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anada comes to Edinburgh this summer for another season of wide-ranging treats with more than 70 acts across all festivals this August. Comedy abounds at the Fringe as does world-leading circus and, new for 2018, three a cappella choirs from Toronto taking part in Sing!. CanadaHub @ King’s Hall returns with a stellar line-up. First Snow has its world premiere; and acclaimed one-man tour de force productions include Daughter, by Adam Lazarus and Native Earth Performing Arts’ award-winning Huff, while puppet mastery is on show in Famous Puppet Death Scenes and choreographer Ming Hon presents multimedia Chase Scenes. The International Festival hosts the 100-strong National Youth Orchestra in addition to acclaimed singer Michèle Losier and pianist Marc-André Hamelin. The Edinburgh International Book Festival welcomes 11 Canadian authors this year, including 2018 Giller Prize winner Michael Redhill. The Edinburgh Art Festival line-up features three Canadian artists across the city. We are very grateful to our partners – Canada Council for the Arts and One Ocean Expeditions – for their generous support in helping us share such a stunning array of artists with audiences this summer. This guide has details of all that Canada has to offer in Edinburgh so do join us at CanadaHub and across town to catch this crop of leading talent as they make their mark on the world’s greatest festival city. For updates on all shows and events taking place in Edinburgh please visit list.co.uk/canada
PITCH MY PIECE – CANADA IN EDINBURGH PROFESSIONAL PROMOTERS AND PRESENTERS EVENT On August 20 at the CanadaHub, King’s Hall, 15 Canadian performing arts companies will pitch new work to presenters and producers. This is a unique chance for professionals from around the globe to hear from some of Canada’s finest creative teams as they pitch for tours, new productions and partnerships. The pitches run from 11am–2pm (including Q&A and lunch). To RSVP, please contact canadaplus@international.gc.ca Pitch My Piece is produced by the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom, the Ontario Arts Council and Ontario Presents with additional support provided by CAPACOA.
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@ KING’S HALL IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERHALL Tickets: edfringe.com | 0131 560 1581 When CanadaHub arrived in 2017, it signalled the start of an annual alliance between the Fringe and some of Canada’s most celebrated performers. The inaugural CanadaHub programme, produced by Selfconscious Productions, included Halifaxbased 2b theatre’s hit music-theatre piece Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, which won a Herald Angel and a Scotsman Fringe First and Torontobased Quote Unquote Collective’s Mouthpiece, which won The Stage Award for Performance and is currently being adapted into a feature film. The 2018 programme for the CanadaHub @ King’s Hall promises another spectacular line-up, featuring
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puppetry, experimental theatre, Indigenous artists and thought-provoking storytelling. Chase Scenes from the Winnipeg-based choreographer Ming Hon is inspired by our collective nightmare of being chased, combining video cameras displaying live-feed projections with props and costumes to create a spectacle that is both live and on screen. Three women enact various chase scenes at a breakneck pace to explore the fear, adrenaline and humour of the pursued in the setting of an absurd DIY film studio. Toronto’s QuipTake, Pandemic Theatre, and The Theatre Centre bring Adam Lazarus’
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controversial one-man show Daughter to the Fringe, which follows a man as he takes us through his struggles with love, lust and violence, presenting himself as a figure for our amusement, dismay and judgement. It’s a show that has rocked Canada, mesmerised audiences and sparked countless conversations with its head-on confrontation of toxic masculinity. Another one-man show from Toronto, Huff by Cliff Cardinal, is the award-winning, heartwrenching, yet darkly comic tale of Indigenous brothers growing up in a contemporary Northern Canadian community. Emerging actor-playwright Cliff Cardinal portrays a series of characters, exploring pertinent themes of solvent abuse, suicide and dysfunctional families. Huff is an original Native Earth Performing Arts production presented by Cunning Concepts & Creations. First Snow / Première neige has been developed by the National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Montreal’s Théâtre PÀP and Hôtel-Motel, and will receive its world premiere at CanadaHub. Written and performed by artists from Scotland and Quebec, it tells the story of Isabelle, who summons her disparate family back to their ancestral home in Quebec. It’s time to talk about the future. But who does the future belong to?
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Calgary’s Old Trout Puppet Workshop perform their hit show Famous Puppet Death Scenes, which involves masterful puppetry that contains mature content. Be prepared to willingly undergo a worrying parade of theatrical demises that will severely exacerbate your fear of death. Plus, CanadaHub’s late-night show CanadaClub will launch this year, with guest hosts introducing the best of Canadian cabaret, comedy and music from across the Fringe. Chase Scenes, 3–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 2.25pm, £11 (£9). Daughter, 1–26 Aug (not 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21), 12.30pm, £11 (£9). Huff, 1–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 4.15pm, £11 (£9). First Snow / Première Neige, 1–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 6.10pm, £15 (£13). Famous Puppet Death Scenes, 1–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 8.30pm, £11 (£9). CanadaClub, 11, 18, 25 Aug, 10.30pm, £8.
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE Fri 3–Mon 27 Aug Tickets: edfringe.com | 0131 226 0000
The world’s largest arts festival returns this year with another phenomenal programme of acts ranging from music to theatre and everything in between. ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE STUDIOS
up. You’ll laugh until you bleed from your nose, just like Eleven.
ONE-MAN STRANGER THINGS 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Aug, 3.50pm, £14 (£13)
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Charles ‘One-Man Star Wars’ Ross and Canadian Fringe legend, TJ Dawe, parody the Netflix smash series, Stranger Things. Prepare to have your Upside Down turned right side
ATTRAPE-MOI! / (CATCH ME!) 2–27 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 5.30pm, £16 (£14) Join the rising stars of Flip FabriQue, straight from Quebec, and experience these high-flying, fearless and fun
young artists as they astound audiences with adrenaline pumping feats of cuttingedge nouveau cirque. Enjoy extreme acrobatics, dramatic turns and impressive feats of showmanship that are suitable for the whole family.
