Greenside 2018 greensidevenue.co.uk HOW TO WELCOME TO BOOK GREENSIDE During August the easiest way to book with Greenside is to take a wander down to any of our venues and book from 2018 our wonderful Green Box Offices! Our friendly box office team are on hand to assist you. It’s important to stress that In 2018 we’re thrilled to present to focussed as we can so you’ll notice that Greenside does not take telephone you almost 170 wonderful shows from all our print products are recyclable, bookings, however if you want to book around the world. You’ll be spoilt for we’ve overhauled our bar products and one of our wonderful shows remotely choice; as one in every ten theatre recycling procedures to recycle every you can do so in one of three easy ways; shows happening at Edfringe this single product we can. We’ve got some August is happening right here at snazzy reusable Greenside coffee mugs - Online at edfringe.com Greenside. We have got three times for you to purchase and offer 50p off the Fringe average of dance and every cup of coffee when you bring - By calling 0131 226 000 physical work as well as over four your own cup. We want to put the green - Downloading the Fringe App times the Fringe average of musical into Greenside and we need your help theatre. However like all good Fringe as well! Please use our recycle bins As we are a collection point, all programmes we have much more provided and do your part by reusing as purchases via the Fringe are available than that…come and take a look at our much as you can! at any one of our box offices for biggest ever programme of work. In fact immediate collection. the programme you have in front of you Accessibility and inclusivity across our represents the fifth largest at the Fringe! venues is a key focus for us in 2018. As If you want generic information about we all know Edinburgh is a temporary our venues, directions or a moan about As well as over 170 wonderful shows festival and our lovely venues are only the weather please call our Central for your perusal we thought we’d also used as theatre spaces for three weeks Information Centre on 0131 557 21214. share with you some of our key areas a year - that presents us with some 3 of focus for 2018. Last year the Fringe unique challenges but it won’t slow reached the grand age of 70 moving us down! Head to our website and our into the next decade of the Fringe. At dedicated accessibility information so Greenside we wanted this year to look you can read more about how we aim at how we can make the audience to be as accessible as we can to ensure experience better and also how we can our programme of work can reach as be better for the planet. We’re making many people as possible. a commitment to be as environmentally

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Find us...... 4 icolson Square is set moments away from the bright lights and Fringe madness of Bristo Square, moments from the Festival theatre and Accesibility and inclusivity...... 5 N less than a five minute stroll to the Royal Mile. New for 2018, we have Greenside at Nicolson Square...... 7 a brand new studio at Nicolson Square meaning the programme in 2018 has exploded to over sixty shows. Whilst at Nicolson Square take some time out to Greenside at Infirmary Street...... 24 relax and unwind in the beautiful settings of the Well Cafe or enjoy the sun (by no means guaranteed) in our courtyard and watch the world go by. Greenside at Royal Terrace...... 47

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12+ 12+ Music Theatre Theatre 1984 An Evening with Emerald Theatre | Close Up Theatre A Dog’s Tail A Show About Shows Michael Bubbles War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is Musicals and Opera (No Champagne Included) Lime Studio | Scruffy Penguin strength. Close Up Theatre (sell-out 2004-2017) About Show Biz Lime Studio | Kingdom Theatre Company presents Orwell’s hauntingly prescient classic, Two walks a day, food, water and love is enough Emerald Theatre | Show Choir where every thought is recorded, monitored and Fresh from 2017’s sell-out hit, Michael Bublé for dogs, but what about their owners? It’s a restricted: where Big Brother is always watching. tribute Michael Bubbles invites you to “pop” along complex world in the park and only the dogs can From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always to his show No Champagne Included. Sit back, Aug 20 - 25 | 11:45 (1 h 30 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£30.00) make sense of it all. Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of Musical Theatre! smile and sing along with toe-tapping audience Aug 13 - 18 | 10:20 (50 m) | £8.00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00) Come and Meet Those Dancing Feet, because participation. www.KingdomTheatreCompany.com There’s No Business Like Show Business! Aug 3 - 5 | 18:30 (55 m) | £10.00 (F:£36.00) Aug 20 - 25 | 15:00 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£18.00) Aug 6 - 9 | 18:30 (55 m) | £11.00 (£9.00) (F:£36.00)

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12+ Theatre A Collection of Comedy Grimm’s Fairy Tales, An Abundance of Tims Too Fern Studio | Tim Chapman Anchor Lime Studio | Transforum Theatre A Kinder, Gentler Quite simply: it’s all about Tim. Tim recently Lime Studio | Collaboration between Cie Come find yourself in the woods again among Comedy became the hero of a small rural town. Divisar and Woman’s Move shadow puppets, masks and magic in A There was only one problem – it was Collection of ’s Fairy Tales, Too. Created and Fern Studio | No Sex, No Swearing, No completely by accident. One man. Two In a light and playful form, the duet Anchor performed by the women of Transforum Theatre. Mocking the Audience, No Brexit audio speakers. An Abundance of Tims. depicts the dilemma between love and desire.

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus Can we want what we already have, can we love Aug 20 - 25 Aug 3 - 11 | 21:00 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) | 10:20 (50 m) | £8.00 (£7.00) (F:£20.00) Is it weird to buy a house where someone has what we are addicted to? just been murdered? Also Buck O’Neil and some Aug 3 - 4 | 11:30 (50 m) | £7.00 Rush lyrics. Parents dying and pacifist politics. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes and me. Aug 6 - 11 | 11:30 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£32.00) Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 12:45 (1 h) | £6.00 (£4.00) (F:£16.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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12+ 16+ Theatre Comedy Theatre Theatre And Another Thing! Brothers in Arms Emerald Theatre | Blackburn Creative Arts An Improvised Show Bad Shakespeare Body Shop Fern Studio | UoN Improv Society Lime Studio Fern Studio | UCL Runaround Brothers in Arms tells the story of WWI through the inspiring true story of two soldiers, Noel and Theatre OCU and Fringe University What’s the thing you’ve always wished you told Christopher Chavasse. Their lives are an inspiring The game is simple: players must take turns to somebody? Never seen before, never to be seen tale of courage, service, sacrifice and faith lived Nature versus nurture? Are villains born or bred? collect body parts and build a woman. Through again, watch as your regret is transformed into a out under fire. monologues fleshed out with spoken word and fantastically funny improvised play. Different every Can they ever find true redemption? Theater physical theatre, this play travels from head to toe Aug 6 - 11 | 18:30 (50 m) | Free night! HHHH (ThreeWeeks). OCU explores Shakespeare’s most villainous characters – Macbeth, Iago, Aaron, Tamora and exploring young British womanhood. Aug 3 - 5 | 22:10 (50 m) | £5.00 Lady Macbeth – and asks the question: what is Aug 13 - 18 | 21:00 (50 m) | £9.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) bad Shakespeare? Aug 6 - 9, 13 - 16 | 22:10 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) Aug 6 - 11 | 13:45 (1 h) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 10, 11, 17, 18 | 22:10 (50 m) | £9.00 (£7.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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3+ Music 12+ Care Not, Fear Naught Lime Studio Bon the Musical Temporarily Misplaced Productions Musicals and Opera Comedy Emerald Theatre Andy Gunn Presents: Kingdom Theatre Company Care Not, Fear Naught tells the true story of Irish woman Anne Bonny who finds freedom in the strangest of places: dressed as a man aboard a From T-Bone to Born in Scotland, Bon Scott joined AC/DC Bob’s Not My Uncle Caribbean pirate ship in the 18th century. Trucks and became a rock icon. Starring ex-Nazareth vocalist Linton Osborne as Bon, we recall the Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 22:00 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) Lime Studio | Andy Gunn featuring seven- and Other Devastating trials and the triumphs with new and classic piece blues band Truths songs from this award-winning company. www. Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) KingdomTheatreCompany.com Scottish guitar virtuoso Andy Gunn takes you on Emerald Theatre | Mark Ritchie Aug 3 - 5 | 20:45 (55 m) | £10.00 a journey through the decades, showcasing the most loved and respected exponents of the blues Mark Ritchie, fresh from tours in Australia and with his seven-piece band. ‘An exceptionally fine America, returns with a hilarious storytelling show Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 20:45 (55 m) | £12.00 guitarist’ (UNCUT). that covers the big themes of life... uncles, God (£10.00) (F:£40.00) and of course beetroot. Aug 20 - 25 | 17:20 (50 m) | £12.50 Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 13 - 17 | 22:00 (55 m) | £5.00 (£3.50) (F:£16.00)

