What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

As the show takes place in a bathroom, we’d probably be a coffee cup full of bathwater.

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

We have a story to tell and some myths to address. Galahad wishes to set the story straight and we think Edinburgh is the place to do it.

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

There are plenty of misconceptions about Galahad and his knighting achievements, and the entire point of this show is to reveal the real man behind the knight’s mask. If you’re interested in seeing Galahad bare all (both metaphorically and literally) you’ll have to come to the show!

About the show

Galahad Takes A Bath

Date(s): Aug 2-11, 13-25

Time(s): 16:00 (55 minutes)

Location: ZOO Southside – Studio

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

Our show shakes up folk, hip hop and indie music, alternating that with numerous surprising twists and turns of interwoven stories drawn from real experiences around the criminal justice system in Scotland. Just like the Giant in one of our stories, you certainly will know if you have a heart or not at the end.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

The morning after our show, the audience is guaranteed to still be singing the chorus to at least one of our bangin’ tunes (probably “I know you want to press the “Fuck It!” button”) while nursing some big questions about justice and heartlessness.

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

If our show were a coffee we’d be an Affogato, because we have a delicious, crowd-pleasing ball of beautifully performed live music (ice cream) surrounded by a proper kick in the backside of emotive and heart-rending real-life narrative.

About the show

A Giant On The Bridge

Date(s): Aug 2-6, 8-11, 13-18

Time(s): 10:40 (1 hour 20 minutes)

Location: Assembly Roxy – Central

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

They’ll vaguely remember a flamboyant Serbian woman talking about her bank manager taking her to Vodka Revolution, and a man being given a pair of Sketchers to add some height. It’ll all feel rather blurry, but the warm feeling will last for a lifetime.

How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

Every time there’s a new audience member, there’s a new reaction to the show. I simply respond to those reactions each night! This is the gift of live theatre! Plus I interact with the audience throughout, so as long as they all come with their own charm and charisma we’re set to have fresh adventures every show!

If you/your show were a school subject what would you/it be and why?

It would be a Serbian lesson. It’d be that teacher that you’d see in the corridor who looks different to all the others. She has voluminous red hair and sashays along the rows of classrooms and students with a big smile and a nod of her head, a direct thank you for spotting her. Her Serbian class would be the most entertaining in school, full of fun, colour and oftentimes a little lost in translation.

About the show

Milanka Brooks: Why Mum and I Don’t Talk Anymore

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-13, 15-25

Time(s): 14:50 (1 hour)

Location: Assembly George Square – The Crate

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

An Espresso Martini. Smooth, with a kick – and you might regret it if you down it all in one.

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

For all the complaints I have about the way the Fringe is run, it still struck me as incredibly important that this piece had its debut in Edinburgh, in August, and in a Fringe venue. The show is born out of the stories I heard when my parents moved to a small village near the Torness Nuclear Power Plant. It felt like a culmination of this journey to bring it back to Scotland.

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

Deeptime is a highly energetic (if you’ll excuse the pun) piece of storytelling, told from the throbbing backrooms of an underground Techno club. An original score from the fantastic Ronan Goron is going to deliver a hearty dose of adrenaline, as we catapult from protest sites to dancefloors, sandy deserts to burial chambers hundreds of meters underground.

About the show

Deeptime Atomic Waste PLeasure Party

Date(s): Aug 2-10

Time(s): 20:35 (50 minutes)

Location: theSpaceTriplex – Studio

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

I’ve been writing this show for 14 years & I’m finally at the point where I’m ready to share it with the world

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

My show is About living with frontal lobe Damage as a result of a cra accident when I was 5 years old. I vision this show being almost part spoken word as I died three times on good Friday 1989, as funny as the show content can be I think it will be something that can inspire people’s perspective on life.

How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

I’ve a good understanding of an audience, a kind of insight that’s allows me to adapt my routine. 14 years experience of hosting shows also helps

About the show

Michael Porter – Love & Brain Damage

Date(s): Aug 1-11, 13-25

Time(s): 13:50 (1 hour)

Location: Just the Tonic Nucleus – Just the Sub-Atomic Room

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

Diary of a Magician made its debut this February at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia, receiving unanimous praise from both the media and the audience! From the audience feedback, we’ve received love from all age groups, especially school-aged children. We hope to continue spreading this joy and beauty. Filled with enthusiasm, we chose to set foot on the art-filled lands of Europe this July, hoping to bring our inspiration to the world.

How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

Our show is a unique blend between stage magic with Taiwanese folk songs and classic Chinese poetry. Definitely unlike any magic show you’ve ever seen!

