The 20 venues operated by TheSpaceUK are presenting 479 shows at this month’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival — as Xhloe and Natasha put it, “comedy, music, theater, musicals or some terrifying fringy amalgamation of all of them; if it’s live and original, you will find it.” Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland, a New York-based duo, are themselves performing three of their shows at the Fringe (which they briefly describe in one of the videos below.) They were the MCs in a presentation of excerpts from 11 of the 479; below are excerpts from those excerpts, with links to their Fringe webpages — including the play by Michael DeBartolo that I wrote about when he performed it in New York.
The Rhythm and Booze Project play some stomping blues music and serve you three superb Scotch whiskies
Takivan Damula Chuyouji, Wei-Wei Wu, and Chi-An Chen blend the physical language of traditional Chinese opera with the expressive symbolism of modern dance
The realities of gang culture and young team mentality in Glasgow during the 90s, when it was known as the Murder Capital of Europe.
Jack
This new musical tries to answer the mystery of Jack the Ripper
PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement
When know-it-all NYC comedian Amy Veltman seeks help for diffuse midsection issues, she quickly learns how little she knows about her body’s most basic functions
Dance Dance Involution
Three young Hong Kong actors hustle for stardom
Supermarket 86
Five girls get stuck in a supermarket overnight, connected in ways they may not realize
Daddy, Tomorrow Will I Be A Man?
James Willstrop portrays James, on the verge of becoming the world’s best squash player, when a chance meeting leads to an agonizing dilemma.
Tell Me Where Home Is (I’m Starting to Forget)
Michael DeBartolo relates an incident in coming of age show about not-yet-coming-out
Lexi Wolfe portrays Hamlet reflecting back on his life after the curtain has fallen, one of the four Shakespearean characters she portrays in her show — the others Lady Macbeth, Portia, and Henry V,. (This is one of more than a dozen shows in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe that is either of version of “the Scottish Play” or features a character from it — and that’s the way it should be, right?)
After being pushed over the edge by the most popular kids at school, four-eyed wallflower Nancy Nelson cries to the heavens for help! But it is Satan who hears her cry.