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0+ 16+ Theatre Theatre Theatre Cepacia – Love Takes Extro-Terrestrial His Breath Away Shows Children’s Dick Whittington – Lime Studio Creating Rumours Shenanigans Theatre Company Emerald Theatre | Lime Studio | Strickland Productions The Panto Shadow Dreams and Durham School Torn from their secluded lives, five introverts Emerald Theatre | WDG face experimentation, extroverted aliens Creating Rumours recounts the lives of Fleetwood Alex and Jen have cystic fibrosis; his breathing and, worst of all, each other. A comedy Mac during the recording of their most notorious Is that a panto I see on the Fringe? is a painful act, but he’s determined to make her sci-fi exploring awkwardness, heroism and album, Rumours. Following the band and their Oh yes it is! Join Dick Whittington, his birthday special. The irony of having his breath human interaction. Part of the University producer Ken, this unofficial work focuses on their cat and a host of colourful characters taken away by love isn’t lost. of Worcester MTheatre Season. battle to work together and make music history. on a fun-filled family adventure. Aug 13 - 18 | 19:40 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£32.00) Aug 4 | 15:00 (50 m) | £5.00 Aug 3 | 16:10 (50 m) | £8.00 (F:£24.00) Aug 6 - 11 | 11:30 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£28.00)

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12+ Chamberlain... Theatre Theatre Peace in Our Time Theatre Emerald Theatre Searchlight Theatre Company Cry for the Moon Falkland – The War the Lime Studio Returns for five performances following a World Forgot Amanuensis Theatre Company Doors Opening sell-out last year. ‘Absolutely phenomenal and Emerald Theatre worthy of four stars’ (BroadwayBaby.com, 2017). Abbey Road Studios, 1975. Roger is trying Lime Studio | Keele Drama Society Tasty Monster Productions Chamberlain in the run-up to his declaration of and failing to complete the last headline track war. Includes popular songs of WWII. for his new album. A visit from his long-lost, Six strangers get stuck in a lift... What happens The extraordinary story of the ordinary people Aug 9 - 11, 17 - 18 | 17:20 (55 m) | £11.00 (£9.00) unrecognisable childhood friend Syd forces Roger next? Doors Opening is an imaginative piece of of a tiny island at the bottom of the world and (F:£32.00) to confront his forgotten past. new theatre that explores both the existential and the war that changed their lives and landscape mundane aspects of our world. forever. Inspired by real events. Aug 3 - 5 | 19:40 (50 m) | £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 13 - 18 | 11:30 (45 m) | £9.00 Aug 13 - 16, 20 - 23 | 13:50 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£28.00) Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 19:40 (50 m) | £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 17, 18, 24, 25 | 13:50 (55 m) | £12.00 (£10.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) (F:£32.00)

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14+ Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre In Pursuit of Kill the Boy Hotel Andromeda Lime Studio | Byteback Theatre Lime Studio | Broadsword Theatre Jasper Red: Press Play Lime Studio | The Apex Fern Studio | Natalie Walmsley It starts like this... He’s not going out, he Welcome to the Hotel, a magnificent isn’t feeling up to it. It ends like this... Six Scilly Isles, shortly after WWI. When a fisherman dead, three hurt, one boy lost forever. An establishment offering luxury beyond fantasy. Jasper Red invites you to an energy- rescues a mysterious girl on the morning water, explosive new play which explores mental Enjoy your stay, but beware: some things are too healing session. Time to explore your an unbreakable bond forms between them. health, vulnerability and extremism. good to be true. Hotel is an exciting new play chakras! A show blending drag, dark exploring human nature through intricate drama However, a sense of unease slowly emerges comedy, crystals – and Britney. Aug 6 - 9 | 12:45 (45 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) and dark comedy. when local people start to go missing... Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 17:25 (1 h) | £6.50 (£4.00) Aug 20 - 25 | 19:35 (1 h) | £8.00 Aug 3 - 5 | 20:45 (1 h) | £5.00 Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) (F:£12.00)

Aug 8, 13 - 15, 20 - 22 | 20:45 (1 h) | £9.00 (£7.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) (F:£24.00)

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8+ Me, Myself and AI How My Light Is Spent Lime Studio Fern Studio | Aaron Kilercioglu Shenanigans Theatre Company

Every Wednesday evening, Jimmy calls Kitty. Kitty Delve into the dark world of misguided tech trust isn’t a psychologist yet, but she thinks she knows Kelty Clippie the with a kaleidoscopic investigation of data, desire Musicals and Opera Musicals the reason for Jimmy’s slow disappearance and and desperation. Could you love something that offers him advice for £1.20/minute that will change IRL Musical doesn’t exist? Part of the University of Worcester his life forever. Lime Studio | Kingdom Theatre Company MTheatre Season. Emerald Theatre Aug 3 - 5 | 19:45 (1 h) | £4.00 (£3.00) (F:£12.00) Aug 5 (50 m) | Yonder Contemporary Dance Company | 15:00 £5.00 Based on the popular folk song, follow the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife. Lots of Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 19:45 (1 h) | £10.00 (£7.00) (F:£28.00) A thought-provoking performance about Aug 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25| 15:00 (50 m) | £7.00 laughs and original Willie Logan songs from this navigating life in this increasingly intrusive and (£5.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) award-winning company in their sixth year at the

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus connected world. Don’t forget to bring your Fringe. www.KingdomTheatreCompany.com Aug 7 (2-4-1 Date) phone. You’re going to need it. Aug 10 | 18:30 (55 m) | £10.00 (£9.00) (F:£36.00) Aug 4 - 5 | 15:05 (50 m) | £5.00

Aug 11, 13 -18, 20 - 25 | 18:30 (55 m) | £11.00 (£9.00) Aug 6 - 10 | 15:05 (50 m) | £10.00 (£7.00) (F:£20.00) (F:£36.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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12+ 16+ Theatre Theatre Theatre Medea Orestes Lime Studio | Minerva Fern Studio | Wacky Goats No Sanction One Musical to Rule The all-female Minerva company bring Musicals and Opera A new comedic adaptation of a Greek tragedy. Fern Studio | MY COMPLEX physical storytelling to their adaptation Them All Orestes and Electra killed their own mother. of Medea. Challenging assumptions of Emerald Theatre | Broadsword Theatre Citizens want them sentenced to death. How will the unconditional mother-child bond, Reflecting myself in the mirror. The person they survive this situation? Their only lifeline is a Medea’s motivation to punish her husband’s in front of me is nobody. Maybe somebody smartphone and... you! After a sell-out run in 2016, One Musical to Rule infidelity bears an unsettling resemblance to you. From two tiny holes, what can you Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite Aug 3 - 4 | 10:30 (45 m) | £7.00 (£6.00) to recent research on maternal filicide. see? In this corner of the world, I’m waiting for sanction. New Japanese writing. trilogy about magical jewellery. Join us for a Aug 23 - 25 | 13:50 (50 m) | £7.00 (£6.00) hilarious musical comedy guaranteed to please Aug 6 - 11 | 10:30 (45 m) | £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 3 - 4 | 11:40 (50 m) | £4.00 (£3.00) (F:£12.00) fans and newcomers. Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 3 - 11 | 19:35 (1 h) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£32.00) Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 11:40 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00)

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14+ 8+ Music Mess Theatre Musicals and Opera Musicals Lime Studio | Roar Toast Productions Pirates Revisited Musicals and Opera Musicals Rachel’s life is a Mess and Adam has his together O, FFS One Woman, One Emerald Theatre – or does he? Through a cathartic explosion Opera North Youth Company Fern Studio | Ytho? of original music, dancing, laughter and tears, Cello and 500 Years of Mess explores the importance of friendship and This adaptation of the popular and much-loved Poking fun at the stale reality of office life, this opening up in our ‘age of loneliness’. Music Pirates of Penzance starts in an attic. Among self aware, tongue-in-cheek comedy follows all the boxes, children find a book which will Aug 3 - 5 | 17:15 (55 m) | £5.00 (£3.50) Fern Studio | Johanna Stein five polarising workers always teetering on the transport them to a world of piracy, full of intrigue, balance between discipline and despicable. misunderstanding and comedy. Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 (55 m) | (£7.00) One Woman, One Cello and 500 Years of Music | 17:15 £9.00 Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 (50 m) (£6.50) | 18:40 | £8.50 – from madrigal to Spanish fire, from Mongolian Aug 7 - 8 | 12:45 (40 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£24.00) to Celtic melodies. An exhilarating journey full of Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) passion, energy and intense atmosphere. Aug 7 (2-4-1 Date)

Aug 20 - 25 | 15:10 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00)

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Puffin Island and Opera Musicals Fern Studio | Across the Pond Productions Emerald Theatre | Stage 84 - The Yorkshire Pyg School of Performing Arts A true story, Puffin Island follows Cara and Paul, She Rose who meet in Edinburgh for a date that turns into Lime Studio | FramBag Lime Studio | AD1 Youth Dance Company Based on the hit 1992 film, Sister Act is a days of adventuring. They part as Cara travels sparkling, feel-amazing show featuring fabulous on, but a devastating event brings them back Pyg is a twist on George Bernard Shaw’s AD1 Youth Dance Company presents an original disco and gospel music by Alan Menken. This together. #MeToo Pygmalion. Cross-dressed cast explore Shaw’s contemporary dance work She Rose. She truly moving musical comedy is performed by a explosive use of language and the impact of dreamed, she fell, she crashed, she broke, she huge cast of talented young people. Aug 3 - 5 | 15:05 (55 m) | £5.00 (£3.00) (F:£12.00) dress on gender.

