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Oresteia: This Restless House Zinnie Harris reimagines Aeschylus’s 2500-year-old drama Oresteia in this new adaptation that won Best New Play at the Critics’s Awards for Theatre in Scotland. See feature, page 12. Lyceum, 22–27 Aug. Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon The pop songstress hosts two nights of her ‘torture chamber of disco’, with covers of cheese, disco and all your own favourite tunes. Summerhall, 25 & 26 Aug.
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Joseph Morpurgo Morpurgo follows up his Comedy Award-nominated 2015 show with multimedia adventure, Hammerhead. See review, list.co.uk/festival Pleasance Courtyard, until 28 Aug. Blak Whyte Gray East London hip hop company Boy Blue Entertainment bring their Olivier Award-nominated dance piece to the International Festival. Lyceum, until 19 Aug.
Snigel & Friends Dancer Caroline Bowditch creates characters rather than a dance spectacle, aimed at kids aged 6–18 months. See review, page 68. Dance Base, until 27 Aug (not 18–21). Candy Gigi A magnificently insane and surprisingly poignant depiction of adolescence, complete with mad props. See review, page 52. Heroes @ The Hive, until 27 Aug (not 22).
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Woke Apphia Campbell stars in a formidable one-woman show exposing the archaic American justice system through the stories of two black women, decades apart. See review, page 78. Gilded Balloon Teviot, until 28 Aug. The Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich’s latest work is a comic revolutionary provocation that taps into a need for collective participation in artistic acts rather than passive observation. See review, page 93, Trinity Apse, until 27 Aug.
6 THE LIST FESTIVAL 17–28 Aug 2017