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Dateline: 24th July, 2002 Edfringe Snippets 6 News Items about the Forthcoming Edinburgh Fringe FestivalThe Gallant John-Joe The Gallant John-Joe gives us John-Joe Concannon's soliloquy on his tattered existence. It is a tour-de-force of story-telling, swinging from the tragic to the richly comic. A Lear-like figure, John-Joe, too, is circled by phantoms. With the relish of the afflicted he brings them before us, beguiles them, and us, by sheer word-magic. By gesture. By silences that seethe. His melodic ramblings are both instantly recognisable and marvellously strange. John-Joe may be broken, indomitable, silent, noisy and articulate, but what keeps him on his feet is his capacity to make a story of anything that occurs, to find the word, the phrase, the sentence. He uses language as crutch, ointment, talisman. Stories, they say, only happen to those who are able to tell them. Pleasance Attic: 1st - 26th August Cargo In response to the welter of controversy that surrounds British Immigration, Cargo is an uncompromising study of Europe's underground industry in human trafficking, based on the harrowing Wacker case. Set against a lifelike reconstruction of the interior of a juggernaut, this impassioned account follows the hopes and fears of four Croatian immigrants desperately attempting to enter Britain. The BAR Production Co. is showing Cargo, alongside The Strong Room, as part of Ben Richards' trapped series. Using the same cast and production team, the company explore the physical and psychological effects of literal and metaphorical confinement in these two brand-new plays. Pleasance Courtyard and Over the Road: 1st - 25th August (not every day: check Fringe programme for details) L’Institut Français d’Ecosse Odysseus : “ Notes from the Underground ” : A play by Dostoievski : a man talks alone talks to himself , through imaginary witness and reveals the fragile beauty of mankind . Mega Pobec Theatre : “ Red, Black and Ignorant ” : A play by Edward Bond, performed by three actors and a hardcore band… Au cul du Loup : “ Monsoon ” : An exotic world where rain and wind become music and dance Théâtre de l’Ange Fou : “ The Government Inspector ” : Last year’s Fringe nominees Theatre de l’Ange Fou bring their new physical theatre adaptation of Gogol’s timeless story of power and corruption. Barleycorn Jack Barleycorn Jack is a haunting tale of rural life in 1880s Yorkshire that combines mystical folklore and bittersweet realism to produce a terrifying impact. Winner of Best Production at the Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards. 'Stage by Stage' Edinburgh Academy: 4th - 10th August The Mute Who Was Dreamed This stunning visual and wordless performance caught the critics’ eye during a brief preview tour in April and was immediately marked out as a hot ticket for the Edinburgh Fringe. Director Attila Pessyani, strongly influenced by East European theatre guru Tadeusz Kantor and celebrated British stage legend Peter Brook, performs with his wife, his daughter – and a duck – in a chilling drama of teaching, torture and revenge. With international tensions continuing to run high, it will be the first time Iranian theatre has been seen at the festival since the Islamic Revolution more than 23 years ago. Theatre Workshop: 13th - 26th August Fifteen Minutes Transferring from New York, British playwright Bathsheba Doran's new play is a funny, frightening look at sexual politics for a generation on the very verge of adulthood, leaving the audience wondering how it is we make it to our thirties. "I just find it odd that when I was twenty years old I was having sex, and I was having relationships and taking those relationships incredibly seriously, even though to the rest of the world it must have been obvious that they were doomed. Mainly because we were twenty." C, Chambers Street: 31st July to 25th August For facts and figures of the 2001 Edinburgh Fringe, go to our Fringe 2001 Factsheet.
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