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| Many of the north's liveliest theatre groups are spending August showing off their wares at the Edinburgh Festival fringe. In a month which is traditionally fairly quiet for audiences on the home patch, they are currently packing them in at their temporary base in the elegant Georgian St Stephen's church in the New Town. | Many of the north's liveliest theatre groups are spending August showing off their wares at the Edinburgh Festival fringe. In a month which is traditionally fairly quiet for audiences on the home patch, they are currently packing them in at their temporary base in the elegant Georgian St Stephen's church in the New Town. |
| Northern Stage, using money from the Arts Council, has brought many different productions and events to St Stephen's, including drama, dance, theatre, comedy, discussions, installations and visual art. Somebody tallied it up as 19 companies, 48 performers and 163 performances over 23 days. The companies come from, amongst others, Sheffield, Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Manchester, Blackburn, Bradford and Leeds. | Northern Stage, using money from the Arts Council, has brought many different productions and events to St Stephen's, including drama, dance, theatre, comedy, discussions, installations and visual art. Somebody tallied it up as 19 companies, 48 performers and 163 performances over 23 days. The companies come from, amongst others, Sheffield, Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Manchester, Blackburn, Bradford and Leeds. |
| Everything seems to be going swimmingly – on Wednesday Leeds-based RashDash's production was the top recommendation in the New York Times, no less, which enthused: | Everything seems to be going swimmingly – on Wednesday Leeds-based RashDash's production was the top recommendation in the New York Times, no less, which enthused: |
| One of the most popular shows this year is RashDash theater company's "The Ugly Sisters," a sexed up and disturbing retelling of Cinderella, in which Cinderella's sisters emerge from rehab to tell their version of the fairytale. The family ends up on a reality TV program called "The Palace," where the two ugly sisters battle with Cinderella for a large cash advance toward head-to-toe plastic surgery. | One of the most popular shows this year is RashDash theater company's "The Ugly Sisters," a sexed up and disturbing retelling of Cinderella, in which Cinderella's sisters emerge from rehab to tell their version of the fairytale. The family ends up on a reality TV program called "The Palace," where the two ugly sisters battle with Cinderella for a large cash advance toward head-to-toe plastic surgery. |
| Erica Whyman, who is leaving Northern Stage after seven years to become deputy artistic director of the RSC, said: | Erica Whyman, who is leaving Northern Stage after seven years to become deputy artistic director of the RSC, said: |
| I'm excited by all the shows in our bold programme; they share a curiosity about the world and a keen interest in audiences and involving them in the experience. We hope audiences will be prompted to question what "the North" means in the 21st century. There is such energy, wit and courage in theatre from this part of the UK, a long-admired capacity to tell a great story and a genuine spirit of internationalism and ingenuity. | I'm excited by all the shows in our bold programme; they share a curiosity about the world and a keen interest in audiences and involving them in the experience. We hope audiences will be prompted to question what "the North" means in the 21st century. There is such energy, wit and courage in theatre from this part of the UK, a long-admired capacity to tell a great story and a genuine spirit of internationalism and ingenuity. |
| This Sunday, for one day only, there will be a chance for people not in Edinburgh to see what is going on at St Stephen's, with four productions that day being broadcast live via "The Space" website – a new free digital "pop up arts service" developed by the Arts Council and the BBC. After a brief introduction at 11.20am, the day kicks off with Middlesbrough artist Daniel Bye's The Price of Everything, at 12.45 there's Gateshead-based Unfolding Theatre's Best in the World, at 2.40 Monkeywood Theatre from Manchester (working with Salford-based The Lowry) will be performing their Once in a House on Fire and, at 4.35pm, there's Sheffield's Third Angel, working with Portugal's mala voadora to perform What I Heard About the World (partly in Portuguese). If you can't see it all live this Sunday, edited highlights will be available on The Space website until the end of October. | This Sunday, for one day only, there will be a chance for people not in Edinburgh to see what is going on at St Stephen's, with four productions that day being broadcast live via "The Space" website – a new free digital "pop up arts service" developed by the Arts Council and the BBC. After a brief introduction at 11.20am, the day kicks off with Middlesbrough artist Daniel Bye's The Price of Everything, at 12.45 there's Gateshead-based Unfolding Theatre's Best in the World, at 2.40 Monkeywood Theatre from Manchester (working with Salford-based The Lowry) will be performing their Once in a House on Fire and, at 4.35pm, there's Sheffield's Third Angel, working with Portugal's mala voadora to perform What I Heard About the World (partly in Portuguese). If you can't see it all live this Sunday, edited highlights will be available on The Space website until the end of October. |
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