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Italian Artists @ the Fringe Festival 2019

On the occasion of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 the Italian Institute of Culture is proud to present Italian artists performing at the Fringe.

From Stand Up Comedy, to Musical Performaces, from Drama to Children Shows, there’s plenty for everyone!

Read below for more information on all the shows or visit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Website

 

Arlecchino Torn in Three
Theatre (international, family)
Bottegavaga

Fancy a trip to Venice in Edinburgh? Join Arlecchino as he takes on two jobs and two masters. Midsummer madness rages! Master number one: Beatrice, disguised as a man, searches for her beloved Florindo and she hires Arlecchino. Master number two: Florindo, accused of murdering Beatrice’s brother, escapes to Venice and he hires Arlecchino. True love or tragedy? At his wit’s end and starving, will Arlecchino ever get his dinner? Three versatile actors, nine roles! Physical storytelling with masks, puppets and music bring Venice to life, blending tradition and innovation.

Aug 2-4 19:40 (pv)
Aug 5-10, 12-17 19:40
Aug 19-24 17:20
Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 6 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT (Forest Theatre). Venue 236

Duration: 50 min
Suitability: 8+

 

Chitarra Giocosa
Music (classical)
Luca Villani

A fabulous new guitar recital by Luca Villani playing finest guitar masterworks: the exquisite Sor Bagatelles, the thunderous Arcas Fantasia on El Paño, the Brouwer imaginative Decameron Negro and the compelling Rodrigo Sonata Giocosa. Not to be missed!

Aug 15, 17 13:00
Aug 23 20:30
Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, EH7 4AA. Venue 67

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 8+

 

Corde InCanto
Music (classical, traditional)
Luca Villani and Silvia Mirarchi

Soprano Silvia Mirarchi joins guitarist Luca Villani in a new wonderful duo with poignant Italian arias, refined German lieder and exciting Spanish songs. Be enchanted with music by Giuliani, Bellini, Schubert, Sor, Garcia Lorca, De Falla, Rodrigo. Unmissable.

Aug 16, 20-21 20:30
Aug 18 13:00
Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, EH7 4AA. Venue 67

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 8+

 

Daniela Nardi’s Espresso Manifesto
Music (Jazz, Cabaret)
Daniela Nardi

The lights are low. Wine uncorked. Music fills the room. Italian jazz. Seductive. Sizzling. Smart. This is Espresso Manifesto. Rich patrimony of the contemporary Italian songbook. Boundary blowing brew of jazz, pop, cabaret and romance. ***** (BroadwayBaby.com).

Aug 14 18:00 (pv)
Aug 15-17, 19-24 18:00
Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, EH7 4AA. Venue 67

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 18+

 

Father
Theatre (New Writing, Drama)
Francesca Bartellini

A woman reveals her daughter’s terrible secret which only surfaces as the daughter becomes a young woman. The father is a well-known meteorologist who abused her own daughter. ‘In the dense poetic texture of the script there is a haunting vision of a world destroyed by patriarchal attitudes taking some kind of watery revenge on the whole of humanity; including women like this mother, who collude with abusive men by somehow seeing and saying nothing, even when the truth is right in front of their eyes’ (Joyce McMillan, Scotsman).

Aug 2-10, 12-17, 19-24 20:50
Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 6 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT (Forest Theatre). Venue 236

Duration: 55 minutes
Suitability: 8+

 

Filippo Spreafico: Sentimental Value
Comedy (Stand-up, Performance Art)
Filippo Spreafico

Consulting with his fortune teller alter ego, Filippo realizes that nostalgia is a consistently successful market. Taking off on a Pindaric trip made of (im)possible romances whilst reminiscing of childhood chickens and claiming that George Clooney is corrupting Lake Como’s coffee industry, Filippo will charm you into his absurd, topical, poetic and surreal world. Prepared for anything and armed with wits, Filippo will win you over with a show he never wanted to write. This is the debut hour from the moonstruck, vagabonding Italian comedian and clown. ‘Eclectic, erratic, mispronounced, talented and absolutely Hilarious’ (Italianbrew.co.uk)

Aug 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 19:00
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 38 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DD (The Attic). Venue 170

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 16+

 

Francesco de Carlo: Winning Hearts and Minds
Comedy (Stand-up, International)
Mick Perrin Worldwide

Winning Hearts And Minds is a show about love and populism. A journey through his Italian family and personal experiences, literature, architecture and other words he cannot pronounce properly. Contains accent. As seen on Netflix, Dave and BBC Two. Tour support for Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Eddie Izzard. ‘English may not be his first language… but he is fluent in comedy’ **** (ThreeWeeks). ‘If I was an Italian comedian performing in English, I would want to be as funny as Francesco De Carlo’ (Eddie Izzard).

