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FRINGE 2012 AT THE
INSTITUT FRANÇAIS
D’ÉCOSSE
Venue 134
13 Randolph Crescent
Edinburgh EH3 7TT
www.ifecosse.org.uk
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VIVE LE FRINGE !
Institut français d’Écosse | Venue 134 | 13 Randolph Crescent Edinburgh EH3 7TT
0131 225 53 66 | www.ifecosse.org.uk
For me the Edinburgh Festival Fringe says a lot about this city – a world class event
organised in dramatic surroundings, in a very friendly atmosphere, where anybody
from any part of the world with a story to tell can join in, catch an audience and
possibly achieve success. That’s very much what this city is all about.
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The Institut français d’Écosse returned to the Fringe in 2011 with Two Johnnies
live upstairs which we were very proud to produce. For our 2012 programme we
have selected 8 shows especially for you. The children’s shows – Lapin wants ice
cream; Adventures of the Litte Prince – add a tasty French flavour to the Fringe kids
programme. For cabaret we picked Jacques Brel: in song and dance and Morceaux
de choix featuring amazing singers, dancers and musicians. Theatre is represented
by three great productions – It’s so nice; Elephant Man and Rock – the latter being an
adaptation into English of our coup de cœur at the Festival d’Avignon in 2010.
As for Ma biche et mon lapin, well we couldn’t imagine doing any Fringe programme
without the puppeteers of Collectif Aïe Aïe Aïe because we just love their work and
so do you according to the tremendous reviews they received last year...
Wishing you a great Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “Vive le Fringe !”
Vincent Guérin, Director of the Institut français d’Écosse
The Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival
The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is the largest cultural celebration in the history
of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Spread over four years, it is
designed to give everyone in the UK a chance to be part of London 2012 and inspire
creativity across all forms of culture, especially among young people.
The culmination of the Cultural Olympiad will be the London 2012 Festival, a
spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists from
across the world with the very best from the UK, from Midsummers Day on 21 June
and running until the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012.
Principal funders of the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival are Arts
Council England, Legacy Trust UK and the Olympic Lottery Distributor. BP and BT
are Premier Partners of the Cultural Olympiad and the London 2012 Festival.
For more details on the programme visit www.london2012.com/festival
MA BICHE
ET MON LAPIN
couples get together
and couples break up in
a dance of manipulated
objects. In tune with the
music the mixed duet
knit with four hands short
love stories, sometimes
bucolic, sometimes
playful and sometimes
tragic, but always
bursting with creativity
and ingenuity!
www.aieaieaie.fr
After playing with fluffy
bunnies in Two Johnnies
Live Upstairs in 2011
(**** Scotsman), the
French puppeteers from
Rennes-based collective
their nuttiness to the
Fringe with a new show
starring a ‘biche’ (hind)
and a ‘lapin’ (rabbit,
again). In this mute
vaudeville set on a table,
[Julien Mellano is]
‘a mesmerising objects manipulator’
Télérama
Category Theatre (PG)
DATES 3–24 AUGUST
Time
12.25Pm, 3.25pm, 5.25pm
Duration 30 minutes
country france
NON SPEAKING
SHOW WITH MUSIC
AUTHORS and
performers
JULIEN MELLANO
AND Charlotte Blin
TICKETS AVAILABLE £5
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PREVIEW SHOW FREE
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LAPIN WANTS
ICE CREAM
‘A great introduction to French
[...] A fun forty minutes of puppetry’
Fringe Guru
COMPAGNIE LE PETIT MONDE
It’s summer time!
Just back from French
Brittany, Tania has
brought in her suitcase a
tiny beach where Lapin,
the French rabbit, has
made his holiday home.
But it is hot! And Lapin is
thirsty. After a successful
Fringe debut in 2011,
the French puppets are
back! Join them in their
new summer adventure,
peppered with carefully
chosen and repeated
French keywords.
Praises for Lapin Wants
Breakfast: ‘The target
audience [was] fully
engaged’ **** (Herald).
‘Pretty, enjoyable and
funny, this show is not
only educational but
very entertaining’ ****
(BroadwayBaby.com).
‘A wonderful show’ ***
(ThreeWeeks).
www.lepetitmonde.co.uk
Category
children’S show (3-5)
DATES 3–27 AUGUST
Time 10.00am
Duration 40 minutes
country france
GROUP BOOKING AVAILABLE
performed
In ENGLISH with
French keywords
AUTHOR and perfoRmer
tanIa czajka
TICKETS AVAILABLE £7 (£5)
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ADVENTURES OF
THE LITTLE PRINCE
ASYLON THEATRE and Heels
Over Head Dance Theatre
admired and applauded
by all. Listen to a wise
fox who tells us that
‘l’essentiel est invisible
pour les yeux’. Let
yourself be transported
into a poetic world, and
glean some French words
along the way!
www.asylontheatre.org
Join the magical world
of The Little Prince!
Draw him a sheep, help
him clear his garden of
baobabs and accompany
him on his travels. Meet
many odd characters ...
from a very reasonable
king to a very busy
businessman and a
man who wishes to be
Category
children’s show (6+)
DATES 13–27 AUGUST
Time 2.00Pm
Duration 50 minutes
country SCOTLAND
GROUP BOOKING AVAILABLE
performed
In ENGLISH with French
keywords
AUTHOR Marta Mari
(based on Le Petit Prince
d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
Performers
Asylon Theatre
in Association With
Heels Over Head Dance
Theatre (HHDT)
TICKETS AVAILABLE £7 (£5)
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JACQUES BREL:
IN SONG AND DANCE
Christine Bovill and Heels
Over Head Dance Theatre
Jacques Brel’s songs
have survived the
test of time and have
created a cult following
surrounding his life
and work. From Jarvis
Cocker to David Bowie
via Leonard Cohen,
numerous artists have
endeavoured to keep
his creative spirit
alive. Christine Bovill
and Agathe Girard
(HHDT) bring a fresh,
modern, exciting and
unique interpretation
of Brel’s work through
multimedia, music and
dance. Raw and intense,
poetic and captivating.
