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";s:4:"text";s:10773:"Performing in a real salon, Vidal digs out some wigs and speculates about their owners. Comic laureate of suburban bathos … John Kearns. Arthur Your home Quite a few family units are doing shows on the fringe, including this by Daniel Bye, who is joined by his infant son, Arthur, under the direction of his wife, Sarah Punshon. Phoebe RobinsonAssembly George Square NYC comic and actor Robinson, best known for her hit 2 Dope Queens and Sooo Many White Guys podcasts, makes her UK standup debut. Expect more filth and iconoclasm as she turns her attention to the use and abuse of power in the company of Samir Kennedy and Ted Rodgers. NB. It was not for the fainthearted. House of HundredC Aquila An intriguing-sounding installation that combines video, live looping, traditional Turkish music and sound effects to evoke the transition of an Istanbul mansion from the Ottoman era to the present day. It the home for Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera, and at the heart of the Edinburgh International Festival. Zoë Coombs MarrMonkey Barrel A Barry award-winner (and Edinburgh nominee) as her sexist standup alter ego, Dave, then talk of the fringe in critique-the-critics theatre event Wild Bore, Coombs Marr steps out from behind the gimmicks (she claims) in this UK debut of 2018 show Bossy Bottom. Cardboard Citizens: BystandersSummerhall As homelessness grows more visible on our streets, the humanising message of Cardboard Citizens is all the more urgent. Sophie DukerPleasance Courtyard Full fringe debut for the much-touted “sexy-cerebral comedy underdog” Duker, of C4’s Riot Girls and club night Wacky Racists. Step forward Stephen Fry, bringing the stage version of his Greek legends book Mythos to the EIF as the opening dates of a UK tour – his first since hitting the road with Hugh Laurie four decades ago. However will this “Wolfie Smith of the 90s” cope with the blasted political landscape of 2019? Come & enjoy the fun in Edinburgh in 2019 & follow @edinburghfest #edinburghfest on Twitter. How Not to DrownTraverse Playwright Nicola McCartney joins forces with Dritan Kastrati to dramatise his experience firstly as a refugee from Kosovo and secondly as a child in the UK care system. To see the show, which picks apart the nature-nurture debate, you have to book it for your own living room. John RobinsPleasance Courtyard You’d forgive John Robins for feeling overlooked. It boasts a 1900 seat auditorium, a suite of three function rooms known as the Empire Rooms, a café and a spacious foyer bar with fabulous glass frontage. Step forward Anita Rochon, who appears in her own green-themed show only by remote video while a local stand-in takes her place in the lead role. Registered Scottish Charity SC018605. Hard to Be Soft – A Belfast PrayerRoyal Lyceum London-born Oona Doherty arrived in Belfast aged 10. Contemplating our need to come together in a theatre to see a fictional tale played out, he asks the audience to join with him to do exactly that – and maybe change the world. Islander: A New MusicalRoundabout @ Summerhall Part of the Made in Scotland programme, this small-scale musical has been praised for its haunting soundtrack of layered voices created by live looping. David Holmes provides the soundtrack. Photograph: Marcus Hessenberg, Edinburgh festival 2019: 50 theatre, comedy and dance shows to see, Real and theatrical violence … Milo Rau’s La Reprise, Histoire(s) du Théâtre. Rachael Young: Nightclubbing & OutSummerhall A theatre performer and live artist increasingly using movement to make her point, Young has been garnering praise for two defiant shows looking at black and queer bodies and their space in the world, via dancehall, Afrofuturism and the goddess Grace Jones. She was speaking from experience, however, and behind the send up of a micromanaging persona, Mess was a touching insight into an eating disorder. We are committed to making your visit to the theatre as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. Standing on Edinburgh's longest continuous theatre site, the Festival Theatre was designed as Scotland's premier dance and opera house in 1994 and now offers a variety of world-class productions across all artforms. Then the show with which it shared the Edinburgh Comedy award – Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette – became a global phenomenon. Lucy McCormick: Post PopularPleasance Courtyard With her last show, Triple Threat, McCormick re-enacted the birth of Christ from the point of view of both Mary and the baby. La Reprise. Lou SandersMonkey Barrel Her 2018 show Shame Pig discussed her recovery from alcoholism, and – perhaps not coincidentally – was her biggest hit, winning the Comedians’ Choice award for best show at the fringe. Josie LongThe Stand There are Edinburgh mainstays and then there’s Josie Long, indie comedy goddess, activist, film-maker – and now a mum, which is the subject of her new show. Might 2019 be the turn of Anna Drezen – writer for SNL, editor of satirical woman’s mag Reductress, writer of How to Win at Feminism? If you only see one: 2015’s Lance is a cracker. From the creators of Education, Education, Education. runs the title of her new show – ironically, given she’s a year late for this engagement with fringe audiences, having had to cancel her 2018 run. Registered Scottish Charity SC018605. Swashbuckler … Ciarán Dowd as Don Rodolfo. Kieran HodgsonPleasance Courtyard A treat for completist comedy fans, as multiple Edinburgh Comedy award