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ANDREW KAY & DAVID VIGO PRESENT
IN CONCERT MUSIC HALL, ASSEMBLY ROOMS 6, 7 & 10 AUG time: 6.50pm
THE INCONSIDERATE ABERRATIONS OF BILLY THE KID Outrageous satire featuring a homicidal 10 year old, a singing abortion and a host of lesbian angels. A startlingly original sideswipe at American family values. Featuring a pumping live score from The Aberrations. A taboo-busting joyride into the gaping orifices of heavy metal and shock comedy!
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Pleasance Courtyard Pleasance Two
23:00 (00:30) Andy Jordan Productions & The Motion Group | Andrew Steggal & Robin Hardy
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Assembly @ George Street Edinburgh Suite
23:25 (00:25)
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Underbelly Belly Button
23:35 (00:35) Village Theatre | Marty Chan
Lecturer Eugene Crowley tells the story of the serial killer Midnight Cowboy. With help from the only surviving witness, we’re led into the mind of a killer whose modus operandi is to commit his murders in front of an audience.
A horror show that rivals, maybe even surpasses, The Blair Witch Project for skin crawling creepiness and terror GLOBE AND MAIL Chilling Play will live to frighten again! GLOBE AND MAIL
They’re on their feet for Smeat! sun
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International spokesman for Scottish Defiance wall st journal
Andrew Steggall - one of Britain’s most promising young theatre directors SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
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AS VOTED BY HOTDOG MAGAZINE IN 2006
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www.johnsmeaton.com
The greatest cult movie of all time
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Times 100 Best Things to See 2007
Glasgow Airport Baggage Handler Hero/Folk Philosopher.. The man with a thousand opinions: ‘sets aboot ye!’ World in Crisis? What would John Smeaton do? Glasgow Airport Terror attack /CNN Global Hero
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Chaired by Arnold Brown | John Smeaton
The 1970’s cult horror movie complete with songs onstage for the first time! Remote Scottish island. Weird locals. Bizarre fertility rituals. A young girl disappears. Sergeant Howie arrives to investigate. But soon discovers it’s not the child he must save, but himself… Don’t miss your appointment with The Wicker Man’.
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An Audience with John Smeaton
THE WICKER MAN
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An exciting new show from the creators of ‘Bouncy Castle Hamlet’ and ’Bouncy Castle Macbeth’.
Contemporary storytelling at its best ThreeWeeks
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A mighty wild rollicking fantasmagoria of murder, betrayal, good, evil, lies, truths, heroes, villains, magic, skulls, tibias, giant squids, sexy arm-flailing, wonderment, delight, and obscene poems from the West Country! Skulls or Death! Hurray!
The Stealth Fantasmic
IMOGEN BUTLER-COLE
CROUCH END JOURNAL
Underbelly Big Belly
23:00 (00:00)
... happily ever after? It’s a candy-coated conspiracy. Crashing through the boundaries of spoken word, award-winning Rachel Rose Reid blends storytelling, music and a large whisky to create a spellbinding show. Her unique, inimitable style has carried her to worldwide acclaim.
Virtuosic... a treat for the senses
Wronger, grimier and more destructive than White Lighting cider
BEST TRADITIONAL
WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
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Magical... all of London held its breath BBC LONDON 94.9FM
A play you probably shouldn’t take your Catholic Nan to ISLINGTON GAZETTE
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RACHEL ROSE REID: AND THEY LIVED...
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Pleasance Courtyard Attic
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Louis Hartshorn Presents | Rachel Rose Reid
2headedpigeon Theatre Company | Christopher Bailey
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ASSEMBLY HALL 8 & 9 AUG & 11 - 31 AUG time: 2.50pm, except 17 Aug: 8.15pm
Just the Tonic at The Caves caves 3
22:40 (23:40)
GRAMMY WINNERS
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