The New Victorians head to the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Fresh off the success of their original musical VII, The New Victorians are presenting their original, multidisciplinary piece Mara at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The ensemble-driven piece, starring an all-female Maltese company, will be presented at the prestigious King Dome Theatre for a full run during the month of August.

The first version of Mara opened to audiences in 2016. Since then the piece has been developed and performed to soldout audiences in Malta, as well as at the National Theatre of Scotland’s Exchange Festival in Inverness in 2018. In February Mara was performed abroad yet again in London at The Vault Festival in Waterloo – London’s largest arts festival. This ultimately led to a prime slot at the Pleasance Theatre for a full run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The group behind Mara reached out to the general public as well as corporate entities in the past months, to help fund their one-month stay in Scotland. The fund-raising efforts included a successful crowdfunding campaign, a number of events and initiatives, as well as the initiation of multiple collaborations with the following sponsors: V. Demajo & Bros, Attrans, Atlas Insurance, FM Theatre Production, Ecco, Autobahn, Park Towers, Fino, Costa Coffee, V Squared Media and the Malta Tourism Authority.

Alongside Mara, The New Victorians have also been programmed to perform their interactive sound journey for young audiences, Rave&Behave. Originally commissioned by ŻiguŻajg International Arts Festival for Children & Young People, the piece was created in collaboration with Glasgow-based artist Erin Carter and will be presented 10 times during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Mara is an audio-theatrical journey through time, highlighting the fact that every story is worth telling and that no voice should be silenced. Should you wish to support this project, please visit https://www.thenewvictoriansmusic.com/s upport