Airealism to play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

12th June 2009

Airealism are pleased to announce that we will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009.

We will be taking two shows up to the Gilded Balloon's Teviot Debating Hall - our detective thriller "Noir" and our much loved cabaret "Tales of the Apocalypse".

See the Diary for more information on the two shows.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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In August, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world, dominates the city, taking over theaters, pubs, churches and just about every other performance space and attracting hordes of tourists and spectators - the population reportedly doubles during Fringe time. The Fringe is actually one of several festivals going on simultaneously - including film, book and jazz festivals - which all add up to what its called the Edinburgh Festival.

The Fringe began in 1947 when eight theater companies showed up uninvited to the first annual Edinburgh International Festival, a performing arts festival that was started as a platform for European culture. It grew larger every year, though a decision was made early not to limit participation in the Fringe to those invited, which is the case with the New York International Fringe Festival. This year at the Edinburgh Fringe there are over 2,000 shows, with an estimated 18,000 people performing in theater, comedy, music, children's shows and dance. Last year, more than 1.5 million tickets were sold. -- Campbell Robertson, Aug. 2007

Edinburgh Fringe

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Acrobat Ben Lewis from Circus Oz performs a somersault on Calton Hill with the Edinburgh city skyline behind him during a photocall for their Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows August 1, 2008. [Agencies]

Circus Oz performers jump together as Michael Ling (R) cracks his whip during a photocall on Calton Hill in Edinburgh for their Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows August 1, 2008. [Agenices]

Circus Oz performers jump together during a photocall on Calton Hill in Edinburgh for their Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows August 1, 2008.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008 Comedy News

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008 will run from 3rd until the 25 of August and features a programme of theatre, fringe, dance events, musical acts and, of course, stand-up comedy.

See what shows are on at The Music Box this August.

This year The Music Box is hosting two Fringe Events between the 7th and 15th of August.

For more information about each of the shows please see our Fringe Events Programme (PDF document, 2.42MB) or go to our Fringe Events Page.

We regret that The Lost Boys have cancelled their shows, so 'Voyage to the Centre of the Earth' and 'Around the World in 80 Plays' will no longer be running.

Tickets priced £7/£5 concession for all shows.

Box Office: 0131 535 4840

Interested in performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009?

If you are interested in bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009, contact The Music Box on 0131 535 4840 or themusicbox@stevenson.ac.uk to find out more information and available times. The Music Box is also offering large and small rehearsal spaces for Fringe groups in the run up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Official dates of the Festival Fringe are 7th – 31st August 2009.

The Music Box can provide an 120 seated auditorium completed with lighting and PA system along with box office and front of house staff.  Our lighting rig is set with a number of flexible options giving a 3 colour wash in addition to stage left, right and centre spots including a variety of colour washes. The cost of hiring the auditorium is £60 per hour; this includes VAT and the assistance of one of our technicians. We will also promote and generate marketing materials for all of the artists and companies who make up our programme.

We are situated in the West of Edinburgh and close to the Edinburgh City Bypass and M8. We can also provide free parking in The Music Box car park.

‘The Lady of Burma’ Play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

“Rarely is a show with so few props so powerful”, The Independent

The Lady of Burma – a one woman play about the life of Aung San Suu Kyi - leader of Burma’s democracy movement - will be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, presented by the Burma Campaign UK and producer Louise Chantal.

The Lady of Burma was written and directed by Richard Shannon, and stars Liana Mau Tan Gould. The play’s acclaimed gala performance was at the prestigious Old Vic Theatre in London in November last year.

THE LADY OF BURMA
16.45 daily (finish 18.00) The show runs from 3-27th August, except 13 August at Assembly@St George’s West
Box office 0131 623 3030 [url=http://www.assemblyfestival.com]http://www.assemblyfestival.com[/url]

Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t allowed to see her two sons, grandchildren, family, friends or colleagues as all visitors are banned. Her phone line is cut and her post is intercepted. In 1999 Suu Kyi’s husband, Michael Aris, died of cancer - the Burmese authorities refusing her a visit from him prior to his death. Many of her supporters have been jailed or killed, notably in the Depayin massacre of May 2003, when up to a hundred were beaten to death by a regime militia.

*Aung San Suu Kyi was held under house arrest from 1989-1995, and again from 2000-2002. She was again arrested in May 2003 after the Depayin massacre. She is currently under house arrest in Rangoon. Aung San Suu Kyi’s message is a simple one – that only by “fighting fear can you truly be free” – a message Burma’s military fears and aims to silence.

* Burma is ruled by one of the most brutal and corrupt regimes in the world responsible for the widespread use of forced labour. Over 1 million people have been forced from their homes since 1988. There are currently at least 1100 political prisoners in Burma, many of whom are routinely tortured, and as many as 70,000 child soldiers – more than any other country in the world. Rape is used as a weapon of war against ethnic women and children. Nearly half the government budget is spent on the military and just 19p per person per year on health. One in ten children die before their fifth birthday.

For more information about Aung San Suu Kyi, visit: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/aboutburma/aung_san_suu_kyi.htm

To interview Richard Shannon, writer and director of the play, contact Anna Roberts, Acting Director of the Burma Campaign UK, on 020 7324 4711