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It's over and done with, it's over and done with. That's it folks, another August, another Fringe wrapped up. The Circus tent is long gone, the purple cow has been sent out to pasture and the menagerie of artists, comedians and clowns from around the world have packed their bags and vacated their AirBnB rentals. Edinburgh, meanwhile, has broken out into a full Indian summer as if in celebration. But here at List HQ we still have one final episode of At the Fringe to share with you. We hope you've enjoyed these interviews from the festival, please email us and tell us you thoughts. In the meantime, enjoy episode 13 with guests including writer Sam Rowe discussing his play Denton and Me, as well as Delia Olam and Joanne Hartstone of the wonderfully titled Just let the Wind Untie My Perfumed Hair, or Who is Tahirih?. And finally, The List staff share their favourite Fringe moments with host Gareth K Vile. See you in 2017.

Show notes
00:00:32 – Sam Rowe (Denton and Me)
00:12:25 – Music: 'Rough With the Smooth', Mairi Campbell from Pulse
00:13:25 – Delia Olam and Joanne Hartstone (Just let the Wind Untie My Perfumed Hair, or Who is Tahirih?)
00:25:45 – Music: 'Come Back to Me', Mairi Campbell from Pulse
00:27:00 – Fringe highlights from The List staff
00:29:24 – Credits and thanks

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At the Fringe is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Annie Kolemen (producer). Equipment supplied by Subcity Radio.

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Joining Theatre Editor Gareth K Vile for episode 12 is rising star Lucy McCormick to discuss her latest work, Triple Threat, and show that melds the New Testament with pop culture as it explores fame-chasing. C Venues press officer Jacana Bresson picks out five of her favourite performances at the Fringe, and finally director Bruno Dalrou and actor Antoine Robinet discuss the nuances of performing their adaptation of Diary of a Madman in English rather than French.

Show notes
00:00:32 – Lucy McCormick (Triple Threat)
00:12:00 – Music from The Banjo Lounge 4
00:13:31 – Fringe picks Jacana Bresson: Two Man Show, Hot Brown Honey, Every Wild Beast, A Good Clean Heart, Counting Sheep
00:21:57 – Bruno Dalrou and Antoine Robinet (Diary of a Madman)
00:31:43 – Credits and thanks

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As we near the end of the Fringe, host Gareth K Vile welcomes two guests whose plays have melded hot button social and political subjects of the day with humour, playfulness and a dash of punk. Writer Afsaneh Gray's satire, Octopus, tackles what it means to be British. Set in dystopia alt-world where three women prepare for the state to determine how Brit they really are, Octopus challenges false visions of a homogenous native culture. In part three, fellow dramaturg Dr Kasia Lech talks about her solo show Bubble Revolution, which confronts some of the challenges Poland and its' migrants have experienced transitioning from communist bloc to western state. And Gareth confronts his comedy shortcomings again as List comedy reviewer Murray Robertson shares his Fringe picks.

Show notes
00:00:32 – Afsaneh Gray (Octopus)
00:13:47 – Music from Stop the Train
00:15:31 – Murray Robertson Fringe picks: Zoe Coombs Marr, Pete Firman, John Luke Roberts, Jonny Pelham, Joe DeRosa
00:20:23 – Kasia Lech (Bubble Revolution)
00:33:11 – Credits and thanks

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Once again Gareth K Vile struggles to keep up with the artists in our latest At the Fringe podcast: the performer behind Christeene, Paul Soileau, talks about the theatricality of queer performance and manages to make Vile stomp off when he mentions 'boring questions'. List CEO, Simon Dessain, picks five shows from across the festivals and writer / performer Gaël Le Cornec and director Ben Samuels talk directing writers and a unicorn role in stories of migration.

Show notes
00:00:34 – Paul Soileau talks about persona Christeene (Christeene: Trigger)
00:03:35 – Paul Soileau upsets critic and host Gareth K Vile's professional sensibilities
00:03:39 – Music from Christeene
00:06:45 – Producer Annie Coleman steps in to ask a question
00:09:56 – Music from Christeene
00:13:00 – Paul Soileau discusses reactions to queer performance
00:17:31 – Music from Christeene
00:18:49 – 'Big boss' Simon Dessain Fringe picks: Ahir Shah: Machines, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Counting Sheep, Jan Carson and Roderick Buchanan: Understanding versus Sympathy.
00:25:40 – Writer / performer Gaël Le Cornec and director Ben Samuels (The Other)
00:38:31 – Credits and thanks

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At the Fringe is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Annie Kolemen (producer). Equipment supplied by Subcity Radio.

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Having recently had difficulty choosing which queer cabaret night to go to in Glasgow, Gareth K Vile moves out of his comfort zone for episode nine of At the Fringe to talk clubbing with Dive's two Annabels, arch dissectors of gender norms who like to throw a party. Ruxy Cantir, one of clowndom's rising Scottish stars, visits to share some cool tips from physical theatre and beyond. And in part three Olivier Ducas, artistic co-director of La Pire Espèce, discusses his anarchic puppetry adaptation of Ubu On the Table.

Show notes
00:00:32 – Miss Annabel Sings and Annabel (Dive: C U Next Tuesday Cabaret)
00:11:34 – Music from Christeene
00:12:53 – Ruxy Cantir Fringe picks: Only Bones, Pianist, Bird, La Poule Plombée, Teatro Delusio
00:20:10 – Oliver Ducas (Ubu on the Table)
00:31:31 – Credits and thanks

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Gareth K Vile takes a trip to the French side At the Fringe, via a Turkish production of an absurdist classic The Empire Builders showing at Institut Français d'Écosse. He is then visited by The List's Research Manager Rowena McIntosh for a selection of top tips on our Fringe tour, before slipping into a late night mode for a chat about the final resting place of flying rats, with Where Do All the Dead Pigeons Go?, which may, or may not, be on the far side of the moon with a certain Middlesbrough football legend.

