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ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES Order by:Date / title

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These shows are not made specifically for children, but may be suitable for young audiences, teens and young adults.

Tickets:   x = Preview     x = Two for One     x = On Sale     x = Free     x = Sold Out

Head in the Clouds: The Peregrinations of Marie Marvingt

Broken Spectacles

- Venue: Cairns Lecture Theatre
- Category:
  • Also Recommended for Young Audiences
  • Children's
  • Dance/Physical
  • Theatre
- Age Suitability: PG
- Time: 13.25 (60 mins)

Come on an odyssey of the sky with the Fiancée of Danger. The true story of one woman's yearning for the limitless skies.

  • Aug
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  • 15 F
  • 16 S
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  • 20 W
  • 21 T
  • 22 F
  • 23 S
  • 24 S

Kid Box

Feng Dance Theatre (Taiwan) / Performance Infinity

- Venue: Main Hall
- Category:
  • Also Recommended for Young Audiences
  • Children's
  • Dance/Physical
  • Theatre
- Age Suitability: PG
- Time: 13.00 (45 mins)

Kid explores the relationship between mother and kid through lighting, sounds effect, shadow and extraordinary movement. Box breaks the barrier of dream and reality, bringing the world into this magical box. Where dance transforms poetry into body language.

  • Aug
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  • 15 F
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  • 20 W
  • 21 T
  • 22 F
  • 23 S
  • 24 S

Malasombra

auMents Visual Dance Theater

- Venue: Main Hall
- Category:
  • Also Recommended for Young Audiences
  • Children's
  • Dance/Physical
  • Feature
  • Theatre
- Age Suitability: PG
- Time: 14.40 (55 mins)

An emotionally dark, richly visual fairytale for adults and heavy-metal kids. How would you feel if your shadow took over your soul and began exploring its own desires and urges? Beautiful shadow theatre from the internationally acclaimed company.

  • Aug
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  • 21 T
  • 22 F
  • 23 S
  • 24 S

Raymondo

Annie Siddons, New Wolsey Theatre, Escalator East to Edinburgh

- Venue: Red Lecture Theatre
- Category:
  • Also Recommended for Young Audiences
  • Children's
  • Escalator East To Edinburgh
  • Theatre
- Age Suitability: 14+
- Time: 14.50 (70 mins)

A dark, tender, and funny lyrical narrative about brothers, escape, survival and love from playwright/performer Annie Siddons (Kneehigh, BAC) with an atmospheric live score by Marcus Hamblett. 'Wonderfully involving, witty and emotionally potent.' (Independent on Siddons).

  • Aug
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Return to the Voice

Song of the Goat commissioned by Eleven and Summerhall

- Venue: St.Giles Cathedral
- Category:
  • Also Recommended for Young Audiences
  • Children's
  • Feature
  • Gaelic Programme
  • Theatre
- Age Suitability: U
- Time: 21.00, 22.30 (90 mins)

Internationally acclaimed, multi award-winning Song of the Goat present a passionate theatrical performance inspired by ancient Gaelic and Scottish musical traditions: laments, psalms, songs of exile.

This event is offsite, please meet at St Giles Cathedral
  • Aug
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  • 24 S

Tales from the MP3

20 Stories High

- Venue: Demonstration Room
- Category:
  • Also Recommended for Young Audiences
  • Theatre
- Age Suitability: 12+
- Time: 18.45 (70 mins)

With live music, poetry and beatboxing, 20 Stories High presents young people telling real tales from their MP3 players. With unflinching honesty, they discuss religion, sex, race friendship and family revealing challenging and insightful perspectives.

Contains a reference to a racist insult. This racism is challenged during the show.
  • Aug
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  • 21 T
  • 22 F
  • 23 S
  • 24 S

ViewMaster

Ryan Van Winkle and Dan Gorman

- Venue: The Loft
- Category:
  • Also Recommended for Young Audiences
  • Made In Scotland
  • Theatre
- Age Suitability: 16+
- Time: 14.00, 14.15, 14.30, 14.45, 15.00, 15.15, 15.30, 15.45, 18.00, 18.15, 18.30, 18.45, 19.00, 19.15, 19.30, 19.45 (15 mins)

A personal slideshow for your eyes and ears only. Poet Ryan Van Winkle and musician Dan Gorman lead you on a playful, sometimes surreal, journey to a distant land and bring you back in under 15 minutes. Part of the Made in Scotland showcase.

The show is one to one and not suitable for groups.
  • Aug
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