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus cried, she hurt, she surrendered, she inhaled and Aug 21 - 25 | 17:25 (1 h 55 m) | £12.50 (£10.00) (F:£42.00) Aug 13 - 18 | 12:40 (50 m) | £8.00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00) then... She Rose again. Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 15:05 (55 m) | £9.00 (£7.00) (F:£24.00) Aug 6 - 8 | 10:40 (25 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) (F:£16.00)

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12+ 12+ Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Punk Rock Son of Jim Lime Studio | Arts One Drama Company See Rock City and Side Effects Fern Studio | Guessworks Theatre A company of high school and sixth form students from Sutton, Surrey, present the ferociously Other Destinations Fern Studio | Threesome Theatre Ever wonder who your parents were before you entertaining Punk Rock by Simon Stephens. A came along and ruined everything? A true story jaw-dropping interpretation of the well-known Emerald Theatre | Ragnarok Productions Delve into the harsh reality of mental health to try of found family treasure about a boy and his dad. play by a group of talented youngsters! and uncover the truth about prescription drugs Featuring amateur gymnastics, potatoes and not With a book full of humor and humanity, and and follow the story of a lost and lonely boy trying growing up. Aug 6 - 8 | 09:20 (1 h) | £7.00 (£5.00) (F:£16.00) a score that incorporates pop, rock, folk and to chase away his demons. Aug 3 - 5 more, See Rock City creates a vivid travelogue of | 16:20 (55 m) | £6.00 (£4.00) (F:£16.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 14 - 18 | 14:10 (40 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) relationships and overcoming fear. Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 16:20 (55 m) | £10.00 Aug 4, 6 - 10 | 10:10 (1 h) | £7.50 (£6.00) (F:£24.00) (£8.00) (F:£32.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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Spotlights Show Shows Children’s The Jungle Book Musicals and Opera The Addams Family Emerald Theatre | Chichester College Choir: A Night Strangers: Pairs Musicals and Opera Emerald Theatre at the Musicals Lime Studio | Strickland Productions Join Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera in the depths Lochgelly Youth Performing Arts of the Indian Jungle for an imaginative adventure, Emerald Theatre | Spotlights Show Choir with a family-friendly adaptation of Rudyard Survivors on a desert island, siblings in their In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Kipling’s classic story. Physical, visual and mother’s attic, magicians preparing a new After last year’s sold-out, five-star run, Exeter Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to hilariously funny. University’s Spotlights Show Choir are back at show. These pairs tell three stories interwoven feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of Aug 13 - 18 the Fringe with another set of musical hits – full of with magic and illusion, creating an audience their dreams. | 18:30 (50 m) | £8.50 (£6.50) (F:£24.00) fun, spectacle and pizzazz! experience like no other. Aug 13 - 18 | 10:20 (2 h 0 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 4 Aug 20 - 25 | 19:40 (50 m) | £7.00 (£6.00) | 16:10 (50 m) | £8.00 (F:£24.00)

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The House of Edgar Strangers: and Opera Musicals Cabaret and Variety and Cabaret Emerald Theatre | Argosy Arts Co The Odyssey of Homer Mindreader Emerald Theatre | Ragnarok Productions Edgar Allan Poe is dead. As a rival seizes his Lime Studio | Strickland Productions estate, echoes of the past emerge. Critically Sushi Tap Show A new adaptation of Homer’s classic presented acclaimed musical based on the life and works of There is a man who reads minds and predicts the in iambic pentameter using physical theatre Emerald Theatre | Tokyo Tap Do! Poe. ‘Gothic masterpiece’ HHHHH (FringeGuru. future. How he does this remains a mystery. His and shadowplay. A predominantly female cast com). ‘Enormously impressive’ HHHH explanation is bizarre, but is it all lies and trickery? highlights the story’s themes of the toxicity The sell-out comedy tap-dance hit is back (Scotsman). Or is it stranger than you could possibly imagine? at the Fringe! Awfully addictive eccentric of violence and the generational impact of Aug 3 - 4 | 22:00 (55 m) | £7.50 masculine warrior cultures. Aug 5 | 16:10 (50 m) | £8.00 (F:£24.00) performances combine tap, circus and comedy

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus for an unforgettable toe-tapping experience you Aug 4, 6 - 10 | 09:00 (1 h 5 m) | £6.00 (£4.50) (F:£20.00) have never seen before. ‘What a find’HHHH Aug 5, 8, 9, 20 - 23 | 22:00 (55 m) | £10.50 (£9.00) Aug 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25 | 16:10 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (Scotsman). Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) (F:£24.00) Aug 6, 7, 10, 11, 24, 25 | 22:00 (55 m) | £12.00 (£10.00) Aug 3 | 16:10 (50 m) | £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 13 - 16 | 23:10 (55 m) | £9.00 (£8.00)

Aug 17, 18 | 23:10 (55 m) | £10.50 (£9.00) Aug 4 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 16:10 (50 m) | £15.00 (£13.00)

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14+ 12+ Theatre Theatre Theatre The WWI Wardrobe The Only One in the Project Your Alice Fern Studio | Immersive Response World Emerald Theatre | Ophelia Theatre Group and Pink House Productions Fern Studio | Byteback Theatre Want to experience doing your bit? Step into WWI to meet and hear from our representatives of the war effort. A lucky few will be helped to dress-up On the Golden Afternoon, Charles Dodgson Meet Liv – clever, funny, confident, until her in costume and receive a photographic memento. (aka Lewis Carroll) tells Alice’s favorite story for world is turned upside down. Follow one girl’s the last time. Your Alice weaves us in and out of journey into a world of grooming and abuse, told Aug 3, 4 | 12:50 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£24.00) Wonderland and through his tortured relationship beautifully through storytelling and spoken word with the inspiration behind Alice in Wonderland. with heartbreaking consequences. Aug 6 - 11 | 12:50 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£28.00) Aug 3 - 4 | 13:50 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 6 - 9 | 14:00 (45 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 13 - 18 | 10:30 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£28.00) Aug 6 - 11 Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 20 - 25 | 11:40 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£28.00) | 13:50 (50 m) | £9.00 (£7.00) Aug 13 - 18 | 15:00 (50 m) | £9.00 (£7.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 20 - 25 | 10:20 (50 m) | £9.00 (£7.00)

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5+ Spoken Word Spoken Woodbine Willie: Poet The Rise of Donald in and Padre 40 Downfalls Emerald Theatre Fern Studio | Ash Caton Searchlight Theatre Company You’re a Good Man Musicals and Opera Musicals When Elvis trumped out, Donald was watching. A play of overwhelming sincerity and honesty Charlie Brown As Weinstein was taken down, Donald was taking and a moving tribute to an incredible and unique Emerald Theatre | Platform YP notes. Join official White House bard Ash Caton First World War chaplain. HHHH (BroadwayBaby. as he performs heroic poems from The Donaldiad. com, 2014). Poignant drama interspersed with war Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the songs and emotive poetry. Must see. Aug 21 - 25 | 20:00 (40 m) | £4.00 (£2.00) (F:£8.00) Peanuts gang navigate the joys and pitfalls of Aug 3 - 5 | 17:20 (55 m) | £5.50 (£4.50) (F:£16.00) childhood. Humorous, full of fun and fabulous musical numbers. Aug 6 - 8, 13 - 16 | 17:20 (55 m) | £11.00 (£9.00) (F:£32.00) Aug 13 - 18 | 12:35 (50 m) | £8.00 (£5.00) (F:£22.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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VENUE 236 Theatre ...and Peggy Musicals and Opera Forest Theatre Napier University Drama Society 147Hz Can’t Pass Ivy Studio | Activising for Change Napier University Drama Society returns to the stage with their musical spin-off of Hamilton: ...and Let the people tell their own truths. An Peggy. Whether you’ve never heard of Hamilton introduction through person, not definition, reenside’s hub with four performance spaces, an indoor bar, cafe and or learnt the whole soundtrack, do not throw to trans non-binary experience, seeking no away your shot to see this musical. courtyard area all smack bang in the centre of Edinburgh - what more permission and offering no apology. Reclaiming Aug 3 - 4 | 18:25 (55 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) the role of storyteller for those the story is about. could you want?! Way back when Greenside at Infirmary Street was G Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 12:35 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) an old Victorian School building, before that the site was Edinburgh’s first ever Aug 5 - 11, 13 - 18 | 18:25 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£28.00) hospital or Royal Infirmary hence the name! History lesson for the day done! Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Bringing you back to the present day you will find 87 shows at Infirmary Street running through the Fringe.

