2015 PROGRAMME
ZOO Venues 2015
ZOO Venues’ 2015 season This year we celebrate our 15th anniversary with a programme carefully curated to bring you the very best work on offer this summer. At ZOO, we’re proud to be a part of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe that isn’t afraid to challenge audiences. Since 2001 we’ve championed artists who share our belief that performance can and should amaze, exhilarate, and above all inspire, and this year is no exception. Our programme combines international companies presenting stunning large-scale work, supremely talented emerging artists and surprising site-specific pieces. Within this we are thrilled to be hosting performances from the British Council, Made in Scotland, Czech Centre and IF platforms - the latter a new opportunity this year spearheaded by the wonderful Stop Gap, showcasing the very best of integrated performance. ZOO’s mission remains the same as it did 15 years ago: presenting the very best work from all over the world in venues that celebrate the artists and audiences in equal measure and create a month of unforgettable experiences.
Run by our friends at the Greenmantle, ZOO Southside’s patio bar is the perfect place to relax, read the reviews, ponder your next show choices, and soak up the Fringe atmosphere. Across from our bar Stir Coffee will be running a pop up offering great coffee to keep you going during the crazy Edinburgh day.
ZOO Box Office Tickets for any ZOO Venues’ show can be bought from our box offices at ZOO and ZOO Southside, or via our booking hotline 0131 662 6892.The box offices are open from 10am each morning. Check www.zoofestival.co.uk and our @ZOOVenues twitter feed for the latest ticket deals.
ZOO EVENTS Each night from 10:30pm, ZOO’s Cabaret bar plays host to a dazzling array of live music, comedy, DJs and everything in between. A feast of the unpredictable, showcasing the very best acts from every part of the Fringe.
ZOO Venues 2015
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Alice in Wonderland Burklyn Youth Ballet This ‘utterly charming’ (Scotsman) youth company treats audiences to another colourful dance spectacle with ‘sparkling clarity’(CriticalDance.com), sumptuous costumes and straightforward narrative storytelling. ‘Every little girl’s fantasy’ (Scotsman). ‘It wouldn’t be the Edinburgh Fringe without Burklyn’ (CriticalDance.com).
£10 (£8 concs) (£5 S) (£32 F) 10:30 (0 h 55 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Far Far Away Incognito Theatre
£9 12:00 (0 h 45 m)
Prince Charming is down in the dumps, Cinderella can’t find her fairy godmother, Little Red Riding Hood has wandered out of the forest, and the Wolf seems more interested in doing Elvis impressions!
Venue: ZOO Southside
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The Jabberwocky UCLU Runaground ‘Beware the Jabberwock.’ Join a child’s magical adventure based in the weird and wonderful world of Lewis Carroll’s famous poem. The Jabberwocky is a banquet of shadow-puppetry, physical theatre, and music that will wow audiences of all ages. m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
Preview £6 £8.50 (£7 concs) 13:30 (1 h 5 m) Venue: ZOO
Solo comedy for anybody, ideally a fat one. How to diet. How to love yourself the way you are. How to flatter yourself. How to be OK. 2014 sell-out. ‘Wickedly funny’ **** (TheLatest.co.uk).
Preview £7.50 £8.50 (£7.50 concs) 18:55 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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How to Be Fat Mathilda Gregory m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
It’s 1972. An era of possibility, polyester and pubic hair. Ziggy Stardust is on Top of the Pops, Penny is writing an essay on Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Christine is watching Deepthroat. Brian is confused.
Preview £6 £9 (£7 concs) 16:00 (1 h 15 m) Venue: ZOO
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The American Soldier Douglas Taurel Solo show revealing the struggles American soldiers face at war and their internal struggles to come home. Based on real stories and accounts from soldiers’ letters written from the American Revolution through to current day Afghanistan. m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
Preview £7 £9 (£7 concs) 19:00 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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1972: The Future of Sex The Wardrobe Ensemble
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Cheque Please Nottingham New Theatre Cheque Please follows Ivy, a waitress, who offers the audience a chance to experience a couple of weeks inside her head. Dealing with depression and a spiral of self-evaluation she poses the question: is your life worth it?
