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Taiwan Season: Little Drops of Rain | Bon Appetit Theatre
A family show like no other from a company that specialises in creating original, innovative theatrical stories. Plucky young Hope lives in a drought-ridden time and place. Then a chance encounter with a resilient drop of water sends her on an adventurous and life-changing quest. Full of inviting, imagination-tickling charm, director Hsin-Huei Hung’s production is a feat of non-verbal, environmentally-conscious storytelling ingeniously led by Foley sound. Bonus feature: many of the props and set-pieces will be locally-sourced. European premiere.
VENUE: Assembly George Square
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 3+ -
STUMPED | Stumped Ensemble
A brand-new miniature opera exploring deforestation through scenes from five ancient stories that centre on what happens when you mess with trees. These stories alternate with conversations between two users of an internet forum on an overnight work binge, until gradually the two worlds begin to merge. A journey through humour, anger and ultimately hope, STUMPED is ideally suited to both existing opera fans and newbies. Performed by a stellar cast and ending with a short reflection from an invited forest expert. Part of MadeInScotlandShowcase.com
VENUE: Scottish Storytelling Centre
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 12+ -
Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (A Climate Crisis Stand-Up Show) | Chambers Touring Ltd
Stuart’s terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine. Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith brings back his award-winning Spoilers for a limited run. Hilarious, hopeful, and vaguely educational ‘expert stand-up’ (Sunday Times) about hope, horror, hypocrisy and how to feel OK. As seen and heard on TBS’ Conan, The Comedian’s Comedian podcast, You’re Dead to Me and Trusty Hogs. ‘A warm, hilarious hour that pokes fun at our hypocrisies, while suggesting genuine pathways for change’ (Fest). ***** (Independent). ***** (BroadwayWorld.com). ***** (TheReviewsHub.com).
VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 16+ -
Sleeper | Jajack Movement | Korean Season presented by AtoBiz Ltd
When the language of rational-centred social science and the words we use reach their limit, we turn to art for how it deals with the climate crisis. Your body is living through the climate crisis. The act of surviving is met with the appearance of destruction – this critical point is faced with duality, crisis and the reality of death. We face this challenge by tying and untying knots, a traditional act of Korean community spirit and praying for the restoration of life. Programmed by Dance Base in collaboration with Assembly.
VENUE: Assembly @ Dance Base
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 8+ -
Pulse | By the Bonfire Theatre
We need not stay dormant forever… When everything around Devin continues to grow and decay, why is the flower in his room showing no signs of change? Intertwined with a score inspired by the innate disorder of the natural world, Pulse flickers between an academic dissection of a growing environmental crisis, an emotional examination of the human condition, and snapshots of a sibling relationship, posing the question – when all of nature seems to be governed by randomness and chaos, why is that same flower now producing a steady pulse?
VENUE: Paradise in Augustines
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 12+ -
No Place Called Home | ThirdCulture Productions
Privilege has long served as a protective veil from the realities of the climate crisis. What happens when that veil starts to fade? And how do we love in a world that is slipping away? When a young couple settling into their new home must offer refuge to a distant acquaintance, they begin to fear that their ambitions for life are increasingly unrealistic. Through questioning love, loss, and the growing complexity of defining a ‘home’, this play sounds the alarm through a simple and recognisable portrayal of just how vulnerable our lifestyles may be.
VENUE: Greenside @ Riddles Court
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 14+ -
Julie Kennedy: Crude | Julie Kennedy
Former journalist and professional Parisian Julie Kennedy finally understands why she can’t orgasm. Her partners didn’t understand: Cease Fire. She returns to Edinburgh after ten years with a hilarious show about climate change, geopolitics and being fired from Westminster. ‘She kept pitching about the climate so I fired her’ **** (former editor). ‘Die with laughter before the climate kills you’ **** (green activist). ‘Refined on the outside, crude on the inside’ **** (her ex). ‘I wanted to save the planet, she wanted a child’ **** (her ex, a Gazprom employee).
VENUE: theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 16+In: Stand-up -
no one is coming to save us | Pepperdine Scotland
Maddy is worried that no one is having fun at her party. Her sister Lily is worried that the world is falling apart. As this group of friends gather on a mountaintop, watching the sunset, a wildfire sparks in the forest below. They drink beer and talk nonsense while the flames race toward them. From award winners Pepperdine Scotland and playwright Lewis Hetherington, this world premiere is about young people finding fragile hope in the face of an overwhelming environmental threat, carrying the flickering flame of belief that things might yet be alright.
VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 12+In: New writing -
Mother Nature | Bhama Roget
Planet Earth needs a pep talk, and who better to do it than the woman who started it all? Rife with hot flashes, unresolved asteroid trauma, and still carrying a torch for those dead sexy dinosaurs, she’s here to assure us that just because we might be on the way out doesn’t mean we can’t feel good about ourselves. In this genre-defying original rock-comedy, Seattle musician and award-winning comedian Bhama Roget brings Mother Nature alive in all her brutally charming glory. You’ve never seen a hot mess quite like this before.
VENUE: Greenside @ George Street
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 16+ -
Me For You | Rachel E Thorn
‘Choosing sperm is weird. The one thing we know for sure is these guys are all wankers.’ Holly knows human beings have screwed the planet but she’s still desperate to have a baby of her own. She’s tried doing the right thing, but her bamboo toothbrush didn’t reverse global warming. So she’s joined Extinction Rebellion. If only her girlfriend would join too and help save the human race! But are we worth saving? A play about love. In the face of overwhelming evidence that we’re a despicable race of selfish parasites. Longlisted for the Kenneth Branagh Award.
VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard
TICKETED: Yes
AGE: 16+