Whalebone begins with a simple visual metaphor: a bright red folding umbrella is tightly secured round its middle by a Velcro strip. It pushes against the fastening, but ultimately is constrained. It’s a simple yet striking motif that will underpin the rest of the play – a play about bodies, and the space that they…
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Boris and Sergey are one of the top comedy double acts of the festival. They’re a classic combination: Sergey the older, smarter, scheming brother; Boris the younger, hot-headed, and eager one.
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Captain Harrison is the universe’s greatest pilot and its bravest, most handsome captain. He’s on a mission to confront his nemesis, drink space-champagne, and sing ballads about his dead wife – and nothing’s going to stop him.
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There’s no easy way to do this… five performers, five hours of excitement, desperation, negotiation and devastation. Come and go as you please, or stay for the whole duration.
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Philadelphia-born Static Assembly describe their show Edison as a genre-bent, divine journey into the world of scientific giants: Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.
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Beam is one of Granny’s tales. It retells the true story Heather Morgan’s grandmother, with ten pairs of knickers, one dress, a waft of lavender, and a trip across the Atlantic.
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Peer Gynt is Henrik Ibsen’s poetic classic: a tale that follows the eponymous Peer Gynt, who dreams of becoming emperor of the world. The story takes us deep into the mountains, from the frozen peaks of Norway to the dusty streets of Egypt. It is an intimate story of love, sin, and ambition. It is…
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Eggsistentialism, as suggested by the title, follows the autobiographical story of Joanne Ryan, in her dilemma about having a child (or not).
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‘Baby Wants Candy’ is infamous at the Fringe. The format is simple: they take an audience suggestion for a musical title that has never been written or performed before, they then create a musical on the spot… the question is: are they worth the hype?
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If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ Or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’. Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’ In the half-century since they were written, Bob Dylan’s words have become an apparently timeless symbol of political upheaval and…
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