Touretteshero's Backstage in Biscuit Land. Photo: Jonathan Birch

The productions in the 2015 Edinburgh Showcase comprised of theatre and dance; including new writing, devised and physical theatre, live art, installation and interactive. The Showcase curatorial panel included international programmers, UK arts professionals and members of the British Council’s Theatre and Dance team. The programme was presented to a delegation of visiting international programmers at the Edinburgh Festivals, so that a new global audience experienced British performances.

Main programme

Annie Siddons: Raymondo

Brian Lobel: you have to forgive me, you have to forgive me, you have to forgive me

Bryony Kimmings Ltd: Fake it 'til you Make it 

Caroline Bowditch: Falling in love with Frida

Caroline Horton & Co with China Plate and the Bush Theatre present: Islands, or how to play dirty and get away with it

Chris Thorpe, Warwick Arts Centre and China Plate present: Confirmation

Claire Cunningham: Give Me A Reason To Live

EarFilms: To Sleep To Dream

Fittings Multimedia Arts, Krazy Kat Theatre and The Royal Exchange Theatre: Edmund the Learned Pig

Forced Entertainment: Tomorrow's Parties

Gandini Juggling: 4x4: Ephemeral Architectures

Greyscale Theatre Company: Gods Are Fallen And All Safety Gone

Igor and Moreno presented by The Place: Idiot-Syncrasy

Jo Fong: An Invitation... 

Kaleider: The Money

KILN in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre presents: THE FURIES

Living Pictures: Diary Of A Madman

Liz Aggiss: THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

On The Run with Show And Tell: So It Goes

Paines Plough: EVERY BRILLIANT THING by Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe

Project O: O

Ramesh Meyyappan: Butterfly

Reckless Sleepers: A String Section

Robbie Synge: Douglas

Sherman Cymru: Iphigenia in Splott

Tim Spooner: The Assembly of Animals

Touretteshero: Backstage in Biscuit Land

Unlimited Theatre: Am I Dead Yet?

Verity Standen: HUG

Wendy Houstoun: Pact with Pointlessness

Watch: Discover the 2015 programme with a playlist of short trailers

Recommended Shows 

Alongside the main programme, our Theatre and Dance team attend countless shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival – seeking out extra UK productions to draw to international programmers' attention at the Edinburgh Showcase. The top 2019 recommends were: 

Blind Summit: Citizen Puppet

Christopher Brett Bailey: This Is How We Die

Jonzi D Projects in association with Sadler's Wells: The Letter: To Be or to MBE

Gary McNair with Show and Tell: A Gambler's Guide to Dying

Graeae Theatre Company and Theatre Royal Plymouth: The Solid Life of Sugar Water

Greg Wohead: The Ted Bundy Project

Ockham's Razor produced by Turtle Key Arts: Arc and Every Action

Sue Maclaine and Nadia Nadarajah: Can I Start Again Please

Tamasha: My Name Is ...

Traverse Theatre Company: Swallow

Jamie Wood: O No!

Victoria Melody: Hair Peace

Underbelly Productions by arrangement with DREAM present Barely Methodical Troupe: Bromance

Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Galeri: Dawns Ysbrydio: Ghost Dance

Wales Millennium Centre: Man to Man

Stopgap Dance Company: Artificial Things

The Edinburgh Showcase is a British Council initiative supported by Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, Wales Arts International and the Arts Council of Wales.