Not Your Usual Picks

Blueprints 

Pleasance Courtyard, 17-28 Aug (not 21), 11:50am

Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo's new show questions whether we're destined to repeat ancestral patterns forever. This Afro-futurist play is a Black love story, where one couple’s relationship sees the personal, political and historical collide in a not-too-distant UK.

FOOD

The Studio, 3-27 Aug, times vary

Geoff Sobelle presents an immersive performance, looking at how and why we eat. The audience is invited to gather around a dining table, where they're met with varying sounds, scents and textures relating to food production and consumption.

Photo by Ans Brys

Funeral

ZOO Southside, 4-26 Aug (not Mondays), times vary

Belgian theatre company Ontroerend Goed returns to Edinburgh with a production that doubles as a theatrical ceremony and a ritual, bringing people together to encourage them to confront the finiteness of things.

Ichiko Aoba

The Queen's Hall, 19 Aug, 8pm

With a focus on her seventh studio album, Windswept Adan, the Japanese singer-songwriter performs an otherworldly soundscape, which takes inspiration from jazz, folk and impressionistic classical music. 

Photo by Kodai Kobayashi

Jesse Jones: The Tower

Talbot Rice Gallery, until 30 Sep, 10am-5pm

The second part in Jesse Jones' trilogy, the first of which was commissioned for the Irish Pavilion of the Venice Biennale in 2017. The Tower is based on the writings of medieval female Christian mystics, exploring the women who were burned as heretics even before the first witch trials in the 17th century.

Potty the Plant 

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 2-27 Aug, 6pm

Join Potty, the singing, tap-dancing pot plant, and a wilting team of nurses in a dark-comedy musical set at Little Boo Boo's General hospital. A mystery unravels involving missing children, love, and a suspicious doctor. Expect catchy songs, heartwarming bonds, and lots of humour.

Scott Murphy: About a Buoy

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 2-27 Aug (not 14), 5.40pm

Splash in for an hour of character comedy from Scotland-based clown and rising star Tom Whiston. This show is set to be a bobbling sailboat adventure with Scott, New Zealand’s leading sailing instructor, as he explores his love of buoys. 

The Edinburgh ReaderBank: An Experiment in Imagination 

Castle View Studio, 13 Aug, 10.15am

The ReaderBank research project is a collaboration between the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Durham University, creating the world's largest open-source databank on reading experiences and mental health. Readers take part by sharing their imaginative process while reading, contributing to a global research initiative. 

Viggo Venn: British Comedian

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17-28 Aug, 12:05am

After clowning his way to winning Britain’s Got Talent, Viggo Venn returns with two Fringe shows ahead of his first ever UK tour. Expect a clown car, big shoes, an amazing balancing act, red balloons and of course, plenty of hi-vis.

Wasteman

Assembly George Square Studios, 4-28 Aug (not 17), 6pm

Follow the journey of a bin man as he swaps his steel-capped boots for stilettos, pursuing his dream of becoming a drag queen. Wasteman is a tribute to industrious Northerners and embracing one's true gender identity, inspired by the writer's own experiences working as a Refuse Loader during lockdown.

 

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