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

The magic itself is breathtaking, unlike typical commercial magic shows, it is filled with beauty and great storyline, combined with the wonder of magic, ensuring that the audience will be thoroughly captivated.

About the show

Diary of a Magician

Date(s): Jul 31 Aug 1-4, 14-25

Time(s): Times vary. Click ‘Dates, times and prices’ to view the calendar (45 minutes)

Location: C ARTS | C venues | C aquila – temple

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

As someone who hopefully made them laugh, maybe made them cry, but certainly made them think.

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

That it will be frightening, uncomfortable or relentlessly sad…and the show can be moving, but it’s also funny, and encourages the audience to view death in new ways. Plus it features a mad picture of Kathy Burke. What’s not to love?

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

A strong, dark coffee with a cheeky whip of cream, serving a serious subject with a topping of lightness. And a sprinkle of hundreds and thousands, just to baffle anyone born after the 80s.

About the show

Death Becomes Us

Date(s): Aug 2-10, 12-24

Time(s): Times vary. Click ‘Dates, times and prices’ to view the calendar (50 minutes)

Location: theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall – Stephenson Theatre

What coffee would you/your show be, and why?

Black, dark, bitter. It’s the real Italian stuff that’s too much to drink every day. But, when you need revitalizing, there’s nothing like a small cup of it to light the rockets. We want you to come out of this show, squinting into the sunlight, dazzled by the completeness and intensity of what you’ve seen. That’s our goal.

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

We don’t mind if they remember us. But we want them to remember the story. The Táin is traditionally told over a whole winter, and we’re trying to distil it down into an hour. This is because we want to bring this amazing story to people who would never usually hear it, because we think it’s flipping brillliant. Forget us or remember us. But carry the Táin with you!

What do you/your show do to make an audience’s heart beat faster?

Storytelling is an intimate way to perform. You’re not acting, where you’re pretending to be someone else, as a storyteller you are yourself on stage. You use your own name, you wear your own clothes. And you are building a real trust with the audience. That means that, when you take them to places which are dark, bloody, or scary, it’s got a lived truth. It’s only possible when you’re there in the room with the audience.

About the show

Táin

Date(s): Aug 11-18, 20-25

Time(s): 15:45 (1 hour)

Location: Scottish Storytelling Centre – George Mackay Brown Library

What misconceptions do you think people have about you/your show – would you like to clear them up?

Storytelling isn’t just for old fogies with big silver brooches. This is lively, vital fun, and at its best, folk arts are free, accessible, and punk rock. We got a Spirit of the Fringe last year for our low-budget saltiness. We’re playing handmade instruments, using handmade props. People think traditional culture should be high-culture, but its not. It’s low-culture! And it’s your culture! Come play with us!

How do you keep your performances fresh every night?

Storytelling is a living tradition, which means that it changes every day with new audience members and the energy they bring. Also, being storytellers, we are present as ourselves on stage. We’re not pretending to be anybody else. So when you see banter in our show, or any mischief, that’s unscripted – it’s us being ourselves, and the love and shenanigans you see between us are real.

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

We’re Edinburgh natives! We live and work in the city and we want to bring that local flavor to visitors during the Fringe. This show started out as a piece for the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, and it’s been so fun, we want to bring it to new audiences.

About the show

Land Under Wave

Date(s): Aug 20-21, 23-25

Time(s): 20:45 (1 hour)

Location: Scottish Storytelling Centre – Netherbow Theatre

What brings a nice show like yours to a place like the Edinburgh Fringe?

The Edinburgh Fringe is the perfect place for my show because I show doesn’t fit into boxes! Throughout the year, I have to figure out where I fit in, as an act that crosses between music, comedy, and cabaret. In Edinburgh, people just want to see a good show and are looking for things that are a bit out there! I’ve come to Edinburgh the last two years and it’s been great, so I can’t wait for year 3!

If you/your show were a school subject what would you/it be and why?

My show would be PE class! Gives folks a chance to let loose a bit, and to be honest, it’s the subject they’ll spend all day waiting for 🙂 plus, there’s no homework and it’s a guaranteed A as long as everyone participates in class!

How will the audience remember you the morning after?

It can get pretty rowdy, so they may not remember much at all! But they’ll surely still have a sore voice from singing along with me the night before!

About the show

Accordion Ryan’s Pop Bangers

Date(s): Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25

Time(s): 22:00 (1 hour)

Location: Laughing Horse @ 32 Below – Little Cellar