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12+ Theatre 35mm Musicals and Opera Forest Theatre <3_Error 404_<3 Edinburgh Fringe Graduate Company Olive Studio | Be Productions A picture is worth 1,000 words – what about a song? This musical will leave you questioning A like, a swipe, a retweet. Online dating, family what a picture really is and how it can be so much video calls, selfies. Technology plays a significant more than a still image. Don’t lose focus! role in our lives. Emotive and humorous tales of relationships made, shaped and broken through Aug 7 - 11 | 13:45 (1 h) | £8.00 (£6.50) (F:£24.00) the power of social media. Aug 7 (2-4-1 Date) Aug 13 - 18 | 19:50 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00)

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613 Seeds Theatre Ivy Studio An Act Of Zoë Sapienza and Philip Lindsey All That Remains Ivy Studio | The Toasted Peacocks An original piece exploring the words we Alice in Wonderland – You’d usually begin with the start, but here the Musicals and Opera Olive Studio | Molodyi Teatr London let fly, stop signs, and those we meet at end explodes first. At the end there is always a The Musical party: some good, some not so much. This being the crossroads. Textured and amplified A moving reflection on loss and memory based the latter. There will be confetti. by Chicago voices, 613 Seeds rejects the Forest Theatre on true stories from the ongoing war in Ukraine. premise that you need to know the answer. California Musical Theater Ensemble The show uses documentary theatre, music Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 13:45 (50 m) | £10.00 (£7.00) Aug 6 - 10 | 20:45 (50 m) | £5.00 (£3.00) and storytelling to explore what remains when With recent workshops around the world, this someone dies in armed conflict. Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) delightful new musical by California composer Aug 21 - 25 | 14:00 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) Tim Nelson is at the Fringe! Alice’s magical, musical journey with a Broadway flair – fun for the whole family!

Aug 14, 15, 17, 18 | 12:40 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) 14+

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Achilles’ Heel: TLC Dark, fast-paced comedy exploring morality Forest Theatre | Achilles’ Heel and mortality. After a failed suicide attempt, two All Hail the Rat King! strangers find common ground (despite their non- Cressida woke without Troilus, and leaned into All the Dumb Things stop bickering) over a ridiculously competitive the looking glass. Boils on her body, numb to Olive Studio | The Skits Sketch Comedy Cabaret and Variety game of Scrabble. But triple word scores can only touch: ‘what you get for sleeping around...’ Olive Studio do so much... Generation Z redefines the old story ad infinitum. The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch Amanda Jane Pritchard with Wally Howlett Aug 4 - 5 | 15:10 (45 m) | £4.50 (£3.50) ‘Terrific show... compelling’ (Patrick Marber, 2017). comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes. Our brand of Melbourne’s ultimate bad feminist will grab you Aug 6 - 11 | 16:10 (50 m) | £8.00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00) humor is slightly absurdist, occasionally dark and by the balls and politely take your hand on this Aug 6 - 11 | 15:10 (45 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) always funny. off-beat excursion of raunchy tales and familiar Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) tunes. ‘Hilarious, revealing, absurd, touching and Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 13 - 18 | 21:00 (50 m) | £6.00 sometimes just goofy’ (Beat.com.au).

Aug 20 - 25 | 19:45 (1 h) | £10.00 (£8.50)

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16+ 16+ Theatre Theatre Birth Control Broken Romantics: A Cabaret and Variety Mint Studio | Beacon Productions Unicorn’s Quest for Cabaret Body Shop Musicals and Opera An intensely dramatic short play inspired by Mint Studio | UCL Runaround Love Forest Theatre authors such as Sarah Kane and Martin Crimp, California Musical Theater Ensemble our script is an original attempt at an absurdist Forest Theatre | Emma Dean horror story. With themes such as rape and The game is simple: players must take turns to Back by popular demand! Cabaret is full psychological torture, aiming to shock. collect body parts and build a woman. Through A thrilling cabaret about heartbreak, healing and monologues fleshed out with spoken word and unleashing your inner unicorn. Featuring sublime of decadence and delight, music and Aug 20 - 25 | 16:10 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) physical theatre, this play travels from head to toe original music, an array of wicked covers, soaring merriment. With powerful, suggestive, exploring young British womanhood. vocals, captivating storytelling and divine dance! hard-biting themes, see California’s rising ‘100% addictive’ (New York Post). talent at their hottest! Winner – Best Aug 20 - 25 | 20:50 (50 m) | £9.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) Overseas Production (Derrick Awards). Aug 3 - 5 | 19:35 (1 h) | £6.00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 13 - 18 | 21:10 (1 h 30 m) | £11.00 (£9.00) (F:£28.00)

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Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, Theatre Clara Saves America introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther Born on a Monday relive the story of how they met. ‘Funny, Ivy Studio | Clara Bijl playful and affecting’ (New York Times). Olive Studio | Outside Chance

Aug 3, 5 | 13:50 (50 m) | £5.00 Bummer and Lazarus In her show, internationally unknown French Saturday’s a great day to die. Based on the Olive Studio | Big Egg Theatre stand-up comedian, Clara Bijl, talks about being classic Solomon Grundy nursery rhyme, born on French in America, NYC, leaving notes on Aug 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 | 13:50 (50 m) | £8.50 (£6.00) a Monday is a grimly humorous look at life, death, An absurd comedy blending slapstick, nonsense people’s cars, the hardship of raising cats, and and all the days in-between. Aug 7 (2-4-1 Date) and existentialism. The tale of two inseparable about how she single-handedly saves America. Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 12:50 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) friends and renowned killers. They are looking for Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18 | 23:00 (1 h) | £8.00 (F:£20.00) truth, happiness and an escape. They are trapped and starving. Also, they are both dogs.

Aug 3 - 5 | 14:00 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00)

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12+ 8+ Theatre Theatre Dance Japan Elvish Dance Forest Theatre | Yoshitaka Suzuki Mint Studio DNA Amazed Dance Mikolaj Zabrocki A new expression of Japan through dance, Drowning Our Babies Forest Theatre | LES Siege of Herons inspired by the painting Akita no Gyoji Ivy Studio | University Centre Weston Follow the elvish dancer into the enchanted forest by Tsuguharu Foujita. Yoshitaka blends and get lost in the moment, admiring his strange Some teenagers do something bad, really bad, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus Japanese tradition with the fast and Dance Physical Theatre and Circus and subtle art. Join an evening of encounters and then panic and cover the whole thing up. But On the bloodied knuckle and tender belly of furious footwork of improvised UK jazz surprises: familiar fantasy motifs and guest artists. when they find that the cover-up unites them contemporary theatre, this showcase of original dance to create a new masterpiece. and brings harmony to their once fractious lives, work introduces emerging theatre companies Aug 3 - 5 | 19:45 (45 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) (F:£18.00) Aug 21 - 25 | 12:40 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) where’s the incentive to put things right? from one of the country’s leading contemporary theatre-making programmes at University Centre Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 Aug 6 - 11 | 12:35 (1 h) | £7.50 (£5.00) (F:£16.00) | 19:45 (45 m) | £10.00 (£7.00) Weston. Provocative, fresh and hilarious. (F:£26.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 14:55 (50 m) | £10.00 (£7.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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Mint Studio Theatre Nikki Muller and Jason Rosario Doctor Whosical A sexier, more violent Waiting for Godot, this Expendable Chapters post-apocalyptic decreation myth uses language Forest Theatre | TwoBox Productions and partner balances to explore the struggles of Drunk! Ivy Studio | Frair Theatre Group Fringe sell-out company. Join the Doctor and his communication from the perspectives of XX and Mint Studio companions for a musical adventure in space! Drawing on literature, found objects XY. Hollywood Fringe 2017 winner: Best in Dance/ Late Night Straggler Record LTD Physical Theatre. After the TARDIS crashes, the Doctor must save and quiet afternoons in a living room in the universe from his greatest enemy! Expect Athens, four performers engage with the Aug 3 - 5 Three men meet in a bar for the 100th time and | 11:25 (1 h) | £6.00 (£4.00) camp musical numbers and drag queens galore! unbearable thought of being finite and the one for the first – and the last. inconceivable notion of the infinite. Aug 4, 6, 8, 10 | 23:05 (1 h) | £12.50 (£10.50) (F:£26.00) Aug 8, 9, 13 - 16, 20 - 23 | 11:25 (1 h) | £8.00 (£6.00) Aug 20 - 25 | 22:00 (40 m) | £6.00 Aug 13 - 18 | 16:00 (40 m) | £8.00 (£7.00) (F:£20.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 6 (2-4-1 Date) Aug 6, 7, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 | 11:25 (1 h) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£28.00)

