> SiLENCiO NEWS! We're still accepting submissions for > Thursday 29 July, Festival Preview SiLENCiO As there will > be no SiLENCiO installment during the month of August, I > hope you enjoy reading details other Edinburgh Festival > delights! And every one, a SiLENCiO contributor! Do > enjoy... Laura and Jennifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 07976 316 073 > > **************************************** > > iHIGHWAY DINER - WORKS OF TEMPORARY SOLACEi Assembly Rooms, > George Street (Assembly Foyer then Outdoors) 16-28 August, > 22:00 (23:20) 9 (7) Assembly Box office: 0131 226 2428 > www.highwaydiner.org Its about here... Its about now... Are > you feeling brave? I need you... I need you to help me > out... Night time screams and the streets are reeling... a > woman in red dances with the traffic. And you. Shot through > with surreal smack of memory and imagination in a city > cut-up into chaotic beauty. Remember to prepare for the > outdoors... anything could happen under this sky. > Experience the rush and uncertainty of being led whispered > through the blotted city cacophony as you travel through > HIGHWAY DINER - WORKS OF TEMPORARY SOLACE. Highway Diner > transform the landscape before your eyes with funny ha ha > and funny... uh... ahem, stories of lost love and lost > direction in their World Premiere site specific performance > in the dirty back streets of Edinburghis Georgian New Town. > Theatre, dance, live art, and orienteering, combine in a > brave and warm encounter with a journey like no other. **** > iexplorations of intimacy in a touch and go environmenti > The Herald www.highwaydiner.org > > ******************************************** > > The Gospel Truth for Cats and Dogs Venue 40, Quaker Meeting > House, Victoria Terrace Performances: Aug 9-14, 16-21, > 23-28 @ 18.30 (to 19.40) 7 (5) (Family tickets available > from venue box office only) Images available from Fringe > Office or www.puppetstate.com Your Dog would love you to > see this show. Your Cat probably couldnit give a toss. But > you can do what you like. After all, they donit run your > lifeOe Do they? A loveable mongrel of a show you'll want to > take home, cherish and abandon by the motorway three days > later. Over the last twelve years Edinburgh-based Richard > Medrington has known the highs and lows of the Fringe. He > took two years out from appearing on the Fringe and worked > on new material. He was shortlisted for the Creative > Scotland Awards and returned to the Fringe in 2003 as > Puppet State Theatre Company with an adult puppet show, The > Interrogation, produced in conjunction with Amnesty > International and based on the life of his friend, Romanian > dissident Silviu Craciunas. Audience numbers were small > again, but their response, and that of the critics, was > exceptional. One of the few solo shows that I've seen at > this year's Fringe in which something feels at stake. A > brave bit of theatre that keeps its nerve until the end and > leaves us broken. The Scotsman This year, in hopes of > meeting audiences half way, Richard is doing a show called > The Gospel Truth for Cats and Dogs. iRecently I have been > writing stories about cats and dogs, all of which seem to > have some kind of spiritual dimension. This is not a > childrenis show, nor is it an exclusively adult show like > The Interrogation, it is just a show for people who like > cats and dogs, or even people who donit.i He will be using > various storytelling techniques n object animation, > performance poetry, shadows and live music, provided by Tom > Adams with his dog Bella. Venue 40, Quaker Meeting House, > Victoria Terrace Performances: Aug 9-14, 16-21, 23-28 @ > 18.30 (to 19.40) 7 (5) (Family tickets available from venue > box office only) Images available from Fringe Office or > www.puppetstate.com > > **************************************************** > > Ash Dickinson - Electric Dandyland. The Canonis Gait, the > Royal Mile August 8th - 29th (not Weds) 17:00 Achingly > funny and beautifully aching. Intricate wordplay with not a > hair or a word