannarelli / JazzTheatre –LaDolceVita Hardboiled, down on his luck, an anti-hero searches for a clue. What will the dark shadows reveal? That Deadly Noir Magic - peppered with live jazz - reflects anarchic images… twisted love, corrupt morality, sinister stakes. Date: 17-22, 24-29 August Venue: Greenside @ Nicolson Square More Music SOR AND GIULIANI Luca Villani Fernando Sor and Mauro Giuliani were the greatest guitarists/composers in the classical era. Luca Villani interprets Giuliani’s Grande Ouverture and Rossiniana No 3, Sor’s Grande Sonata Op 22 and Fantasia Op 30, plus a Scottish homage. Unmissable. Date: 21August Venue: Greyfriars Kirk More GUITARRAY Luca Villani To celebrate his 20th Festival, Luca Villani plays a formidable array of the most beautiful composition of his guitar repertoire: Albeniz, Bach, Barrios, Sor, Tarrega, Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos. Four centuries of music in one hour of sheer beauty and emotions! Date: 17-20 August Venue: Valvona & Crolla More ANTONIO FORCIONE AND ADRIANO ADEWALE Assembly Festival Award-winning guitar virtuoso Antonio Forcione joins dynamic Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale to form a breathtaking duo which masterfully blends soul-jazz and Brazilian guitar with African and Latin rhythms. Original world class music. Date: 23-30 August Venue: Assembly George Square Studios More LUCA WU AND REVERSE CONTEXT LIVE Luca Wu and Reverse Context Two artists, two different styles in a unique exciting rock show. A kaleidoscopic concert that combines a pop/rock taste with experimental/electronic sound, lighting and video for an experience that will surprise you! Date: 17-22, 24-29 August Venue: theSpace @ Symposium Hall More Comedy LIVE IN THE STAFF ROOM (SEX, FAIRY TALES, SERIAL KILLERS AND OTHER STUFF) Giada Garofalo / Free Festival Giada comes back to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of fun, dark material, from sex to fairy tales. ‘Warm, funny, confident and out there’ (Kate Copstick). Date: 6-17, 19-29 August Venue: Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters More LUCA CUPANI: STILL FALLING Luca Cupani London-based Italian comedian. Hilariously crafted material with plenty of witty improvisation and bizarre observational humour. ‘We have discovered brand new comedy talent in Luca Cupani’ (Copstick, Scotsman). ‘Most definitely one to look out for’ (BroadwayBaby.com). www.pay-what-you-want.info Date: 6-11, 13-25, 27-31 August, Venue: Heroes @ Bob's BlundaBus More IL PUMA VA A EDIMBURGO Il Puma Londinese / Heroes (PWYW) The only bi-lingual, half Italiano, half Inglese, all funny Fringe show! Longest running gig of its kind. Amazing experience, whatever language you speak! Two nights only! Different hilarious guests each night. ‘Very funny’ (Scotsman). Pay-What-You-Want.info Date: 13, 20 August Venue: Heroes @ The Hive More NOT DISABLED... ENOUGH! Romina Puma / Laughing Horse Free Festival Romina Puma is a work in progress disabled. She has muscular dystrophy. Having a progressive disease means she has to work out how to deal with changes throughout her life, but she always finds a funny way. Date: 6-17, 19-30 August Venue: Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters More Cabaret and Variety MAD WOMEN IN MY ATTIC! Monica Salvi Join a woman and her multiple personalities on a journey through the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet the mad women of musical theatre and celebrate your own gift of insanity! Date: 7, 8, 10-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28-29, 31 August Venue: Just Festival More Events at the Italian Cultural Institute STRADA CIRCOLARE Anna Carfora Strada Circolare illustrates a moment of passage in the lives of two women, a girl and an old woman. Their relationship is essential as each of them projects on the other memories, dreams, hope. At the end of the way they find the end of life and a new beginning. Date: 7-21 August Venue: Italian Cultural Institute More STORIE DI AVATAR E ALTRI DÈI Gruppo del Cerchio (GdC) Illustrated book by Carola Benedetto, Indologist and director, about the most fascinating Hindu myths, with pictures by Hindu sisters. Reading by Susanna Paisio. Date: 22 August Venue: Italian Cultural Institute More THE TALE OF GANESH Gruppo del Cerchio (GdC) Show/workshop for 5 to 10-year kids, about the incredible birth and re-birth of Ganesh, the elephant-headed god. Date: 23 August Venue: Italian Cultural Institute More Italian InteRest A DIVINE COMEDY Mike Maran Productions An almost unabridged journey through Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso in search of Beatrice. Will Mike Maran’s adaptation be as blasphemously offensive as Dante’s sublime poem? Will Mike get Dante’s girl? A mad flight of mesmerising medieval stand-up. Date: 10- 30 August Venue: Valvona & Crolla More CRACKED TILES Lorenzo Novani Saturated with vivid memories, it conceals family secrets and stokes inner demons. A young man sits alone in the back shop of his family chippy. Join this lonely soul as he wrestles with manhood, madness and family. Date: 11-15, 18-20, 24-31 August Venue: Spotlites More Italian Cultural Institute Edinburgh 82 Nicolson Street Edinburgh EH8 9EW Scotland, UK (+44) (0)131 668 2232 [email protected] .