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Theatre 14+ Theatre Theatre Theatre Fear Itself Hug the Bunny Mint Studio | Danse Macabre Productions Hello Georgie, Mint Studio | PitsnClits Theatre Company Want to rid your life of fear? Then let Dr Honey’s Happening Rage, nymphomania, ecstasy and numbness. Greenwood free you from the ghosts of Goodbye Best Ivy Studio | Fiona Coffey When the ghost of hysterias past comes your past. She promises there’s nothing Mint Studio | Cheese at Fourpence knocking at Nina’s door, how will she reconcile to be afraid of... New horror from Les It’s 1968! Join Honey Childs for cheese and the different parts of her personality? Enfants Terribles award 2018 nominees. Footballing legend George Best goes missing on pineapple, retro games, and her quest for world New writing exploring the madness and restrictions of modern day society. Aug 3 - 5 | 20:50 (50 m) | £6.00 (£5.00) the eve of a crucial Manchester United match. He peace. Decide whether you’re Hip, Square or Way seeks sanctuary at the London flat of Irish actress Out There! Heartwarming hilarity from creator of Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18 | 16:05 (1 h) | £10.00 (£7.50) (F:£30.00) Sinead Cusack, who also has reasons to hide 2017 hit, A Touch of Mrs Robinson. Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 20:50 (50 m) | £9.00 (£7.00) from the press... Aug 6 (2-4-1 Date) Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 17:15 (55 m) | £11.00 (£9.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 15:00 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£36.00)

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Harry Poppers and the Theatre Deathly Swallows How to Swim in I Am Not Your Woman Forest Theatre | TwoBox Productions High School English Hollywood Mint Studio | The Moonlighters Collective Mint Studio | The Bathtub Heroine Danger! Magic! Camp musical numbers! Double Ivy Studio | Car Crash Productions Inspired by real stories and #metoo, this poignant, entendres! The world’s most evil drag queen! vital, and hopeful play challenges our attitudes Beverly Hills, 1979. Submerge beneath the Join Harry, Ron and Hermione on their quest to Working towards their English exam some towards sexual assault and gives a voice to those surface of L.A and into the mind of Daisy, a young overthrow the dastardly Lady Voldemay! Will our students can’t remember classic texts without who often go unheard. heroes survive? Fringe sell-out 2017. fabricated modern elements. This slapstick housewife with a dreamy life that isn’t sweet. A comedy looks at popular stories as you have darkly mesmerising and psychological new play. Aug 21 - 25 | 18:25 (1 h) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 | 23:05 (1 h) | £12.50 (£10.50) (F:£26.00) never seen them before! Aug 3 - 4 | 22:00 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 7 (2-4-1 Date) Aug 3 - 5 | 22:00 (45 m) | £7.00 Aug 5, 7 - 11, 13 - 18 | 22:00 (50 m) | £10.00 (£7.00) Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 22:00 (45 m) | £8.00 Aug 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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14+ 14+ 16+ Theatre Theatre Theatre Little Shakespeare Forest Theatre | Shanghai International I Am Orestes and I Am Innovations Last Tango in Little Studies University and Chongqing Foreign Electra Too Contemporary Dance Grimley Language School Forest Theatre | To Be Creatives Ltd Mint Studio | Artefacts Two of Shakespeare’s famous scenes fantastically Platform performed by the 15 to 20-year-old children from Two siblings and one fate: killing their mother Forest Theatre | Dance Horizons Events Little Grimley amateur drama society is in trouble. two of China’s schools, Shanghai International in revenge for the assassination of their father. There’s only one thing that sells tickets these Studies University and Foreign Language Dance Physical Theatre and Circus Will justice be stronger than remorse in this Innovations Platform isn’t just a show, it’s an days – sex! But how will the conservative locals School attached to Sichuan International Studies contemporary adaptation of the timeless Greek opportunity to explore fresh choreographic react to the promise of a sizzling sex comedy?! University. A perfect family-friendly production tragedies? innovation. This year Innovations presents a Aug 21 - 25 | 13:50 (50 m) | £5.00 (£3.00) Aug 3 | 10:20 (50 m) | Free week-long series of micro-platforms presenting Aug 20 - 25 | 20:45 (1 h 5 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£28.00) contemporary dance works by professional practitioners and companies from across the UK.

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12+ 16+ Lucky Musicals and Opera Forest Theatre | Cambridge University Improvised Therapy Theatre Theatre Musical Theatre Society Olive Studio | Barry, Brian and Bean Lucy just lost her mother. Whisked away Feel down in the dumps? Come to the to live with her estranged celebrity father Fringe with a desperate desire to re-evaluate J’n’R Lines Ricky Pense and his sardonic assistant Viv, your life? No? Well, we have. We’re doctors she must fight to retain her integrity, while Ivy Studio | Blue Goat Theatre Ivy Studio | Crossword Productions Barry, Brian and Bean, and we’ll be your (un) her new life is televised nationally. qualified therapists for the evening. J’n’R is a fast-paced comedy loosely based on the Who crossed the line? How do we distinguish Aug 3 - 5 | 22:00 (55 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£24.00) Aug 20 - 25 | 21:00 (40 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet but set in between assault and consent? In the an airport at 4am and without the ensuing sex and wake of Harvey Weinstein and #MeToo, Aug 6 - 11 | 22:00 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£32.00) stabbing. It may or may not be a love story. this topical drama exposes the multiple Aug 13 - 18 | 10:20 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£32.00) influences that drive society’s sexual Aug 6 - 11 | 13:45 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£26.00) agenda and its painful consequences. Aug 20 - 25 | 22:10 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£32.00) Aug 6 (2-4-1 Date) Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 20:40 (1 h) | £8.00 (£6.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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Theatre 18+ Theatre Theatre Theatre MAD Panchkanya Ivy Studio | Silvertongue Theatre Olive Studio My Mate Dave Died Sanawar Theatre Group, India MAD is a new black comedy exploring the last menoPAUSE Forest Theatre hours of two men locked in a room awaiting Olive Studio | Harriet Beveridge Our performance displays five mythical female Sheffield University Theatre Company nuclear annihilation. It would be a classic tale characters. Each one of them has endowed within of friendship forged by adversity, if they weren’t Funny Women semi-finalist and best-selling her one of the Panchtattvas – five basic elements When Dave dies and is sent back to the faced with an impossible decision. author gives a searingly honest, laugh-out-loud crucial to our lives. These heroines inspire the living, he is only visible to his best friend account of oestrogen armageddon: hot pyjamas... Indian women to this date. Aug 13 - 18 | 10:20 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) Jimmy. It soon becomes clear their reunion panic attacks at Pilates... the ABCs of HRT... is more a curse than a blessing. Aug 8 - 9 | 10:20 (50 m) | FREE ‘Hilarious’ (FringeReview.co.uk). ‘I’d definitely have Harriet on my show’ (Fred MacAulay). Aug 20 - 25 | 13:45 (1 h) | £7.00

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Matthew 19:14 Theatre Mint Studio | EJ Company Pangea

A bar. Two strangers. A missed Olive Studio | Here It Goes Theatre appointment. A confession. A destiny to Mirage Osric Omand and the Your candidates are ready to demonstrate that rescue. Nothing is as it is. What would you Ivy Studio really do to save the one you love? Story of Hope they have what it takes to win Pangea’s greatest Shenanigans Theatre Company gameshow: The Interview for High Office. Pangea Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 12:40 (55 m) | £9.50 (£7.50) Forest Theatre | 21st Century Cox explores the absurdity of politics in a modern day Combining dance, text and improvisation, Mirage society by subverting the usual political context. Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) is a kinaesthetic exploration of reality, empathy Vampires. Nazis. Transsexual robots? With a Aug 20 - 25 (45 m) | (F:£20.00) Dance Physical Theatre and Circus and otherness. What does a person have to do cocktail of stage combat and live music, Osric | 22:00 £8.00 to move you? A solo performance by Steven Omand and his ex-Nazi caretaker Hans must Zilinskas. Part of the University of Worcester battle the forces of evil in the horror-comedy MTheatre season. blockbuster of the year.

