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Ban This Filth!
Andrea Dworkin: radical feminist. Alan Bissett: man. One microphone. Bissett plays himself, and one of the most original, reviled women in history, telling stories from his own life and from Dworkin’s. Expect an unflinching examination of porn culture, laughter and Led Zeppelin. From the team behind Fringe hits…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Netherbow Theatre at Fringe
£8 / 0131 226 0000
Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Anthropoetry
Mellor & Steele. How do we express our spleen? When did we start wearing our hearts on our sleeves? Why are we up to our elbows in heels and bums? BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion Ben Mellor and multi-instrumentalist Dan Steele take you on a stand-up poetry and music-fuelled journey around the body. Presented with Ben's…
C nova, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
studio 5
£8.50 (£6.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £6.50; Students £6.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thu 1 Aug
studio 5
£8.50 (£6.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £6.50; Students £6.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fri 2 Aug
studio 5
£8.50 (£6.50; Children £4.50; Seniors £6.50; Students £6.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Blackwell's Writers at the Fringe
Blackwell's Bookshop. Now in its sixth year, Blackwell's Bookshop is hosting a weekly series of performances as part of our Blackwell's Writers at the Fringe programme. As new and unpublished works of literary art stand alongside established performers, get ready to experience everything from Scottish poetry to Tartan…
Blackwell's, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Free / 0131 226 0000
Thu 8 Aug
Free / 0131 226 0000
Thu 15 Aug
Free / 0131 226 0000
Luke Wright: Essex Lion
Ditto Productions / Escalator East To Edinburgh. Ever seen a lion? In the wild? In England? Last year in Clacton some campers thought they did. They didn't of course, lions aren't native to north-east Essex. But their not-sighting triggered something in the brain of Radio 4 poet Luke Wright. Now he too is seeing things…
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Robert Louis Stevenson - Songs and Music
Robin Laing, Wendy Weatherby, Tom Clelland, Fiona Cuthill, Norman Chalmers. Sold out Fringe 2012! A performance of the critically acclaimed CD, From a Garden of Songs. Robin Laing, Tom Clelland, Wendy Weatherby, Norman Chalmers and Fiona Cuthill perform RLS's own songs and arrangements of poems from the Child's Garden…
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Sat 10 Aug
Spoken Word Showcases and Competitions
PBH Free Fringe Spoken Word Showcases and Competitions bring you some of the best performers, open mics, and live competitions on the UK scene today. A raft of talented, experienced, lively spoken word collectives staging some amazing shows: Word House, I’m Sorry I Haven’t Haiku, The Anti-Slam, Flea Circus, Hammer…
The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Blofeld and Baxter - Memories of Test Match Special
Neil O'Brien Entertainment Ltd. Two of the titans of UK cricket with a side-splitting show full of memories from within the Test Match Special commentary boxes from all over the world. The fun spills out from the most famous grounds to taxis, buses, beaches, deserts and hotels. Anecdotes never before heard of legendary…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Café Voices
Scottish Storytelling Centre. Enjoy oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song in the relaxed ambience of the Storytelling Café. Come prepared with a piece to perform or just to enjoy the evening. Featuring a special guest host and many friends. Ages 14+.
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Wed 14 Aug
Wed 21 Aug
Creation Myth for Scotland
David Campbell & Janis Mackay. Out of the northern mists the ancient hag of the mountain ridges The Cailleach dropped from her creel the peats that formed her beloved Caledonia. Join master storytellers David Campbell and Janis Mackay, with musician Wendy Weatherby, as they tell in words and haunting music, the…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Tue 13 Aug
Wed 14 Aug
Thu 15 Aug
Evie and the Perfect Cupcake / PBH's Free Fringe
In Evie’s world, you are punished for being overweight, your sister is perfect and your job sucks. So, do you really think you can have your cake and eat it? Join satirical cakeaholic and poet Tina Sederholm for a spongy hour seeking answers to health, happiness and an end to universal suffering. ‘…Tina’s language…
The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
I'll Go On
Based on Beckett’s trilogy of novels – Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable – this one-man show performed by celebrated Beckett interpreter Barry McGovern brings together three monologues that unify the central characters of each novel, revealing successively deepening layers of reflection and emotion. Firstly there is…
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Sun 25 Aug
Mon 26 Aug
Wed 28 Aug
Jem Rolls
‘Dynamic, funny, sharply political … captivating… metaphor master… kept his packed audience utterly transfixed… sharp one-liners … Hilarious … The Godfather of Scottish Performance Poetry …Go see’ (Scotsman). ‘Fast, funny and angry’ (Herald). ‘Hilarious … hypnotic… A true Fringe gem’ (Toronto Now).‘Absolute…
The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Literary Salon
Damian Barr brings his celebrated Shoreditch House Literary Salon to Edinburgh. Join him for exclusive readings and revealing interviews with some of the world’s best writers. Guests include the formidably fabulous Janice Galloway and the most marvellous Maggie O’Farrell. Tickets include one delightful cocktail.
Hendrick's Carnival of Knowledge, Edinburgh
Thu 8 Aug
Monkey Poet
Stand-up poetry from multi award-winning simian. ‘Very funny' (Scotsman). 'Funny, furious, filthy' (Jersey Evening Post). 'The darkest, rudest and funniest thing you will see' (BroadwayBaby.com). www.monkeypoet.co.uk
The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
The Poet Speaks
Two of the pillars of contemporary music come together for an intimate evening of poetry, music and song in tribute to their friend, the great Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg. Punk poet and provocateur Patti Smith performs both her own and Ginsberg’s poetry, with accompaniment and solo pieces for piano from founding…
The Edinburgh Playhouse
Tue 13 Aug
£12–£35 / 0131 473 2000
Stand-Up Tragedy
Had it up to here with hilarity? Fed up with the feel good factor? Well, commiserations, because the Stand-Up Tragedy team are here to wipe that smile off your face! After successful London runs at the Leicester Square Theatre and the Hackney Attic, Sony Award-nominated Dave Pickering's ‘entertaining bunch of…
Fiddlers Elbow, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
That Is All You Need to Know
Award-nominated Idle Motion take you back to 1940s England, to an eccentric country house which became the melting pot of Britain’s greatest minds: Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman and the thousands of others whose work was the hidden heroism of the war. In this show Idle Motion delves into the untold stories of…
Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Threesome
Fishing for freshness? You’ll get what’s coming with Threesome. Hook up with us for the un/spoken word lifted off the page in surprising ways. Jay Walker’s excerpts from Explicit embody poetic licentiousness. Everyday language made queerly transfixing. ‘The nearest English translation of jouissance I've ever seen…




