Category Archives: EdFestivals 2016

All our coverage from the 2016 festivals.

+3 Interview: Hyena

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“Making space for cis-women, trans-women and feminine-identified people takes active effort. Even in theatre, the majority of voices heard are those of cis-men.”

WHO: Romana Soutus – Writer, Performer & Producer

WHAT: “Hyena is an interactive and visceral solo show about the beast within. Hy examines questions of intimacy, femininity and vulnerability as she attempts to navigate the painful world in which we live, while toeing the line between her public and private self. Straight from its world premiere at La MaMa NYC in 2016.”

WHERE: Paradise in The Vault (Venue 29)

WHEN: 21:40 (65 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

Yes! We’ve never been before.

Tell us about your show.

In a workshop with Belarus Free Theatre, writer/performer Romana Soutus was challenged to write one page that could never be performed on a stage in her home country. That challenge manifested itself into a one-woman piece that explores the dichotomy of body and image, the desire to destroy while being perceived as living in a body designed to create.

Hyena is produced by Romana Soutus and Amy Surratt, both self-identified women. In fact, the entire production team on the ground in Edinburgh is made up of self-identified women.

Hyena is about the experience of femininity, and in that spirit it felt essential to have a production team made up entirely of self-identified women. Making space for cis-women, trans-women and feminine-identified people takes active effort. Even in theatre, the majority of voices heard are those of cis-men. Hyena and the team behind it consciously fight to create space for a story often left unaccounted for by actively pursuing voices often left unaccounted. The team is working to unlock cages, both literal and figurative.

Hyena premiered at La MaMa in New York City in March 2016, but for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival production of Hyena, the whole team decided to use three adjectives as their compass – lean, mean and dangerous. Romana went into re-writes and the design team tweaked their visions in order to incorporate a more “raw” feeling overall. In rehearsals the show is becoming tighter and tighter with every run and that feeling of danger has returned to the performance.

Although Hyena has already made its debut, the production taking place at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival will be unique to the festival.  Hyena will be performing again at the United Solo festival in New York City on September 27th and we hope to make more connections at the festival to take the show even further!

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

For a fellow one-woman show go see my La MaMa NYC sister Heather Litteer’s show Lemonade. For another queer in-your-face explosion go see Dandy Darkly’s Myth Mouth.

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+3 Interview: Celia

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“I’ve robbed the housekeeping to fund ‘Celia’ at Edinburgh… We will not be eating until after Christmas.”

WHO: Rachel Cochrane – Writer, Director, Producer

WHAT: “Meet Celia, housewife, 49ish and devoted mother. Tired of putting the toilet seat down after the men in her life, Celia escapes into a parallel world, the inspiration for her romantic short stories. But what happens when fantasy becomes reality and Celia finds herself caught between a hot flush and a hot date? Join Celia and her monologues on midlife musings as she plunges into the murky waters of the menopause. Written by Rachel Cochrane. Performed by Penny Lamport.”

WHERE: Spotlites (Venue 278)

WHEN: 18:25 (65 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

Yes, it’s been a long time ambition but the stars have never been aligned until now. What that actually means is that I’ve robbed the housekeeping to fund Celia at Edinburgh and it hasn’t been noticed yet. We will not be eating until after Christmas.

Tell us about your show.

Celia came about when I wrote the diary of a fictional woman as I was going through the menopause (am I allowed to mention that word in polite company?) It reflected how I was feeling but because I was writing through my character I was able to express what women think but dare not say.

Originally, Celia was made as a series of short online films with actor Penny Lamport and digital media artist Shirley Anne Wood. I have now rewritten Celia for the stage and after rave reviews at its premiere at The Globe (public house in Railway Street, NE1), Penny and I have taken a giant leap of faith to bring it to Edinburgh. You can expect a one woman monologue with laughter and tears in equal measure. I’ve also taken on the role of producer, director, props, publicity and sweeping up, but of course Penny’s input has been crucial in the development of the play and the character and capturing the audience with Celia’s story.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

I have just connected with Magician Renz Novani on Twitter and his show Renz Novani: Spellbinder – Magic & Mystory looks absolutely thrilling. He is performing at Spotlites 278, the same venue as Celia about an hour after we have finished. I’ve just watched a video on his Spotlites page – how on earth does he do that?

