Though he’s better known these days for his podcasts, Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Robins, is best on stage, overthinking things in his winningly frazzled stand-up - not just self-deprecating, more self-flagellating. This special 100th anniversary screening features live piano accompaniment from Scottish musician Mike Nolan. Everyman, Aug 23 ticketsĬlimbing buildings, dangling from the face of clock-tower: Harold Lloyd risked his neck to make this silent comedy. Zoo Southside, Aug 4-27 (not 7, 14, 21) ticketsĪnother EIFF world premiere, this documentary revisits the Trainspotting author’s early life with material from his personal archives, while starry talking heads (Iggy Pop, Danny Boyle, Martin Compston) line up to sing his praises. Traverse Theatre, July 27-Aug 27 ticketsīelgian company Ontroerend Goed – pioneers in provocative, participatory theatre - organise an interactive collective ceremony celebrating life, and marking its inevitable passing. Riding high after her success with Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort of) Isobel McArthur’s debut original play takes us inside an old hotel beset by fist fights and singing ghosts, where a new staff member embarks on a quest for love. Contains working-class characters, evocations of fatherhood, “scenes of violence”, and swearing. Pleasance EICC, Aug 2-27 (not 9, 16) ticketsĬomedian Mark Thomas collaborates with playwright Ed Edwards to forge a hybrid drama that collides characters from Thomas’ south London childhood with Edwards’ “lived experience in jail”. The acclaimed reimagining of the origins of the USA, as told by seven South African actors – what started as a dramatisation of the colonisation of Africa wound up being transplanted across the Atlantic co-directed by Tue Biering (Denmark) and Nhlanhla Mahlangu (SA).
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