A new kind of Beckett
Jess Thom, AKA Touretteshero, talks to Eleanor Turney about Beckett, biscuits and bodies
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Curious Incidents
Emma Jordan of Prime Cut Productions, talks about gender, teenagers and a new generation of Northern Irish writers with Eleanor Turney
'What is left when memory is gone?'
Theatre Re’s show may focus on dementia and memory loss, but it’s really about life, Artistic Director Guillaume Pige tells Eleanor Turney
Imagined performances and possible futures
Techno-fantasy, ecological terrors and political satire. Forest Fringe’s Andy Field takes us through Imagine 2037, our festival of imagined performances on a hilltop in Edinburgh 20 years from now – which launches on 19 August in Edinburgh and online
The masculinity quest
Rhum and Clay's Julian Spooner talks masculinity, celebrating difference, and learning to live with insecurity
'We don't live in post-racial times'
A Q and A with Selina Thompson about her solo show, which explores the afterlife of slavery and colonialism
How is technology shaping this year's Edinburgh Showcase?
Surveillance culture, Big Data and video scenography. Andrew Westerside of Proto-type Theater and Simon Wainwright of imitating the dog explain thow technology influences the stories they tell
When should you take a show to Edinburgh Fringe?
When should artists take work to the Edinburgh Fringe? And, when shouldn’t they? What are the alternatives? Artists such as Action Hero and experts including the Fringe itself share their advice
Meet the people who make Edinburgh Showcase happen
As we launch Edinburgh Showcase 2017, our director Neil Webb and showcase manager Becky Hinton tell us how the event helps UK artists find international opportunities, what the curation team is looking for, and why Neil once hid in a cupboard at a breakfast meeting…
“It’s all real people playing a game”
Since appearing in Edinburgh Showcase 2015, Kaleider has taken The Money – an inventive production which is part show, part game – to China, Italy and the USA. As he prepares to live stream performances from Australia, Seth Honnor tells us about his experiences playing with different cultures
