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The Vagina Dialogues – The Völvas

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:59 +0000

The Vagina Dialogues is a series of episodic monologues, duologues and movement pieces set to live music. The work is innately feminist, humorous, grotesque and, let’s face it, a little nude in approach.

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The Crossing Place – Romantika

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:54 +0000

Late-night in Upper Church. The first performance based on the poems of Swedish Nobel Prize in Literature-winning Tomas Tranströmer. A fast-paced, visual and highly physical theatre piece exploring loneliness, anxiety and desire. Devised in Estonia.

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The Black That I Am

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:53 +0000

Herself as "other". An exploration of blackness, gender, sexuality, religion and Jamaican nationalism, seen through the lens of individuals from different backgrounds confronted with the gaze of their own realities. A one-woman show.

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Screaming Body – Découpage Collective

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:46 +0000

An ensemble work, striving to recreate the original story of Medea. With intimacy and immediacy, visually translating the tale through physical illustrations and a playful, profound relationship between two performers who remain present throughout.

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On Ice – Suzanne Grotenhuis/De Nwe Tijd

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:38 +0000

In 2013, Suzanne won a Belgian theatre prize, spending the entire prize money on buying an actual ice skating rink. Why she did that will be revealed in her funny, absurd, moving show.

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Ivona, Princess of Burgundia – Tibaldus

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:28 +0000

Unique and radical reworking of Witold Gombrowicz's (the Shakespeare of Poland) classic play. Fusing language, physicality and comedy, one of Belgium's most exciting young companies creates a thrilling contemporary retelling of a lost masterpiece.

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Hero

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:24 +0000

What drives young people to join violent organizations? A show exploring the effects that constant propaganda has on young lives, focusing on war propaganda in particular. We follow eight youths through 10 difficult years, seeing how they change.

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Cockamamy

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:17 +0000

Cockamamy comes to Edinburgh after a sell-out run at last year's London Camden Fringe. A heartbreaking, hilarious story about the companionship between Alice and her granddaughter Rosie. This compelling new play explores the reality of living with dementia.

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Breakfast with Bred in the Bone: Clios’ Story/Orpheus/The Ship

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:15 +0000

A contemporary triple-bill of adapted Greek mythology and new writing, written and devised by the company, exploring theatre performance through the physical, musical and poetic.

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£¥€$ (LIES) – Ontroerend Goed

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:07 +0000

Get under the skin of the well-to-do, the 1%, super rich, the ones who pull the strings, the faces we never get to see. For one night, you can take their chairs. You call the shots.

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