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Lavinia Draper, alcohol-soaked performer of a certain age, maintains her dream despite the struggle. The strife of aging artists, most particularly women, facing unrepentant discrimination and harassment, and the resultant dysphoria and substance use, is profound. But Lavinia is the rare hopeful dreamer who never gives up on herself and inspires the audience to do the same. A one-woman show performed by Susan Campanaro that shatters genre as deftly as the title character severs the comic/tragic line. Brimming with hysterical comedy, dark sensitivity and harsh reality, the play features a moving score by Lynn Portas.
'A tour de force' (The Village Sun, New York).`
'A masterpiece of
creativity and talent by the incredible Susan Campanaro. It is a
must-see!' (Audience Review).
'Susan is a gem whose Lavinia is
Broadway overdue! Lynn is a musical genius who creates the perfect
frosting of lyrics and sound to the delicious layer cake that is
Lavinia's story. Smart, funny, poignant, an evening well spent.
BRAVO!!!' (Audience Review).
Performed and Directed by | Susan Campanaro
Lyrics and Music Composed
by | Lynn Portas
Produced by | Jimmy Burke
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
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Experience a bold theatrical adaptation of one of Japan's most powerful war novels: Ōoka Shōhei's classic Fires on the Plain reimagined for the stage. This solo performance brings to life the harrowing journey of a soldier lost in the chaos of World War II. Through multiple roles, one actor explores the depths of war, solitude, and human survival. Explores themes of faith, dignity and humanity through the loneliness, hunger and moral dilemma of the Philippine front. A visceral, intimate take on Ooka's classic, confronting the darkness of war with haunting clarity.
Original text by | Ōoka Shōhei
Adapted and directed by |
Horikawa Honoh
Performed by | Nagai Hideki
Photo | Igaki Photo
Studio (use courtesy of Toyooka Theatre Festival, Japan)
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event
An intriguing, soul-searching masterclass into the personas of jesters, jokers, and clowns, through the lens of the theatrical mask. From Greek trickster gods to Japanese Noh Theatre, commedia dell'arte and opera to slapstick and cartoons, join Professor Rosemary George on a rollercoaster through the joys and sorrows, comedies and tragedies of life, which probes hidden identities in human behaviour.
'The professor's range and extent of research is clearly apparent'
(EdinburghGuide.com).
'This is a masterclass in how we become what we
are not, from the 'tears of a clown' to the masks of traditional
Japanese Noh. It considers the jester as the communicator of the soul’
(LouReviews.blog).
'Brilliantly and eloquently written...
Thoughtful... Extraordinarily well-researched' (Audience review).
'Quite
unique... Informative and fun' (Audience review). 'Truly thoughtful,
educational' (Audience review).
Created and Performed by | Rosemary George
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event
This solo multimedia performance celebrates the raw power of creation and destruction embodied by a volcano, as it explores parallels between the cyclical movements of the earth and the emotional landscape of humanity. Through a series of vignettes, a combination of expressive dance, recorded narration, video, and music, immerses the audience in the essence of an evolving mountain. Performed on a set crafted from recycled and natural materials, Mountain Woman showcases the sacred feminine spirit, embodying growth, self-destruction, and balance as a call to reconnect with the cycles of the earth.
Created, Composed, Choreographed, Produced and Performed by | Ariel
Bittner
Engineering Assistance by | Derek Mouton (Tim Curry Designs)
Costume
Fabric Donation and Brainstorming by | Olea Stevens
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event
A wildly quirky piece of physical theatre from Japan. Watching PeoplePeople is like peering into the minds of its five characters: a professor, a punk, a pierrot, a patient and a pupil. The experience is strangely humanising and somewhat mad. The movements are carefully crafted and highly stylised through the unique theatrical language of Corporeal Mime. The characters speak in their native tongue (Japanese, Chinese, English). There is no story. There is no set. Just five people, being people, in their own surreal way.