ASSEMBLY AT MURRAYFIELD ICE RINK LE PATIN LIBRE: VERTICLE INFLUENCES 8–25 Aug, times vary, £17.50 (£15) After rave reviews and a Total Theatre Award at the Fringe in 2015, the Canadian iconoclastic ice skaters return, sharing their signature mix of movement, wit, speed and grace. This exciting double-bill sees the performers play with how our body language can influence others.
ASSEMBLY ROOMS Quebec’s ever popular award-winning company of performers that defies definition returns to Edinburgh with two shows of amazing invention.
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Stuck on the highest branch of a tree, two sisters of royal blood disagree about their future and wonder how and
LES 7 DOIGTS / 7 FINGERS – RÉVERSIBLE 2–26 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 6.15pm, £19 (£17) Eight outstanding performers dug through the histories of their families, unveiling stories from the past and skeletons in the closets that reflected, in some way or another, how they experience life today. Through a unique, riveting mix of theatre, circus, dance, music and acrobatics, Réversible is dedicated to a generation who forged the world that we live in today and whose stories might hold the key to a better tomorrow.
ASSEMBLY ROXY ERRATICA – TOUJOURS ET PRÈS DE MOI 2–27 Aug (not 13, 20), 3pm, £15 Under the Artistic Direction of Canadian Patrick Eakin Young, ERRATICA presents a visually haunting work, telling a touching, fractured tale of absence and regret. Toujours et Près de Moi radically combines puppetry, holograms, and early and contemporary music to
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if they will ever find their way back to their kingdom. Guided by an inner voice, they follow their path, and in search of the golden key... they find the prince. A story with theatrical movement and flavours of circus.
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C ROYALE A BROAD ABROAD 2–27 Aug (not 14), 4.15pm, £8.50 (£6.50) A comedic look at the relationship between two sisters living abroad, told through stand-up and physical theatre. One character is physically onstage and the other is visible through Skype. Emily and Danielle Ferrier, born in Canada now living in London and New York respectively, noticed some holes in representation as well as content, so decided to create shows that they thought would reach more audiences internationally.
OPERATION EVASION – FIREFLY THEATRE AND CIRCUS 2–14 Aug, 1.45pm, £11.50 (£9.50) A fusion of narrative, aerial arts,
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multimedia and live accordion music, Edmonton, Alberta’s Firefly Theatre and Circus comes to Edinburgh with a show based on the bizarre but factual account of the multiple disappearances of the corpse of Eva Peron. Upon her untimely death at age 33, her body was embalmed to the point of immortalisation. Several duplicates were made of her corpse, and in the ensuing Argentinean political turmoil, they all disappeared. Their journey lasted for 21 years and involved espionage, kidnapping, murder and astrology.
ESPIONAGE: THE BUNKER SAY IT AIN’T SHOW 2–26 Aug, 5.45pm, free A brand new show from Canadian talent Evan Desmarais about trying to be an adult while still being a child on the inside. It touches on expectations, passion and being okay with being overcome.
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HISPANIOLA RESTAURANT – FREE FRINGE VENUE 43 DERFLA THE MAGICAL PIRATE 4–25 Aug, 1.25pm, free WE’RE SORRY 2–26 Aug, 3.15pm, free This is the fourth year of We’re Sorry, a showcase of Canadian talent performing or visiting the Fringe. You never know who is going to swing through, so fill your belly with poutine and bring a hockey stick for this fun show of Canuck comedians. Hosted by Evan Desmarais.
FIRESIDE WHISPERS IN THE COSMOS 15–25 Aug, 3.45pm, free Virginie Fortin is touring her show in French across Quebec and now brings to Edinburgh its shorter, translated and adapted English version, which stands somewhere between a stand-up comedy show and a philosophical essay. Whispers
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in the Cosmos might just be an existentialist quest wearing a comedy costume.
HEROES @ BOB’S BLUNDABUS CHRIS BETTS VS THE AUDIENCE 2–26 Aug (not 14), 5.20pm, £5 The cult hit returns. Comedian and contrarian Chris Betts will argue the opposite of anything. The topics are chosen by the audience so every show is completely new and different.
HEROES @ MONKEY BARREL GLENN WOOL: WOOL’S GOLD II (THE IRON PIRATE) 2–25 Aug, 7.30pm, £7.50
Ahoy mateys! Take an adventure of uncharted magic with Dan Stapleton’s Derfla the Pirate. Come to a pirate’s den and become part of the crew. Derfla will be looking for the bravest pirates to help find lost treasure, escape capture and have a belly full of laughter.
JUST THE TONIC CLAY NIKIFORUK: FUN TO BE AROUND Just the Tonic at the Grassmarket Centre, 2–26 Aug (not 13), 5.50pm, £7 With stand-up, storytelling, and neuro-nerdery, Fun To Be Around kicks stigma in the shins and proposes a revolution or three. True humorous stories of family, childhood, queerness, tragedy, and friendship in
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unusual places all interweave to examine another underlying story: Clay’s early twenties spent battling psychosis.
50% CANADIAN, 100% CRAZY, LET’S LAUGH Just the Tonic at The Caves, 2–26 Aug (not 13), 9.20pm, £5 Michelle unexpectedly fell into the world of comedy after she went to university, and worked full-time. One day she was brought into the lunch room and laid off, so she thought: if you can be disappointed being practical, why not struggle with doing something you love? She used her severance package to try a new challenge, and that led her to Second City, where she found her true calling.
