All participants in the project, selected from almost forty applicants,
receive financial assistance, the services of a dedicated press office,
a street team, marketing support and specialist advice to help them
liaise with promoters from all over the world.
Aisle16, Poetry Boy Band (Performance poetry) Pleasance, Aug
3 - 29
Poet boy wonders in a new show that puts poetry where it belongs,
on stage, in a white suit and with girls snapping at its ankles.
Menagerie, Gaugleprixtown (Theatre) Theatre Workshop
Aug 11 - 28
Two boyhood friends set out for a days fishing. They banter about
old times and are transported back to a time of childhood games; a
time of pirates and monsters.
Kadam Dance, Art of Travel (Dance) C Venue, Aug 3 -
13
Inspired by Alain De Botton’s bestselling book, cutting edge
choreography which integrates digital technology with dance.
Gagged Theatre, Shot (Theatre) Gilded Balloon, Aug
3 - 28
Three women, one big night out, a hundred reasons. Witty drama that
succeeds in being both hard-hitting social comment and poignant relationship-based
drama.
7K, Shadows (Physical Theatre)Hill Street Theatre,
Aug 5 -29
Commissioned by The ARENA Festival, Erlangen, Germany. Fusing Video
Art with physical theatre, 7K’s highly innovative style brings
to life a dark world of dreams and nightmares.
Mike Maran, Novecento (Storytelling with music) Valvona
& Crolla, Aug 15 - 26
The extraordinary story of a pianist, born onboard an ocean liner
who never set foot on dry land and was described as the finest pianist
in the world!
Mike Maran, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (Storytelling
with music) Valvona & Crolla, Aug 15 - 26
After 500 performances worldwide, this classic adaptation of Louis
de Bernier’s novel returns to the tiny venue where it was born.
Mike Maran, The Little World of Don Camillo (Storytelling
with music) Valvona & Crolla, Aug 6 - 27
Italy 1945-55, priest v mayor, church v state, Italy endures
and the river Po overflows with tears and laughter
Sara Crowe & Co, The Sweetest Things (Dance Film)
DanceBase Aug 10 - 20
The distinctive world’s of writer Raynond Carver meet the imaginative
minds of Sara Crowe & Co in an acclaimed short film
Ruffian Productions, Martha loves Michael (Theatre)
Pleasance Courtyard, Aug 4 – 29
The world’s of Michael Jackson’s biggest fan, ASBO boy,
the latest teenage wannabe and a singing bus driver from Hull collide
in Manchester.
Darren Johnston, REN-SA (Dance) Aurora Nova Aug 5-29
Blacked out coaches deliver the audience to this beautiful/dark adaptation
of Japanese horror by award winning choreographer.
Classworks, In Limbo (Theatre) Pleasance Dome, Aug
3 –21
A story about making choices. It’s about sex, love, death, secrets
and an unusual friendship which unravels a 50 year old secret.
Trestle Theatre Company, Beyond Midnight (Theatre)
Pleasance Courtyard Aug 3-29
Cinderella is dead, the glass slipper is back, but this time the consequences
are far from fairytale. Not suitable for under 14’s.
Scamp, Screwmachine/Eyecandy (Theatre) Assembly, Aug
5 – 29
Anything can happen on America’s wackiest game show. A brutal
extreme where where lines between reality and TV become blurred. With
Mike McShane.