Created and performed by | Tomoki Nonaka, Ruxun Dai, Teruya Sugimoto,
Masaya Tsujimoto, Harry Dean
Directed by | Kentaro Suyama, Tania Coke
Assistant
direction | Yukiko Masui
Music by | Tania Coke, Henry Morse,
Dreamylapse
Projected images by | Kentaro Suyama
Lights by |
Kentaro Suyama
Produced by | tarinainanika
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event
Lavinia Draper, alcohol-soaked performer of a certain age, maintains her dream despite the struggle. The strife of aging artists, most particularly women, facing unrepentant discrimination and harassment, and the resultant dysphoria and substance use, is profound. But Lavinia is the rare hopeful dreamer who never gives up on herself and inspires the audience to do the same. A one-woman show performed by Susan Campanaro that shatters genre as deftly as the title character severs the comic/tragic line. Brimming with hysterical comedy, dark sensitivity and harsh reality, the play features a moving score by Lynn Portas.
'A tour de force' (The Village Sun, New York).`
'A masterpiece of
creativity and talent by the incredible Susan Campanaro. It is a
must-see!' (Audience Review).
'Susan is a gem whose Lavinia is
Broadway overdue! Lynn is a musical genius who creates the perfect
frosting of lyrics and sound to the delicious layer cake that is
Lavinia's story. Smart, funny, poignant, an evening well spent.
BRAVO!!!' (Audience Review).
Performed and Directed by | Susan Campanaro
Lyrics and Music Composed
by | Lynn Portas
Produced by | Jimmy Burke
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event
Experience a bold theatrical adaptation of one of Japan's most powerful war novels: Ōoka Shōhei's classic Fires on the Plain reimagined for the stage. This solo performance brings to life the harrowing journey of a soldier lost in the chaos of World War II. Through multiple roles, one actor explores the depths of war, solitude, and human survival. Explores themes of faith, dignity and humanity through the loneliness, hunger and moral dilemma of the Philippine front. A visceral, intimate take on Ooka's classic, confronting the darkness of war with haunting clarity.
Original text by | Ōoka Shōhei
Adapted and directed by |
Horikawa Honoh
Performed by | Nagai Hideki
Photo | Igaki Photo
Studio (use courtesy of Toyooka Theatre Festival, Japan)
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event
An intriguing, soul-searching masterclass into the personas of jesters, jokers, and clowns, through the lens of the theatrical mask. From Greek trickster gods to Japanese Noh Theatre, commedia dell'arte and opera to slapstick and cartoons, join Professor Rosemary George on a rollercoaster through the joys and sorrows, comedies and tragedies of life, which probes hidden identities in human behaviour.
'The professor's range and extent of research is clearly apparent'
(EdinburghGuide.com).
'This is a masterclass in how we become what we
are not, from the 'tears of a clown' to the masks of traditional
Japanese Noh. It considers the jester as the communicator of the soul’
(LouReviews.blog).
'Brilliantly and eloquently written...
Thoughtful... Extraordinarily well-researched' (Audience review).
'Quite
unique... Informative and fun' (Audience review). 'Truly thoughtful,
educational' (Audience review).
Created and Performed by | Rosemary George
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event
This solo multimedia performance celebrates the raw power of creation and destruction embodied by a volcano, as it explores parallels between the cyclical movements of the earth and the emotional landscape of humanity. Through a series of vignettes, a combination of expressive dance, recorded narration, video, and music, immerses the audience in the essence of an evolving mountain. Performed on a set crafted from recycled and natural materials, Mountain Woman showcases the sacred feminine spirit, embodying growth, self-destruction, and balance as a call to reconnect with the cycles of the earth.
Created, Composed, Choreographed, Produced and Performed by | Ariel
Bittner
Engineering Assistance by | Derek Mouton (Tim Curry Designs)
Costume
Fabric Donation and Brainstorming by | Olea Stevens
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event
A wildly quirky piece of physical theatre from Japan. Watching PeoplePeople is like peering into the minds of its five characters: a professor, a punk, a pierrot, a patient and a pupil. The experience is strangely humanising and somewhat mad. The movements are carefully crafted and highly stylised through the unique theatrical language of Corporeal Mime. The characters speak in their native tongue (Japanese, Chinese, English). There is no story. There is no set. Just five people, being people, in their own surreal way.
Created and performed by | Tomoki Nonaka, Ruxun Dai, Teruya Sugimoto,
Masaya Tsujimoto, Harry Dean
Directed by | Kentaro Suyama, Tania Coke
Assistant
direction | Yukiko Masui
Music by | Tania Coke, Henry Morse,
Dreamylapse
Projected images by | Kentaro Suyama
Lights by |
Kentaro Suyama
Produced by | tarinainanika
Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity, at C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and on the C digital online platform year-round. Full programme at http://www.CtheArts.com
Online Event