Aug 9 - 11 | 12:35 (50 m) | £7:00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 13 - 18 | 13:50 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00)

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12+ 16+ Events Theatre Theatre Parents Roald in Clay Ivy Studio | Theatre Xavier The Pottery Studio Por Favor Queer Words Scottish Potters Association What do kids really think about their parents? If Ivy Studio | After Hours Theatre Company Forest Theatre | Autin Dance Theatre parents could do it all over again, what would Inspired by the characters of Roald Dahl, come they do differently? This sometimes light-hearted, and make a Wonka pot on the potter’s wheel, Jodie is 15 and destined to be a nail technician. Queer Words: stand-up meets dance theatre! An sometimes heartbreaking journey is sure to leave or handcraft a Matilda, a giant peach or even an Jeff is 53 and going through the motions. When open mic night, an all-LGBTQ cast, and sketches you thoughtful, reflective, and definitely inspired. enormous crocodile! From the makers of Mad two lives collide everything changes and both around toxic masculinity and gender roles. This Hatters. Ages 5-105. Aug 6 - 7 | 12:35 (50 m) | £5.00 embark on a thrilling journey that concludes at an Dance Physical Theatre and Circus storytelling, spoken word, dance and physical unexpected destination. theatre extravaganza is an outspoken slice of Aug 4 - 7 | 11:00, 12:30 (1 h) | £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) pride and activism. Aug 20 - 25 | 18:25 (50 m) | £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 6 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 16:15 (45 m) | £10.00 (£8.00)

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16+ Music Theatre Theatre Comedy Pig Circus Rising Stars Olive Studio | Hitchhiker Collective Forest Theatre | Canongate Youth Roman Candle Present and Correct Ivy Studio Pigs, pomp and porkers abound in this off-the-wall After a packed out show last year, Canongate Mint Studio | Dead Duck Productions Tom Fowler and Grace Gummer clown show about our government’s handling of Youth’s local young musicians are back to wow Brexit negotiations. Join Boris and the gang in this the crowds with their talent. Performances will Present and Correct, the University of York’s very 22-year-old Angie is living a life she never ludicrous retelling of the nation’s favourite topic. include well known covers as well as original own homegrown sketch troupe, are heading back signed up to. Caring for her mum and Shortlisted for the Les Enfants Terribles Award. songs and music. Come and see our future stars! up to the Fringe once again. This is laugh-out- working a job she doesn’t like. Too long Aug 13 - 18 | 15:10 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£30.00) loud sketch comedy that you won’t want to miss! Aug 1 | 18:00 (1 h) | Free she’s been forgotten and ignored. But not today. Today she’s going to be seen. Aug 3 - 5, 7 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 10:20 (50 m) | £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 20 - 25 | 16:00 (1 h) | £9.50 (£7.50) (F:£20.00)

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Scratch Seven Ways to Calm Spoiler Alert Mint Studio | Squabbling House Theatre the F**k Down Sky Labyrinths Ivy Studio | Amidships Theatre Company Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to Olive Studio | 3BUGS Fringe Theatre Forest Theatre Winner: Cambridge Footlights Harry Porter Prize present their first piece of original writing: Scratch. Alyona Ageeva Physical Theatre PosleSlov 2018. Maddy, a primary school teacher, suddenly ‘Funny, dark... potentially entertaining’ (Squabbling A feel-good show about feeling bad. An eight- becomes prophetic, causing some unusual House Theatre... It was us, we said this). strong, high-energy production featuring anxiety, Once in a lifetime Sky Labyrinths open, but relationship problems. An uproarious comedy a guy who can’t talk about it and the self-help not everyone risks entering. They reveal about identity, interesting brain workings, and Aug 4 | 13:50 (50 m) | £5.00 book that can’t shut up about it. Dance Physical Theatre and Circus eternal secrets of the universe, sense boyfriends. HHHH (Varsity.co.uk). ‘Hilarious and and mystery. You can find yourself or get HHHH Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 18:40 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) thoughtful’ ½ (TheTab.com). Aug 6, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18 | 13:50 (50 m) | £8.50 (£6.00) lost forever. Those who come through Aug 13 these labyrinths will change forever. | 11:25 (55 m) | £6.00 Aug 6 (2-4-1 Date) Aug 3 - 4 | 11:35 (45 m) | £10.00 (£7.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 14 - 18, 20 - 25 | 11:25 (55 m) | £8.50

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14+ Theatre Secret Mountain She-Wolves Olive Studio | West Lynn Productions Theatre Forest Theatre Laura Careless / She-Wolves Project Sympathy for Secret Mountain is a kids show, not suitable for kids. Featuring selfish human and puppet friends, ‘Marvellously dramatic dancer’ (New York the Devil when the Secret Mountain gang meets, you can Times) Laura Careless tells the stories of the Sod’s Law Forest Theatre | Lancaster Offshoots count on dangerous mischief happening. Come

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus extraordinary women who ruled England before Mint Studio | Lord Hicks learn how to be a bad person. Elizabeth I. Inspired by Helen Castor’s book/ A man is bound to a chair with a sack over his Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 23:20 (50 m) | £9.00 (£7.00) BBC series and including choreography by 2017 Join Lord Hicks for a musical romp through queer head. He has to be held captive for two days. A (F:£20.00) National Dance Award winner Jonathan Watkins. history. Armed with his instrument, rapier wit and crime noir based in late 70s Brooklyn, it explores lashings of sass, his Lordship will recount the human psychology and addiction. Aug 13, 14 | 15:00 (55 m) | £7.50 (£5.00) (F:£22.00) laws, legends and liaisons that have shaped what Aug 6 - 11 | 17:15 (1 h) | £9.00 (£8.00) it is to be gay. Aug 15, 16, 20 - 22 | 15:00 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£26.00) Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 17:20 (55 m) | £10.00 (£7.50) (F:£32.00) Aug 17, 18, 23, 24 | 15:00 (55 m) | £12.00 (£9.00) (F:£26.00) Aug 6 (2-4-1 Dates)

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14+ 14+ Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Thaw The Insignificant Life Ivy Studio | Mermaids: The University of St The Devil You Know: A and Death of Colin Andrews Performing Arts Fund The Bacchae McKenzie Forest Theatre | Mermaids: The University Horror Play Thaw tells the story of Laura. At the peak of of St Andrews Performing Arts Fund Olive Studio | Aireborne Theatre her life and at its end. As she looks back we Olive Studio are transported across continents, across The Nottingham New Theatre Dionysus goes to Thebes to be recognised as An existential voyage into a realm of game shows, generations in an epic tale of friendship, a god. Or at least this should be the plot if the adultery and ignorant bliss. The game show of life memory, love, loss and lasagne. Captivated by local folklore, four friends has spun Colin the chance for enlightenment, will theatre company weren’t arguing over how to endeavour to uncover what haunts their local Aug 13 - 18 , 20 - 25 he take the grand prize? | 19:35 (50 m) | £8.00 (£7.00) stage The Bacchae on the night of the premiere. woods. But when one disappears, the remaining Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 17:20 (50 m) | £8.00 (£7.00) trio are coerced into using paranormal methods Aug 16 - 18, 20 - 25 | 17:25 (1 h) | £9.00 (£7.00) to seek out the truth.

Aug 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25 | 16:20 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00)

Aug 7 (2-4-1 Date)

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12+ Theatre Comedy Theatre The C Bomb 14+ The Maids Forest Theatre Ivy Studio | Worcester Producktions Sudden Impulse Theatre Company The Arsonists Comedy Student Chloe discovers she has chlamydia and, Olive Studio | under | tow This sensational new production from this award- in the interest of economising, throws a party to winning theatre company explores the depths of tell all of her ex-lovers. A comedy about taboos, As arson attacks plague his hometown, depravity, power, sexual dominance and violent stigma and Midsomer Murders. Best New Play, upstanding citizen Gottlieb Biedermann is the The Eve Complex seduction. The great game is in play, the lust of all OUDS New Writing Festival, 2018. last to suspect he’ll be next... Smouldering Mint Studio | The Radio Collective things decadent and powerful lead to destruction. with menace yet inflammably funny. A rare UK Aug 3 - 5 | 19:35 (50 m) | £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 3 - 5 performance of Max Frisch’s modern European | 20:45 (55 m) | £5.00 (£4.00) Why do women go to the toilet in pairs? They time classic. Translation by Alistair Beaton. Aug 6 - 11 | 19:35 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.50) travel! Join Lolie and Lou on their intergalactic Aug 6 - 11 | 20:45 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) Aug 3 - 5 | 12:50 (55 m) | £5.00 comedy adventures. Collide with famous historical Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) faces and festival acts of the future. Every night’s Aug 13 - 18 | 23:05 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) Aug 6 - 11 a new adventure! | 12:50 (55 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 3 - 11, 13 - 18 | 18:30 (50 m) | FREE Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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The Surface Two-Man, One-Man Musicals and Opera Spoken Word Spoken Olive Studio | Facet Theatre Company Olive Studio | Patrick Romano and The Unsung Shows Children’s Tomfoolery’s Beans Benjamin Behrend A post-apocalyptic original musical theatre production written, produced and performed Olive Studio | Genevieve Carver on Toast Show HHHH (TimeOut). In this hilarious spoof, fresh off by university students. Touching on themes a smash American premiere, two performers must Forest Theatre | Tomfoolery of gender equality, caste discrimination and You’ve heard of Kurt Cobain. And Jim Morrison. put on their one-man shows at the same time! environmental awareness. The Surface is an But what about Scott Johnson? The Unsung is the ‘Sublimely silly... a goofy, wonderful gem.’ (Broad Following his sell-out Fringe debut last year, empowering and thought-provoking piece. funeral party for the forgotten fallen heroes who Street Review). lost their lives to music, from award-winning poet Tomfoolery returns with his action packed show Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 11:35 (1 h) | £10.00 (£9.00) (F:£36.00) Genevieve Carver and live band. that’s fun for all the family. Bursting with magic, Aug 3 - 4 | 22:05 (1 h) | £4.00 (£3.00) silliness, music and much more! Abracadabra Aug 21 - 25 | 15:15 (50 m) | £9.00 (£7.00) Beans on Toast! Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 22:05 (1 h) | £8.00 (£6.00) Aug 20 - 25 | 10:20 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£22.00) Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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The Threesome 16+ Ivy Studio | Just Another Theatre Company Tinderella – An Adult Waiting Cameron’s in a bit of a pickle. He’s got the Forest Theatre | EQ Productions opportunity to have what all men desire: a Panto threesome. Not so simple when you have a Olive Studio | WDG No matter how hard life gets, there’s no pause jealous, blood-lusting girlfriend that commands button. We’re like sharks, keep moving or die. his every move. This is the story of Tinderella on the hunt for a TV Invasion Waiting is an impactful drama about mental Musicals and Opera Aug 13 - 18 | 18:20 (1 h) | £10.00 (£8.00) sexy fella. She bags a date in Wetherspoons with Ivy Studio | Coolpixmir health, love and family, exploring how we can Z-list celeb Spencer Matthews: will she get a move on and find happiness after tragedy. happy ending? Panto, but not for kids. A young couple in crisis fighting against the Aug 3 - 11 | 15:00 (50 m) | £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 5 | 21:00 (50 m) | £5.00 (£4.00) hypnotic effects of the mass media, which has come to invade their lives. Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

