Theatre – 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

Love Letters to the Home Office

Re-Sync — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 05:08:20 +0000

North Star presents Love Letters to the Home Office.

Written by Katharine Rose Williams Radojičić and the Love Letters to the Home Office authors.

“There’s a wee boy in Chandler, Arizona, USA. He’s 15 months old and his name is Robert. He has some baby toys but his favourite thing in the entire world isn’t a toy. Robert loves his mum’s Samsung tablet. He calls it ‘Da da’ and carries it around the house all the time. Robert hasn’t seen his father since he was 6 months old.” – Gillian

Love Letters to the Home Office brings to life the true stories of people separated today by the UK’s 2012 Family Immigration Rules. The Rules means that our human rights – specifically, our rights to live in the UK and with our family – are dependent on how much we earn.

“I am a British citizen and I have been married for one and half years. My wife is Syrian, living in what is now a war zone. I can’t bring my wife to the UK. I live with constant worry. I wake, each night, with nightmares.” – Sam

Love Letters to the Home Office is about extraordinary moments in extraordinary relationships that cross borders, oceans and seas. It is about love in the face of separation, and the extreme lengths people are forced to go to in order to be together.

Still Dreaming

Re-Sync — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 04:07:07 +0000

SXWKS present, Still Dreaming, a submersion into the intangible substance of dreams through words and music. An amalgamation of the various artistic disciplines within SXWKS creating one unique experience that will stay with you long after the show.

See features from Roundhouse Poetry Slam Winner 2015, Caleb Femi and Shortlisted Young Poet Laureate Jolade. A show not to be missed.

Manwatching

Re-Sync — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 04:07:57 +0000

Written by an anonymous woman
Performed by an unprepared man

So I think it’s fair to say that most women almost definitely do masturbate. We just wait to discuss it until we’re in an oddly anonymous but public situation like this one.”

A funny, frank, and occasionally explicit insight into heterosexual female desire, read out loud by a man.

Each show begins with a male comedian being given a script they have never seen before. They will read the script for the first time, out-loud live in front of an audience; all about what one woman thinks about when she thinks about sex and men.

This piece is a work-in-progress being piloted at the Edinburgh Festival. It is being developed in collaboration with the Royal Court Theatre.

With direction and dramaturgy by Lucy Morrison, and dramaturgical input from Ryan Nobel, Lisa Heledd Jones, and Christopher Brett Bailey.
Special thanks to previous performers Tim Key, Mike Wozniak and Nathaniel Martello-White.

Five performances as part of EARLIER/LATER, a series of early morning and late night one-off shows programmed by Paines Plough.

10 August, 22.30 Nish Kumar
14 August, 10.00 Marcus Brigstocke
15 August, 22.30 James Acaster
19 August, 22.30 Joe Lycett
21 August, 10.00 Nick Helm

Come To Where I’m From: Edinburgh

Re-Sync — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 04:07:45 +0000

Come To Where I’m From is a theatrical tapestry of the UK, woven by writers asking if home is really where the heart is.

Since 2010, more than 100 playwrights from across the UK have written plays about the places that shaped them. Now we’ve invited Edinburgh’s finest to pen plays about Auld Reekie. At this very special one-off show they will perform those plays themselves.

For the line-up of writers, keep an eye on @painesplough and #PPEarlier.

WRITE IT : MIC IT

Re-Sync — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:07:55 +0000

Poleroid Theatre are back in Edinburgh this Summer with WRITE IT : MIC IT, their legendary Open ‘Write’ Platform.

After two years of sold out nights in Hackney and Manchester, Poleroid head to Roundabout for one night only with an eclectic mix of new material from some of the UK’s most exciting emerging playwrights, comedians & performance poets.

Fresh from debuting their new play Plastic by Kenneth Emson at Latitude Festival 2015 and nominated for three Off-West End Theatre Awards in 2014, Poleroid Theatre is working to discover and develop the contemporary image of emerging artists in the UK and give this talent a platform through eclectic, fast-paced and immediate theatre.

www.poleroidtheatre.co.uk
@poleroidtheatre

Save The Male

Re-Sync — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:07:41 +0000

Save The Male is a comedy, poetry and music showcase raising awareness of male suicide prevention charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), who exist to tackle the statistic of suicide being the single biggest killer of young men in the UK & Scotland.

Curated by comedian Jack Rooke and poet Cecilia Knapp, Save The Male’s aim is to encourage more of us to engage in creative expression as an outlet when times get tough. Whether it’s writing lyrics, performing poems or even doodling (Jack likes to draw moustaches on the attractive cast of Hollyoaks in the TV Guide.) This Roundabout performance features Brigitte Aphrodite, Jack Rooke and some very special guests.

For info on Save The Male visit www.thegoodgriefproject.com and for info on CALM visit www.thecalmzone.net

Quiet Violence by Sophie Rose

Re-Sync — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:07:40 +0000

A show about blue plastic bags and wearing shoes that don’t fit. Squeezed between tight jeans, jenga block flats and clip-on earrings, a young woman is making bad decisions and an old man is eating too much cheese. They’re sharing biscuits on an inflatable sofa; something has to pop. Fast, physical and full of anarchic poetry, shards of life collide in this powerful story of punishment and rescue. Free hobnobs. An exciting new voice in spoken word theatre, co-produced by Roundhouse.

‘Bold, brave and very special’ Polarbear, spoken word artist

‘Evocative, unflinching and very funny’ James Grieve, Paines Plough

On The Edge of Me

Re-Sync — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:07:36 +0000

“On The Edge of Me” Is a relatable dark comedy, exploring themes of graduate blues, love, anxiety, JSA and mental health. Follow Remi (a recent university graduate), as she confronts life as she knows it, through the medium of Live literature, theatre and storytelling with YOU the audience as the centre piece!

Written and Performed by Yolanda Mercy (Resident Artist at The Roundhouse)
Directed by Jade Lewis (Winner of the Boris Karloff Award for Young Vic’s Blackta)

Jack Rooke and Lynn Ruth Miller Laugh about Death

Re-Sync — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:07:31 +0000

Jack Rooke is a 21-year-old comedian who writes about grief. Lynn Ruth Miller is an acclaimed 81-year-old comedian who talks about death. Together the two of them are gonna sit down, laugh and have an open chat about all the things we’re too scared to talk about, whilst performing extracts from Jack’s debut comedy-theatre show ‘Good Grief’ and Lynn’s new comedy hour ‘Get A Grip’.

For more information visit www.thegoodgriefproject.com