Preview £6 £8 (£6 concs) 11:00 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO
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Chopin’s Last Tour Anvil Creek Theatre 1848. Chopin is in Scotland. There’s a revolution in France. His father has died. His relationship with George Sand is over. His health is failing rapidly. A show about Chopin’s feelings, life and music, with live piano.
Preview £6 £9 (£7 concs) 13:20 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO
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The Communist Threat Rusted Dust Vienna, 1950; two British spies await orders to execute a traitor. Hiding out in the basement of a luxury hotel they presume his arrival to be imminent, but as days turn into nights, nerves begin to fray. m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
Preview £7 £9 (£7 concs) 10:40 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Following last year’s hit, Bond! A hitman, an Alzheimer’s sufferer and a divorced white male: each is alone. So is planet Earth, hanging in space. Original music, physical theatre. ‘Rare, priceless performance’ (FringeReview.co.uk). ‘A delight to watch’ (Festival Journal).
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Diary of a Madman Living Pictures
£10 (£8 concs) 18:00 (1 h 15 m)
Gogol’s classic dark comedy performed by awardwinning actor Robert Bowman ‘…Bowman perfectly encapsulates the madness as we watch him unravel before our eyes and head deeper into a fantasy world’ (Western Mail).
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The Dream Sequentialists
Gardyloo in Collaboration with This Egg A group of goblins produce dreams for a living, but, when the very first nightmare is accidentally created, chaos quickly spreads across the dreamscape. An absurd and physical comedy exploring imagination itself. m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
£9 (£7 concs) 15:25 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO
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Crusoe Gavin Robertson
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Hula House Permanently Visible Productions
PREVIEW £7 (£5 CONCS) 20:00 (1 h 0 m)
Ever been to a brothel… No? Welcome to the Hula House! Enter our world and meet the real women behind the stereotypes. You pay, we’ll play... Meet at venue box office – 10 minute walk to secret location.
£13.50 (£11 concs) 20:00, 22:00 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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I Got Dressed in Front of My Nephew Today Feral Foxy Ladies
PREVIEW £5 £9 (£7.50 concs) 16:45 (1 h 0 m)
Riotous, atypically sexy and messy: a barefaced exploration of the bizarre and comic act of getting dressed, inspired by a 2.5 year-old boy. Featuring Boots, Beyoncé and some very upsetting arithmetic.
£9 (£7.50 concs) 22:20 (1 h 0 m)
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Joan, Babs & Shelagh too Conscious Theatre Theatre director Joan Littlewood – unquestionably brilliant, undoubtedly maverick, undeniably rude. Barbara Windsor leads you through Joan’s many turbulent professional relationships during their ascent to fame. m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
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Preview £6 £8 (£7 concs) 14:55 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
War breaks out, Elizabeth remembers those already lived through, and she’s fleeing. But as belongings reveal the past, they force her to see that timeless lies soon catch up with you. Winner of the Scottish Daily Mail Award.
Preview £6 £8 (£7 concs) 19:30 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO
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Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons Walrus
£9 (£7 concs) 16:00 (0 h 55 m)
The average person says 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit? Oliver and Bernadette are about to find out. A play about what we say and how we say it.
Venue: ZOO Southside
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Mata Hari: Female Spy Company Gavin Robertson Dancer, courtesan, liar, her one talent was the art of self-invention. The first femme fatale. And... victim of a set up? Executed for having no shame? Using her own words ‘inventive and superb’ (Stage). m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
Preview £6 £12 (£10 concs) 14:20 (1 h 20 m) Venue: ZOO
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Leftovers Hounded in collaboration with Ugly Collective
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Miss Sarah Cicada Studios A rusty old Ute clangs down the highway. Meanwhile, a girl sits in a sticky motel room, curtains drawn, counting the turns of the ceiling fan. A Lynchian nightmare, a psychological thriller, one girl’s search for Sarah.
