The Scotsman

THE TEN MOST UNUSUAL PLACES TO WATCH AN EDINBURGH FRINGE SHOW

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With a record 3,398 shows in this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme there is no shortage of choices. But here are ten of the most unusual places where you can see a show in August. ●1: A Field Of Our Own, Easter Road Stadium: The 19th century origins of Hibernian Football Club will be brought to life inside its ground in a pop-up theatre. ● 2: Party Game, Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art: Six years after keeping Fringegoer­s on their toes with “Dance Marathon”, the Bluemouth company says no two audience experience­s will be the same at their new “surprise party” show. ● 3: The Seagull, from St James Church, Leith: Volcano Theatre will be flooding a 19th century building with 20 tonnes of water for their production of the Chekhov play. ● 4: Trainspott­ing Live, EICC: A tunnel beneath the city’s conference centre will be hosting an “immersive staging” of Irvine Welsh’s classic novel. ● 5: Frogman, Codebase: Europe’s biggest tech incubator hosts Curious Directive’s show about the Great Barrier Reef which audiences will experience on virtual reality headsets. ● 6: Brodsky Station, Novotel Swimming Pool: The hotel plays host to a site-specific show about “a watery, imaginativ­e space where Joseph Brodsky’s poetry helps characters to tell a story of the struggle against circumstan­ce, finding one’s place in the world and discoverin­g the will to find freedom”. ● 7: Whisky On Water, Lochrin Belle: The floating Fringe experience along the Union Canal offers the chance to match a selection of drams with Scotch eggs, chocolate and cheese. ● 8: Chamber Pot Opera, Assembly Hall: An all-female cast take over the ladies toilet at the home of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for a story about three very different women who meet by chance late one night. ● 9: Alice Through The Looking Glass, Inveresk Lodge Garden: Quantum Theatre will be taking over the grounds of the 17th century lodge to stage the classic Lewis Carroll fantasy in a tranquil outdoor setting. ● 10: Desperatio­n Bingo, The Biscuit Factory: The former Crawford’s biscuit factory in Leith plays host to a new piece of verbatim theatre offering a twist on the traditiona­l game to explore the impact of recent benefit reforms on disabled people.

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