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It's here folks, the city is awash with lanyards, Spiegeltents (yes, plural) have been erected, the purple cow is upside down and the circus has most definitely come to town, literally and figuratively. For episode two of Festival City our intrepid host Gareth K Vile headed to National Theatre of Scotland's new, multiple purpose venue Rockvilla for two conversations on plays showing at the Traverse Theatre during the Festival. His first interview is with Jo Clifford on her autobiographical play Eve in which they discuss the lack of trans-narratives in the arts and how these pieces have universal dimensions, after all, we're all just trying to figure out who we are. After critic Lorna Irvine stops by with some theatre recommendations, Gareth is joined by director Cora Bissett to discuss Adam, which tells the story of a boy born in a girl's body in Egypt and who travels to Glasgow in search of liberation. There may also be some Glasgow spruiking in a podcast about the Edinburgh Fringe... cheeky.

Show notes:
00:00:00 – Introduction from Gareth
00:01:47 – Jo Clifford interview for Eve
00:11:57 – Music, Derailed 'Oxytosin' Pleasance Dome
00:13:23 – Lorna Irvine, theatre picks from Fringe. Lilith the Jungle Girl, To Be Me, Staging Wittgenstein
00:16:59 – Music – Behind the Mirror, Go (company) C Venues
00:19:41 – Cora Bissett interview for Adam
00:30:12 – Outro

Further reading:
Rebecca Monks article 'A look at the trans shows of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
Lilith: The Jungle Girl preview
Read more of Lorna Irvine's work on The List and follow her on Twitter @LorIrvine
Festival City is now on Stitcher

Credits:
Festival City Podcast is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Scott Henderson (producer). Intro music by The Joy Drops. Supported by SGSAH.

Please send feedback to podcasts[at]list.co.uk

In the first episode of the Festival City Podcast, host Gareth K Vile speaks to three of the List's roving reporters: music editor Kirstyn Smith, Deputy Content Manager Murray Robertson and Content Manager Rowena McIntosh. Offering a selection of choices from the digital, musical, comedy and theatre sections of the Fringe – and beyond – the podcast eases into the Festival month with a selection of interludes from cello maestro Peter Hudler.

Festival recommendations:
Rowena: Sleeping Trees at the Movies, Courtney Act, Performers
Kirstyn: Richard Herring, Nothing Ever Happens Here, Pictish Trail, Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon, Dark Side of the Moon
Murray: Adam Riches, Sara Pascoe, Steen Raskopoulos

Further reading:
Festival Top Rated
Best magic shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017
20 Fringe shows talking about mental health
Best comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Reality Is Only Screen Deep: explore 3D art in a virtual world

Music: Lamentatio (Giovanni Sollima) and Black Run (Svante Henryson)

Credits:
Festival City Podcast is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Scott Henderson (producer). Intro music by The Joy Drops. Supported by SGSAH.

Please send feedback to webeditor[at]list.co.uk