The Roundabout – Summerhall August Festival 2015

#TORYCORE

Re-Sync — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 06:08:56 +0000

What better way to underscore Conservative economic policy than with the sound of PURE EVIL?

Part metal-recital, part exorcism, #TORYCORE combines sludge and doom metal with the Budget speech 2015; a pounding subverbal deathgrowl with text from the blue suits at Tory HQ.

Chris Thorpe and Steve Lawson on guitar
Lucy on vocals
Lyrics by George Osborne and the architects of austerity

#TORYCORE is twisted avant-garde metal and a guttural vocal that plays like a verbatim record of a government ripping society’s guts out.

Created in association with Forest Fringe Winner of The Arches Brick Award 2012 Performed in solidarity with Black Triangle campaign – in defence of Disability Rights.

FREE/PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Unemployed/disabled: £0
Employed (suggested donation): £5

Theatre Uncut

richardx — Fri, 29 May 2015 02:05:32 +0000

Multi award-winning Theatre Uncut are at the forefront of political new writing. Their plays have been read and performed by over 6,000 people in 26 countries over the past 5 years. Now Theatre Uncut present six of their most globally successful political short plays, by leading writers Clara Brennan, Vivienne Franzmann, Kieran Hurley, Dennis Kelly, Neil LaBute and Stef Smith. You can add your voice to the current debates around austerity, democracy, authoritarianism and protest in their signature discussions held after each performance. Herald Angel, Fringe First and Spirit of the Fringe winners.

Post-show discussion – guest panelists now confirmed as follows:
Mon 24th – Stephanie Knight from North Edinburgh Theatre Project
Tues 25th – Comedian and activist Mark Thomas
Willie Sullivan from Electoral Reform Society Scotland
Weds 26th – Scotsman critic Joyce McMillan
Thurs 27th – Playwright Stef Smith
Fri 28th – Actor and Theatre-Maker Lucy Ellinson (currently in The Christians at the Traverse)
Sat 29th – Writer, Actor and Theatre-Maker Daniel Bye (whose show Going Viral is also at Summerhall)
Sun 30th – Ruby Glaskin, Producer of the Walking The Tightrope plays about freedom of expression in the arts

I’m Not Here Right Now

richardx — Fri, 29 May 2015 02:05:45 +0000

A stunning new drama about a scientist with an unbelievable story to tell, a woman who doesn’t know what to believe. On top of a mountain in the middle of a blizzard, you see a figure: eight foot tall, with white matted hair covering his body. He stands upright on two legs. You see him. He sees you. But who will believe you and how far can you trust what you see? A vibrant collaboration between Dancing Brick and Soho Theatre, Steve Marmion directs Thomas Eccleshare’s spellbinding play starring Valentina Ceschi.

Happy Birthday Without You

richardx — Fri, 29 May 2015 02:05:40 +0000

A hilarious, award-winning one-woman comedy with lipstick, slapstick, and a whole lot of Shirley Bassey. Violet Fox is a live and visual spoken word vegan solo artist and occasional collaborator. Today is a celebration of every birthday and you’re invited.

In Happy Birthday Without You, Violet tells the story of her complicated relationship with her mega diva mother. Bring beer and bunting and come on a journey through her childhood of pop tarts, Patti Smith and second hand smoke.

*Warning: people usually cry.

Every Brilliant Thing

richardx — Fri, 29 May 2015 02:05:32 +0000

Following a sell-out 16 week run Off-Broadway and an acclaimed National Tour, Every Brilliant Thing returns to Edinburgh

You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy.

So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for.

1. Ice Cream
2. Kung Fu Movies
3. Burning Things
4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose
5. Construction cranes
6. Me

A new play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love.

#EveryBrilliantThing

 “Heart-wrenching, hilarious … possibly one of the funniest plays you’ll ever see.” ★★★★ The Guardian

British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2015.

Chicken

richardx — Fri, 29 May 2015 02:05:25 +0000

Eastern Angles and Unity Theatre present Chicken by Molly Davies. It’s the night of the big ‘Separation’, rural communities are cutting the ties, breaking away from metropolitan control. Set in a dystopian future, Davies has created a wonderfully twisted world full of witchcraft and superstition, fractured families and agricultural angst. At the centre of this ‘Norfolk Noir’ tale is an exploration of human fear and difference, and the journey a chicken takes from processing factory to kitchen table. Molly’s previous credits include A Miracle and God Bless the Child (Royal Court), Shooting Truth (National Theatre Connections) and Orpheus and Eurydice (NYT/OLD Vic Tunnels).