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Pitch Up

Summerhall — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 03:06:04 +0000

A welcoming forum for finding collaborators to make new ideas happen, Pitch Up is made up of five-minute pitches – and one-minute elevator pitches – from theatre makers, producers and venues. Visit housetheatre.org.uk for more information.

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DECLARATION: Rematriation

Summerhall — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 03:06:29 +0000

An interdisciplinary work from Turtle Island that takes shape around peoples and the land. Indigenous artists of Canada invite reputed artists of othered communities to collaborate in artful protest and celebrate the right to do so.

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Foreign Radical

daver — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:05:58 +0000

Thirty participants are invited into an intriguing theatrical game exploring security, profiling, freedom of expression and privacy in the age of cybersurveillance. Mobile throughout the performance, the participants collaborate, debate and spy on each other. Farsi, Arabic, English.

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Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers

daver — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:05:48 +0000

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.

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Thus Spoke…

daver — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:05:31 +0000

Thus Spoke… is an electrifying piece of existential pop from two of Montreal’s most celebrated artists. Playfully challenging the status quo, writer, Étienne Lepage and choreographer, Frédérick Gravel defy convention in this irresistible antidote to apathy.

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Siri

daver — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:05:23 +0000

An actress on stage with her iPhone’s personal assistant, Siri, as her only partner. In a precise game of question and answer, their exchanges expose the bizarre metaphysical dimension of the machine and blur the limitations between them.

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Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

daver — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:05:15 +0000

A darkly humourous musical tale about refugees and how to love when you're broken, starring Klezmer folk sensation Ben Caplan. This is a true story from luminary Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch.

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Mouthpiece

daver — Mon, 08 May 2017 09:05:12 +0000

Two performers express the inner conflict within a modern woman’s head: push and pull, past and present, progress and regression. Interweaving acappella harmony, text and physicality, Mouthpiece is a harrowing, humorous and heart-wrenching journey into the female psyche.

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Lemon Bucket Orkestra & Ben Caplan

Tom Forster — Fri, 05 May 2017 11:05:38 +0000

The Lemon Bucket Orkestra: Canada's only balkan-klezmer-gypsy-party-punk super-band. Born on the streets of Toronto as a busking band in 2010, the original quartet of guerrilla-folk troubadours quickly amassed a battalion of musicians.

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