Aug 6 - 11 | 21:00 (50 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) Aug 3 - 11 | 18:20 (55 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£32.00)

Aug 6 - 7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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14+ ROYAL TERRACE VENUE 231

Theatre You Down There and Me Up Here Ivy Studio | We Talk Of Horses When You Cure Me An intense, dreamlike journey into the minds of Olive Studio | Aireborne Theatre two young men struggling with identity in the face of crisis. One thinks he’s Nick Cave. The other Rachel and Peter are 17. It’s first love. Something sees angels. Everything we say is true. here the Greenside story started - once upon a time, when happens to Rachel. Thorne’s play is a merciless Aug 3 - 4 | 16:05 (50 m) | £4.50 portrayal of how far you’ll go for love when the Fringe sold less tickets than the Olympics we started serious illness asks more from first love than well- affirmed marriages. Aug 5 - 11 | 16:05 (50 m) | £7.50 (£5.00) W Greenside at Royal Terrace. One venue with four shows a Aug 4, 6 - 11, 13, 14 | 17:25 (1 h) | £9.00 (£7.00) Aug 6 (2-4-1 Dates) day, fast forward all these years and Royal Terrace still remains the heart Aug 6 (2-4-1 Dates) of Greenside. With a beautiful outdoor bar area, gorgeous gardens and a tranquillity rarely seen in Edinburgh, we just know one of the shows here will be right for you.

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You Only Live + Working Class Hero Mint Studio | Sibils Collective Olive Studio ‘The more I drink in real life, the more my babies The Nottingham New Theatre are taken away by social services in my Sims life.’ Charli downloads a life simulation app and loses A father. His son. Ten snapshots over one sight of where its algorithm ends. hundred days. Football, politics, John Lennon, education, Akala, humility. Working Class Hero is Aug 13, 14 | 23:05 (1 h) | £8.00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00) a story of growing up with the belief that we all deserve to be treated fairly. Aug 15 - 18 | 23:05 (1 h) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£20.00)

Aug 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24 | 16:20 (50 m) | Aug 20 - 25 | 19:35 (1 h) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£20.00) £8.00 (£6.00)

Aug 6 (2-4-1 Dates)

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Elicitations Shows Children’s Harmony – The American Idiot Jade Studio | Hack Ballet Father in the Hole Mumbai Experience Musicals and Opera Jade Studio Jade Studio Elicitations features extracts from three poignant Jade Studio | The Circus Theatre Group works by British/Australian choreographer Briar The Aditya Birla Integrated School Car Crash Productions Outreach Glasgow Adams. In an eruption of emotionally charged and The father was gone, the daughter had to step

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus gracefully articulated contemporary ballet form, To Mumbai... maximum city! Dreamers, labourers, The hit Green Day punk rock musical returns to up to take charge of the Hong Kong-style funeral. The Edge, Argil and Grace evoke the precarious starlets, gangsters and lots of colourful people. the Fringe following two consecutive sell-out Social, political problems in daily life just didn’t let boundary between belonging and escape. Become part of this melting pot as The Aditya years. Three guys struggle to face up to adult life you go. Could we really rest in peace? Birla Integrated School takes you on a quest for in Trump’s broken America. Aug 3 - 5 | 15:00 (45 m) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£22.00) Aug 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 16:10 (50 m) | £8.00 hope, happiness and harmony! Aug 3 - 5 | 19:50 (1 h 45 m) | £11.00 Aug 23 - 25 Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 15:00 (45 m) | £12.00 (£10.00) | 11:15 (45 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) (F:£16.00) (F:£30.00) Aug 6 - 11 | 19:50 (1 h 45 m) | £14.00

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Theatre Folklore Henriad – Histories of Jade Studio | Off the Map Dance Company Éowyn Emerald and Betrayal Folklore entwines three past folk stories from Dancers Jade Studio | Festivus Collective Call of the Void across the South West to form a new narrative Jade Studio | Éowyn Emerald and Dancers using contemporary dance and puppetry to show Jade Studio | Flâneur Step into the epic with Shakespeare’s Henriad! A

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus the characters’ interaction. Original music is story of friendship, duty and betrayal played out Éowyn Emerald returns following her sold-out composed by Dorset folk-duo Ninebarrow. Call of the Void explores catharsis and connection 2016 run. Don’t miss this outstanding company of over four performances as comedy and tragedy Dance Physical Theatre and Circus through ghost stories from around the world. dancers and a new program showcasing Éowyn’s Aug 20 - 25 | 15:00 (55 m) | Free weave together in this extraordinary show. A feast Incorporating music, movement and immersive physical, poetic, technically demanding, and for Shakespeare lovers everywhere! effects this world premier production will beckon emotionally complex choreography. ‘A real Fringe Aug 13 - 18 | 10:10 (1 h) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) your mind beyond the living. find’HHHH (Scotsman). Aug 20 - 25 | 12:30 (1 h) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 22, 23 | 20:55 (35m) | Free Aug 3 - 5 | 13:50 (50 m) | £8.00

Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 25 | 13:50 (50 m) | £12.00 (£10.00) (F:£30.00)

Aug 6 -7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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Theatre 8+

My Name Is Dorothy Theare Spring Awakening Jade Studio | Crossbow Collective Musicals and Opera The Isle of Muck Jade Studio | Transfer Productions UK Jade Studio Dorothy Lawrence, an aspiring journalist, Bluetooth Kevin Theatre company disguised herself as a soldier during WWI. She Considered one of the best musicals of this spent three weeks undercover at the front, but century Spring Awakening, featuring an The Way Out On the Isle of Muck, Basil and his Uncle January why has her story t been told? electrifying score, explores a group of young Jade Studio | MakeSpace Productions people coming to terms with their own voices and succeed in running a dysfunctional place of Aug 3 - 5 | 12:40 (50 m) | £4.00 (£3.00) (F:£10.00) refuge for recovering internet addicts. That is, sexuality. Performed by graduates from a leading Judy Gale finds herself in the reception of a until the arrival of Maisie: a confusing patient who drama school. vast office block. Falling deeper into this madly Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 12:40 (50 m) | £8.00 (£6.00) (F:£20.00) inadvertently incites havoc. Aug 3 - 5 | 18:15 (1 h 10 m) | £6.00 (£5.00) confusing world, she loses all sense of direction Aug 3 - 4 | 17:15 (50 m) | £7.00 (£6.50) (F:£20.00) and must ask for help – but it isn’t quite that easy. Aug 6 -7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 18:15 (1 h 10 m) | £12.00 (£10.00) Aug 20 - 25 | 18:30 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00) Aug 5 - 11, 13 - 18 (50 m) (£6.50) (F:£20.00) (F:£36.00) | 17:15 | £8.00

Aug 6 -7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 6 -7 (2-4-1 Dates)

