Summerhall’s only stand-up comedy event for 2011, LOLfest is raising money for Shelter Scotland and features performances from award-winning comedians Josie Long, Daniel Kitson, and Robin Ince, as well as music from ballboy. twitter: @lolfest www.shelter.org.uk/lolfest This event is now sold out.
Kate Tempest is a poet, rapper and playwright from South East London who will be scratching new work in response to the atmospheric space of Summerhall’s Anatomy Lecture Theatre.
A sunlit summer room. Light streams on glass cases as the removers in overalls tape the head, neck and torso of a a horse skeleton.
Preview: These Silences By Stuart Kelly Published in The Scotsman: 11/8/2011 Stuart Kelly wanders away from Charlotte Square to look at a new writing event that could prove to be the ‘fringe’ the Book Festival has always been missing It is often said that the greatest testament to the success of the Edinburgh International Festival is [...]
Made in China will be working on new material for a show about the impact of where we’re from and where we have been on who we are. They will be exploring how stories and memories can warp and overlap, and the impact of this on individual identity. Their Scratch performances will feature slow dances, audience data, rousing speeches and a variety of guest performers.
The latest addition to the eclectic Summerhall programme is a series of readings and discussions by Canadian poets. Investigating subjects such as place, desire and the self, the five events represent a cross-section of current Canadian literary concerns. You can attend all five events with a special series ticket for just £10 from the Summerhall [...]
http://totaltheatrereview.com/reviews/hotel-medea Zecora Ura / Persis Jade Maravala: Hotel Medea Seen by Dorothy Max Prior on 06/8/2011 @ Summerhall, Edinburgh | Edinburgh Festival Fringe What is your heart’s desire? What do you dream of doing? What is the strangest thing you’ve ever done? Is your heart a stone or a feather? From the very start, Hotel [...]
If you have some creative ideas you would like to share with BAC, then come on down to Summerhall and join us for a cuppa. A chance to meet the BAC Producing team and to hear more about BAC’s new artistic model ‘Cook Up – Tuck In – Take Out’ and share your ideas with us too.
Written and performed by Amy Lamé, directed by Scottee
Welcome to my Unhappy Birthday. My invited guest of honour is the Smiths frontman and cult global superstar Morrissey. Join us around a table set for my ultimate birthday party; a place is reserved for Morrissey …He’s running late…Will he arrive clutching a bunch of flowers and a bottle of plonk? Will he bother to turn up at all?
Five established Canadian poets take to the stage to read their work. Though they come from different
perspectives and poetic stances, each performer delivers a high standard of poetic achievement,
and together, these voices represent a cross-section of current Canadian artistic concerns.