Preview £6 £9 (£8 concs) 14:50 (0 h 55 m) Venue: ZOO
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Nelson: The Sailors’ Story Nicholas Collett Productions Inspirational hero – flawed maverick. Tactical genius. Rebel. Below his column a homeless Falklands veteran shivers in the cold – above, Nelson’s thoughts on the world today. Trafalgar’s shot, smoke, din. ‘A masterclass … compelling’ (BroadwayWorld.com).
Preview £7 £10 (£8 concs) 17:10 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO
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Open Nottingham New Theatre Sharp devised theatre peering through the cracks in modern Britain. Open pits real voices from the street against the visions of Westminster. Set in a takeaway on election night, we explore what being British actually means today. m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
Preview £6 £8 (£6 concs) 11:00 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO
1927. Alone in a crumbling manor, four children play a delightfully dark, frightfully funny game. Lecoqtrained Tooth+Nail revels in a world of Gothic imagination, where the darkness rings with laughter, and buried secrets threaten from the shadows…
Preview £5 £9 (£7 concs) 18:30 (0 h 55 m) Venue: ZOO
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Police Cops This Theatre Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson is out to avenge his brother’s death, and he’s got to go it alone. With the help of his new partner, a renegade named Harrison, they unearth the soily secrets of the case.
Preview £6 £10 (£8 concs) 21:30 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Quiet Violence Sophie Rose Choosing cheap loo roll, wearing shoes that rub, pretending we’re in love. A young woman is making bad decisions and an old man is eating too much cheese: something has to pop. Poetry, anarchy, comedy. Co-produced by Roundhouse. m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S m T W T F S S 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06
Preview £6 £8 (£7 concs) 13:45 (0 h 55 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Parlour Games Tooth+Nail Theatre Company
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Raymondo Annie Siddons
£10 (£8 concs) 11:55 (1 h 10 m)
Raymondo and Sparky have been locked in the cellar underneath their house for six years. An accident involving a pigeon enables their escape. But do the brothers have the requisite skills to survive a haphazard and cruel world?
Venue: ZOO
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Rowan James: Easy for You to Say Rowan James / Cambridge Junction / New Wolsey Theatre/Stopgap Dance With big beats and big words, set to the rhythm of his irregular heartbeat, Rowan James and beatboxer Marv Radio shine a light on the effects of a society obsessed with normality.
£10 (£9 concs) 16:00 (0 h 55 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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A Study on the Stillness of Love Blackout Creative Arts A play about two siblings haunted by the man they come to love/hate, innocence taken away, secrets that can never be told, and illusions that eventually break. UK premiere.
Preview £5 £9 (£7 concs) £8 (£6 concs) 20:15 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Preview £6 £9 (£7 concs) 17:45 (1 h 0 m)
Jude thinks she’s going mad. Then she meets Leon, a young magician who makes people disappear. What follows is a wildly entertaining journey through the minds of two young people surviving in the city.
Venue: ZOO Southside
London Grey & Green Theatre Company
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The Ted Bundy ProjecT Greg Wohead
£8 (£6 concs) 19:00 (1 h 0 m)
Using the real life confession tapes of American serial killer Ted Bundy, Greg Wohead explores morbid curiosity, the label of ‘monster’, and the tension between attraction and repulsion. **** ‘Not to be missed’ (Guardian).
Venue: ZOO Southside
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This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage)
Preview £5 £9 (£7 concs) 19:45 (1 h 10 m)
Three boys, one white dress and a hoover collide in this explosive play written on the renowned Royal Court Writers’ Programme. Life’s a wedding disco. Let’s dance. www.movingdust.com
Venue: ZOO
MOVING DUST
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A Sudden Burst of Blinding Light
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To Kill a Machine Scriptography Productions
Preview £6 £9 (£8 concs) 20:55 (1 h 0 m)
An empowering play telling the real story of Alan Turing. A man guilty only of knowledge, homosexuality and refusing to live a lie, who was vilified for his sexuality and resurrected to hero after his death.