Show notes
00:00:32 – The Empire Builders
00:12:26 – Music from Let the Wind Untie My Perfumed Hair
00:15:19 – Rowena Fringe picks: Swansong, Blush, Zero Down, Sleeping Trees: Sci-Fi?, Elf Lyons
00:19:02 – Music from Let the Wind Untie My Perfumed Hair
00:20:27 – Where Do All the Dead Pigeons Go?
00:31:27 – Credits and thanks

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At the Fringe is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Annie Kolemen (producer). Equipment supplied by Subcity Radio.

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Critics are supposed to be heard and not seen, but Gareth K Vile got involved in a show a few years ago: in this episode of At the Fringe, Alexander Devriendt, the director of Ontroerend Goed, confronts the critic who threw a shoe at his performers after a discussion about his latest piece, World Without Us. Kirstyn Smith, The List's Music Editor, shares her gig picks at the Festival. And the cast of Fringe First winner Us / Them talk about making challenging work for all the family.

Show notes
00:00:32 – Alexander Devriendt from Ontroerend Goed (World Without Us)
00:16:26 – Music from Blaze – 'Weerslag' (Belgian hip hop)
00:18:36 – Kirstyn Smith's Fringe picks: King Creosote, Nothing Ever Happens Here, Withered Hand, Mogwai and Mark Cousins, Nightworks, DIVE
00:23:59 – Music from RichardBeats
00:25:07 – Gytha Parmentier and Roman van Houtven (Us / Them)
00:34:11 – Credits and thanks

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At the Fringe is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Annie Kolemen (producer). Equipment supplied by Subcity Radio.

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After the intensity of the previous episode, At the Fringe covers its face and discusses mask theatre with actor Thomas van Ouwerkerk and production manager Gianni Bettucci of the Familie Flöz company, currently winning plaudits and stars from critics and audiences alike for the wonderful Teatro Delusio. Our recommendations interlude in this episode come from The List's Jessica Rodgers who approaches the Festival with a music based selection. And in his third interview, host Gareth K Vile tackles a figure of great controversy with actor Derek Crawford Munn who plays the title role in Hess, a historical drama about Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.

Show notes
00:00:32 – Thomas van Ouwerkerk and Gianni Bettucci of Familie Flöz (Teatro Delusio)
00:13:56 – Music from The Shot Heard Around the World
00:15:11 – Jessica Rodgers shares some Fringe recommendations: Sigur Rós, White, Orkestra De Sol, Yann Tiersen, Mogwai
00:20:20 – Derek Crawford Munn (Hess)
00:31:22 – Music from The Shot Heard Around the World
00:32:01 – Credits and thanks

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At the Fringe continues to travel the world from the safety of Edinburgh. First up is a visitor from England, James Grieve of Paines Plough, a company who have their own venue in Summerhall and a fast-growing reputation. Next we enjoy Festival recommendations from comic book artist Graeme McNee, who has been providing The List with the wonderful critical comics this Fringe. From there the show heads east via a long conversation with Keti Dolidze, who as artistic director of the Tumanishvili Film Actors Company of Tbilisi and creator of Georgia International Festival of Arts is one of the country's most prominent figures in theatre. Dolidze has been coming to the Fringe since 1988 and this year brings with her an adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, playing at Assembly Roxy.

Show notes
00:00:32 – James Grieve, co-director, Paines Plough theatre company (I Got Superpowers For My Birthday, Growth and more)
00:12:22 – Music from Greater Belfast, Traverse Theatre
00:13:48 – Artist Graeme McNee shares some Fringe recommendations: The Shepherd Beguiled @ Duddingston Kirk, Fauré's Requiem by Candlelight @ St Paul's Church, Dusty Horne's Sound and Fury, Alice Unhinged (Young Pleasance), Chopping Chillies
00:20:08 – Keti Dolidze, artistic director of Georgia's Tumanishvili Film Actor's Company of Tbilisi (A Streetcar Named Desire)
00:37:24 – Credits and thanks

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At the Fringe is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Annie Kolemen (producer). Music from Greater Belfast. Equipment supplied by Subcity Radio.

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At the Fringe keeps going strong into episode 4, with James Seager from theatre company Les Enfants Terribles talking about their latest show, The Vaudevillains and sharing 15 years worth of Fringe memories, with host Gareth K Vile. Playwright and The List News Editor Rebecca Monks offers up her top tips, and, in a first for the podcast, the team behind Meet Fred bring some puppetry magic to the radio as Gareth meets his match in the form of a two-foot tall bunraku puppet. Musical interludes come from future guests Twist Theatre Company and their musical remake of Shakespeare's MacBeth.

Show notes
00:00:32 – Ben Pettitt-Wade and Fred (Meet Fred)
00:12:36 – Music: 'Get out' performed by Twist Theatre Company in MacBeth
00:13:47 – Rebecca Monks recommends: Kate Tempest, Daniel Kitson Presents …, Teatro Delusio, Young Fathers and Sigur Rós.
00:19:14 – Music: 'It's My Time' performed by Twist Theatre Company in MacBeth
00:20:37 – James Seager (The Vaudevillains)
00:32:27 – Credits and thanks

Credits:
At the Fringe is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Annie Kolemen (producer). Music from MacBeth as performed by Twist Theatre Company. Equipment supplied by Subcity Radio.

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