Watch Me Fall

Edinburgh has never been on the cards for us in the past because of the massive costs involved being unfeasible for a company as small as us but this year we’re going to be involved thanks to the brilliant ‘Forest Fringe’.

Its a neat idea that means companies can perform for free and outside the competitive meat market that is the Fringe. We’ll be there for a few days performing a work-in-progress of our new piece 'Watch Me Fall'that we showed an initial sketch of at Arnolfini’s ‘I am your Worst Nightmare’ (the re-enaction of Evel Knievel’s 1967 Caesar’s Palace jump). The nature of the Forest Fringe means we can spend some time working on the show and show it in front of a good natured, thrill-seeking Edinburgh audience without the horrible pressures and financial commitments that go with a normal Edinburgh show. Although I’ve been to Edinburgh as an audience member quite a lot I’ve never performed there and I’ve often noted how it really lacks an actual ‘Fringe’ in the truest experimental sense of the word, which is a shame considering how many audience members there are there eager for new and exciting work so hopefully the Forest Fringe can change all that. You can find out more on Lyn Gardner’s blog about it

and on the Forest Fringe website

www.forestfringe.co.uk

We’ll be performing ‘Watch Me Fall’ work-in-progress on Tues 5 - Thurs 7 August at 5pm at the Forest Cafe. Its pay what you can with a nice relaxed atmosphere. Come along and give us some feedback.

‘Watch Me Fall’ is a working title for our new project exploring daredevils, our obsession with those who attempt the impossible, the futility of their attempts and their inevitable fall from grace.

I’ll post more details nearer the date.