out of place. It's comedy, it's poetry, it's > whatever you want it to be. "Brilliantly surreal invention" > - Edinburgh Evening News > > ******************************************* > > Down Dog Productions presentsOe Sea Peach by Catherine Kidd > with Dj Jack Beets Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2004 Aug. 6th > n 29th [not Tuesdays] 8.15pm Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 > Johnston Terrace Box office: 0131 226 7207 Winner of the > MontrEal English Criticsi Circle Award for Best New Text > 2003 iPart Cat in the Hat for adults, part spiritual quest, > Sea Peach is a live multimedia performance by wordwright > Catherine Kidd and sound sculptor Jack BeetsOei -- MontrEal > Mirror The sea peach really exists. It is a creature who > looks quite precisely like a heart, living on the ocean > floor. Some have suggested it also resembles a pig. Agnes > Underhill unearths her fatheris old typewriter from a > storage closet and learns how to misspell. Her fatheris > voice, a ghost writer speaking in tongues, speaks from the > bathroom mirror. Her tipsy-tarty mother laments the > futility of three-legged hamsters. The gravel-voiced > Buffalo Man loves and leaves, a baby and soliloquies on > poultry. With zoology as a sort of sacred text, Catherine > as Agnes rhymes & reasons the meaning of losing and finding > -- with cabaret choreography and funky soundscapes on > home-cut vinylOe Info: contact Kerri > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For photos: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact during Fringe: c/o 0131 441 > 9693 MontrEal Studio: [514] 495-1340 > > **************************** > > Big Word Performance Poetry venue: Edinburgh Comedy Room > group: Big Word Performance Poetry category: Comedy > 'Hilarious hyperactive company... superb, upbeat, > remarkableOe brilliantly witty talent' List. High-energy > poetry cabaret featuring Rob Gee, Jenny Lindsay, Mark > Gwynne-Jones and Jem Rolls. 'Dynamic, captivating, > hilarious... the ultimate cure for the verse-phobic' > Scotsman. www.bigword.co.uk > > **************************************** > > Aqute Couch present: Comic Strip Songs Edinburgh Festival > Fringe 2004 Pleasance Joker Dome - 1 Bristo Square , Grid > Ref: F5 16:45 (1hr) Previews 4th n 7th Aug 4.50 8th n 30th > (not 17th) Aug 7.50/8.50 Press Release: 07/07/04 Aqute > Couch are a band of four individuals armed to the teeth > with two ladiesi voices, double bass and nylon guitar. > Intent on strumming out an acoustic collage of imagery and > occurrence, they will woo, swoon, knead and bully you with > their songs and inventive live performance. Comic Strip > Songs is an hour-long experience of Aqute Couchis original > songs and stories that mingle influences from PJ Harvey to > the Pixies and source inspiration from the writings of > Philip Pullman and Jostein Gaarder. Tarred and feathered > but with tongues firmly in cheeks, Aqute Couch offer a > unique musical perspective for anyone desiring to > belyrically and sonically invigorated. iSuperb music n > enigmatic lyrics akin to They Might Be GiantsOe..full of > humour and pathos at the same time.i Bill Phipps, > Leedsmusicscene. iItis off its head!i The Bull & Gate > London. i Despite their English eccentricities the double > headed vocals of Aqute couch take Bjork and Marilyn Monroe > through a blender before serving on a bed of double bass > and guitar noodles, the overall appearance suggestive of a > curdling between Tom Waits and Tori Amos with additional > spices from the Pixies pepper pot.i Peggy Manning. Be > tickled, stretched, massaged and intrigued by this pyjama > clad quartet, as they perform their odd shop of treats. > -Ends- Editors notes Aqute Couch are Mimi Lane (Vocals), > Vicky Mcghee (vocals), Ben Faulks (guitar & vocals) and > Philip Moll (double bass). For more on the epic history of > Aqute Couch, take a look at www.aqutecouch.co.uk where > youill find music, downloads, pictures and other goodies. > Youill also soon find their online Labyrinth, where you can > get lost in a whirl of stories