The Arches at St Stephens isn’t just about a static rota of
daily shows, oh no. As well as the must see/experience/participate productions
taking place right through the Arches residency in Edinburgh there is also an
ever-changing programme of performances and events. The St Stephens programme not only reflects the Arches
commitment to supporting developing and experimental artists but also provides fringe audiences the chance to see some of the freshest work in Edinburgh... and save a few pennies. The current line
up is below, but expect updates right through the festival. See you there!
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In a
Manner of Speaking: the premixes: Flora Pitrolo / [PALAZZO]
Wed
12 Aug 2009- Sun 16 Aug 2009....
Times: Ongoing between the 12th & 16th of August
Donation on the Door....
Walking all the lines it can find between sound,
noise, music, voice, language, In a Manner of Speaking: the premixes
is a collection of autobiographical sounds hanging in a small room in
Edinburgh. ....
The twenty CDs are a sample of the aural and oral
existence of a person who is elsewhere in Europe, wondering how all of these
sounds have shaped her and the sounds she herself emits. In a Manner of
Speaking, the result of this search, will take place in the form of a
performance at Arches Live! Theatre Festival in September.
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Scratch
Nights....
Wed
12th. 19th, 26th, 29th Aug 2009....
Time: 10.30pm - 1am....
The anarchic, anything goes evening which
gives theatre companies, writers, dancers and other performers 10
whole minutes to try out a new idea in front of an audience.
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The
Wisher: Sacha Kyle....
Wed
19 Aug 2009- Sun 23 Aug 2009....
Times: 4.10pm,
4.35pm, 5pm, 6.10pm, 6.35pm, 7pm. Duration: 15 minutes.
Donation on the Door - 2 Audience Members Per Performance.....
The Wisher
Under the Stairs - Performed by David Walshe & Directed by Sacha Kyle
(Arches Award Winner for Stage Directors 2009 The Library, *****Lost Property) ....
"All of us
are secretly aware of the impulsive beat that hides deep within us.
Indeed most of our rearing and education demonstrates that we restrain the
beast in a mental cage in the deep recesses of our mind and throw away the
key." G.Harry Stine ....
Inspired by the work
of G.Harry Stine, The Wisher Under the Stairs explores our inbuilt scepticism
and our desire to believe. Two audience members are invited to wish, witness
and wonder and are hereby challenged to experience the great scientific
breakthrough of the twenty first century: The Wishing Machine. ....
If at first you
don't succeed, try following the instructions. ....
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BAC
1o'clock Scratch Response....
Sat
22 Aug 2009....
Doors: 12 midnight,
Performances start at: 1am
Donate on the Door....
Artists take feedback
from their BAC 1pm Scratch at the Forest Fringe and develop their 10-minute
skits of brand new ideas over a 12hour period. See the results at The Arches at
St Stephens! Midnight snacking encouraged!
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Cardboard
Castle: Written by Philip Spencer, Performed by Stewart Ennis and Directed by
Neil Doherty....
Mon
24 Aug 2009....
Time: 5.30pm & 6pm Duration: 15mins
Donation on the Door....
New Works New Worlds 2009 festival highlight Cardboard
Castle goes to Edinburgh as part of The Arches at St Stephens.
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Worried about War? Famine? Youths? Terror? Murder?
Well, worry no longer. ....
Alexander invites you to take part in a very
important demonstration. He will provide sticky tape, marker pens and
God's honest truth . You just need to bring some cardboard boxes... ....
Phil Spencer is a writer/performer/director. His
recent theatre credits include; Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens
(Glasgay, Citizens Theatre) Bluey (Arches Glasgow, BAC London, Old Fitzroy
Sydney) Rigmarole (F.W.A.M. Production, Arches) Collisions Can Be Painful (West
End Festival Glasgow) The Dream Life of Louise Michel (F.W.A.M. Production,
Arches Live!), Fewer Emergencies (Ankur Productions, Citizens Theatre). ....
Phil is currently living and working in Sydney,
where he is developing a new project in collaboration with F.W.A.M., due to
tour Australia and the U.K in 2010. ....
New Works New Worlds annual festival of process
driven, experimental performance, visual art, music and new writing encourages
artists to creatively explore their connections to wider global and political
contexts. http://www.newworksnewworlds.ning.com/
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Bootworks
Theatre: Une Boite Andalouse....
Mon
24 Aug 2009 3-5pm....
Thursday 27th Aug 2009 6-7pm
Donation on the Door....
