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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with Kathryn Gordon, choreographer and performer about her new show A Journey of Flight.

Kathryn Gordon: A Journey of Flight

Assembly Dance Base

Now – 17th AUG

Time: 14:30

A Journey of Flight

Kathryn Gordon, Shetland Choreographer and Performer Kathryn Gordon will bring the beautiful Dance Base a taste of the islands this Edinburgh Festival Fringe as she introduces her sublime new work A JOURNEY OF FLIGHT. An immersive fifty-minute dance performance created in Shetland and inspired by the migration of birds. The work includes Gordon’s signature element of engaging environmental awareness, inviting audiences to reflect on the delicate balance between nature, movement and our emotional ties to place. Featuring mesmerising choreography and live music from Jenny Sturgeon along side stunning projected visuals, A JOURNEY OF FLIGHT creates a thought-provoking journey of arrivals, departures, the nostalgia of place and the notion of flight itself. Set against a backdrop of flowing white sheets, dancers Kathryn Gordon and Jorja Follina move through ever changing spaces, exploring new states of being and new homes. This visually stunning piece is set to be one of the most striking and thought-provoking physical theatre performances of the Fringe. Kathryn Gordon

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with theatre maker, writer and performer Emma Frankland about her new show No Apologies

Was Kurt Cobain trans? Was Kurt Cobain a trans woman? What if?

No Apologies

Summerhall

Now – 24th AUG (21st and 23rd with band @17:30)

Time: 20:45

No Apologies

Two-time Fringe First Award-winning and Total Theatre Award nominated writer and performer Emma Frankland brings her raucous and powerful new show No Apologies to Summerhall for its Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut. Directed by critically acclaimed performance artist and Total Theatre Award nominated theatre maker, Harry Clayton-Wright, No Apologies is a theatrical exploration into the possibility of what the world would look like if Kurt Cobain was trans.

Delving deep into internet discourse and classical mythology, No Apologies radically mis-remembers Nirvana’s iconic 1993 MTV Unplugged concert. Straddling the knife edge of funny and gut-punching, this personal and multi-layered piece, fights back against the pressure to mould ourselves into images that are acceptable to society and the danger that lies when we are not able to live as our full, vibrant selves.

While performed throughout most of the Fringe as a sixty minute solo show, two dates at the end of the festival on 21st and 23rd August will integrate a five-piece tribute band for two special live gig performances in Summerhall’s prestigious Dissection Room space.

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with theatre maker Lubna Kerr about her new show Lunchbox and her show from last year Chatterbox which is making a return to the festival this year.

Lunchbox

Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)

Now - 24 AUG

Time: 16;45

Lunchbox

Set in a secondary school in Glasgow, this powerful solo show delves into the dynamic between two teenagers who live on the same street but experience the world very differently. Taking on all the roles including the juxtaposition of Steven, a troubled Scottish boy, and Lubna, a Pakistani girl – Kerr examines the impact of bullying through the eyes of these two young people as directly influenced by their environments and upbringing. On a quest to find her true passion, Kerr seeks refuge from the challenges of adolescence in her lunchtime drama club, whilst Steven seems destined for a life as a perpetrator. This compelling and timely piece confronts the age-old question of nature versus nurture, asking whether our paths are defined by where we come from or whether we can rewrite our own

stories.

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with actor Molly Geddes about staring in Isla Cowan’s Alright Sunshine.

Alright Sunshine

Pleasance Dome (Jack Dome)

Now - 24 AUG

Time: 16:20

Alright Sunshine

Alright Sunshine, is a razor-sharp monologue dissecting women’s safety and police prejudice set in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Written by Edinburgh-based playwright, Isla Cowan. Alright Sunshine is a unique female-led and female-focussed punchy, provocative thriller that explores how safe women are in public and private spaces, mob mentality and the ‘real’ Edinburgh that tourists don’t get to see. A one-hander set in The Meadows on a hot day in May, the play follows PC Nicky McCreadie responding to a mass brawl, where she comes face-to-face with a past she’d rather forget. As the audiences relive the events of the brawl and Nicky’s background, her mask of masculine bravado that she needs to survive starts to slip, and we get a glimpse into her own insecurities and secret motivations. Writer Isla Cowan said: “Alright Sunshine is about the rules and rhythms of a city and what happens when the sun comes out. It explores issues of gender and class, mob mentality, women’s safety, and the politics of public space. It’s a female-led and female-focused political play, with a distinctive Edinburgh spin” Both entertaining and acutely topical, Alright Sunshine draws on popular themes of power and revenge and uses comedic social commentary to highlight the important themes of misogyny and prejudice in the police.