Venue: ZOO
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Vagabonds: My Phil Lynott Odyssey
Leviathan’s Goat with Tara Arts and KPS Productions Lynott is furious: surely this is his show. Robert Mountford and Fringe First winner Chris Larner serve hilarity and poignancy in a story of heroes, confused identity and untimely death, with added rock’n’roll. m T W T
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Artificial Things Stopgap Dance Company
£12 (£10 concs) 14:10 (1 h 0 m)
Suffocating in each other’s company, a group of individuals seek escape through rock’n’roll. Disorder descends into playground politics revealing uncomfortable truths; pushing you to look at the world differently. Cinematic dance from ‘a powerful collective’ **** (Exeunt).
Venue: ZOO Southside
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With humour, passion and live music by Clarinet Factory, this Czech Dance Piece of the Year puts seven performers in a perfect line and shows that limits can result in comfort, relief and happiness. Part of Czech Showcase 2015.
Venue: ZOO Southside
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Da-Da-Darling Impermanence Dance Theatre Seven virtuoso performers combine in a thrilling surrealist piece of dance. A spellbinding and titillating look at Max Ernst’s unnerving collage-novel, A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, from the glamorous new force in dance theatre, Impermanence. m T W T
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Dawns Ysbrydion / Ghost Dance
£12 (£10 concs) 10:40 (1 h 10 m)
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Galeri
Venue: ZOO Southside
A story of endangered cultures. From the subjugation of the North American First Nations to the drowning of a Welsh village, internationally acclaimed Eddie Ladd leads an all-female cast in this unrelenting dance for survival. m T W T
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Correction VerTeDance/Jirí Havelka/Clarinet Factory
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Discoteque Machine Morph/Bags Live The show where you cannot resist to be seated! Get ready to be overwhelmed by the Creatures; with sounds, gags and choreographies, they will take you on a real journey of initiation. Never stop dancing! m T W T
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Preview £9 £12 (£10 concs) 21:45 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Douglas Robbie Synge
£10 (£9 COncs) 13:10 (0 h 50 m)
Curious, surprising and often funny, Douglas seeks connections and feedback from his surroundings. Douglas shares the spotlight with a number of simple objects in a world of the absorbingly unpredictable and beautifully unspectacular. British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2015. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com
£10 (£9 concs) 11:50 (0 h 50 m)
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Dreaming in Code 2Faced Dance Company
£14 (£12 concs) 16:00 (1 h 10 m)
Following a stormingly successful tour of the UK, Fringe favourites 2Faced return with a breathtaking, unmissable collision of kinetically charged dance and theatre. ‘Exciting, violent, hypnotic and strangely beautiful’ (Stage). ‘…thought-provoking and delight-filled’ (BritishTheatreGuide.info).
Venue: ZOO Southside
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Batten down the hatches! ‘An inspiring, irreverent, clever solo performance’ (CultureVulture.com) by the grand dame of anarchic dance. Liz Aggiss is The English Channel: a conduit for willful women, and a cunning connection to the other side.
Venue: ZOO
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FEAST Clout Theatre A show about food. The entire evolution of humanity seen through the triptych of a daily routine: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Multi awardwinning Clout Theatre return with their most ambitious project yet. ‘Hilarious and unnerving’ **** (Scotsman). www.clouttheatre.com m T W T
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For Now, I Am Marc Brew Company
£12 (£10 concs) 17:45 (0 h 40 m)
For Now, I am investigates Marc’s changed form since his car accident in 1997. Using dance and visual projections the work explores what it is to reconcile being in the world, in a new way. www.marcbrew.com
Venue: ZOO Southside
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The English Channel Liz Aggiss
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Herstory Zosia Jo A story that is at once true and untrue, personal and universal. A love story with a painful twist, that has nothing whatsoever to do with love. ‘A powerful testimony to survival and renewal’ (ThePlace.org.uk). m T W T
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I Loved You and I Loved You Sweetshop Revolution
£10 18:40 (1 h 10 m)
Beautifully crafted, compelling dance theatre based on the life and loves of extraordinary Welsh composer Morfydd Owen; famed for her beauty, meteoric rise within music and her mysterious early death aged 26.
