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Nothing Ever Happens Here and Braw Gigs

Blanck Mass

This performance is standing

Electronic artist from the UK and one half of F*ck Buttons. Blanck Mass is a heavy, shimmering and orchestral work defined by manipulated field recordings, warm analogue synth, heavy sub and deep drone.

_ Time: 20.00 (180 mins)

Paines Plough

Manwatching

_ Time: 20.00 (55 mins)

Paines Plough

Sweat

_ Time: 22.00 (30 mins)

China Plate Theatre

Status

We all have a nationality.
For some, it's like eye-colour. For others it's a straitjacket.
For some, it fits the borders of a state. Others want to draw new borders so they fit (...)

_ Time: 10.00 (90 mins)

Bertrand Lesca & Nasi Voutsas

Eurohouse

Following last year's Fringe success and UK tour, Bertrand & Nasi's darkly comic look at the EU’s founding ideals returns for 4 performances. Total Theatre Award nominees in 2016,“constantly pits idealism against self-interest and pragmatism.” (****) The Guardian

_ Time: 12.00 (55 mins)

Lesley Wilson

Wired

This show takes place at the Army Reserve Centre, 89 East Claremont St

'They said I'd be good at it.' The story of a young female soldier's journey through post-traumatic stress by award-winning playwright Lesley Wilson, developed in collaboration with the British Army. Originally developed with support from Tron Theatre Creative.

_ Time: 15.30 (60 mins)

Nothing Ever Happens Here

Julie Byrne

This performance is standing

American wanderer Julie Byrne's second album, Not Even Happiness, vividly archives what would have otherwise been lost to the road (...)

_ Time: 20.00 (150 mins)

Dirty Protest

Dirty Protest Present: Many Happy Returns

This event is part of the 'Later' Programme

Fancy getting dirty later? Come join the Dirty Protest gang as we celebrate 10 years of shaking up the theatre world with five new short plays from five of Wales' most exciting writing talent.

_ Time: 22.30 (60 mins)

Arab Arts Focus

Artists Pitch Session

This event is free and unticketed

The AAF invites you to meet some of the most exciting Arab theatre makers and choreographers working today in Cairo, Beirut, Paris and Marrakech.

_ Time: 11.50 (70 mins)

Nothing Ever Happens Here

Pictish Trail & Friends

Svelt, intelligent balladeer trapped inside the body of an oversized, oft-bearded folk ogre. 'A heady and enthralling mix of genres are each anchored in solid melody' (LouderThanWar.com). Live music and special guest DJs.

_ Time: 20.00 (420 mins)

Arab Arts Focus

Institutions Pitch Session

The Arab region is witnessing the rise of several institutions dedicated to funding, developing, and promoting the work of confirmed and emerging independent artists from the Middle East and North Africa.

_ Time: 11.50 (70 mins)

Nothing Ever Happens Here

Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon

This performance is standing

Up the dark, dark stairs, upon the bloody gallows of soft rock, through the oubliette of cheese, into the torture chamber of disco, you are welcomed to the Late Night Pop Dungeon.

_ Time: 22.00 (300 mins)

CanadaHub / Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers

Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers

A charismatic charmer and a smasher of pianos. A madman and an earnest poet. A strummer of delicate chords and a lover of bent and broken melodies. Ben Caplan is simply unforgettable.

_ Time: 23.30 (90 mins)

Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders International Festival

This event is off-site

Travel beyond borders to the tranquil setting of Traquair House in the Scottish Borders to explore world cultures, new ideas, and peoples, at this eclectic international festival of debate, books, art, film, music, and nature.

_ Time: 08.00 (660 mins)

Arab Arts Focus

How to Support Arab Performing Arts Beyond Funding Programs?

This event is free and unticketed

The discussion on how to support Arab artists often focuses on the challenges of securing sustainable sources of funding for new productions.

_ Time: 11.50 (70 mins)

Paines Plough

Something Other Than Everything - Warm up

Daniel Kitson does a very clunky, warm up run through of a pre existing stand up show but with some new bits and bobs swapped in for other bits and bobs. 

It'll be about 2 hours long and obviously, its late. so. Bear that in mind. 

_ Time: 22.30 (120 mins)

Arab Arts Focus

Decolonizing the representation of contemporary Arab narratives

This event is free and unticketed

Can Arab performing artists use the stage to give different perceptions of their homes, struggles, and lives as human beings? Is it possible for a Syrian or Iraqi playwright to put on paper a simple love story? And isn’t a love story also an expression of time as experienced by its author?

_ Time: 11.50 (70 mins)

Nothing Ever Happens Here

Xylouris White

This performance is standing

Master of Cretan lute George Xylouris and Jim White (Dirty Three), a most innovative and charismatic drummer, are creating a musical duo. Fluid in nature, exciting and edgy, the music is riveting, compelling and spellbinding.

_ Time: 19.00 (180 mins)

Summerhall

Summerhall Fringe Closing Party Featuring Soulsville

Est. 2010, this is Edinburgh’s institutional shot of Deep Rhythms and Rugged Grooves. For one night residents Cameron Mason and Calum Evans will be spinning the finest selections of Deep Funk, Latin Rhythms and Rare Disco into the early hours at Edinburgh’s very own Summerhall.

_ Time: 23.00 (240 mins)