Edinburgh preview 2
Statler and Andrew Field as well as Lyn Gardner suggest
Nonsenseroom’s production The Ballad of James II in the setting of Rosslyn Chapel
There seems to be a Shunt car show [not really it's actually a colloboration see comments for correction], which sounds great
Andrews says “…Pinochio in which two girls from Rotozaza and Shunt drive an audience of three round Edinburgh in a car performing Pinochio”
“…Wait outside! We will pick you up. We are driving. Caught up in Pinocchio’s great diversion, you are lost. Is the city through the windscreen still the same city? You have new eyes, and a brand new pair of ears…”
It reminds that I missed Hush productions’ A Mobile Thriller “performed to an audience of three in the back of a luxury car as it hurtles through the city towards an assassination and Broken Road that intertwines with A Mobile Thriller at its dramatic conclusion….” [Note, Carrie Cracknell is now an AD at the Gate so I’m bound to be bias] I’m also working on an idea based in a mini-cab.
Although I can’t find it listed I can find at the British Council showcase Rotozaza’s Etiquette
Etiquette is for two people at a time. There is no-one watching. You wear headphones which tell you what to say to each other. There are also instructions for small actions. It lasts 25 minutes
and must be experienced from start to finish. Best done with someone you know, someone to share this with – but not essential. You won’t be asked to ‘act’ and it isn’t difficult
- anyone who understands English can do it – but its success does rely on you listening hard to each instruction and responding accordingly. Bring reading glasses if you need them.
Also in the showcase, Gecko are doing The Arab and The Jew A story of brotherhood, loyalty and conflict
Statler also recommends in the comments… “Emergence-See and have hopes for Armageddon & Fishcakes despite an 11:30am start….”
And finally there were references to bananas in my last two stage shows. So by entering banana into edfringe.com and clicking on the last result I get
Stinky Flowers and the Bad Banana A young boy, A grandfather’s wisdom, A mother’s sadness. Join Sinclair on a multimedia journey as he discovers meaning in imagination. Warring monkeys and enchanted lakes vividly come to life in a dreamer’s attic at C soco
Not as fun as Andrew’s drinking game but random, which is a lot about what the fringe is….
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Recent plays include, for theatre: Nakamitsu, Yellow Gentlemen, Lost in Peru, Lemon Love. For radio: Places in Between (R4), Patent Breaking Life Saving (WS).
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Etiquette’s not listed because its a free show – happens every half hour in the Aurora Nova cafe – you just have to turn up and it’ll be there.
I think Cressida Brown’s site-specific Phaedra might also be quite interesting as well…
Will do my own round up later today.
Some clarification about ROTOZAZA’S ETIQUETTE, as i’m afraid the above info isn’t correct. All tickets will be £5 per person and can only be booked through Aurora Nova (the venue) or Assembly Rooms (they’re in partnership this year). It will be starting every half hour at .00 and .30 minutes past. Full info on booking from http://www.auroranova.org/ (soon, if not now)
Sorry it’s not free, but the financial aspect to the Edinburgh Fringe hurts enough already… There’s plenty of info about Etiquette on our site – see the links above.
One other correction – Silvia (from Rotozaza), is presenting PINOCCHIO – the show in a car – in collaboration with Gemma Brockis. She’s from Shunt, but rather than being ‘a Shunt car show’ the project is independent…
Thanks a lot for the mention. See you there…
Ant Hampton – Rotozaza