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Ferns (Canada), with a different line-up of single comedians every day. Comics will share horror stories of online dating and help audience members rewrite their online dating profiles. All Tinder, Bumble, Grindr, eHarmony, OKCupid and Ashley Madison users welcome.
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Come hear the story of a man who has put everything on the line to pursue what he loves, and feel inspired through humour to stop letting passion fall to the side, and start living the dream.
KATHARINE FERNS: BETWEEN ONE FERNS 2–26 Aug (not 15), 2.20pm, free
BUMBLE ME TINDERS 2–26 Aug, 9.35pm, free Hosted by comedians Patrick Melton (USA) and Katharine
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This new work-in-progress solo show from Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy. With seemingly sweet and innocent charm, Katharine finds dark comedy in her observations on relationships, family, mental illness, feminism and her past misadventures.
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BOX OF BEES: DAY DRINKING WITH YANKS AND HOSERS 2–19 Aug, 2pm, free A big body of water separates us but drinking in the afternoon brings us together. A stand up comedy show featuring comics from Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and New York.
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MATT WATSON AND FRIENDS 3–27 Aug, 2.45pm, free
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ANESTI DANELIS: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER 2–18 Aug, 12pm, free Musical comedian Anesti Danelis offers a rhythmic remedy for a heartless world. After a successful premier at the 2018 Toronto Fringe, 2018 Montreal Fringe, and an officially selected limited run at Second City Toronto’s John Candy Box Series, this delightfully dark musical comedy is an acoustic romp of witty and ridiculous songs that skewer both the state of the world, and those freaking out about it.
LAUGHING HORSE @ THE PLACE CLIF KNIGHT SUCKS! 3–9 Aug, 12.30pm, free A showcase of the hilarious and idiotic musings of comedian Clif Knight in the form of stand-up comedy, music and
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DEATH RAY CABARET 2–14 Aug, 10.30pm, free Death Ray Cabaret is the musical comedy show from Toronto Second City veterans Jordan Armstrong and Kevin Matviw. Silly, dark and delightful, expect fast-paced songs and breakneck banter.
KEVIN MATVIW: SELF DEFENCE FOR COWARDS 2–26 Aug, 6.45pm, free Canadian comedy veteran and perpetual white belt Kevin Matviw (Second City) returns to the Fringe with an unhinged solo sketch show filled with hilarious characters that will leave you laughing and feeling almost empowered. Opera Mouse
LAUGHING HORSE @ THE THREE SISTERS BOX OF BEES: REVENGE OF THE NEW WORLD 2–26 Aug, 11.30pm, free When their ancestors left you thought you were rid of them. But they’ve come back, and they’re taking their revenge by making fun of this whole continent and the people who live on it. A motley assortment of North American comedians deliver their polished 10-20 minute sets in an hour of tight traditional comedy with little to no take away.
LAUGHING HORSE @ USHERS WORLD CUP OF COMEDY 2–26 Aug, 5pm, free Audiences vote daily to determine the winner in the World Cup of Comedy at the
Fringe. Stand-up comedians from around the world compete for bragging rights and their very own Comedy Cup. Hosted by comedians Patrick Melton (USA) and Katharine Ferns (Canada), with a different line-up of international comedians every day.
PLEASANCE COURTYARD JOHN HASTINGS: FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, JOHN HASTINGS LIKE A BEE 1–27 Aug, 8.30pm, £10 (£9) Last year, John Hastings was hit by a car and broke his arm. He then became homeless (his choice) with a long distance girlfriend (her choice) and now has a lot of thoughts on pigeons and bicycles (your choice). Now he’s written this comedy show. A tale of displacement, death and denial (don’t worry, there are jokes too).
OPERA MOUSE 6–17 Aug, 4.30pm, £10 (£9) Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! Her dream is to perform on stage. But whenever anybody sees her, they scream and run away. With determination, imagination and help from her friends, Tilly proves that even a mouse can be a star. Starring Melanie Gall and Eden Ballantyne, and featuring arias from several operas.
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SCOTTISH ARTS CLUB SYMPHRONICA 8, 10, 16, 18 Aug, 9pm, £15 (£12) BBC Radio 3 regulars Ron Davis’ SymphRONica return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their dazzling jazz, world, classical and groove energies, performing original music by Davis and other Canadian composers and arrangers, with great Canadian soloists. Also at Stockbridge Church, 3, 4, 17 Aug, 5pm; Leith Depot, 13–15 Aug, 8pm.
ST ANDREW’S AND ST GEORGE’S WEST CHURCH JAMIE, COME TRY ME 13 & 16 Aug, 2.30pm, £10 (£8) Canadian singer Elspeth McVeigh returns to the Edinburgh Fringe to perform a delicious, unusual, heartwarming programme of 17th and 18th century music chosen for its variety and beauty, and peculiarly Scottish sound. Accompanied by baroque fiddle and flute.
SUMMERHALL ENSEMBLE THING: JAN TAIT AND THE BEAR 8–16 Aug (not 10, 11, 12), times vary, £10 (£7) Based on a medieval story handed-down by oral tradition, Emily Doolittle’s comedic chamber-opera tells the story of
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Jan Tait, a rugged and roguish Shetlander who is always ready for an adventure. When he is over-charged by an unscrupulous tax collector, Jan Tait strikes back. He is transported to Norway to account for his crimes before the King, but instead of meeting his fate, he meets a fearsome bear who needs Jan as much as Jan needs him. An adventure for music and folklore fans of all ages
theSPACETRIPLEX SING! The Edinburgh Vocal Arts Festival launches at Edinburgh Fringe this year with three outstanding Canadian a cappella groups: FreePlay, Hampton Avenue, and Yonge Guns. An outreach project of the 7-year-old SING! Toronto, SING! celebrates the best in unaccompanied singing, from jazz to world music to pop and barbershop. Host venue is theSpace.
