BEST OF THE EDINBURGH FRENGE FESTIVAL-A CELEBRATION OF UK PERFORMANCE ( CHONGQING 18-26 NOVEMBER, 2008 )

HYSTERIA LOW LIFE Two of the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival dramas arrive in Chongqing in November 18! It is an opportunity for you to sample a range of the unique styles and traditions that make up contemporary UK theatre with four wonderful performances of these two original dramas in more than one week. Vibrantly staged, emotionally engaging, experimental yet universally entertaining and accessible - these dramas explore the multi-dimensions of modern society and human sentiment.

Hysteria
Presented by Inspector Sands and Stamping Ground Theatre
Winner of the Total Theatre Award 2006
Short-listed for the Carol Tambor Award 2006
Adapted from T.S. Eliot's cognominal poem

In Hysteria we witness a painstaking attempt at social interaction. A man and a woman are on the most awkward dinner date of their lives. He is an academic whose research into modern day neuroses is threatening his sanity; she is an events manager who's terrified of missing the party. Caught in the middle is their mortified waiter, haunted by visions of global catastrophe. With irreverent humour, vivid physicality and visceral sound and lighting, Hysteria draws its audience into a world where the main course is a fight for survival.

'Beautifully observed… I laughed until I cried.' The Guardian

'This is a remarkable show… the dialogue is witty, intelligent and the comedic timing perfect. The perversity of the situation is perfectly exploited. A superb production, a Fringe must.' Edinburgh Guide

Low Life
Inspired by the novel Pulp by Charles Bukowski
Presented by Blind Summit Theatre

Nominated for a Total Theatre Award in Edinburgh 2005
Time Out Critics' Choice
Sold-out three-week run at the London International Mime Festival 2006

This is puppetry for adults and possibly children too. Skilful interplay of puppets and live characters which redefines the relationship between manipulator and manipulated. The puppeteers don't attempt to hide from sight. Their charges openly acknowledge their presence and purpose. The puppets are exquisite, and so elegantly, vibrantly choreographed is their animation that they radiate character.

If puppetry is ever going to be the next rock 'n roll these animators may well be its frontmen.' Time Out

'Mad, bad and beautiful in equal measure.' The Guardian



The British Council's 10th Anniversary Edinburgh Showcase took place in Edinburgh during the Fringe and International festivals in August 2007. 250 leading international promoters from 50 countries saw 30 productions selected from the UK's most outstanding established and emerging companies working on the small- to middle-scale touring circuit. The programme showcased artists who are exploring contemporary issues in innovative ways and working across the disciplines of new writing, physical and visual theatre, and live art.

Since the inaugural Edinburgh Showcase in 1997, the British Council has presented more than 150 productions to an invited audience of international theatre programmers with 90 per cent going on to tour globally as a result.. The Showcase has provided an important marketplace for British theatre makers looking to build an international profile for their work, and an exciting gathering point for international theatre presenters from over fifty nations. They all come to Edinburgh to watch, buy, discuss, and argue over theatre and its unique capacity to illuminate shared emotions and preoccupations.

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