Edinburgh 2008Sweet Entertainments

THEATRE

1913 or Nude Descending a Staircase

1913 or Nude Descending a Staircase
Strings Attached

The Balkan Wars, magical silent films, violent suffragettes, and Countess Tarnowska - in prison for an incredible murder in Venice. All this and more is the stuff of our new show about this amazing year.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Exeter University Theatre Company

Tumble down the rabbit hole with us as we modernise Lewis Carroll's magical world with wit, imagination and style. Don't look away or you'll miss all the fun, Wonderland's magic is second to none.

Banterbury Tales

Banterbury Tales
Your Theatre Company

Modern poetic conversation fused with urban electronic beats. Cellinette, an erotic moon faerie, meets Santo Sucio, a dirty saint, on a street corner. Sleep with the person next to you or start the next race war?

Breathing Corpses

Breathing Corpses
LS6

Amy's found another body in the hotel. There's a smell coming from Jim's storage units. And Kate's losing it after spending all day with the police. This tight/tense play is darkly comic; you can't miss a single word.

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!
DBS Productions

The sell-out show returns! You think you know about science, art, religion, culture? You think you know history? Statistics prove you don't. We can help, we are Scotland - we done loads!

Call Me If You Feel Too Happy

Call Me If You Feel Too Happy
Reduced Circumstances

Bipolar is a buzzword in celebrity chic, but what if you're not on the A-List? A witty and candid account of the highs and lows of a pill-popping twentysomething.

'Crave' by Sarah Kane

'Crave' by Sarah Kane
3Bugs Fringe Theatre

Sex and death. Cruel and tender. This 10th anniversary production by the university where Kane studied is semi-physical, high-impact theatre. Involving a gelatinous set and live music - a modern classic as never before!

The Devil in Drag

The Devil in Drag
Breast Assembly

Ever had a wish come true? Regretted it? Inflating breasts, a dung-eating cardinal and a pair of scheming devils collide to create mayhem. Fo's merciless satire performed by a stunning cast. Side-splitting!

Discover Kymaerica

Discover Kymaerica
Eames Demetrios

Journey into a parallel universe that you never knew existed - even beneath your very feet ... Meet creatures without metabolism, a samurai Columbus, lichen poetry, gwomes...

Do You Want to Lose Weight?

Do You Want to Lose Weight?
Elizabeth Roddick

Elizabeth Roddick, life coach, individualises weight loss programmes. One hour of your time and off the hips for a lifetime.

Fawn

Fawn
Strings Attached

Isolated and stricken with fear, everything stands still, but the wall clock is still ticking. A fantastical abstract one-woman documentary about a world suddenly turned upside down, full of desire and dreams to fill the fragile silhouettes with life.

Fully Committed

Fully Committed
Cafe Society

One reservations clerk, one telephone, 40 screaming VIPs and no tables. Sam Peliczowski juggles the needs of scheming socialites, name-dropping wannabees, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses in a 70 minute, breakneck, tour de force by Becky Mode.

Gift to the Future

Gift to the Future
Colin David Reese

Warning: This show is for Shakespeare lovers! John Heminges, the man who first gathered Shakespeare's works into one volume, immerses the audience in the Bard's world with surprising anecdotes, reminiscences, and speeches from the plays.

Head to Head

Head to Head
Caravanserai Productions

5 plays in 15 days. Featuring a series of hilarious, sometimes devastating, power tangos as wounded egos sabotage attempts at achieving intimacy.

Hostage

Hostage
Tweed Theatre

Alone, in chains and darkness, James Douglas is held hostage by Islamic fundamentalists. Back in Scotland, a young woman struggles for support to win his freedom. But this is happening 500 years ago ... A gripping, topical new play.

How Hard it Happens

How Hard it Happens
Heart Off Guard Theatre Company

(How it hardly seems to happen.) One crashed school coach. One sonless flat. A television screen. This award-winning new play, set in the cat-kissed city, invites you to spy on four faces in two wreckages.

I Lost My Laugh in the Revolution

I Lost My Laugh in the Revolution
Shameka Cunningham

The journey of a woman who discovers her laugh is lost and the risk she takes to find it ... all while trying to save the world!

Jewish Chronicles

Jewish Chronicles
Daniel Cainer

Beautiful songs and stories, much laughter, some tears. You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this brilliant one-man show from master songwriter, Daniel Cainer - his clever, funny, haunting songs tell a universal story. Free bagel and coffee.

Kerouac: And - All - That - Jazz

Kerouac: And - All - That - Jazz
One Off Productions

Hip words, cool jazz and hot be-bop weave together this homage to Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. New play charting the fascinating story of the 'Angel-headed Hipster' and his search for happiness.