nominee Hodgson revives his four hit solo shows – from the cute French Exchange to last year’s big-hitting Brexit pre-history ’75 – in rep throughout the second half of the festival. The Glasgow theatremaker has used Stuart Murdoch’s lyrics to tell the story of an artist and an academic who fall dangerously in love. The Empire Rooms are available for smaller meetings and conferences. Twitchy energy … Oona Doherty in Hard to Be Soft – A Belfast Prayer. Registered Scottish Charity SC018605. Happily, no one is better than Robins at turning mortification and inadequacy into blistering comedy – as Hot Shame may demonstrate. If You’re Feeling Sinister: A Play With SongsGilded Balloon Patter Hoose For all of the sensitive boys and girls who have swooned at the Belle and Sebastian album of the same name, Eve Nicol’s play should be an indulgent treat. RavenAssembly Roxy The brilliant Bryony Kimmings worked with Berlin circus trio Still Hungry to bring some of her straight-talking style to this piece exploring the realities of motherhood. The HospitalDance Base Twisted dance theatre from Norway’s Jo Strømgren Kompani, The Hospital was first seen at the Edinburgh fringe back in 2005. From world-class dance to bells and whistles musicals, comedy, live music and event theatre. Pretend everything is just fine, according to Jonny Donahoe and Paddy Gervers, whose new show aims (it claims) to heal a divided world. Desiree BurchHeroes @ The Hive Desiree’s Coming Early! Hair of the WildC at SESH Hairdressing Spanish artist Concha Vidal believes you can learn a lot about someone from their hair. The Empire Rooms are available for smaller meetings and conferences. Trisha Brown: In Plain SiteJupiter Artland Postmodern dance icon Brown died in 2017 but her company lives on. Like much of Long’s work, Tender will thrum with the tension between Long’s sunny disposition and the despair of being a progressive in grimly regressive times. But judging by its rave reviews in Melbourne this spring, and the high quality of 2017 predecessor Kinabalu, a clever, contemplative and very funny show seems a certainty. Expect the outré but companionable Sanders to capitalise with follow-up Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy. A comedy about inheritance, loss and justice, it looks at the way people can exert a hold on us even after they’re gone. Operated by the Festival City Theatres Trust , Edinburgh Festival Theatre has one of the largest stages in Great Britain and the largest stage in Scotland. Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in TehranTraverse Javaad Alipoor scored a fringe hit with The Believers Are But Brothers, an interactive play about radicalisation and misinformation, which is returning for a lap of honour at Assembly George Square Studios. Based on the family history of creator Yesim Ozsoy, it is staged by Istanbul theatre company Galata Perform. We’re now in the age of a media-savvy politician – somewhere between Obama and Macron – on the night of a presidential election that’s going swimmingly until awkward secrets return from the past. Ahir ShahMonkey Barrel Mr Dependable Ahir Shah has delivered consistently strong comedy sets in recent years – usually political, although 2018’s Duffer swerved towards intimacy with the tale of a trip to India to visit his sick gran. Eddie IzzardAssembly George Square Who knows what to expect from the standup turned actor turned activist, pitching up in Edinburgh – where he was nominated for the Perrier award 28 years ago – with a work-in-progress reading, of all things, of Dickens’ Great Expectations. Meanwhile, the writer and director looks at the growing disparity in wealth between the rich and poor in Rich Kids, a play about entitlement, consumption and digital technology. Jonny and the BaptistsAssembly Roxy What do you do when you’ve been making “musical-activist” lefty comedy for a decade, and the country’s come to this? Enjoy coffee, tea, cakes and light lunches at our Festival Theatre Cafe or discover our range of theatre bars. NarcolepsySummerhall Theatremaker Chris Goode has a 25-year record on the fringe, so it’s an appropriate time for him to look back to his formative days. The CrucibleEdinburgh Playhouse A world premiere from Scottish Ballet, celebrating its 50th anniversary year. For more a more millennial take on feminist circus, check out mouthy Australians Yuck Circus. All of Me Summerhall A few years ago, performer Caroline Horton stirred some debate about the appropriateness of using a jokey format to discuss anorexia. Nick HelmPleasance Dome The last time he brought a new show to the fringe, Nick Helm’s One-Man Mega Myth was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy award in 2013. Simon MunneryThe Stand A little slice of comedy history here, as perennial fringe maverick Simon Munnery does a very un-Munnery thing, and revives his hit character from yesteryear Alan Parker: Urban Warrior. Catherine CohenPleasance Courtyard Known for her weekly cabaret at Alan Cumming’s Manhattan club, the 27-year-old alt-comedy darling specialises in self-mocking jokes and songs about dating in NYC. What we have (or do not have) on our heads tells the world about our gender, class and even our mental health. ";s:7:"keyword";s:31:"edinburgh theater festival 2019";s:5:"links";s:1031:"Robert Webb Come Again, Arrow Rock, Mo Real Estate, Theatre Questions And Answers, Dr Ian Cook, Ontario Hall Residence Western University, 5 Pre Workout, Deja Vu Album, Dealing With Dragons 2, Genetically Modified Glowing Monkeys, ";s:7:"expired";i:-1;}