and characters from Comic > Strip Songs. Using resourcefulness, curiosity and leaps of > logic you will find yourself hunting for lost rubies, > cracking codes and getting into (and hopefully escaping > from) some sticky situations on your quest to uncover the > secrets of the Aqute Couch world. The Labyrinthis gates are > ceremoniously flung open on the 1st August, so start > polishing your best adventuring knapsack. Previous venues > include: London: The Spitz; The Arts CafE; The Borderline; > 12 Bar; Bartok; Kashmir Club; Spice of Life; Manchester: > The Green Room; The Life CafE; Band on the Wall; Night and > Day; Scotland: The Glasshouse eLadyfesti, Glasgow; The > Counting house eSilencioi Edinburgh. Support to: Mates of > State; Lupine Howl; John Otway; Bodixa; Nizlopi. Live > transmissions: BBC Radio Commonwealth; All FM 96.6FM. For > bookings: Pleasance Press Office Tel: 0131 5566557 Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For further information contact Mimi > Lane. Tel: 07769 745445 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Digital pictures are available from the Electronic Press > www.epo-online.com Releases: Pout a little better: 5 track > ep, 2003, eeat the fruiti. Tantrums: 11 track Album, 2001, > eegg basket musici > > ********************************************* > > Two Man Rumble C o2 group: Perhilion Theatre Company > category: Theatre New show from Alasdair Satchel, writer of > Fringe hit 'One Man Rant' - '*****' Scotsman. A physically > comic exploration of the male phenomenon featuring a > bestiary of bizarre characters, with music by Glasgow > electro band The Marcia Blaine School for Girls. > www.CtheFestival.com > > *********************************** > > Trouble Cellar Bar 9pm-5am Chambers St, Old Town, Edinburgh > 1st, 3rd, 4th, and (when appropriate) 5th Friday of the > month 'innovative grooves and classic dance moves' > including: soul, funk, rare groove, disco, boogie, electro, > Detroit, techno, hip hop, dancehall, ragga, house, Afro, > Latin, Brazilian, d n b music that moves you and music that > makes you move! Live band Chaos Theory before 11pm for > early birds Prices: free before 11pm / 2.99 b4 midnight / > 4.99 after (prices vary on guest nights) Resident DJs: > Hobbes, Dom Flanagan, Erik Da Viking & Hugh De Winton Info > lines: 0131 477 6916 / 0131 225 3598 / 0131 225 5209 > Website: www.nightclubinuk.com/trouble Fri 6th August: Mr > Normski + DJ Ady Harley (Ether/Sambaloco/Radio1Xtra) > Ex-presenter of Dance Energy on BBC 2is Def II from the > late 80s and also instrumental as one of the Ministry Of > Sound clubis fashion police back in the day, Normski also > documented the rise of hip hop culture as a professional > photographer on the first visits of all the early US hip > hop stars to the UK. Ady Harley is Radio 1Xtrais resident > Brazilian specialist, behind the UK arm of the awesome > Sambaloco label and also A&R for Londonis Ether Records, > who helped furnish us with almost all of our Brazilian > guests at the late, great Say Samba!, and have just > released Gilles Peterson In Brazil Fri 20th August: Seaming > live PA Well known in Manchester for her work with Homelife > (Ninja Tune), who have supported Captain Beefheart's Magic > Band down there, plus collaborative work with Mr Scruff and > The Herbaliser. Fri 27th August: The Dyad liven see > attached for full info The fantastic Dyad features local > jazz musicians Ben Schogler (bass), Dave Ross (gtr), Chris > Ross (drums) and Paul Keene (keys) playing live, future > jazz music with a fat, rare groove. Also including the > supremely talented brothers Moore n visual artist, DJ and > production duo Tim and Nick - and recently augmented by San > Franciscois Paul Keene (keys) and Lisa Lore (vocals), the > Dyad has recently been making waves among record label A&Rs > at Honest Jonis in London and Masters At Work in New York. > Make no mistake, youire going to be hearing a lot more from > these guys in the future. > > ************************************* > > >
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