Exploring humanity and conflict

A RADIO crackles, a doorbell rings – a woman answers, filled with dread. Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us is one of the productions at Army@TheFringe that explores humanity and conflict.

In this first case it’s the age-old experience of wives and warriors, from doomed Hector and Andromache in Homer’s Iliad, to British troops in Afghanistan.

Praised for stunning mask

work and physical storytelling, this production is profoundly authentic, having been researched with actual military couples. It reveals the love, loss, grief and resilience of couples living in the shadows of war.

Then there is Oli Yellop’s I am Gavrilo Princip which finds the young assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in purgatory. Unaware of the appalling consequences,

he’s not bad enough for hell or good enough for heaven.

I am Gavrilo Princip is a critically acclaimed masterclass in the nature of history as chaos, cruelty.

· Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us, 16-21 and 23-28 August,

· I am Gavrilo Princip 23-28 August0

Tickets at: www.edfringe.com