Lyceum at the Festivals 2022 by Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh

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Welcome to Lyceum at the Festivals 2022

FRINGE FESTIVAL

We will be working across the Festivals in 2022. As well as hosting the Edinburgh International Festival we are offering a festival full of drama from The Lyceum – opening up spaces around our building and across the city to bring new stories to the stage as part of both the Fringe and Edinburgh International Book Festivals. We hope you’ll be able to join us for what promises to be a sensational year at the Festivals.

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The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

The Lyceum is committed to making great theatre and working with leading artists to bring captivating stories and spectacle to our audiences and this summer is no exception.

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“You shouldn’t miss this for the world” THE HERALD

By David Greig co-created with Wils Wilson Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Double M Arts & Events co-production Age 12+ A wild session of anarchic theatre, haunting, authentic folk music and strange goings-on. Co-creators David Greig and Wils Wilson revisit their award-winning production in the extraordinary surroundings of the Playfair Library. Inspired by the original National Theatre of Scotland commissioned production. Presented with support from The University of Edinburgh. Playfair Library: Venue 311 3 - 28 Aug 14:30/19:30 2hr 25min £16 - £25 www.prudenciahart.com

Photo: Robin Mair

EVENING STANDARD

WORLD PREMIERE

FRINGE FESTIVAL

Blood and Gold

Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel “Tim Crouch has made an indelible impact on the British theatre scene with formally innovative works that are impossible to predict.”

Photo: Stuart Armitt

FRINGE FESTIVAL

Written and performed by Tim Crouch A Royal Lyceum Edinburgh Production

Written and performed by Mara Menzies A Royal Lyceum Edinburgh Production

Age 14+

Age 12+

Not here but in another place. In another place the country is being torn apart. Not in this place, remember, but in that other place the leader has lost control, people are being killed, someone is blinded. But not here, you understand, not in this theatre here. Not this one. Here, everything’s just fine. Everything’s hilarious. The Fool leaves King Lear before the killing starts. In Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel he enters a virtual reality and returns to the wreckage of the world he left both onstage and off. In this extraordinary new play by Tim Crouch, King Lear meets stand-up meets the metaverse.

Ancient mythology and modern storytelling collide in a contemporary exploration of the legacy of colonialism and slavery by award-winning Scottish/ Kenyan storyteller Mara Menzies. A dying mother gives her daughter a box containing three clues to a priceless treasure. This sets in motion a journey filled with humour and tragedy that considers the importance of ritual, identity and belonging.

The Lyceum Studio: Venue 593 6 - 28 Aug 20:00/20:15 1hr 10min £12 - £20

“An exquisite piece of storytelling performed with choreographic grace and a mesmerising delivery” THE GUARDIAN

The Lyceum Studio: Venue 593 11 - 28 Aug 18:00 1hr £10 - £16

Photo: Brett Boardman

Counting and Cracking

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எண்ணிக்கை, இல்லையேல் கையோங்கு / ගණන් නොගන්නේ නම් ගණන් කරන්න A profoundly moving story of love and political strife, of home and exile, of parents and children. Counting and Cracking follows the journey of one Sri LankanAustralian family over four generations, from 1956 to 2004. It features nineteen performers hailing from six different countries: Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and France. The Lyceum Main Auditorium 8 - 14 Aug 13:00/19:00 3hr 30min £31 - £37 (concessions available)

WORLD PREMIERE By David Keenan, a new version by Graham Eatough Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Edinburgh International Book Festival co-production.

Photo: Nirvair Singh

Age 12+ On festival nights, we present a brand new play starring Paul Higgins, based on David Keenan’s novel, This Is Memorial Device. The fictional history of 1980s Airdrie’s mysterious, post-punk legends. Memorial Device, Keenan’s novel has developed a huge cult following. This stage adaptation is a gloriously hallucinatory journey back into the hopes and dreams of early adulthood. Adapted and directed by Graham Eatough and produced by the Royal Lyceum Theatre and Edinburgh International Book Festival, This Is Memorial Device features music and sound design by Stephen McRobbie from Glasgow band The Pastels, contemporaries of Memorial Device... The Wee Red Bar: Venue 506 13 - 29 Aug 15:30/20:30 1hr 30min £16 - £22

Samsara Inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, Samsara is a spellbinding piece for two dancers that traces the steps we take, both forward and backward, in search of our higher selves. The Lyceum Main Auditorium 18 - 20 Aug 17:00/20:00 1hr £21 - £26 (concessions available)

Photo: Toni Wilkinson

This Is Memorial Device Developed with the Support of the Stephen W Dunn Theatre Fund

Photo: Robin Gautier

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL

You Know We Belong Together Julia Hales has watched every single episode of Australian soap opera Home and Away since it first aired in 1988, but she’s never seen another person with Down syndrome in the cast. Julia is an artist and performer, with dreams of landing a role in her favourite show and finding love. The Lyceum Main Auditorium 24 - 27 Aug 14:30/19:30 1hr 10min £21 - £26 (concessions available) Book via Edinburgh International Festival: www.eif.co.uk

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart VENUE

Playfair Library

Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel

Blood and Gold

This Is Memorial Device

Counting and Cracking

The Wee Red Bar

Lyceum Studio

You Know We Belong Together

Lyceum Main Auditorium

3 Aug

19:30 P

4 Aug

19:30 P

5 Aug

19:30

6 Aug

14:30 & 19:30 20:00 P

7 Aug

14:30

20:00 P

9 Aug

19:30 FR

20:15 P

10 Aug

19:30

20:15

11 Aug

19:30

20:15

18:00 P

13:00 & 19:00

12 Aug

19:30

20:15

18:00

19:00

13 Aug

14:30 & 19:30 20:15

18:00

15:30 P

13:00 & 19:00

14 Aug

14:30

18:00

20:30 P

13:00

8 Aug

Samsara

19:00

20:15

19:00

15 Aug

20:30 P £

16 Aug

19:30

20:30 £

17 Aug

19:30

20:15

18:00 R

18 Aug

19:30

20:15

18:00

20:30

20:00

19 Aug

19:30

20:15

18:00

20:30

20:00

20 Aug

14:30 & 19:30 20:15

18:00

20:30

17:00

21 Aug

14:30

18:00

20:30