Jul 31-Aug 2 17:20 (pv); Aug 3-6, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 17:20
Aug 7-8, 12, 14-15, 19-22, 26 17:20
Underbelly, George Square, EH8 9LH (The Wee Coo). Venue 300

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 14+

 

Happy Hour
Theatre (New Writing, International)
Richard Jordan Productions, Teatro Metastasio, Teater Grob, The Pleasance

A new world where cheerful totalitarianism is the fashion; where cities promote hilarious mass deportations and funny exterminations; where its leopard-pattern clad locals will do anything to defend their enthusiasm. Welcome to #HappyHour, a psychedelic new play about fascism and happiness! Cristian Ceresoli’s (***** (Guardian, Stage, Times)) Scotsman Fringe First-winning play #LaMerda, performed by Stage Award-winner Silvia Gallerano became an international hit following its Edinburgh premiere. He reunites with Gallerano, and its original creative team, alongside Italian acting legend Stefano Cenci, for the British premiere of his new work direct from sell-out seasons in Rome and Copenhagen.

Jul 31-Aug 2 10:15 (pv); Aug 3-6, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 10:15;
Aug 7-8, 15, 21-22 10:15; Aug 12-13, 19-20, 26 10:15
Pleasance Dome, 1 Bristo Square, EH8 9AL. Venue 23

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Suitability: 14+

 

I’ve got you under my skin
Music (Swing, Storytelling)
Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band

Edinburgh-born Italian crooner Philip Contini sings a selection of Cole Porter’s best-loved repertoire with anecdotes from the colourfully flamboyant life of one of the world’s greatest songwriter-lyricists. The Six-piece Be Happy Band musical arrangements are by composer and clarinettist Dick Lee. ‘Contini’s rapport with his audience is consummate’ (Scotsman). ‘It is his genius that makes him so special’ (Scotsman). ‘Passion flows from Contini’ (Scotsman).

Aug 7, 16, 19, 21, 24 13:00
Aug 9, 14 20:30
Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, EH7 4AA. Venue 67

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Suitability: 14+

 

Isabelle
Theatre (New Writing, Storytelling)
Irene Possetto

The story of a young girl who becomes a monster. As a child, Isabelle was the epitome of innocence and naiveté. Though the road to survival is a grim one. After many dire trials and tribulations foisted upon her by the Great Famine, she is not the same. Who is she? Who was she? With spine-chilling suspense, this one-woman show asks whether evil is inborn or taught? Those who judge books by their cover never dare open them. Will you?

Aug 18, 23-25 17:35
Aug 19-20, 26 17:35
C south, St Peter’s, Lutton Place, EH8 9PE (main theatre). Venue 58

Duration: 50 minutes
Suitability: 14+

 

Italian Stallion: Fake Hero
Comedy (Improv, Storytelling)
Joe Palermo

A “nearly” comedy about my memories as a professional stripper and near-hero during the London Bridge terror attack in 2017. I have been doing a lot of things and people always get it wrong! I have always done things in my own way and I hate people regarding me as just an old man ex-stripper. This back-to-front storytelling will be something you probably imagined but never lived.

Aug 7-11 20:00
Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 69 Home Street, EH3 9JP (Basement). Venue 106

Duration: 55 minutes
Suitability: 18+

 

Loving the Enemy
Theatre (Drama)
Lorenzo Novani

Hugo’s in no man’s land. Born in Scotland, he’s miles away from his family’s Italian roots, but Britain has become a hostile place for his community, demonised when Italy sides with Nazi Germany in 1940. To prove himself to his sweetheart, Hugo joins the British Army but must face deeper questions of identity, love and loyalty… with unexpected answers. Hilda De Felice based Loving the Enemy on her Italian father’s real life story serving in the British Army. Collaborating on the stage adaptation and playing Hugo is Lorenzo Novani. ‘A dramatist and actor of some depth’ (Scotsman).

