Edinburgh Festival Guide

Listings: Morning events, Physical theatre

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4.48 Psychosis

Sarah Kane's poetic masterpiece that sparked controversy and debate. Performed intimately, using physicality alongside the dialogue to question clinical depression and provide insight into the fragility of the human mind. Hard-hitting but beautiful.

theSpaces on the Mile, Edinburgh

Fri 2 Aug

Space 1

£7 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Sat 3 Aug

Space 1

£7 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Sun 4 Aug

Space 1

£7 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

…and 2 more dates

Conversations: Grid Iron

Members of Grid Iron talk about Leaving Planet Earth in the company of journalist and critic Robert Dawson Scott.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Wed 14 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Conversations with Artists.

Dark Side of the Sun

The Superhero Club provides an audience with humour, style and ease. A most enjoyable show mixes satire with surrealist material, whilst never confusing or ostracising anybody in particular. From family dinners to Harry Potter to an accidental admission of true love, our eccentric sketches are fast, humorous and…

theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh

Mon 12 Aug

Theatre 2

£6 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Tue 13 Aug

Theatre 2

£6 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Wed 14 Aug

Theatre 2

£6 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

…and 9 more dates

Doctor Brown: Bexperiments

Soho Theatre & the Mason Sisters at PBJ. Eight shows back-to-back, starting the day from scratch, each show will be built from the best of the previous, taking shape through the day to form a completed eighth show. 'For those jaded by the pedestrian bilge that litters the comedy landscape, Doctor Brown is good for…

Underbelly, Edinburgh

Tue 13 Aug

Belly Button

£7 / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Everyman

Splendid Productions. Splendid Productions present their creative reimagining of the 15th-century morality play, Everyman. Splendid take this medieval story of an ordinary man - randomly chosen to represent all humanity - as the starting point for a high energy, super-theatrical, surprisingly silly exploration of what…

Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Wed 31 Jul

Clover

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview

Thu 1 Aug

Clover

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview

Fri 2 Aug

Clover

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview

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L.O.V.E.

Volcano Theatre. Exuberant, sensual and violently passionate, Volcano's award-winning Shakespearean threesome has toured all over the world. L.O.V.E. is a landmark production in British theatre, directed and choreographed by Nigel Charnock. It is based on Shakespeare's love sonnets. Three lovers, a poet, a dark lady…

Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh

Thu 1 Aug

Central

£8 / 0131 226 0000

Preview

Fri 2 Aug

Central

£8 / 0131 226 0000

Preview

Sat 3 Aug

Central

£12 (£10) / 0131 226 0000

…and 19 more dates

Missing

Gecko / Escalator East To Edinburgh. Created by Amit Lahav. Critically acclaimed physical dance theatre company Gecko present another visually stunning, visceral, physical performance. 'A kind of restless delirium, dense with poetic effect' ★★★★ (Guardian). Missing is a journey into the depths of a person's psyche: as…

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh

Thu 8 Aug

The Grand

£13.50 (£11.50) / 0131 226 0000

Fri 9 Aug

The Grand

£15 (£13.50) / 0131 226 0000

Sat 10 Aug

The Grand

£15 (£13.50) / 0131 226 0000

…and 1 more date

Nostalgia for Reality

SSSR productions. Start your day in reality, or better still, with Nostalgia for Reality. 'The element of surprise is important to squeezing every ounce of enjoyment from this fabulous show by SSSR productions' (Stop, See, Sense, Reality). Russia's theatrical traditions are on display here, in the rigor of the ideas…

Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh

Mon 5 Aug

Theatre

£9 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

2 for 1

Tue 6 Aug

Theatre

£9 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

2 for 1

Wed 7 Aug

Theatre

£9 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

…and 15 more dates

Reason to Smile

Blue Tree Theatre Company. The production explores what happens after the adrenalin and intoxication of a newly formed relationship fades. A Reason to Smile centres on a contemporary couple and charts the relationship's evolution, cross-cutting between significant moments of their lives together. The use of physical…

theSpace @ Venue45, Edinburgh

Mon 19 Aug

£5 / 0131 226 0000

Tue 20 Aug

£5 / 0131 226 0000

Wed 21 Aug

£5 / 0131 226 0000

…and 3 more dates

Synergy

Crowded Nest. A new hatchling fallen from the Crowded Nest, Synergy is: making eye contact across the room. Uttering your first words. Acclimation, escape, and two worlds - one of sight and the other of sound – coping with the fear of being left alone, unloved, or unlovable. All ages.

theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh

Mon 5 Aug

Theatre 2

£6 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

2 for 1

Tue 6 Aug

Theatre 2

£6 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

2 for 1

Wed 7 Aug

Theatre 2

£6 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

…and 3 more dates

Under Milk Wood

International Collegiate Theatre Festival. An ICTF / John Abbott College / Jac'N'burgh 2013 production. Originally written to be performed as a radio broadcast, our stage version of Under Milk Wood captures the quaint, witty essence of a charming Welsh town and its inhabitants like an action-filled screen saver of…

theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh

Wed 7 Aug

Grand Theatre

£5 / 0131 226 0000