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+3 Interview: Guy Masterson: Love and Canine Integration

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“The story is autobiographical and it does what it says on the tin. I have been telling these anecdotes in the pub for years.”

WHO: Guy Masterson, Comedian

WHAT: “On a hovercraft, no one can hear you bark… Fringe legend and Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson’s uproarious tales of woe, a dog and transcontinental wedlock. The dog came with a package… it could not be abandoned in Paris, and the next eight years tested everything: marriage, career and sanity. A tormented, often hysterical life of poo, piss and pooches.”

WHERE: Assembly Roxy (Venue 139) 

WHEN: 17:40 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is my 23rd consecutive fringe and I have presented over 100 shows over that time – plus I have performed at least once during each of those Fringes. Most of those shows have been at Assembly Rooms/Assembly Festival with 5 at the Traverse and 3 at the Pleasance.

I have been lucky enough to be associated with some of the biggest hits at the fringe over that time with lots of awards and nominations. I am proud to have introduced the likes of John Clancy and David Calvitto to Edinburgh and mounting big theatre pieces such as 12 Angry Men and The Odd Couple – both starring Bill Bailey.

I have also focused on developing solo talent and several terrific shows that have come through my company have been running for over 20 years including Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm, Shylock and Adolf (with Pip Utton). Dyad Productions (Rebecca Vaughan and Elton Townend-Jones) started up with two productions that I presented & directed (Austen’s Women and I, Elizabeth). Scamp Theatre (Jenny Sutherland and Louise Callow) also started out with me. One of my proudest achievements was to bring a 13 year dream to the stage with Morecambe and then see it transfer to the West End and triumph at the Olivier Awards.

That illustrates what Edinburgh can do. It’s been a long journey!

Tell us about your show.

This is my first foray into the “comedy section” of the Fringe Bible. I wrote the piece and am producing. It is a world premiere in Edinburgh and – if it gets a good response – it will tour and maybe open up a few avenues that are not available to theatre people.

The story is autobiographical and it does what it says on the tin. I have been telling these anecdotes in the pub for years. Now I have put them together into an hour with an arc! Hopefully the audience will get a kick out of it – especially those who live with dogs!

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

Well, I would obviously urge them to see my other two shows Shylock and Chopping Chillies – with the delightful Clair Whitefield, which I first saw on the Free Fringe last year and have expanded and developed with her for a return to Assembly Festival…

but I would certainly recommend all Gavin Robertson’s work – because I do think he’s a genius, Bex Vaughan’s Jane Eyre and the eponymous Pip Utton (in anything) – and – on the comedy side – always the incredible Phil Nichol. There are too many others deserving of a recommendation it’s hard to know where to start but good luck to all of them.

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+3 Interview: The Gin Chronicles: A Scottish Adventure

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“Edinburgh can be the best of places and the worst of places, and getting the right venue for YOUR show is crucial. “

WHO: Robert Blackwood & Nick Cowell – Producers, Writers, Co-Directors, Performers

WHAT: “It’s England 1947. John Jobling and Doris Golightly (1940s amateur detectives) are called to investigate the threat of a London gin shortage, but as the case opens up all roads seem to lead north… to the bracing boulevards of Edinburgh. A train journey beckons, toast and marmalade is replaced by porridge and haggis (though not together), and the looming menace of a juniper crisis.”

WHERE: artSpace@StMarks (Venue 125)

WHEN: 18:30 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

We came up last year for the first time as a company. We were put in touch with this venue, Artspace@StMarks, by a really good friend of ITR, a fabulous Scottish actor called Steve Hay. He said something along the lines of “Guys, you should really get in touch with Michael Mulligan and see if you can work something out, as your show would really tie in with what he’s looking for.”

Edinburgh can be the best of places and the worst of places, and getting the right venue for YOUR show is crucial. Ross Smith, who looks after the venue, was absolutely lovely to us, and the vibe he and Michael set really made an impact on our decision to return this year. We just didn’t want to go anywhere else.

Tell us about your show.

The show is a Vintage, Radio-style comedy show set in 1947. It’s about two amateur detectives and how their salubrious love of gin leads them on on an adventure up to Scotland. When we’re in a confident mood, we say it’s like Noel Coward meets P.G.Wodehouse meets The Goon Show meets Blackadder.

