FESTIVAL THEATRE DAY PLANNER
10AM
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Ease yourself into the day with a coffee and three mini playlets. Pleasance Dome, 556 6550, 4-26 Aug (not 14, 21), 10am, £10.50-£11.50. Previews until 3 Aug, £7.50.
11AM
John Peel’s Shed 2011 sell-out returns to delight music lovers with this ode to records and the radio. Underbelly Cowgate, 245 8252, 8-12 Aug, 11.35am, £11. Preview 7 Aug, £10. Thin Ice Darkly comic Wartime thriller/love story set around a frozen body in the Arctic. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 3-27 Aug (not 7, 14, 21), 11.45am, £9-£10 (£8-£9). Preview 3 Aug, £5.
NOON
Double Edge’s Apples Original dance theatre in which testosterone fuelled teenagers explore what it is to be young. Underbelly Cowgate, 0844 545 8252, 12-18 Aug, 12pm, £8-£9 (£7-£8). Just A surreal exploration of perversion of justice in a twisted society in this series of bizzare fictions C eca, 0845 260 1234, 12-18 Aug, 12.50pm, £5.50-£7.50 (£3.50-£5.50).
1PM
The Economist Powerful play written in response the the massacre on Norwegian Utoyah Island. C nova, 0845 260 1234, 2-27 Aug, 1.30pm, £7.50-£9.50 (£5.50-£7.50). Perle Told through a mixture of illustration and performance this live comic book tells of obsession and loss. Assembly Roxy, 623 3030, 4-26 Aug, 1.45pm, £9-£10 (£8-£9). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £5.
Hand Over Fist Dark, redemptive monologue about lost love and Alzheimer’s. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 4-27 Aug (not 8, 15), 1.55pm, £10-£11 (£9-£10). Previews until 3 Aug, £6.
2PM
A Donkey and a Parrot Well paced telling of a gripping old-fashioned yarn, passed through one family over 300 years. Gilded Balloon at Third Door, 622 6552, 5-27 Aug (not 13, 20), 2pm, £8-£9 (£7-£8). Previews until 4 Aug, £5. Rosie Wilby – How (Not) to Make it in Britpop A tale of one woman’s ill-fated brush with the music industry through old photos, diaries and letters. The Bongo Club, 557 2827, 10-14 Aug, 2.30pm, £8 (£6).
3PM
Cover A tale of two couples, one London flat and a desire to keep up appearances at all costs. C nova, 0845 260 1234, 2-27 Aug (not 13), 3.20pm, £7.50-£9.50 (£5.50-£7.50).
A Clockwork Orange Alex and his Droogs are back in this retelling of Anthony Burgess’ ultra violent novel. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 80 THE LIST 2–9 Aug 2012
and emotional journey for actors and audience. theSpace on Niddry Street, 0845 577 0844, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 Aug, 7.20pm, £10 (£8.50). Preview 3 Aug, £6. Half a Person: My Life as Told by the Smiths A story of confusion and desperation told through the songs of Morrissey and the Smiths. Zoo Southside, 662 6892, 5-27 Aug (not 15), 7.50pm, £8 (£6). Previews 3 & 4 Aug.
8PM
Sex, Lyers and Audiotape A storyteller takes the audience on a jwourney through music’s colourful history. theSpace on the Mile, 0845 508 8316, 14-18 Aug, 8.35pm, £7 (£5). Preview 13 Aug, £5 (£3.50).
Dracula: Sex, Sucking and Stardom An absurd comedy featuring pop songs and a showbiz obsessed Count. Paradise in the Vault, 510 0022, 6-27 Aug (not 13, 20), 8.40pm, £8-£9 (£7-£7.50). Previews 4 & 5 Aug, Free (ticketed). Kiss Me and You Will See How Important I Am Dark drama about depression, recovery and the madness of youth. C aquila, 0845 260 1234, 2-27 Aug, 8.50pm, £8.50-£10.50 (£6.50-£8.50).
