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Let a mix of artistic experiences, intimate shows and experimental installations push your performance boundaries at this year’s Forest Fringe
Words: Charlotte Runcie performances, installations and encounters, a few of which spill over into Forest Centre Plus, a converted jobcentre just below the Castle.
Everything on offer though donations are welcome, and the diverse pieces are distinctive for their strong focus pieces are distinctive for their strong focus
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on experimental collaboration, intimacy and unpredictability. Put simply, if you don’t quite know what you’re looking for at this year’s festival, Forest Fringe is where you might i nd it. Here are some pointers to get you started. some pointers to get you started.
After a two-year break, the always intriguing Forest Fringe has returned in the form of an imaginative creative occupation of the Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Leith. Drop into the former military building to i nd a thought-provoking variety of
IF YOU’D LIKE A CHANCE ENCOUNTER . . .
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. . . see Rosana Cade’s Walking:Holding. You’ll be taken, alone, on a walk through the city, holding hands with a series of strangers of different sexes, sexualities and backgrounds. It’s a chance to challenge your own preconceptions and ideas about intimacy (and to test your capacity for awkward small talk). ■ Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 20−22 & 24 Aug, 1−3pm & 4−5.30pm. appearances,
IF YOU CAN’T DECIDE BETWEEN A PERFORMANCE AND A DINNER PARTY . . . . . . take some food to Only Wolves and Lions from Uni nished Business. Billed as ‘a night of collective action, anecdotal storytelling and the odd philosophical treatise’ over dinner, the event is an exploration of human behaviour and our most basic needs. Bring one raw ingredient to contribute to the meal for 16–20, and if you’re coming with friends, you’re instructed to keep your own ingredients secret from them. ■ Forest Centre Plus, 20−24 Aug (not 22), 4.30−7.30pm.
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