09.08.2007
Fringe 2007 with Degenerate 4
THEATRE WORKSHOP EDINBURGH PRESENTS
Festival Fringe 07
with Scotland’s leading disability arts festival Degenerate4
Fringe programme at Theatre Workshop Edinburgh, August 9-26, 2007
THEATRE WORKSHOP UNVEILS FRINGE 2007 PROGRAMME
SCOTLAND’S ONLY DISABILITY ARTS FESTIVAL RETURNS TO EXPLODE MORE STEREOTYPES
Diverse Theatre Workshop Fringe programme also features top British drama showcased by British Council
Edinburgh 11/07/07: Theatre Workshop Edinburgh today announces its Fringe 2007 line-up including the return of Scotland’s only disability arts festival.
Following three previous mould-breaking festivals, Theatre Workshop, supported by the Scottish Arts Council, is proud to present Degenerate4. And Edinburgh’s premier small-scale producing theatre has once again attracted a string of productions from the British Council’s highly regarded international showcase. Top shows from as far afield as the USA, Palestine, Germany and across the UK complete a packed bill.
“Theatre Workshop is known for its groundbreaking approach to disability theatre and has been recognised as Europe’s first fully inclusive producing theatre since 1999. The quality and scope of this year’s Degenerate Festival underlines this commitment to excellence and diversity. However, Festival Fringe 07 at Theatre Workshop offers much more besides: we are delighted to present a broad range of other cutting edge drama including plays from the British Council Edinburgh showcase,” comments Theatre Workshop producer Anne Fleming.
Highlights include;
· Weights: One Blind Man’s Journey
Firehouse Theater Company (as part of Degenerate4)
August 9 – 18, 6.30pm
Shot and blinded in a LA bar, Lynn Manning tells how he overcame his hard knock upbringing and subsequent disability through drama, poetry and music in this critically acclaimed and inspirational show.
“Manning gives us the mean streets of LA, a childhood straight out of hell and a liberation entirely of his own making.” Los Angeles Times
“All the while he transcends and transforms the tragedies of his past with a robust humour . . . the experience continues to inspire long after you’ve left.” **** Time Out London
· Hotel World
Kidbrooke School in association with Greenwich Theatre
August 13 – 18, 2pm
Ali Smith chose schoolchildren to stage an adaptation of her Booker-shortlisted novel. But not just any kids. After a triumphant debut in London and previous appearances on Jamie Oliver’s hit TV show School Dinners, the highly acclaimed youth theatre group at this South London school take on the Fringe.
“The rehearsals I attend suggest Hotel World has found its ideal cast.” Guardian
· An Audience with The Crippendales
The Crippendales (as part of Degenerate4)
August 16, 10pm
Exclusive one-night only show – an intimate audience with the UK’s only disabled male strippers fresh from starring in award-winning Channel 4 documentary of the same name.
“But they’re great, of course, and the hen-nighters whoop and whistle as the kit comes off.” Guardian
· Footballer’s Boyfriend
Brian Wharton (as part of Degenerate4)
August 11 – 18, 5pm
Camp one-man show exposes a closeted professional footballer’shypocrisy– could it be David Beckham?
· Presumption
Third Angel (as part of British Council showcase)
August 20 – 25, 11.45am
A show about love. Not romantic, thrill of passion love, but everyday, will you be in later, what shall we have for dinner, love. www.thirdangel.co.uk
“***** devised theatre at its best” MusicOMH.com.
For complete listings please visit www.theatre-workshop.com
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Press contact: Hugo Fluendy on 0131 225 7942 / 0778 787 7511 / hfluendy@twe.org.uk
Box Office: 0131 226 5425, Theatre Workshop Edinburgh, 34 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh EH3 5AX
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0131 226 0000, Times Fringe Box Office, 180 High Street, Edinburgh, www.edfringe.com
Notes to editors: Theatre Workshop Edinburgh was founded in 1965. In the last eleven years under the artistic direction of Robert Rae, it has established itself as Scotland’s premier small-scale professional producing theatre. In 2000, Theatre Workshop became the first professional producing theatre in Europe to include professional disabled actors in all main house productions. For more information please visit www.theatre-workshop.com