9PM
The Indescribable Phenomenon A play charting one woman’s rise to fame as a spiritualist with mind- reading and magic. Greenside, 6-11 Aug, 9.40pm, £9 (£7). Previews 3-5 Aug, £7 (£5). Hinge Presents: Dorian Will Self’s modern re-telling of the Oscar Wilde classic set in 1981. Hill Street Theatre, 226 6522, Aug 4-27 (not 14), 9.45pm, £7-£8 (£5.50-£7.50). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £5.
10PM
Re-Animator the Musical Horror musical surrounding a green serum that can bring the dead back to life. Assembly George Square, 3-27 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 10.40pm, £12-£14 (£10-£12). Previews until 2 Aug, £5. Belt-up Theatre’s The Boy James A beautiful and touching journey of of innocence lost. C nova, 0845 260 1234, 2-27 Aug, 10.45pm, £10.50-£12.50 (£8.50-£10.50).
11PM
Tales from Edgar Allen Poe Enter the assylum and see Poes’ tales told through daring circus skills. C eca, 0845 260 1234, until 27 Aug (not 13), 11pm, £9.50-£11.50 (£7.50-£9.50). Boris and Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure Join the Balkan bad boys for an evening of puppetry, filth, mirth and hoodwinks. Pleasance Courtyard, 556 6550, 4-27 Aug (not 13, 21), 11pm, £9-£10 (£8-£9). Previews until 3 Aug, 11pm, £5.
Strip Search A soldier-turned- stripper tells his story in the space of a real-time strip. SpaceCabaret at 54, 0845 557 6309, 6-25 Aug (not 19), 11.05pm, £12 (£8). Previews 3 & 4 Aug, 11.05pm, £8 (£5).
ONE MINUTE BIRDWATCHING
Calling all twitchers! Holly Rumble’s innovative new Fringe piece invites anyone with a budding interest in nature to join her in observing the birdlife of West Princes Street Gardens for 60 seconds, shouting out the names of the birds if you know them or ‘bird’ if you don’t. Rumble, a member of Norwich live art collective other/other/other, is hoping the experience will be both noisy and suitably irreverent. See oneminutebirdwatching.com ■ West Princes Street Gardens, 226 0000, 4–9 Aug, 9.30am & 1.30pm, free.
4-26 Aug (not 13), 3.40pm, £13.50- £14.40 (£12-£13). Previews until 3 Aug, £7. Waiting For Stanley A touching story of a woman waiting for her husband to return home from war told through movement. Assembly Roxy, 623 3030, 4-26 Aug (not 13), 3.45pm, £10-£12 (£8-£10). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £8.
4PM
Bitch Boxer A woman competes for the first time in the male dominated sport of boxing at the olympics. Underbelly Cowgate, 0844 545 8252, 4-26 Aug, 4pm, £10-£11 (£9-£10). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £6. Swamp Juice A tale of life in a swamp told through jaw-dropping shadow puppetry, with a stunning 3D finale. Underbelly Bristo Square, 0844 545 8252, 14-27 Aug, 4.30pm, £11- £13 (£9-£11).
5PM
Breathing Corpses Is it better to be dead or a breathing corpse? A tale of relationships on the brink and a reassessment of life. Zoo, 662 6892, 5-27 Aug (not 13, 21), 5pm, £8 (£6.50). Previews 3 & 4 Aug, £5.
The Girl with No Heart A beautiful tale of fragile hearts told using puppetry, live music and shadow-play. Bedlam Theatre, 225 9893, 5-25 Aug (not 13), 5pm, £8 (£6). Previews 3 & 4 Aug, £5. 6PM
Allotment Played out on a real Edinburgh allotment is this darkly funny and moving tale of sibling rivalry. Assembly Innverleith Allotments, 623 3030, 10-19 Aug (not 13-16), 6pm, £10 (£8.50). National Theatre of Scotland Presents Love Letters to the Public Transport System A thank you to those who take us where we need to go. Assembly Rooms George Street, 0844 693 3008, 3-26 Aug (not 6 & 20), 6.15pm, £10 (£9). Preview 2 Aug, £9 (£8).
This Land: the Story of Woody Guthrie The story of one of music’s most influential players, told through his own words and music. Zoo, 662 6892, 5-20 Aug, 6.30pm, £12 (£8). Previews 3 & 4 Aug, £5.
7PM
4.48 Psychosis Based on Sarah Kane’s iconic work, a visceral physical