We’ve done some previews in and around London, and are really excited to have a longer run up in Edinburgh this year. We’ve also got 2 wonderful sponsors, which means that every adult who buys a ticket to the show gets a complimentary Gin & Tonic (Darnley’s View Gin & Fentimans Herbal Tonic Water) which was the constant questions last year: “Do you get Gin if you come and see the show?” Well, this year, you do!

Rob writes the scripts and then Nick comes in and tells Rob to stop over-writing, Rob knows that Nick is right, and then the piece takes full shape in rehearsals with The Misfits of London (a repertory company of actors who know the shows, and our style, and who are involved depending on availability). We are both actors, and perform in the shows as well, so The Misfits are very patient with the number of hats we wear on a daily basis. Thankfully our company director, Anthony Shrubsall, comes in to help steer what we’re creating, and is a cool head in a creative maelstrom.

After Edinburgh, we’ve got a couple of weeks at The Bridewell Theatre in October, and our goal is to take it around the world as a way to spread British humour, Gin, Tonic and happiness.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

The Royal Scottish Pipers Society – We know how hard it is to get tickets to the Tattoo, so, er, basically, these guys are in the same venue as us & are awesome.

Laughing Stock – Effortlessly-talented writer-performers in a sketch comedy show that is thoughtful, ball-bouncingly funny and full of humanity.

Blind Mirth – Rob has insisted on this one, as he was in the troupe when it was founded, and he went to see them last year and was blown away by how bold and fresh they are (and much funnier than him in general, in fact). Talented young improvisers who are going on to Second City stateside, and writing and performing comedy professionally for shows over here.

Shakespeare in the Garden: Twelfth Night – Shakespeare is a God, and this production is full of people we know and respect. A great way to see a show, have a picnic and be out in the early-evening light (inside if it’s raining).

C.S.I. Crime Scene Improvisation – Steve Bond is a friend of The Misfits of London, and a truly funny band of improvisers have put together a really funny, cool impro show.

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+3 Interview: The Travelling Sisters

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“It is fun, absurd and ridiculous. We met at uni in Toowoomba, Australia and then studied at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France.”

WHO: Laura Trenerry, Performer

WHAT: “With wild eyes and a wicked flavour of comedy, Australian trio The Travelling Sisters serve up a gang of tragically charming misfits. Ridiculous. Unexpected.”

WHERE: Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)

WHEN: 22:45 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

No! We went last year and played in the Free Fringe. The venue smelled like poo but we packed it out and have a great first Fringe experience.

Tell us about your show.

We are The Travelling Sisters – Laura Trenerry, Ell Sachs and Lucy Fox. The show is a mash up of physical comedy, clown, characters and songs that make you wanna jiggle your booty. It is fun, absurd and ridiculous. We met at uni in Toowoomba, Australia and then studied at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France.

We have performed in many weird and wonderful places including caravans, pubs, boats, hair salons, churches… The show this year is brand spankin’ new. We have recently performed at Prague Fringe Festival, Bath Comedy Festival, Berlin Comedy Cafe and Bedford Fringe Festival. After Ed Fringe we will be taking it around the Australian festival circuit.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

They should see Tessa Waters: Over Promises, The Desperettes, The Story of A Nervous Man, Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop, The Establishment, Norris and Parker, as well as Spencer Jones.

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+3 Interview: A Broad Abroad!

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“I’m better the second time around.”

WHO: D’yan Forest, Co-writer/performer

WHAT: “Eight decades of music, madness and foreign affairs are scandalously revealed in this tantalizing new one-woman musical comedy cabaret; from femme fatale D’yan’s lusty adventures in 1950s Paris to her romantic swains in Italy, Austria, Jordan and the whole world. This feisty 82-year-old is still going strong with her pithy songs, witty stand-up, racy tales, yodelling, ukulele and piano-playing.”

WHERE: Greenside @ Infirmary Street (Venue 236)

WHEN: 18:25 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

Yes! And I’m so excited. I’ve traveled the world but I’ve never been to Scotland.

Tell us about your show.