Mostly playful, like his
songs. Let yourself be
transported into the
Belgian chansonnier’s
world and experience
for yourself why he has
remained such a vibrant
musical icon.
www.heelsoverhead.co.uk
Category CABARET (U)
DATES 3–11 AUGUST
Time 2.00Pm
Duration 60 MINUTES
country SCOTLAND
performed In ENGLISH
AUTHOR
AGATHE GIRARD
performers
Christine Bovill
and Heels Over Head
Dance Theatre (HHDT)
TICKETS AVAILABLE £10 (£8)
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IT’S SO NICE
COMPAGNIE OH MY GOD!
This conference /
performance / video
screening creates a
link between past and
present. The audience is
invited on a guided tour
through a portrait gallery
featuring two symbols of
femininity and power of
the 16th century: Mary
Stuart, Queen of Scots,
and Elizabeth I, Queen of
England. Barbara Sylvain
and Lula Béry question
our world of political
intrigues and influence
games, while exploring
the thin line between
love and hatred, true
and fake, magnificence
and ridicule. This
kaleidoscopic drama
shuffles the cards of
power plunging the
audience headlong into
a right royal burlesque
tragedy.
www.ohmygod-cie.be
Category theatre (14+)
DATES 3–24 AUGUST
Time 4.00Pm
Duration 70 minutes
Price £10 (£8)
country WALLONIA
performed
In French with
English supertitles
AUTHORS and
perfromers
Lula Béry and
Barbara Sylvain
TICKETS AVAILABLE £10 (£8)
NO SHOWS ON THIS DATE
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‘Imaginative and instructive,
tasty and funny.’
La Libre Belgique
MORCEAUX
DE CHOIX
JUSTINE CURATOLO AND ELISA BELLANGER
will be delighted to
perform it for you. Enjoy
a gourmet crooning,
a succulent flight of
melody, or a delicious
Italian tune. You are
giving to the concert the
shape of your appetite!
A dinner of French
charcuterie and cheese
(plus wine) is included
and served during the
show.
Welcome to a nonconformist lyrical singing
recital! A unique concert
with a programme
presented as a restaurant
menu. Have a look at
what’s on offer and pick
your piece in the list of
opera arias, traditional
songs, jazz standards
or melodies. Justine
Curatolo (singing) and
Elisa Bellanger (piano)
Category Cabaret (U)
DATES 3–24 AUGUST
Time 6.00Pm
Duration 70 minutes
country france
GROUP BOOKING AVAILABLE
performed in english
with songs in FRENCH
AUTHOR
Justine Curatolo
Performers
JUSTINE CURATOLO
AND ELISA BELLANGER
TICKETS AVAILABLE £17 (£15)
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ELEPHANT MAN
COMPAGNIE DU FOMENTEUR
welcomed by his nurse
(Isabelle Bouvrain). She
is a bit tyrannical but also
completely devoted to
him. Joseph is impatient
to meet you. But control
your emotions! And keep
smiling … Joseph is a
very sensitive creature.
Feel free to ask him
some questions, he will
answer with plenty of
humour…
After his first Fringe
experience in Two
Johnnies Live Upstairs
in 2011 (**** Scotsman),
Benoit Hattet returns
to the Institut français
as Joseph C Merrick,
the famous British
monster better known
as Elephant Man. In this
intimate and interactive
show, you are invited to
the creature’s room and
Category theatre (12+)
DATES 3–24 AUGUST
Time 8.00Pm
Duration 50 minutes
country france
performed In ENGLISH
AUTHOR Benoit Hattet
PerFoRmers Benoit
Hattet and Isabelle
Bouvrain
TICKETS AVAILABLE £10 (£8)
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‘You can’t help hanging on Pierre Baux’s
every word. Vincent Courtois performs
in-between words – or underneath –
and from his cello gets astonishing
monologues’.
Libération, about ‘Les Contes de Grimm’
ROCK
ATELIER DU PLATEAU
In this musical show,
presented at Avignon
Festival (2010 official
programme), actor
Pierre Baux and cellist
Vincent Courtois give life
to 70s rock’n’roll New
York through dialogues,
memories, dreams and
digressions collected by
Legs McNeil and Gillian
McCain in Please Kill
Me. This uncensored oral
history of punk played on
stage is haunted by Jim
Morrison, Patti Smith,
Allen Ginsberg, Iggy Pop,
Philippe Marcadé.
Baux and Courtois
have been successfully
working together on very
different repertoires
– Grimm, Borges,
Andersen, Kafka – but
they really rock here
when celebrating the
birth of a new, crazy,
revolting, fascinating
music!
www.atelierduplateau.org
Category theatre (18+)
DATES 3–18 AUGUST
Time 10.00Pm
Duration 70 minutes
country france
performed In English
AUTHORS
Pierre Baux, Vincent
Courtois, Mathieu
Malgrange and Laetitia
Zaepffel based on
‘Please Kill Me’
by Legs McNeill
and Gillian McCain
perfoRmers
Pierre Baux & Vincent
Courtois (cello)
TICKETS AVAILABLE £10 (£8)
NO SHOWS ON THIS DATE
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until late on show days
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