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CLOSE HARMONY COMES ALIVE! 13–18 Aug, 2.40pm, £10 (£8) Hampton Avenue was born in 1995, as a 10 voice a cappella vocal group. Now a quartet, Debbie Fleming, Suba Sankaran, Dylan Bell and Tom Lillington perform some fun original material, as well as jazz standards. Not only are they great singers and musicians, but wonderful entertainers – sure to bring a laugh, and a few tears to their audiences.
VOICES ONLY 13–25 Aug (not 19), 3.40pm, £10 (£8) FreePlay Duo is Suba Sankaran and Dylan Bell, internationally-recognised award-winning composers, conductors, authors and performers. Using nothing but their voices and innovative
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ALL IN: SING LIKE NOBODY’S LISTENING 13–18 Aug, 5.40pm, £10 (£8)
This new show from the multitalented Patty and Dandy from Canada’s top clown band has all ages singing, dancing and laughing with award-winning original tunes from their four hit CDs. I Can Do Anything invites kids to come onstage to transform into characters, using magic, musical instruments, puppets and comedy.
Yonge Guns is an awardwinning Toronto-based barbershop quartet that presents a modern take on the traditional. Highly lauded in both barbershop and contemporary a cappella circles, they inject Dean Martin with a little Pentatonix and One Direction with a little bit of the Dapper Dans for an enthusiastic mix of influences.
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CLOWNTOWN: I CAN DO ANYTHING, THE FUNTASTIC SHOW BY SPHERE CLOWN BAND 3–25 Aug (not 8, 16, 22), 11.35am, £8 (£6)
STITCH IN TIME: A KNITTING CABARET 3–17 Aug (not 5, 12), 11am, £10 (£8) A scintillating cabaret featuring the lost knitting songs of WWI and WWII from Canada, Britain, America and France. Bring your knitting (or crochet) and stitch along to these funny, poignant, toe-tapping, needle-clicking tunes. Stitch in Time presents over a dozen historic songs, including More Power to Your Knitting, Nell!, The Knitting Itch and Knocking at the Knitting Club.
PIAF AND BREL: THE IMPOSSIBLE CONCERT 3–17 Aug (not 5, 12), 1.35pm, £10 (£8) Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: two
French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope and love. They lived lives of drama and passion. This impossible concert, featuring internationally acclaimed vocalist Melanie Gall, relives the adventure and inspiration of their lives and music. With Amsterdam, Milord, La Vie en Rose and other French classics.
UNDERBELLY CIRQUE ALFONSE – TABARNAK Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 4–25 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 7pm, £19.50 (£18.50) Cirque Alfonse’s newest production is inspired by the village church that was once the gathering place of the small Quebec community where they grew up. Having the feel of something like a rock-musical, this production is an invitation to come together, a celebration of heaven and hell and everything in between, a fiesta of circus, music and reaching for the sky… all in the inimitable style of Cirque Alfonse.
LIZ MCMULLEN – STUPID CUPID The Clover, Bristo Square, 1–27 Aug (not 13), 12.10pm, £10 (£9) Ever feel confused about love? Where to find it and keep it? Do you think you touch yourself too often? Meet Cupid in training, as she tests the waters
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with her flashy love skills: side effects may include feelings of lust, unwelcome singing and inaccurate nostalgia. If love is a drug, meet the dealer.
VENUE 13 EVREN – SO, THAT WAS FUN! THEATRE / YUFFA FRINGE 4–18 Aug (not 6, 13), times vary, £9 (£7) It is 2026. Five explorers aboard the Evren are sent out to discover what lies within a black hole. Seventy years of secrecy later, the NARSA Space Agency will now release the findings of the Evren mission to the general public. Through physical theatre, Evren displays the tensions that arise in extreme conditions of deprivation, isolation, and the way relationships deteriorate. Audiences will witness the ephemeral movement of time and space and the lengths at which these explorers will go to discover what it takes to conquer frontiers, instead of each other.
YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDNEY ME! 4–18 Aug (not 6, 13), times vary, £9 (£7) Streetlight Collective present their first international debut, inspired by the true story of Dr. Horror, a 2008 case against a man from Brampton, Ontario found guilty of organ theft. This satirical dark comedy follows three childhood friends who are reunited years after going their
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separate ways. Over the course of one night, the three unravel each other’s secrets from their childhood to discover that not only were the stories of Dr. Horror true, a new threat to their neighbourhood might be closer than they think.
hasn’t changed much. So here we are in the 21st century, and the question still begs to be asked: If all history remembers of you are the lies, does the truth even matter? .
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CENTURY SONG 3–18 Aug (not 8, 15), 3pm, £14 (£12)
GILLIAN ENGLISH: SHE WOLF 4–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 10.10pm, free Queen Margaret was the original Cersei Lannister. She was the model for Claire Underwood. She was a woman so cutthroat and cold, she would give Lady Macbeth a run for her money. Only, none of that is true. From Hillary Clinton’s emails, to Margaret of Anjou cursing the royal family, the way we view women in positions of power
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Canada’s award-winning new writing company Volcano, the original co-producers of global hit White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, return with a new work of visceral beauty. Exploring 100 years of black women’s unspoken history, Century Song takes us on a journey through performance, music, and animated art, with 100 years of wordless songs by composers ranging from Rachmaninoff and Messiaen to John Cage and Reza Jacobs.
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EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL Thu 26 Jul–Sun 26 Aug Tickets: edinburghartfestival.com | 0131 226 6558
Since 2004, the Edinburgh Art Festival has been a dedicated platform for the celebration of visual art during the city’s August festivals. Run in partnership with galleries, museums and artist-run spaces across the capital, the festival brings together leading artists from around the world, alongside emerging talent and newly commissioned artworks.