The show was inspired by my travels abroad over the last 40 years. I co-wrote A Broad Abroad! with Eric Kornfeld who is also the director The show has played to sold-out houses at the Frigid Festival and The Duplex in New York, and the Orlando Fringe Festival in last May. I’m not sure where we’re going after Edinburgh but I’d love to travel the world with the show.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

They should come back and see me! I’m better the second time around. There’s also a lot of great shows at the Greenside Venue. I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of theatre while I’m in Edinburgh.

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+3 Interview: How Is Uncle John?

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“There’s so much to see and especially great theatre made by women, which is so refreshing.”

WHO: Sally Lewis, Writer

WHAT: “When Hope was young, her mother did everything she could to ensure her daughter was safe. As she grew more independent, Hope began to slip from her mother’s fingers. Years later, Hope has fallen in love. When she goes on holiday with her new partner, a few days turn into months. At home, sick with worry, Hope’s mother receives a telephone call. The remarkable story of a daughter trafficked into the sex market and her mother’s journey to bring her home, this one-woman play is an unflinching descent into darkness.”

WHERE: Assembly Hall (Venue 35)

WHEN: 15:00 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

Both Ben (Director) and I have been before but this is our first full dramatic show together- very exciting. Holly Joyce (Mother) has performed several times before but it’s a first for Taha Haq (Hope). We are all very excited to be here and especially at The Assembly.

Tell us about your show.

I wrote it. It’s a new play about a mother’s journey to realise and rescue her adult daughter has been trafficked abroad into the sex trade and she is the only person who can rescue her. It’s about love, intuition, strength, courage and the bond between a mother and a child, no matter how old that child may be. It’s being produced by Creative Garage, a collective Ben runs.

Ben and I had worked on a few other pieces of my work so it seemed only right we would work on this play together when I discussed it with him one night in the pub. Finding Holly Joyce and Taha Haq has been challenging, but also very exciting and has really helped the play develop. We are previewing on July 29th at The Nuffield Theatre in Southampton for one night only as we are focusing on our Edinburgh run. We would love to tour in the New Year, fingers crossed.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

The sunshine!

There’s so much to see and especially great theatre made by women, which is so refreshing. I’d definitely signpost them to Mr Incredible by Camilla Whitehill and directed by the wonderful Sarah Myott-Meadows at the Underbelly, Cowgate.

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+3 Interview: Loud Poets

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“Some poems have been written solo and some together, but they’re organised too to create a narrative of how we make poetry loud.”

WHO: Catherine Wilson, Organiser

WHAT: “This is slam style, make some noise, fist-thumping, pint-drinking, side-tickling, heart-wrenching poetry. This is poetry for the masses. This is the spoken word revolution. Featuring the best spoken word artists from Scotland and beyond. Performing with a live band which means an exciting, different show every night.”

WHERE: Scottish Storytelling Centre (Venue 30)

WHEN: 21:00 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is our third year at Edinburgh Fringe, and we’re also based in Edinburgh: running monthly nights there and in Glasgow. It’s fantastic to be able to perform the Fringe show in our home, and already know how to navigate the city.

Tell us about your show.

Our show is a showcase of the best spoken word from Scotland and beyond, we wrote the show together to create a line-up of poetry with music and projections. Some poems have been written solo and some together, but they’re organised too to create a narrative of how we make poetry loud – how we transform spoken word into something more than just the writing and actually a performance.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

There’s a wealth of spoken word on across the city, if you hang around Banshee Labirynth you can catch incredible amounts of pay what you wish. We’re excited to see acts such as Sara Hirsch and Ben Fagan, Dan Simpson and Andrew Blair and Ross Mcleary. Outside of spoken word we’re also fans of the improvised comedy group Men with Coconuts!

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+3 Interview: Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare

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“Once upon a time there was a stand up comedian called Kev F… turns out the Socks were funnier”

WHO: Kev F Sutherland, Writer and producer

WHAT: “Earth’s funniest footwear return with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard of Avon himself. Howl at their Hamlet, roar at their Romeo and Juliet and peer into their Coriolanus. Plus all the usual satirical nonsense from the two gentlesocks of verrucca.”

WHERE: Gilded Balloon Teviot – Sportsmans

WHEN: 22:30 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have been taking a new show up to Edinburgh almost every year since 2007. Recent shows include our sci fi themed show Socks In Space (’13), our socky horror show Boo Lingerie (12), and last year’s crime show Minging Detectives. This year we’re doing Shakespeare.