Black Box performances are playful
and artfully choreographed five-minute peep shows played inside-out for an
audience of one and one hundred. The shows are usually based on classic films
and genres focussing on the unique ability of The Box to use different angles,
cuts, perspectives and effects. ....
With a cast of six, performing outside The
Black Box (a booth) the audience of one sits inside and experiences
the show through three shuttered windows. The cast perform outside the box,
using light, (live and projected) imagery, mask, objects and puppets. ....
The outside audience views the performance
"inside-out" watching the performers dart, shift and swirl into
position around The Black Box, enjoying mechanics of the show, the back-stage
action, and the tricks, devices and choreograph. ....
Une Boite Andalouse is the company's 2008 hit
based on the 1920's surrealist classic by Salvador Dali and Louis Bunuel.
Performed in black and white, this strange but striking show will transport you
back to the warped world of surrealism. ....
"Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel would have
approved - an enjoyably frantic five-minute surrealist peep-show." ****
Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 09 September 08 ....
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Bootworks
Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors....
Mon 24 Aug 2009 6-8pm....
Thurs 27th Aug 2009
8-10pm
Pay What You Can....
Black Box performances are playful
and artfully choreographed five-minute peep shows played inside-out for an
audience of one and one hundred. The shows are usually based on classic films
and genres focussing on the unique ability of The Box to use different angles,
cuts, perspectives and effects. ....
With a cast of six, performing outside The
Black Box (a booth) the audience of one sits inside and experiences the
show through three shuttered windows. The cast perform outside the box, using
light, (live and projected) imagery, mask, objects and puppets. ....
The outside audience views the performance
"inside-out" watching the performers dart, shift and swirl into position
around The Black Box, enjoying mechanics of the show, the back-stage action,
and the tricks, devices and choreograph. ....
The Little Box of Horrors takes the Black Box
to the next level; sit inside The Box and experience a
terrifying nightmare from your intimate perspective. Like an old fairground
ghost train, The Little Box of Horrors will have you clinging
to your seat with dread. Outside The Box, watch as the
performers dart, creep and shift into position bringing the sinister tale and
disturbing images to life. ....
"Watch it from outside the box, and it is
rather comic; watch it from inside the box, and you feel as if you have fallen
into Psycho." Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 06 July 09 ....
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Work-in-Progress Performances....
Tue
25 Aug 2009....
7.30-9pm
Donation on Door....
Work-in-Progress Performances: ....
Let Me Write You a Play by Rob Drummond ....
Snails and Ketchup by Ramesh Meyyapann ....
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Avant-Garde Scored: Kieron Maguire....
Fri
28 Aug 2009....
12:30am (Late Show)
Donation on the Door....
Three musicians create semi-improvised scores on
viola, dulcimer, flamenco guitar and live electronics for films spanning eight
decades of avant-garde cinema. ....
The 45-minute programme includes surrealist classics
by Man Ray, Jan Svankmajer and David Lynch, the rhythmic documentary of
Geoffrey Jones, contemporary single-shot video paintings and the finale - a
film that came to define the avant-garde - Luis Bunuel & Salvador Dali's
'Un Chien Andalou'. ....
Kieron Maguire provided all the musical
accompaniment to the animation of the Paper Cinema at Forest Fringe and Arches
Brick Award Season last year. ....
Kieron experiments with moving his performance from
the Forest to larger scale venue St Stephens. ....
"Haunting...Kieron Maguire's music catapults
cinema into another place" Fabien Riggall, Future Shorts ....
(Kieron will also appear at the Forest Fringe
on Wed 26th, late night) ....
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Post Show
Discussion on Tinned Fingers....
Tue
28 Jul 2009....
2-4pm
Donation on the Door....
Performative Post Show Discussion on Tinned
Fingers' Our Father's Ears (presented at the Forest Fringe 23rd &
24th August, 7.30pm) ....
She says: we're going to play a game. It's a game
where you're on a lifeboat and there isn't enough food to go round. Somebody
will have to be sacrificed for the greater good of the group. Make your case
for survival. ....
2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth,
and so Tinned Fingers ask you to raise a glass and journey with us on an
exploration of extinction, and survival. How do we interact with 'the wild'?
Are we still evolving? Have we lost our natural instincts? We'll be making it
all and we're going to need your help. ....
Our Father's Ears is a participatory performance
that invites the audience to move through the space and use light to help
construct scenes, to navigate stories, and to choose their survivor. ....
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