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SALLI YULE-TSINGAS, HITO’S FOREST; ANOTHER THING LIKE YOU AND ME 101 Henderson Row, 26 Jul–26 Aug (Thu–Sun), times vary, free The work is an ongoing process of linking playful but experimental exhibitions under the structure of the subtitle, The Unfinished Guard Series. Through chance, failure and uncanny pairings, the installations and collage evolve. The work engages with the futility of objects and consumerism and endeavours to give discarded objects, excluded from commodity circulation, new life in the hope that the objects will rise up, take on their own lives and tell their own stories. Materials used include bamboo from a school of trapeze artists, Scottish Encyclopaedias from the 1800s, primarily locally sourced discarded objects, photocopies, data files and a memento of Dolly, the cloned sheep. The exhibition will be evolving and changing during the festival, with the playful shape-shifting nature of the exhibition helping to facilitate the telling of an organic constellation of stories.
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MELANIE GILLIGAN: THE COMMON SENSE Edinburgh College of Art, 26 Jul–26 Aug, 10am– 6pm, free What would you pay to feel? Melanie Gilligan’s dystopian drama is set in an eerily familiar future. Over 15 short episodes, it tracks the impact of a new immersive technology that enables individuals to tap into the sensations of others. Worn on the roof of the mouth, the ‘Patch’ has reformulated not only social contact but every aspect of human society. Students give their tutors performance feedback during lessons, while also trying to keep up with their tuition fee repayments
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via emotional piecework. This is a world where the value of networks and personal contacts is everything, and constant measurement is the norm. Feelings – their capture, modification, use and exchange – are its lifeblood. When the Patch network inexplicably breaks down, crippling disorientation ensues as the students struggle to deal with unmediated contact.
HEMISPHERIC PHASES: SCOTT ROGERS, BIRTHE JORGENSEN & SANTIAGO POGGIO Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, 28 Jul–25 Aug, Mon–Sat, 11am– 5pm, free
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Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop presents newly commissioned work by Canadian artist Scott Rogers as well as artists Birthe Jorgensen and Santiago Poggio. Hemispheric Phases is the culmination of a sixmonth exchange between Argentina and Scotland. Supported by the British Council, it has been curated and hosted by La Ira De Dios (Argentina) and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. Calgary-born, Rogers’ recent work is focused on encounters between humans, animals, and natural forces, and the implications these encounters have for understanding power, desire, and ecology.
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EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Fri 3–Mon 27 Aug Tickets: eif.co.uk | 0131 473 2000
The Edinburgh International Festival is renowned for its dedication to world-class theatre, music, opera and dance, having invited some of the finest creators and performers to the city annually for over 70 years. This year’s programme is no different, with a range of vibrant and innovative acts making their way to audiences throughout the month of August.
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN AND TAKÁCS QUARTET Queen’s Hall, 10–11 Aug, 11am, £11–£34
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The world-renowned Takács Quartet and powerful Canadian pianist MarcAndré Hamelin perform two complementary concerts of Mozart, Dvořák and Dohnányi, exploring the sounds of central Europe. The first concert features Mozart’s ‘String Quartet in D K575’, Dvořák’s ‘String Quartet in F Op 96 “The American”’ and Dohnányi’s ‘Piano Quintet No 1’, while the second concert sees the internationally-renowned string quartet and pianist take on Mozart’s ‘String Quartet in B flat K589’, Dvořák’s ‘String Quartet in E flat Op 51’ and Dohnányi’s ‘Piano Quintet No 2’.
LE VENT DU NORD Leith Theatre, 13 Aug, 7.30pm, £25
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For this specially-curated evening, Celtic Connections brings its festival favourites Le Vent du Nord, a francophone folk music group from Saint-
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Antoine-sur-Richelieu in Québec and Julie Fowlis, a Scottish Gaelic singer from North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Both acts have close ties to their roots and bring a warm, foot-stamping set of rousing folk, often chucking hurdy gurdies, bouzoukis, mandolin, Highland bagpipes,
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story of loss, hope and human redemption.
A new solo work by Akram Khan, marking the great dancer’s final performances in a full-length production. XENOS confronts the tragedy of the First World War through the eyes of a shell-shocked Indian soldier in the trenches, forced to fight in a conflict that is not his. With text from acclaimed Canadian playwright Jordan Tannahill and movement that shifts between classical kathak and contemporary dance, XENOS reveals a
THE BEGGAR’S OPERA King’s Theatre, 16–19 Aug, times vary, £16–£55 John Gay’s 18th-century opera is brought into the modern day in this brand new production by two commanding figures of the international stage. Canadian director Robert Carsen has worked in many of the world’s most prestigious opera houses and theatres. The production’s original music direction is by William Christie, a pioneering figure in early
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music and founder of virtuosic Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants.
Debussy’s ‘Violin Sonata’ and Ravel’s ‘Tzigane, rapsodie de concert’.
JAMES EHNES & STEVEN OSBORNE Queen’s Hall, 23 Aug, 11am, £11–£34
LA CENERENTOLA Festival Theatre, 24–26 Aug, 7.15pm, £28–£96
Two of today’s most respected soloists, Canadian violinist James Ehnes and Scottish pianist Steven Osborne form a glorious partnership, sharing unforced virtuosity, searching insights and a wonderfully generous musicianship. Expect to hear Brahms’ ‘Violin Sonata No 3’, Prokofiev’s ‘Violin Sonata No 1’ and ‘Five Melodies’,
A visually stunning and boldly staged production of Rossini’s opera. The classic tale of Cinderella is radically transformed by renowned director Stefan Herheim. Conductor Montanari directs an exuberant Opéra de Lyon Orchestra. And among the exceptional cast of international singers are Canadian mezzo soprano
Michèle Losier in the ebullient title role, and American tenor Taylor Stayton as an athletic Prince Ramiro.
