FESTIVAL THEATRE | Hitlist THEATRE HITLIST
Gareth K Vile picks some of the theatre highlights from week three of the festival action
LILITH THE JUNGLE GIRL Pink slime meets sly subversion as the Sisters Grimm tackle the archetypal myth of the wild woman. Elements of performance collide with animation, queer humour and a provocative attitude to the tropes of theatre. See review at list.co.uk/ festival. Traverse, until 27 Aug (not 21), times vary, £19.50 (£14.50).
WILD BORE The birth of a new feminist theatre as the critics become the target of a meta-theatrical carnival. Untamed, ecstatic and a passionate riposte to the patriarchal assumptions hidden within theatre. See review, page 77 and feature, page 14. Traverse, until 27 Aug (not 21), times vary, £21.50 (£9.50–£16.50).
FLIGHT Vox Motus tell a story of migration through a diorama that is both intimate and epic. See review, page 91. Church Hill Theatre, until 27 Aug (not 22), times vary, £15.
MOUTHPIECE Jodie Foster-endorsed study of women, based on the life experiences of the two performers and encompassing everything from birth to death. With a bathtub for a set and incorporating physical theatre and a cappella harmonies, it balances between the humorous and the challenging. See review at list.co.uk/festival. CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, until 27 Aug (not 18, 22, 25) 3.30pm, £10 (£8).
RICHARD CARPENTER IS CLOSE TO YOU
Matthew Flloyd Jones (from Frisky and Mannish) rescues the other Carpenter from semi-obscurity. A ‘tragicomedy’ that imagines how a superstar might escape from the shadow of their sibling. See review at list.co.uk/festival. Underbelly George Square, until 27 Aug, 5.20pm, £6.50–£11.50 (£10.50.)
THE TIME MACHINE Fringe experts Dyad break up the futurist horror of HG Welles’ famous science-fiction novel in a solo show that inevitably chases towards the downfall of the arrogant human species. See review, page 85. Assembly Roxy, until 28 Aug, 11.10am, £12–£13 (£11–£12).
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3 CENTURIES. 1 GOAL. A GLORIOUS TALE OF STRUGGLE AND SWEAT
OFFSIDE by Sabrina Mahfouz and Hollie McNish
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‘If you only catch one show at the Festival this year, make sure it’s Offside’ Emma Thompson 76 THE LIST FESTIVAL 17–28 Aug 2017