Venue: ZOO
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Last Man Standing James Wilton Dance
£12 (£10 concs) 12:30 (1 h 0 m)
Breathtaking performance by one of Britain’s most in-demand companies. Raw, powerful and intense movement, influenced by martial arts, breakdance and capoeira. Six exceptional dancers fight to survive in this moving exploration of the fragility of human existence.
Venue: ZOO Southside
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Paint is thrown onto the naked body, as art and theatre combine in an explosion of colour and movement. A powerful dissection of modern life. Exquisite imagery and live music. Sometimes violent, sometimes beautiful, always messy. m T W T
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Preview £10 £12 18:00 (0 h 55 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Lost for Words Eclectic Impact In a world dominated by stock phrases, have words lost their sense of meaning? Moving through an unsteady political world, individuals seek an escape from a crumbling overarching system. m T W T
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My People Gwyn Emberton Dance
£12 (£10 concs) 13:00 (1 h 0 m)
Compelling dance theatre for six dancers with an affecting cinematic score, inspired by the dark intense short stories of Wales’ best-hated man, Caradoc Evans. ‘Emberton’s narrative impulse is compelling … deserves to be widely seen’ (Jann Parry, Dancetabs).
Venue: ZOO
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Liberation The Alchemist Theatre Company
dance and physical theatre
R.I.O.T. PanicLab Four performers playing superheroes are caught in a series of conflicts which are both personal, and intricately political. Spiced with comic book and action hero references, the epic adventure unfolds through action-packed choreography and projected illustrations. m T W T
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Preview £12 £14 (£12 concs) 20:30 (1 h 20 m) Venue: ZOO
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Smother 201 Dance Company After sell-out performances in New York and London, 201’s raw, contemporary hip-hop returns in a fastpaced, intimate performance exploring the relationship of two young men. ‘Superb, skilful, intoxicating’ (LGBTQArtsandCultureReview.com). ‘An intense urban fairytale’ (ThePlace.org.uk, Resolution Review). m T W T
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Preview £8 £11 (£10 concs) 18:40 (0 h 55 m) Venue: ZOO
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Souvenirs The Human Animal Enter a world where every object contains a memory. Beginning life as four ordinary items, Souvenirs is a poignant performance exploring why and how we choose to remember the stories and people that we love and lose. m T W T
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Preview £5 £7.50 (£5 concs) 12:15 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO
Dance and squash collide in this energetic and humorous look at the spirit of competition. Taking place in a squash court, and a hit from the Culture 2014 programme, don’t miss this highly original dance duet. Game on! m T W T
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Preview £5 £8 (£6 concs) 11:30, 13:00 (0 h 50 m) Venue: ZOO Grange
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Taiwan Season: Self and OtherS Formosa Circus Arts – FOCA Self and Others explores the complex relationship of things built from nothing, to something, to nothing again, expressed through combining physical theatre, dance, magic and circus skills, featuring aerial silks and woodblock acrobalance. m T W T
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Preview £10 £12 (£10 concs) 14:10 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Transit Cabaret Six Faux Nez company Five contemporary clowns musicians travel through a universe full of meanings, emotions and humanity, creating physical and visual comedy. Influenced by the paintings of James Ensor, sometimes morbid but colourful and funny. Poetic, surreal, festive, underground cabaret-theatre. m T W T
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Preview £9 £13 (£10 concs) 16:00 (1 h 0 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
dance and physical theatre
Squish Squared Room 2 Manoeuvre
dance and physical theatre
