Hibrow, the digital arts pioneers, will join forces with big screen giants, ODEON, to take the world’s biggest arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, out of its cobbled confines and into a cinema near you with a series of special screenings throughout August.

Hibrow Hour, generously supported by Arts Council England, is a series of daily performances at Summerhall, throughout this year’s Fringe. Book tickets for the live events.

Rupert Thompson, Artistic Director at Summerhall commented:
“We are delighted that Summerhall will be hosting this live cinematic fringe first – beaming the festival to audiences across the UK. We are immensely proud of the programme of festival events this year – and delighted to be working with theatre innovators Hibrow on this project.”

Eight of these new shows, spanning theatre, comedy, opera and visual art, have been specially designed to be transmitted via satellite to selected ODEON Cinemas nationwide. Hibrow Hour represents an exciting new digital frontier for the legendary festival: three brand new plays by young theatre-makers, an opera from an internationally recognised artist/filmmaker, comedy acts curated by two of Britain’s most celebrated comedy producers, and a show from the inimitable Steven Berkoff who epitomises the Festivals dedication to talent and innovation. All designed to bring to cinema audiences the excitement of the festival. Each 90 minute programme will also include exclusive coverage of the Festival at large in a specially produced featurette.

Is your local cinema on our list? Have a look below.

HIBROW HOUR AT ODEON CINEMAS
August 4th – The Dispute
August 6th – Hibrow Comedy Hour: Jonny & The Baptists
August 11th – The Man Who Almost Killed Himself
August 12th – Four Screws Loose
August 14th – Berkoff, the Inimitable
August 18th – Sleight & Hand
August 20th – Sarah Louise Young as Cabaret Whore
August 21st – Allison Jackson: A Story in the Public Domain

Summerhall Box Office for live events: 0131 560 1581
ODEON Box Office: 08712244007

Basingstoke
Churchill Way West, Basingstoke RG21 6PG

Bath
Kingsmead Leisure Complex, James St W, Bath, Somerset BA1 2BX

Birmingham Broadway Plaza
220 Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham B16 8LP

Bournemouth
Westover Rd, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 2BZ

Brighton
West Street, Kingswest, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2RE

Cardiff
The Red Dragon Centre, Hemingway Rd, Cardiff CF10 4JY

Dundee
Douglas Rd, Dundee, Tayside DD4 7SN

Dunfermline
1 Whimbrell Pl, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 8EX

Edinburgh Lothian Road
118 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 8BQ

Edinburgh Wester Hailes
Westside Plaza, 120 Wester Hailes Rd, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH14 3HR

Glasgow Quay
Springfield Quay, Paisley Rd, Glasgow G5 8NP

Guildford
Bedford Road, Surrey. GU1 4SJ

Hull
Kingston Park, Kingston St, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU1 2TX

Kilmarnock
Queen’s Dr, Kilmarnock, Ayreshire KA1 3XF

Kingston
The Rotunda, Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 1QP

Leeds, Bradford
Gallagher Leisure Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD3 7AT

Lincoln
Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln LN1 1YS

Liverpool One
14, Paradise Street, Liverpool, Lancashire L1 8JF

London, Covent Garden
135 Shaftesbury Ave London WC2H 8HA

Manchester
The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, Manchester M4 2BS

Milton Keynes
The Point, 602 Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes MK9 3NB

Norwich
Riverside Leisure Park, Wherry Rd, Norwich NR1 1XA

Oxford
George St, Oxford OX1 2BL

Sheffield
Arundel Gate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 1DL

Newcastle Silverlink
Silverlink Retail Park, Osprey Dr, Wallsend NE28 9NP

Southampton
Leisure World, W Quay Rd, Southampton SO15 1RE

Tunbridge Wells
Knights Park, Knights Way, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3UW

Warrington
100 Westbrook Centre, Warrington, Cheshire WA5 8UD

Wimbledon
Victoria Crescent, 57 The Broadway, London SW19 1QB