Tell us about your show.

Once upon a time there was a stand up comedian called Kev F who was doing a sketch show, and he wrote some two-handers that he didn’t want the actors to bugger up. So he turned up at the writers meeting with a pair of socks on his hands, ducked under the table and put on a silly voice. Turns out the Socks were funnier than anything he had ever done, and went on to steal all his gigs.

Socks Do Shakespeare started trying out sketches way back at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February, and has had a run of 10 full Previews in July from Bristol to Barnes, from Bedford to Blaenavon (plus 6 towns not beginning with a B)

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

A bartender.

Then the next day (our show finishes just before midnight) go see the art. The Socks and their creator went to art college, and like to remind everyone that Edinburgh in August is full of art, from the brilliant work at Summerhall, to the monumental stuff at the Gallery of Modern Art, the City Gallery, Collective up on Calton Hill, the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum on the Mound and 100 places in between.

If you’ve got to see comedy, obviously our venue (The Gilded Balloon) has the best, but please don’t stick to seeing the folks off the telly. Dip your toe in the water of the Free Fringe, take a gamble on an act who thrusts a flyer in your hand, and by god go and see theatre. There’s still more theatre than comedy in Edinburgh, so don’t let it pass you by.

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+3 Interview: My Leonard Cohen (incl. follow-up)

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“I fell in love with Edinburgh and with the Scots. You’re so friendly and so much fun!”

WHO: Sandy Bruns, Co-Producer

WHAT: “Few bodies of musical work rouse, seduce and are of such solace as that of the great Leonard Cohen. Stewart D’Arrietta’s musical interpretations are gutsy and arresting, and the stories he tells add an intimate insight into Cohen’s life and motivations. The six-piece band perform 15 songs including the heartrending Suzanne, the iconic Tower of Song, the desperately seductive I’m Your Man, the rousing Hallelujah, plus more.”

WHERE: Assembly Hall (Venue 35)

WHEN: 18:15 (75 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

We came last year with Lennon Through A Glass Onion and I fell in love with Edinburgh and with the Scots. You’re so friendly and so much fun!

I spent the days out ‘flyering’ which enabled me to interact with loads of great people. I also got to see 29 shows, all of which were good in their own way, and many of which were absolutely FANTASTIC!

Tell us about your show.

Stewart D’Arrietta wrote the show and is the lead performer. This is a showcase of Stewart’s many talents.

His great love is playing with other talented musicians, and he’s been doing so for a long time with various shows and many bands. Other musos like working with him too. The great energy they have together on stage is palpable. His musician mates back home in Sydney love working with Stewie, so he was able to bring some of our best with him. We’ve picked up two local musicians too.

The high cost of bringing 5 people all the way from Australia and housing everyone means we will probably struggle to cover costs. Because of this, we decided to fund ourselves rather than have anyone else tproduce us. Hopefully it will pay off.

We played to a full house and standing ovation at the Canberra Festival, and our brief Australian tour was extremely well received too.

Provided you like us in Edinburgh, we plan to do a UK run next year…

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

We are looking forward to seeing Deeptime, the sound and light extravaganza projected onto the magnificent Edinburgh Castle. I think it will be an extraordinary moving, historically rich experience. We lack that sense of history back home.

On a lighter note and for side splitting laughs, I recommend seeing the Irish born Australain comedian, Jimeoin. He is hilarious!

POST-FRINGE ’16 UPDATE 

What’s the one thing you wish you’d done this year (that you didn’t do, or didn’t do earlier), and what’s the first thing you’re going to remember for next time?

We loved our flat, but next year we will ask for one on the ground floor, or one flight up at the most. We don’t mind stairs; but lugging our equipment up and down was challenging/ exhausting.

Best thing we did early in the piece was get a 4 week Lothian bus pass. So good to be able to hop on and off buses at whim.

Who outside your company did the most to make your Fringe? What did they do for you? Did you know them before the Edinburgh Festivals ’16?

Our mates at the Wash Bar next door to the Assembly Hall made us feel so welcome, like last year.

The Assembly staff, particularly those in the reception at the Press office were also very friendly and nice to us. And our stage managers were amazing, getting all our stuff on and off stage in record time. With a smile!

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