Aug 19-24 14:20
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW (Haldane Theatre). Venue 53

Duration: 50 minutes
Suitability: 12+

 

Luca Cupani: Lives I Never Lived
Comedy (Storytelling, Stand-up)
Luca Cupani in association with MPW Management

Which life would you choose if you had a second chance? Luca managed to narrow the possible answers down to a few options (legionnaire in the French Foreign Legion, Japanese swordsmith, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church…) and in this brand-new show he is ready to describe the lives he never lived! Expect bizarre and informative storytelling, endearing and honest humour and a charming Italian accent! Heard on BBC World Service’s The Arts Hour. ‘Funny and fresh and so, so moreish’ **** (Scotsman). ‘See him now’ **** (Scotsman). So You Think You’re Funny winner.

Aug 1-11, 13-25 15:55
Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 37 Guthrie Street, EH1 1JG (Just the Attic). Venue 288

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 16+

 

Me and the Mask – Commedia dell’Arte
Children’s Shows (Theatre, Workshop)
Associazione Culturale Bottegavaga

A fun opportunity to play in a group and learn how to move and creatively transform yourself into a character of Commedia dell’Arte. You will discover that a mask is intensely alive and creates an unbelievable energy! Vanni Carpenedo will perform the characters of Arlecchino, Pantalone, the Captain, the Doctor, the Zanni and will tell some incredible stories about them. Kids will get a chance to wear traditional handmade leather masks and feel their magic.

Aug 8, 15, 22 15:00
Italian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, EH8 9EW (Conference Room). Venue 341

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 5+

 

Mirror Canon
Theatre (Drama, Immersive)
Rebis / Virginia Morini, Lorenzo Travaglini

Mirror Canon focuses on the subtle relation between thoughts and actions, showing the dichotomy between the realistic outside living world of actions and the repressed inner self that performs them. The scission between the inside life and the outside one grounds until a complete repression that leads to annihilation, and ultimately reaches what we call depression. On stage, the subconscious acts, while alienating music empowers a growing disorientation feeling, on the background scenes of a ordinary daily life. A subliminal catharsis, in a philosophical deterministic approach, is the main goal of the performance.

Aug 19-24 16:15
theSpace on the Mile, 80 High Street, EH1 1TH (Space 1). Venue 39

Duration: 40 minutes
Suitability: 14+

 

Neapolitan Songs
Music (Traditional)
Philip Contini (singer) and Luca Villani (classical guitarist)

Sold out in 2018, Philip Contini, one of the UK’s finest exponents of Neapolitan songs, and top Italian guitarist Luca Villani present a romantic programme of beautiful love songs. ‘Passion flows from Contini’ (Scotsman). Not to be missed.

Aug 20, 22 13:00
Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, EH7 4AA. Venue 67

Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes
Suitability: 12+

 

Nico: No Regrets
Theatre (New Writing, Interactive)
Margherita Remotti

Model, singer of Velvet Underground, muse of Andy Warhol, mother, heroin addict, rock composer, actress. Nico, in her short life, met success, fortune, hardships, loves, myths, misfortunes, adventures and is universally considered founder of gothic rock. The project reveals who Nico really was while recalling eight male figures, eight crucial meetings in Christa’s life. The writing of the text is led by her relationship to men’s world, the contradiction and the provocation of her statement: ‘I have no regrets. Except that I was born a woman instead of a man’, while investigating the complexity of her experience.

Aug 2-3, 5-10, 19-24 23:15
Aug 12-17 23:25
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW (Theatre 3). Venue 53

Duration: 50 minutes
Suitability: 0+

 

Oracle
Cabaret and Variety (Magic, Spoken Word)
Performer: Renz ‘Poet of the Impossible’ Novani

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? From civil rights and world politics, to technology and space exploration, the future has never been so full of possibilities and yet utterly terrifying at the same time. Oracle takes inspiration from Nostradamus, The Oracle at Delphi and others who have claimed the ability to see the future, and through psychological magic and visual projections, poses the most compelling of questions: What does the future hold? Prepare to be intrigued and astonished by this new work from Lorenzo ‘Poet of the Impossible’ Novani. ‘Novani is a talented magician, very compelling’ (FringeReview.co.uk).

