Will is a popular GP but when a teenage patient kills himself, everything starts to unravel. As he tries to understand whether he’s responsible, his wife Mhairi campaigns for the NHS to reduce waiting times for people with mental health problems. His daughter, about to finish school, continues to keep her clinical depression secret from … Continue reading Have a Gander – crackers
Arty is a day-dreaming, inquisitive young polar bear who was born in Scotland but longs to see the world. When he inadvertently ends up on a voyage far from home, Arty discovers more than he bargained for. This new musically scored, visually illustrated spoken-word show from critically acclaimed trio Stuart Kenny (poet), Grant Robertson (musician) … Continue reading Have a Gander – Bear With Me: A Polar Bear in Scotland
Cannibalism, werewolf trials, deceit and murder: Marie Hassenpflug and the Brothers Grimm are editing the darkness out of old stories. Little by little, the voices of the storytellers who created the tales are eroded away. What will be saved and what will be forgotten? This critically acclaimed feminist drama explores women’s role in the creation … Continue reading Have a Gander – The Grandmothers Grimm
From Aotearoa New Zealand contemporary dance company Foster Group comes the world premiere of Double Goer - a characterful and compelling new dance show tracking the conflicts and kinships of two strikingly similar women. An exploration of the German word ‘Doppelgänger’, Double Goer is a surreal and highly detailed contemporary choreography based on the Doppelgänger … Continue reading Have a Gander – Double Goer
Making its debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023, Distant Memories of the Near Future explores a series of five interlocking love stories in a dystopian future - all from the mind of writer and performer David Head. Head, alongside director Laura Killeen, immerses you into this near future with a multimedia performance, using today’s … Continue reading Have a Gander – Distant Memories of the Near Future
Edinburgh-based theatre makers Tortoise in a Nutshell premiere their brand-new show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Concerned Others - an intimate tabletop performance sharing the stories of critically-underheard voices. Scotland has the highest rate of substance-related deaths in Europe. One of the highest rates per head of population in the world. In communities across the … Continue reading Have a Gander – Concerned Others
Cowboys and Lesbians is a fun, silly, queer coming-of-age romantic comedy from fresh voices for a young audience. The show subverts Hollywood’s romcoms, examining the harmful tropes and tales that movies tell us and flipping them on their heads. Nina and Noa, repressed British teenagers and best friends, set out to write a parody of … Continue reading Have a Gander – Cowboys and Lesbians
From internationally acclaimed poets Carrie Rudzinski and Olivia Hall of How We Survive Productions comes Hysterical - a revolutionary feminist poetry theatre show that aims to reclaim emotion and push back against the negative stereotypes and limitations systemically forced upon women. Their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, Hysterical is a fierce and delightfully funny performance that … Continue reading Have a Gander – Hysterical
Hellraising poets and Fringe veterans Leyla Josephine (Hopeless, Daddy Drag) and Colin Bramwell (Umbrella Man) present GUBSMACKED, a brand-spanking new live event showcasing the best of writing in all its magical forms. Debuting exclusively at the Summerhall Fringe 2023, audiences will be treated to performances from both up-and-coming talent and luminaries from the worlds of … Continue reading Have a Gander – Gubsmacked
https://youtu.be/CF12_NMo4Mo Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets continue to prove that spoken word has something for everyone. Each show features a unique line-up and Loud Poets’ classic fist-thumping, pint-drinking, side-tickling, heart-wrenching style of … Continue reading Have a Gander – Loud Poets: Best of Fringe
