SNACK understands the importance of choice, which is why we’re back to give you even more of them! With dates and times to suit every schedule you can have it all.
A GIANT ON THE BRIDGE
Assembly Roxy – Central 2nd till 18th August (excluding 7th and 12th)
Developed with the Distant Voices Community, this show combines an age-old fairytale about Gerda the Giant with D, a man who has recently returned home from prison. Accompanied by original songwriting played live, this is gig-theatre and storytelling creatively weaved into one.
Tickets available here.
RAT KING GOSPEL
The Space on the Mile – Space 3 4th till 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd and 24th August
Rachel writes a series of novels about a makebelieve Rat King who brings justice to the hallways of her childhood school, where her monstrous headteacher made it hell. We all have different ways of coping with childhood trauma, right? Maybe this will be the therapy we need.
Tickets available here.
ALICE DIAMOND AND THE FORTY ELEPHANTS
Pleasance Dome – King Dome (Venue 23) 1st till 11th August
Peaky Blinders, but this time it’s an all-female crime syndicate causing havoc around the streets of London. It’s all very Promising Young Woman until the big bro arrives back home and wants to claim back the streets he used to run. Who will prevail?
Tickets available here.
CYRANO
Traverse Theatre – Traverse 1 1st till 25th August (excluding 2nd, 5th, 12th, 19th)
A twist on a classic, this is gender-bending done with style and flair. A roaring hit in Australia, the home of writer and performer Virginia Gay, this show has transferred to Scotland with the aim of doing just the same.
Tickets available here.
THE BOOK OF MOUNTAINS AND SEAS
Pleasance Courtyard – Beneath July 31st, August 1st till 25th (excluding 5th, 12th, 19th)
You want to know how to try 179 different restaurants recommended on your late son’s Yelp in an hour-long Fringe Show? Yilong Liu has just the solution. Fancy yourself a food critic, then get the fork down to Pleasance for this one!
Tickets available here.
POP OFF, MICHELANGELO!
Gilded Balloon Patter House – Big Yin 31st July, 1st till 26th August(excluding 12th)
A new musical-comedy about Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci girlbossing their way to the top. Watch these two lipsync for their life, with an electropop score that will make you weak at the knees. It’s no wonder Beyoncé called her album Renaissance.
Tickets available here.
LESSONS ON REVOLUTION
Former Women’s Locker Room, Summerhall 2nd till 26th August 2024 (excluding 12th and 19th)
It’s 1968 and the most significant act of protest in a generation is taking place. Three thousand students have occupied their school, in what will become known as the LSE protests. Combining archive and personal history, two friends explore the radical ideas of the past. Just as the revolution felt like a real possibility fifty years ago, change towards a more equal world might also be possible today.
Tickets available here.
I AM, OTHER
C Venues (DoubleTree by Hilton Conference Centre), 12th till 25th August
Beautiful in its familiarity I Am, Other opens around a family dinner table. This immersive drama, about an older relative’s act of aggression towards a biracial child, actively investigates white privilege, judgement, identity, and bias. Underscored by beautiful, bespoke music, the show is completely interactive, with audience responses shaping the performance to make every iteration unique.
Tickets available here.
PLEWDS
Old Lab, Summerhall 1st till 26th August (excluding 7th, 12th & 19th)
Being queer is the best thing ever, right? Tell that to this fast-paced and darkly funny exploration of a queer relationship gone bad. Exploring the lengths we’ll go to avoid what’s right in front of us, expect to be delighted by: a cocky gay clown in therapy, a clueless detective, and an X-Factor sob story, all combined in this surreal, subversive show where villains don’t look like villains.
Tickets available here.
Main Photo Credit: Fotómetro