Aug 19-24 22:10
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Nicolson Street, EH8 29DW (Theatre 2). Venue 53

Duration: 50 minutes
Suitability: 14+

 

Poet of the Impossible
Comedy (Magic, Spoken word)
Renz ‘Poet of the Impossible’ Novani

Poet of the Impossible is a beautifully crafted weaving of magic and words created by Scots-Italian magician and playwright, Lorenzo Novani. This one-of-a-kind show, which has been touring the UK over the last year with stops at Brighton Fringe, Carlisle Fringe and most recently the International Magic Festival at The Scottish Storytelling Centre, features both visual and mentalistic impossibilities weaved together by stories and poetry. The words enchant, the magic defies explanation (and gravity). ‘Always engrossing and the finale is miraculous. Excellent’ (FringeReview.co.uk). ***** (BroadwayBaby.com).

Aug 12-13 14:00
Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, EH2 2LR (Drawing Room). Venue 20

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 12+

 

Seeking Unicorns
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus (Dance, Performance Art)
Chiara Bersani / Associazione Culturale Corpoceleste

A fragile and abandoned symbol is made manifest by an extraordinary artist. The unicorn is a creature without homeland and history, has been abused and misrepresented by mankind and deprived of a voice. Bersani now aims to heal their unique grievances by giving them a love, a story and a choice. ‘I, Chiara Bersani, 98 cm tall, embody the flesh, muscles and bones of the unicorn. I, Chiara Bersani, 32 years old, I’ll take the responsibility of embracing and illuminating its long-distorted identity.’

Aug 13 13:15 (pv)
Aug 14-18 13:15
Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket, Eh1 2JU (Studio 3). Venue 22

Duration: 40 minutes
Suitability: 8+

 

The Black Blues Brothers
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus (Acrobatics, Comedy)
Circo e Dintorni

The circus show that everyone is talking about! Joining the energy of Africa with a rhythm and blues sound, five unleashed acrobats perform their comedy tribute to cult movie, The Blues Brothers. In an elegant American bar, the chairs, tables and surroundings become props for new feats of acrobatic daring. Showcasing a vast range of skills and disciplines, watch in awe as the Black Blues Brothers amaze with hilarious dance challenges, fire and somersault routines, human pyramids and much more. An astonishing performance for all the family!

Aug 1-2 16:30 (pv)
Aug 3-6, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 16:30
Aug 7-8, 12-15, 19-22 16:30
Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, EH2 2LR (Music Hall). Venue 20

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 0+

 

The Last King of Porn
Theatre (Contemporary, Drama)
Avanzate Idee Teatrali / i Birbanti

What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women. They will discover they are not what they seem to be. The atmosphere moves in short time from sexy to an anxiety filled thrilling situation, where hidden interests come out. It’s an explicit drama about sex, love, family, suicide and much more.

Aug 2-4 21:50 (pv)
Aug 5-10, 12-17 13:15
Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 6 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT (Ivy Studio). Venue 236

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 16+

 

The Letter
Theatre (Comedy)
Paolo Nani Teater

A sparkling comedy classic: Paolo Nani, alone on stage with props that can be held in a suitcase, performs 15 acts, all of them based on the same theme but played in 15 highly humorous versions, without a single word being said. This is probably the Danish theatre production that has toured the most throughout the world (so far over 1500 times in over 40 countries). A sparkling study in style, creativity and timing, having been on tour since 1992, The Letter continues to amaze and amuse audiences of all ages.

Jul 31-Aug 2 17:30 (pv)
Aug 3-6, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 17:30
Aug 7-8, 14-15, 21-22 17:30
Aug 13, 20 17:30
Pleasance Dome, 1 Bristo Square, EH8 9AL (KingDome). Venue 23

Duration: 1 hour
Suitability: 8+

 

The Perfect Body
Theatre (Solo Show, International)
La Loba Productions / Rhymes with Purple

A one-woman show; a brilliant and sometimes grotesque monologue which speaks to the neurosis of wanting to be healthy at all costs. Incorporating themes on the vicious cycle of industrial production of our food and societal obsessions over healthy eating, fitness, holistic lifestyles and believing that old age should be feared, The Perfect Body has received incredible reviews and sold-out audiences in Italy. Translated by Marco Quaglia, The Perfect Body will be performed by Savignoni in English for the first time at its Edinburgh debut.

Aug 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 12:30
PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, Riddle’s Court, 322 Lawnmarket, The Royal Mile, EH1 2PG (Q2). Venue 277

Duration: 55 minutes
Suitability: 8+

 

  • Organizzato da: Edinburgh Festival Fringe