MAHLER’S EIGHTH SYMPHONY Usher Hall, 26 Aug, 7.30pm, £15–£47 Under British conductor Daniel Harding and with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Canadian alto Marie-Nicole Lemieux joins an eminent roster of international solo singers, alongside the choral might of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, for Mahler’s colossal ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. PHOTO: STEPHANE NAJMAN
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Eleven Canadian writers take part in the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival. This year, the Festival invites audiences and participants to consider the value of freedom in our modern world, with a programme that celebrates free speech, freedom of movement, freedom of expression and freedom of identity. Expect a wide range of talks, debates, workshops and readings in Charlotte Square Gardens, as well as events along the West End of George Street.
CORY DOCTOROW & ADA PALMER Spark Theatre, 12 Aug, 8.45pm, £12 (£10)
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The future is very rarely bright in the world of science fiction and the latest works from Canadian-British journalist Cory Doctorow and American historian Ada Palmer are no exception. Doctorow’s Walkaway has the planet wrecked by climate change and in the hands of the super-rich, but can our three heroes turn their backs on a new uberdigital age? Palmer sets The Will to Battle in the year 2454 with three centuries of a fragile peace about to end.
AMITAVA KUMAR & MICHAEL REDHILL Writers’ Retreat, 15 Aug, 2pm, £8 (£6)
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Two novels announce the arrival of major new literary voices to Britain. Canada’s Michael Redhill won the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his Bellevue Square, a novel that follows Jean, a bookshop owner in downtown Toronto whose customers begin to
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claim that they’re seeing her doppelganger. Meanwhile Amitava Kumar’s Immigrant, Montana is the stylish and satirical story of AK, an Indian man studying in New York. Both books are ferociously intelligent investigations of identity and otherness.
OTTESSA MOSHFEGH & HEIDI SOPINKA Spiegeltent, 17 Aug, 10.15am, £12 (£10) Rising star Ottessa Moshfegh follows her Man Booker shortlisted novel Eileen with My Year of Rest and Relaxation – a blackly comic tale of drugfuelled alienation in Manhattan shortly before 9/11. She’s joined by Canadian journalist
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Heidi Sopinka, whose debut novel The Dictionary of Animal Languages also deals with the oddness of bohemian living, inspired by the extraordinary life of surrealist artist Leonora Carrington.
KERRY ANDREW & EMMA HOOPER Corner Theatre, 17 Aug, 8.30pm, £8 (£6) Two fresh literary talents with a musical background hit the ground running with new atmospheric novels. Kerry Andrew (aka You Are Wolf) has written the hallucinatory Swansong, in which a young woman flees London only to find spooks aplenty in the Highlands. Emma Hooper (aka
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Waitress for the Bees) heads for 1992 Canada for Our Homesick Songs where a family tries to stay strong in a community that’s on its knees.
AIDA EDEMARIAM & INARA VERZEMNIEKS Garden Theatre, 20 Aug, 5.45pm, £12 (£10) Ethiopian-Canadian journalist Aida Edemariam’s Ethiopian grandmother witnessed the British punitive expedition to her country and the rise of fascism after Benito Mussolini decided Ethiopia would be Italy’s ‘place in the sun’. Inara Verzemnieks’s Latvian grandmother was separated from her sister at the start of the Second World War. They would
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CANADA writer Camilla Grudova’s latest work, is a collection of surreal, dystopian horror stories that are linked by a grimy, squalid atmosphere, and the sense of being in a familiar yet dystopian world. In Mayhem and Death, Helen McClory returns delving deeper into descriptively mythical yet recognisable stories woven from dark and light, human fear and fortune. For fans of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood.
ROXANNE BOUCHARD & RAGNAR JÓNASSON Spiegeltent, 25 Aug, 1.45pm, £12 (£10)
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not see each other for more than 50 years. Two forthright writers talk about love, loss, survival and resilience.
JUAN TOMÁS ÁVILA LAUREL & SHARON BALA Writers’ Retreat, 21 Aug, 3.30pm, £8 (£6) Perhaps we’ve become inured to news stories about refugees and migration. If so, these novels demonstrate that the human cost of escape, survival and asylum should
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never be underestimated. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is from Equatorial Guinea and his novel The Gurugu Pledge follows migrants crossing from North Africa to seek asylum in Spain. Newfoundland-based Sharon Bala’s The Boat People is about refugees fleeing civil war in Sri Lanka.
CAMILLA GRUDOVA & HELEN MCCLORY Writers’ Retreat, 24 Aug, 6.30pm, £8 (£6) The Doll’s Alphabet, Toronto
Crime fiction fans are used to the fact that Noir can be at its most atmospheric when it unfolds in remote Nordic settings. Even by these standards, Roxanne Bouchard’s location in We Were the Salt of the Sea is unusually far-flung – a fishing village perched on the Gaspé Peninsula of northern Québec. Meanwhile, Ragnar Jonasson’s The Darkness takes place on the cold, seaweed-covered rocks of rural Iceland. Off the beaten track perhaps, but these are novels destined for mainstream success.
J R CARPENTER & ALICIA KOPF Writers’ Retreat, 25 Aug, 3.30pm, £8 (£6) Humans and animals have traversed the Arctic Ocean for many centuries, yet still writers find innovative ways to imagine
this remote northern territory. Canadian artist and writer JR Carpenter has produced An Ocean of Static, a fascinating collection of poetry built around narratives generated from ships logs and code language. Catalan writer Alicia Kopf’s Brother in Ice is a hybrid novel built from research notes, a fictionalised diary and a travelogue, using stories of polar exploration to make sense of her personal concerns.