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with the brilliant Jude Williams - actor, singer and theatre maker about her new show Chunky Jewellery

Chunky Jewellery

Assembly Rooms – Music Hall

Now - 24 AUG

Time: 13:30

Chunky Jewellery

Two friends, one year, two births, a death, 18 bursts of laughter, 34,000 tears (each) and one piece of chunky jewellery. It was a year to forget but instead Natasha and Jude turned it into a show. This is a comedy that bites. An achingly joyous celebration of sisterhood, taking the audience on an emotional rollercoaster with open-hearted, brutal honesty. These uncompromising performers team up with Olivier Award-nominated Ben Duke of Lost Dog to create this unflinchingly honest, human and hilarious show. 'Genuinely moving and life affirming'

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with Broadway icon and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti about her show

Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares

A love letter to people pleasers everywhere. Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares is a one-woman comedy show from the mind of Tony Award winner Laura Benanti. With her razor-sharp wit, the star of stage and screen blends side-splitting storytelling with original songs co-written with Todd Almond. The New York Times Critic's Pick Nobody Cares is a hilarious, heartfelt and sometimes brutally honest tribute to recovering ingenues, mothers and anybody working on themselves.

Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares

Underbelly Bristo Sq – Ermintrude

Now - 24 AUG

Time: 16:55

Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares

Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares is a one-woman comedy show from the mind of Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti. Known for her dazzling Broadway performances and razor-sharp wit, Benanti blends side-splitting storytelling with original songs. The New York Times Critics Pick, Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares, is a hilarious,

heartfelt, and sometimes brutally honest take on getting older, people-pleasing, motherhood, marriage(s) and the absurdity of it all.

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with writer Hannah Caplan and performer Amaia Naima Aguinaga about Hannah’s debut play new show This Is Not About Me.

"When you think of me, do you think of me? Or the me you made up in your head? The one who's words you write..."

This Is Not About Me

Summerhall

Now - 25 AUG

Time: 15:20

This Is Not About Me

A self-destructive writer struggles to construct a play that unfurls the secrets of her broken friendship. But as passion blurs into obsession, she loses grip on the narrative. Should she let truth get in the way of a good story? Mind-bending and heart-wrenching, this romcom meets psychological thriller is a nonlinear love-letter to the creative process. Handcrafted by award-winning, multidisciplinary artists, heartbreak and hyperreality spiral in Hannah Caplan's unmissable debut.

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with creator and performer Kylie Westerbeck about her new show I See You Watching which was devised by Melanie Stewart, Kylie Westerbeck and John Clancy.

Directed by Melanie Stewart

Text by John Clancy

I See You Watching

Gilded Balloon - Patter House

Now - 24 AUG (NOT 11, 19 AUG)

Time: 20:30

I See You Watching

I See You Watching, a provocative, darkly playful exploration of control, performance and rebellion. On a bare stage, a woman (Kylie Westerbeck) fights for survival while navigating the relentless demands of a master of ceremonies (David Calvitto) who dictates her worth. Forced to perform while trapped in the male gaze, she must unravel the expectations that bind her and find a way to escape – or revolt. This haunting, rigorous and sometimes brutal theatre show exposes the invisible cages confining women in today's world and questions whether true freedom lies in victory, surrender or something else.

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with creator and performer Diana Salles about her new show Delusional I Killed a Man.

(Aerial, Circus, Storytelling, LGBTQ+)

Presented by Quartier Libre Productions

Drawing on her own experiences of transition and leaving her assigned gender behind, Diana’s story is explored through a mesmerising multidisciplinary repertoire of aerial, dance, song and physical theatre.

Delusional – I Killed a Man

Summerhall

Now– 24th August

Time: 15:00

Delusional – I Killed a Man

A contemporary circus solo show that embarks on a trans woman's journey.

The show explores the haunting feeling of having murdered one’s former self, a common experience for many trans people when leaving their assigned gender behind.

Through a multidisciplinary repertoire of circus disciplines such as aerials, dance, singing, and physical theatre, Diana Salles invites us to reflect on the physical and emotional strength it takes to honour one’s deepest truth.

”The combination of aerial silks, beautiful images and mesmerising music makes you want to hug the artist” Amsterdam Fringe Festival

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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series

Elaine chats with creator and performer of I’m Ready to Talk Now Oliver Ayres.

I’m Ready To Talk Now

Traverse Theatre

Now– 24th August

Time: Various times

I’m Ready to Talk Now

Presented by SKINT and Quiet RIOT The artist tells his story of being diagnosed with a rare, severe and chronic immune condition - in his very first year of starting testosterone.

A radical act of connection, exploring chronic illness and identity, experienced by one audience member at a time, across eight performances each day. Set inside of a hospital room, audiences experience the work one at a time, alone with the artist, as he tells the story of being diagnosed with a rare, severe and chronic immune condition - in his very first year of starting testosterone. Through music, projection, and physical theatre, this radical act of connection blurs the lines between audience and performer, theatre and installation art, and stands boldly outside of ordinary theatrical conventions. With access as its core guiding principle, each performance can be spontaneously altered: offering relaxed performances, tactile tours, audio description and captioning on demand. Audience members can leave the space at any time.

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