Theatre
Narrowing this down to five choices is no mean task, and I am sure that you will have your own favourites, but here are Theatre Muse UK’s choices:-
A Pebble In The Road – Venue 33, Pleasance Two at Pleasance Courtyard
5th-31st August (not 17th, 24th) 1.35pm (1hr 10mins) – https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/a-pebble-in-the-road
Ingeborga Dapkunaite gives a spontaneous, child’s-eye account of three generations of women through a hundred turbulent, Lithuanian years.
Buggers – Venue 33, Upstairs at Pleasance Courtyard
5th-30th August (not 17th, 24th) 1.20pm (1hr) – https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/buggers
Set in London 1963, painter Francis Bacon meets petty criminal George Dyer and they become lovers. This psychodrama imagines fragments of the lover’s turbulent relationship.
Churchill’s Urinal – Venue 150b, Lomond Theatre at Pleasance at EICC
13th-23rd August (not 19th) Various Times – https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/churchill-s-urinal
Rosie Holt premieres her new play, where she is a fearless female chancellor, who battles to rid her washroom of an ancient urinal used by Winston Churchill. Will she succeed in re-deploying Churchill’s tinkle-pot…go along to find out!
Kafka For Beginners – Venue 41, Dunedin Theatre at Braw Venues @ Hill Street
7th-30th August 3.30pm (1hr) – https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/kafka-for-beginners
A poet languishes in solitary confinement for the ‘heresy’ of confiding to his own diary – will he stay true to his ideals of love, freedom beyond the power of tyrants? A dark comedy inspired by true stories of prisoners of conscience around the world.#
One Man Poe: The Business Man and The Case of M. Valdemar – Venue 16, Willow Studio at Greenside @ Riddles Court
7th-28th August (not 9th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th) – Various times – https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/one-man-poe-the-business-man-and-the-case-of-m-valdemar
A regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Threedumb Theatre bring two new lesser-known Edgar Allan Poe tales to add their already impressive repertoire. Stephen Smith is a master of solo performance, and Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasts should make this show a priority!