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winning Poet Laureate of Jamaica and Redemption Ground is a book of personal and political essays which takes its title from Kingston’s oldest market. Come and meet a wonderfully talented writer in conversation with American poet Michael Kelleher, Director of the Windham-Campbell Prizes at Yale University.
MIRIAM TOEWS Writers’ Retreat, 27 Aug, 6.30pm, £8 (£6)
Between 2005 and 2009, over a hundred women and girls were knocked unconscious and raped as punishment for their sins. Canadian writer Miriam Toews sets her new novel Women Talking in the remote Mennonite community where these events took place, imagining the response of eight women – all illiterate – to what they’d been through. Toews joins us to launch the book, tipped to be one of the unmissable novels of the year.
In Turkey, self-censorship is widely practised, with citizens deleting social media posts and refraining from public comment for fear of recrimination. Exercising their right to freedom of expression has led to criminal prosecutions on defamation and trumped-up terrorism charges. Today, hear stories from some of the people the Turkish President wants to silence. Authors reading include Gunnar Staalesen, Quebec writer Roxanne Bouchard and Gina Miller.
LORNA GOODISON Spiegeltent, 27 Aug, 3.30pm, £12 (£10) Toronto-based Lorna Goodison is the multi-award
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DAY PLANNER 10AM BOOKS OTTESSA MOSHFEGH & HEIDI SOPINKA Charlotte Square Gardens, 17 Aug, 10.15am, £12 (£10). Page 21.
11AM MUSIC MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN AND TAKÁCS QUARTET Queen’s Hall, 10–11 Aug,
11am, £11–£34. Page 16. MUSIC STITCH IN TIME: A KNITTING CABARET theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 3–17 Aug (not 5, 12), 11am, £10 (£8). Page 12. MUSIC JAMES EHNES & STEVEN OSBORNE Queen’s Hall, 23 Aug, 11am, £11–£34. Page 19.
KIDS CLOWNTOWN: I CAN DO ANYTHING, THE FUNTASTIC SHOW BY SPHERE CLOWN BAND theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 3–25 Aug (not 8, 16, 22), 11.35am, £8 (£6). Page 12.
NOON COMEDY ANESTI DANELIS: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 2–18 Aug, 12pm, free. Page 9. THEATRE LIZ MCMULLEN – STUPID CUPID Underbelly, The Clover, 1–27 Aug (not 13), 12.10pm, £10 (£9). Page 12. COMEDY CLIF KNIGHT SUCKS! Laughing Horse @ The Place, 3–9 Aug, 12.30pm, free. Page 9. THEATRE DAUGHTER CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, 1–26 Aug (not 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21), 12.30pm, £11 (£9). Page 5.
1PM MUSIC PIAF AND BREL: THE IMPOSSIBLE CONCERT theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 3–17 Aug (not 5, 12), 1.35pm, £10 (£8). Page 12.
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CIRCUS OPERATION EVASION – FIREFLY THEATRE AND CIRCUS C South, 2–14 Aug, 1.45pm, £11.50 (£9.50). Pages 7.
BOOKS ROXANNE BOUCHARD & RAGNAR JÓNASSON Charlotte Square Gardens, 25 Aug, 1.45pm, £12 (£10). Page 22.
2PM COMEDY DAY DRINKING WITH YANKS AND HOSERS Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 2–19 Aug, 2pm, free. Page 9. BOOKS AMITAVA KUMAR & MICHAEL REDHILL Charlotte Square Gardens, 15 Aug, 2pm, £8 (£6). Page 20. COMEDY KATHARINE FERNS: BETWEEN ONE FERNS Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2–26 Aug (not 15), 2.20pm, free. Page 9. THEATRE CHASE SCENES CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, 3–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 2.25pm, £11 (£9). Page 4. MUSIC JAMIE, COME TRY ME St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 & 16 Aug, 2.30pm, £10 (£8). Page 11. MUSIC CLOSE HARMONY COMES ALIVE! theSpaceTriplex, 13–18 Aug, 2.40pm, £10 (£8). Page 11. COMEDY MATT WATSON AND FRIENDS Laughing Horse @ Cabaret
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Voltaire, 3–27 Aug, 2.45pm, free. Page 9.
3PM THEATRE CENTURY SONG Zoo Southside, 3–18 Aug (not 8, 15), 3pm, £14 (£12). Page 13. DANCE TOUJOURS ET PRÈS DE MOI Assembly Roxy, 2–27 Aug (not 13, 20), 3pm, £15. Page 7. COMEDY WE’RE SORRY Espionage: The Bunker, 2–26 Aug, 3.15pm, free. Page 8. BOOKS JUAN TOMÁS ÁVILA LAUREL & SHARON BALA Charlotte Square Gardens, 21 Aug, 3.30pm, £8 (£6). Page 22. BOOKS J R CARPENTER & ALICIA KOPF Charlotte Square Gardens, 25 Aug, 3.30pm, £8 (£6). Page 22.
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BOOKS LORNA GOODISON Charlotte Square Gardens, 27 Aug, 3.30pm, £12 (£10). Page 23. MUSIC VOICES ONLY theSpaceTriplex, 13–25 Aug (not 19), 3.40pm, £10 (£8). Page 11. COMEDY WHISPERS IN THE COSMOS Fireside, 15–25 Aug, 3.45pm, free. Page 8. COMEDY ONE-MAN STRANGER THINGS Assembly George Square Studios, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Aug, 3.50pm, £14 (£13). Page 6.
4PM THEATRE HUFF CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, 1–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 4.15pm, £11 (£9). Page 5.
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CANADA Aug, 5.45pm, free. Page 7. COMEDY CLAY NIKIFORUK: FUN TO BE AROUND Just the Tonic at the Grassmarket Centre, 2–26 Aug (not 13), 5.50pm, £7. Page 8.