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Theatre 0+ Music Theatre Roxy Likes Cats Jade Studio | MakeSpace Productions The Antiscians Last night, Roxy had a phone call from her The Japanese mum. She packed her bags and started Jade Studio | The Apricity Project the long journey home. Now she’s outside Dance with Hoppy her door, knowing that when she goes An enchanting fusion of spoken word, dance and Kamiyama inside, things will never be the same. original music, inspired by George MacDonald’s fairy tale, The Day Boy And The Night Girl. The Jade Studio Aug 20 - 25 | 17:20 (50 m) | £7.00 (£5.00) (F:£20.00) Antiscians is mesmerizing rendering of grief, Hoppy Kamiyama and Kashichiro desire and the strengths of our diversity. https:// www.theapricityproject.com A legendary musician, Hoppy Kamiyama and Aug 3 - 4 | 11:25 (1 h) | £5.00 (£4.00) (F:£16.00) an awesome traditional dancer, Kashichiro; the artists representing Japan from the Hachijojima Island appear at Greenside Aug 6 - 11, 13 - 18 | 11:25 (1 h) | £10.00 (£8.00) (F:£30.00) in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Aug 6 -7 (2-4-1 Dates) Aug 3, 4, 6 - 11 | 16:10 (50 m) | £13.00 (£8.00) (F:£20.00)

50 51 Box Office: 0131 226 0000 Greenside 2018 greensidevenue.co.uk THANK YOU PERFORM WITH We have to start our thank you’s to the very journey with us. A massive thank you to reason why we are here - our wonderful the team at City of Edinburgh Methodist performing companies. We’ve continued Church, Southbridge Resource Centre, to have the same appreciation for our acts Canongate Youth and Greenside Parish since the very start, without you choosing Church. Special thank you to Jo at CEMC GREENSIDE to be part of the Greenside programme we who after 11 years is moving onto pastures would not be here doing what we love. We new. are genuinely humbled and thankful. A big thank you for the continuing support Every year we have the most wonderful and encouragement from our friends at So Fringe 2019 seems a million miles away right?! Wrong…it will be here before we crew who work tirelessly to make The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society and know it and we’d love you to get in touch about your Fringe plans. We genuinely Greenside happen. Without you wonderful Red61 - you have all been wonderful. hope you had a great time visiting Greenside today and can see yourself on one of lot we couldn’t deliver the Greenside our stages in 2019. we are so proud of. Thank you for being Thank you to Fringe Hype (@Fringehype) incredible every day of the Fringe. for making this beautiful programme and many other lovely things around our Why not get in touch with us today and we can arrange a show around of our Genuinley Greenside would not run venues. venues? Email us on [email protected] without the real boss Madeleine Hayter, thank you for being Greenside’s biggest A special and personal thank you from fan. We are certainly yours. Darren and Tara to our nearest and dearest; Patrick, Georgia, Chris and Cavan To the unsung heroes of the Fringe - the - thank you for being so understanding and techies! You make our venues shine taking on board our need to run away to and always have a smile on your face. Edinburgh each year. Your ability to fix anything at anytime of the day astounds us. A huge thank Once again a huge heartfelt thanks to our you to our Production Director Callum, staff, performing companies and members Technical Manager Jake, the wonderful of the #greensidefamily past and present. Steve and the team at Live Systems (@ Every year we have grown and developed livesystemsLTD) and our incredibly and every one of you has helped in that. dedicated team of outstanding techies. Thank you!

Every year three special buildings allow us All our Love, to inhabit their buildings - your generosity and willingness to turn green brings so Darren and Tara much happiness to so many people and we’re so grateful that you came on this In Loving Memory of Charlotte Neale

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58 59 Box Office: 0131 226 0000 greensidevenue.co.uk 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M Time Show Name Category Space Page 18:25 ...and Peggy Musicals and Opera Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 25 18:25 Por Favor Theatre Infirmary St, Ivy Studio 38 18:25 I Am Not Your Woman Theatre Infirmary St, Mint Studio 33 18:30 The Jungle Book Children’s Shows Nicolson Sq, Emerald Theatre 21 18:30 The Eve Complex Comedy Infirmary St, Mint Studio 43 18:30 Innovations Contemporary Dance Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 34 Dance Platform

18:30 An Evening with Michael Music Nicolson Sq, Lime Studio 9 Bubbles (No Champagne Included) 18:30 Kelty Clippie the Musical Musicals and Opera Nicolson Sq, Lime Studio 15 18:30 The Way Out Theatre Royal Terrace, Jade Studio 51 18:30 Brothers in Arms Theatre Nicolson Sq, Emerald Theatre 11 18:40 O, FFS Theatre Nicolson Sq, Fern Studio 16 18:40 menoPAUSE Theatre Infirmary St, Olive Studio 36 18:40 Seven Ways to Calm the F**k Theatre Infirmary St, Olive Studio 40 Down 19:35 Broken Romantics: A Cabaret and Variety Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 29 Unicorn’s Quest for Love 19:35 The C Bomb Comedy Infirmary St, Ivy Studio 42 19:35 One Musical to Rule Them All Musicals and Opera Nicolson Sq, Emerald Theatre 17 19:35 Hotel Theatre Nicolson Sq, Lime Studio 14 19:35 Thaw Theatre Infirmary St, Ivy Studio 42 19:40 Spotlights Show Choir: A Musicals and Opera Nicolson Sq, Emerald Theatre 20 Night at the Musicals 19:40 Cepacia – Love Takes His Theatre Nicolson Sq, Emerald Theatre 12 Breath Away 19:40 Cry for the Moon Theatre Nicolson Sq, Lime Studio 12 19:45 All the Dumb Things Cabaret and Variety Infirmary St, Olive Studio 27 19:45 Elvish Dance Dance Infirmary St, Mint Studio 31 19:45 How My Light Is Spent Theatre Nicolson Sq, Fern Studio 14 19:50 American Idiot Musicals and Opera Royal Terrace, Jade Studio 48 19:50 <3_Error 404_<3 Theatre Infirmary St, Olive Studio 25 20:00 The Rise of Donald in 40 Spoken Word Nicolson Sq, Fern Studio 22 Downfalls 20:40 Lines Theatre Infirmary St, Ivy Studio 35 20:45 Bon the Musical Musicals and Opera Nicolson Sq, Emerald Theatre 11 20:45 In Pursuit of Andromeda Theatre Nicolson Sq, Lime Studio 14 20:45 I Am Orestes and I Am Theatre Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 34 Electra Too 20:45 The Maids Theatre Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 43 23:05

60 61 Box Office: 0131 226 0000 greensidevenue.co.uk 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M Time Show Name Category Space Page 20:45 613 Seeds Theatre Infirmary St, Ivy Studio 26 20:50 Fear Itself Theatre Infirmary St, Mint Studio 32 20:55 Call of the Void Theatre Royal Terrace, Jade Studio 48 21:00 All Hail the Rat King! Comedy Infirmary St, Olive Studio 26 21:00 An Abundance of Tims Theatre Nicolson Sq, Fern Studio 9 21:00 Body Shop Theatre Nicolson Sq, Fern Studio 11 20:50 Body Shop Theatre Infirmary St, Mint Studio 28 21:00 Improvised Therapy Theatre Infirmary St, Olive Studio 34 21:00 Tinderella – An Adult Panto Theatre Infirmary St, Olive Studio 44 21:10 Cabaret Musicals and Opera Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 29 22:00 Bob’s Not My Uncle and Comedy Nicolson Sq, Emerald Theatre 10 Other Devastating Truths 22:00 The House of Edgar Musicals and Opera Nicolson Sq, Emerald Theatre 21 23:10 22:00 Lucky Musicals and Opera Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 35 10:20 22:10 22:00 Care Not, Fear Naught Theatre Nicolson Sq, Lime Studio 11 22:00 Drunk! Theatre Infirmary St, Mint Studio 31 22:00 High School English Theatre Infirmary St, Ivy Studio 32 22:00 How to Swim in Hollywood Theatre Infirmary St, Mint Studio 33 22:00 Pangea Theatre Infirmary St, Olive Studio 37 22:05 Two-Man, One-Man Theatre Infirmary St, Olive Studio 45 22:10 And Another Thing! An Comedy Nicolson Sq, Fern Studio 10 Improvised Show 23:00 Clara Saves America Comedy Infirmary St, Ivy Studio 29 23:05 Doctor Whosical Comedy Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 30 23:05 Harry Poppers and the Comedy Infirmary St, Forest Theatre 32 Deathly Swallows 23:05 You Only Live + Theatre Infirmary St, Mint Studio 46 19:35 23:20 Secret Mountain Comedy Infirmary St, Olive Studio 40

62 63 Greenside at Infirmary Street Shows performing in Forest Theatre, Ivy Studio, Olive Studio or Mint Studio 0131 557 2124

Greenside at Nicolson Square Shows performing in Emerald Theatre, Fern Studio or Lime Studio 0131 557 2124

Greenside at Royal Terrace Shows performing in Jade Studio 0131 557 2124

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