The Knowledge of Beauty

The Knowledge of Beauty
Get A Real Job Promotions

Looks mean everything; looks mean power. A sharp, fast-paced domestic comedy about the role of looks within society, about attractive people, about ugly people. Performed by the brightest new team at the Fringe.

Mr Loveday's Little Outing

Mr Loveday's Little Outing
Theatrical Theatrics Productions

Lunacy, absolute lunacy ... this adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's amusing classic offers an exhilarating hour for all. A quirky yet thought-provoking tale presenting a fresh perspective on confinement and lunacy from a Fringe sell-out company. Absolutely mental.

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing
Ribcaged Theatre Productions

Ribcaged Theatre Productions present a new adaptation with music of Shakespeare's classic comedy.

Office 212

Office 212
Vista Theatre / The University of Wales, Newport

Jason, Ivan, Janice and Alison are all inhabitants of office 212. Their daily rituals of photocopying frenzy and fast-food feastings are beginning to take their toll on the fiendish four and boredom soon descends into bedlam!

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Practical Magic Theatre Company

Unmissable. Dale Wasserman's brilliant adaptation of Ken Kesey's dark comedy. From the director of recent Fringe smashes 'Jean Brodie' and 'The Steamie'.

P45's in the Post

P45's in the Post
Blue Bud Stage Company

Inspired by Frida Kahlo's passion for life and fags, two girls discover their inner 'Warriors of Light' lie within their Rimmel lipsticks and UGG boots. Full -time dreamers, part-time workers. No experience necessary.

Pictures on the Air

Pictures on the Air
Wopsle Productions & Questors Theatre Company

A teacher near retirement, full of regret for lost opportunities; two sixth formers on the cusp of adulthood. Each life is thrown into crisis by a shocking and incomprehensible incident. A gripping, funny and moving play.

Pierrepoint - The Hangman's Tale

Pierrepoint - The Hangman's Tale
Cafe Society

In his grim career he put to death over 400 men and women while running a homely Lancashire pub. Martin Oldfield is wonderfully chilling as the proud unfeeling professional in this thoughtful, sometimes macabre production.

PoeJazzi: SpokenWorld

PoeJazzi: SpokenWorld
Down Home

Remarkable poetic feast bringing together spoken word, musical and visual artists from Los Angeles to London, this show will delight and inspire you. No plot, no costumes, just real words, real people, real art.

Red Peter

Red Peter
Simian Features

In his dressing room a 'former' ape prepares a report on his transformation from wild beast to music hall star! A comic and chilling reminder of the price of freedom. Inspired by a short story by Franz Kafka.

Regretrosexual - The Love Story

Regretrosexual - The Love Story
Stain Entertainment

Destiny brought Dan to the one woman with as many issues as he has. But there's one last item Dan needs to confess. He was sort of ... gay for two years. She'll understand. These things happen. Right?

The Revenger's Tragedy

The Revenger's Tragedy
Lancaster University Theatre Group

A harrowing tale dragged into modernity as a blend of blood, absurdity and darkest comedy. A cultural melting pot with an added fusion of modern language, devised scenes and cultural references to the original text.

Shut Up, Play!!

Shut Up, Play!!
The Original Tempo

Non-verbal performance of music, dance and visual arts. We 'speak' Japanese contemporary culture. You can find your own Japan with your original tempo!

Ten Days... That Shook the Kitchen!

Ten Days... That Shook the Kitchen!
Ginny Davis

Welcome to the midlife diary of Ruth - middle-class, misfit mum. Featuring 34DD 'friend', embarrassing husband and stroppy kids. BMW man appears. Will she?

Ten Days... That Shook the Kitchen!

Time Bomb
Talk About Productions

It's 4 March 2017 and Britain is on the brink of nuclear war. The exposure of a government cover-up has profound implications for both the Clarkes and the country in this controversial and entertaining political drama.

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus
DDOS

Returning to Rome after years of fighting, Titus' blinkered adherence to tradition and duty lead to a vicious and tragic sequence of murder, mutilation, rape and revenge. 'Titus Andronicus' is an exploration of the darker recesses of humanity.

Tokyo Bound

Tokyo Bound
Sepia Scipio

One-woman show examines the experiences of a young Japanese-Finnish-American who journeys to Japan. Through the encounters with different types of Japanese women, she starts to see and understand her mother in a different but more affectionate way.

Tom and Sal

Tom and Sal
Ice No Lemon Productions

... want to be Richard and Judy. Not helped by their incapable production team, lack of guests and features, this delicious comedy is devilishly dark and utterly politically incorrect. Exeter University Sitcom Festival winner (judge: Adrian Edmondson).

The Year That I Got Younger

The Year That I Got Younger
Aindrias de Staic

A wandering Irish violinist wants to play music, and finds lots of obstacles. Rambling through one year in Australia, he eventually faces the music. Best Solo Show, Wellington Fringe NZ 2008.

 

 

 

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