6PM THEATRE FIRST SNOW / PREMIÈRE NEIGE CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, 1–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 6.10pm, £15 (£13). Page 5. Symphronica
THEATRE A BROAD ABROAD C royale, 2–27 Aug (not 14), 4.15pm, £8.50 (£6.50). Page 7.
CIRCUS ATTRAPE-MOI! / (CATCH ME!) Assembly Hall, 2–27 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 5.30pm, £16 (£14). Page 6.
KIDS OPERA MOUSE Pleasance Courtyard, 6–17 Aug, 4.30pm, £10 (£9). Page 10.
BOOKS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IMPRISONED WRITERS SERIES – TURKEY: ERDOGAN’S CRACKDOWN Charlotte Square Gardens, 25 Aug, 5.30pm, free. Page 23.
CIRCUS LES 7 DOIGTS / 7 FINGERS – SISTERS Assembly Rooms, 2–26 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 4.40pm, £18 (£15). Pages 6.
5PM COMEDY WORLD CUP OF COMEDY Laughing Horse @ Ushers, 2–26 Aug, 5pm, free. Page 10. COMEDY CHRIS BETTS VS THE AUDIENCE Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 2–26 Aug (not 14), 5.20pm, £5. Page 8.
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MUSIC ALL IN: SING LIKE NOBODY’S LISTENING theSpaceTriplex, 13–18 Aug, 5.40pm, £10 (£8). Page 12. BOOKS AIDA EDEMARIAM & INARA VERZEMNIEKS Charlotte Square Gardens, 20 Aug, 5.45pm, £12 (£10). Page 21. COMEDY SAY IT AIN’T SHOW Espionage: The Bunker, 2–26
DANCE LES DOIGTS / 7 FINGERS – RÉVERSIBLE Assembly Rooms, 2–26 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 6.15pm, £19 (£17). Page 7. BOOKS CAMILLA GRUDOVA & HELEN MCCLORY Charlotte Square Gardens, 24 Aug, 6.30pm, £8 (£6). Page 22. BOOKS MIRIAM TOEWS Charlotte Square Gardens, 27 Aug, 6.30pm, £8 (£6). Page 23. COMEDY KEVIN MATVIW: SELF DEFENCE FOR COWARDS Laughing Horse @ The Place, 2–26 Aug, 6.45pm, free. Page 10.
7PM CIRCUS CIRQUE ALFONSE – TABARNAK Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 4–25 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 7pm, £19.50 (£18.50). Page 12.
MUSIC LA CENERENTOLA Festival Theatre, 24–26 Aug, 7.15pm, £28–£96. Page 19. COMEDY GLENN WOOL: WOOL’S GOLD II (THE IRON PIRATE) Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, 2–25 Aug, 7.30pm, £7.50. Page 8.
THEATRE FAMOUS PUPPET DEATH SCENES CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, 1–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 8.30pm, £11 (£9). Page 5. DANCE XENOS Festival Theatre, 16–18 Aug, 8pm, £14–£35. Page 18.
Charlotte Square Gardens, 12 Aug, 8.45pm, £12 (£10). Page 20.
9PM MUSIC SYMPHRONICA Scottish Arts Club, 8, 10, 16, 18 Aug, 9pm, £15 (£12). Page 11.
MUSIC MAHLER’S EIGHTH SYMPHONY Usher Hall, 26 Aug, 7.30pm, £15–£47. Page 19
BOOKS KERRY ANDREW & EMMA HOOPER Charlotte Square Gardens, 17 Aug, 8.30pm, £8 (£6). Page 21.
COMEDY 50% CANADIAN, 100% CRAZY, LET’S LAUGH Just the Tonic at The Caves, 2–26 Aug (not 13), 9.20pm, £5. Page 9.
MUSIC LE VENT DU NORD Leith Theatre, 13 Aug, 7.30pm, £25. Page 16.
COMEDY JOHN HASTINGS: FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, JOHN HASTINGS LIKE A BEE Pleasance Courtyard, 1–27 Aug, 8.30pm, £10 (£9). Page 10.
COMEDY BUMBLE ME TINDERS Laughing Horse @ City Café, 2–26 Aug, 9.35pm, free. Page 9.
8PM MUSIC NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF CANADA Usher Hall, 14 Aug, 8pm, £10–£24. Page 17.
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10PM COMEDY GILLIAN ENGLISH: SHE WOLF Voodoo Rooms, 4–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 10.10pm, free. Page 13. CABARET CANADACLUB CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, 11, 18, 25 Aug, 10.30pm, £8. Page 5. COMEDY DEATH RAY CABARET Laughing Horse @ The Place, 2–14 Aug, 10.30pm, free. Page 10.
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discover the
remarkable true story of a small town that welcomed the world
Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein Directed by Christopher Ashley
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winner! best musical all across north america
powerful, heart-warming & very funny. a celebration of humanity. ‘a gem!
the tremendous buzz is entirely justified.’ T H E G LO B E A N D M A I L
As it continues sold-out, record-breaking engagements on Broadway, across the USA and in Canada, Come From Away will land for its UK premiere at London’s Phoenix Theatre from 30th January 2019. This joyous new musical shares the incredible real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who were grounded in Canada during the wake of 9/11, and the small Newfoundland community that invited these ‘come from aways’ into their lives. As uneasiness turned into trust and music soared into the night, gratitude grew into friendships and @CANADIANUK | FACEBOOK.COM/CANADAINTHEUK |
their stories became a celebration of hope, humanity and unity. Awarded the Tony® for Best Direction of a Musical, Christopher Ashley’s production guides audiences through a colourful and spirited cast of characters, brought to life by Tony® and Grammy® nominated writing team Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
Come From Away is 100 minutes with no interval. Recommended for ages 10+. CANADAINTHEUK
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