Tribe Temper Theatre Ru’s quest begins at a time he is least expecting. Startled by a news report on his laptop, Ru suddenly sees the world from a new perspective. Through ensemble movement and fragmented imagery Temper unleash a world between worlds. m T W T
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Preview £5 £10 (£8 concs) 12:10 (0 h 40 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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Tristissimo C&C Nothing can take a turn for the worse as quickly as a perfect day. What’s the shape of the sadness left behind? Should we worry our pretty little blonde heads about this? From the makers of EdFringe14 Maria Addolorata. m T W T
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Preview £10 £12 (£10 concs) 12:20 (0 h 45 m) Venue: ZOO Southside
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YAMA Scottish Dance Theatre
£14 (£12 concs) 19:50 (0 h 55 m)
‘Profound, powerful and hugely demanding’ **** (Herald). YAMA is inspired by pagan and animist rituals practiced among the mountains of Japan. Gathering energy as it grows, Jalet’s awe-inspiring choreography leaves its tingle under the skin. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com
Venue: ZOO Southside
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Alice in Wonderland The Communist Threat Cheque Please Open Squish Squared Souvenirs Tristissimo Squish Squared The Jabberwocky Chopin's Last Tour Self and Others Crusoe Mata Hari: Female Spy Herstory Miss Sarah Joan, Babs & Shelagh too The Dream Sequentialists FEAST 1972: The Future of Sex Lemons, Lemons, Lemons … Transit Cabaret I Got Dressed in Front of My … Nelson: The Sailors' Story Lost for Words A Sudden Burst of Blinding Light Diary of a Madman Liberation Parlour Games Smother How to be Fat The American Soldier Leftovers This Much Hula House A Study on the Stillness of Love Correction R.I.O.T. To Kill a Machine Police Cops Discoteque Machine Hula House Da-Da-Darling
Week 1
ZOO Southside ZOO Southside ZOO ZOO ZOO Grange ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO Grange ZOO ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO ZOO ZOO ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO ZOO ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO Southside ZOO ZOO ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO Southside ZOO ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO Southside ZOO Southside ZOO ZOO ZOO Southside ZOO Southside ZOO Southside ZOO
14 - 22 07 - 31 07, 11 & 13 08, 10 12 & 14 14 - 25 07 - 22 07 - 15 14 - 25 07 - 22 07 - 31 07 - 22 not 10 09, 10, 12 & 14 07, 08, 11 & 13 07 - 22 07 - 31 07 - 31 07 - 30 07 - 31 not 21 07 - 31 07 - 22 07 -15 07 - 30 07 - 31 07 -22 07 - 30 07 - 30 07 - 19 07 - 31 07 - 22 07 - 31 07 - 22 07 - 31 not 12 07 - 31 11 - 23 07 - 22 11 -19 07 - 31 not 12 07 - 31 not 11 07 - 31 07 -31 11 - 23 07 -31
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Alice in Wonderland The Communist Threat Cheque Please Open Squish Squared Far Far Away Tribe Souvenirs Squish Squared Douglas Chopin's Last Tour Quiet Violence Self and Others Crusoe Mata Hari: Female Spy Herstory Miss Sarah Joan, Babs & Shelagh too The Dream Sequentialists FEAST 1972: The Future of Sex Lemons, Lemons, Lemons … Dreaming in Code I Got Dressed in Front of My … Lost for Words For Now, I Am A Sudden Burst of Blinding Light Diary of a Madman Liberation Parlour Games Smother How to be Fat The American Soldier Leftovers This Much YAMA Hula House A Study on the Stillness of Love Correction R.I.O.T. To Kill a Machine Police Cops Discoteque Machine Hula House Da-Da-Darling
Week 2
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The Communist Threat Dawns Ysbrydion / Ghost Dance Cheque Please Open Douglas Raymondo Last Man Standing My People Chopin's Last Tour Quiet Violence Artificial Things Crusoe Mata Hari: Female Spy Joan, Babs & Shelagh too Miss Sarah The Dream Sequentialists FEAST 1972: The Future of Sex Dreaming in Code Easy for You to Say The English Channel For Now, I Am A Sudden Burst of Blinding Light Diary of a Madman Parlour Games I Loved You and I Loved You How to be Fat The Ted Bundy Project Leftovers This Much YAMA R.I.O.T. To Kill a Machine Police Cops Discoteque Machine Da-Da-Darling I Got Dressed in Front of My …
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where to find zoo venues
www.zoofestival.co.uk box office: 0131 662 6892 venue no: 82, 124, 457