British Comedy Guide

2017 Edinburgh Fringe

Performers

  • Theatre
  • 4:45pm (60 mins)
  • 3-13 & 15-27 Aug 2017
  • Assembly Rooms
  • £14 - £15
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Venue

20: Assembly Rooms

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Making its debut in Edinburgh, Performers is a black comedy from Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh. The longtime collaborators have turned their attention to 1960s swinging London and the making of the film Performance, a violent and trippy cult film that starred Mick Jagger and James Fox. The play revolves around two gangsters auditioning for roles and how far they will go to impress. Sexuality, identity, memory and Francis Bacon are examined as the pair try to make sense of the situation they have found themselves in. In 1960s swinging London, naked ambition trumps everything.

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Reviews

Press articles

Irvine Welsh on his three Fringe shows

Perhaps more than any other author you can think of, people tend to confuse Irvine Welsh with one of his characters. Mention his name, especially in the streets of Edinburgh, and most people will think of someone out caning it in a club till the small hours, or at least mouthing off drunk in a pub somewhere down in Leith.

The Scotsman, 7th August 2017

The Fringe hit list: comedy, music and theatre

Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, the Fringe denies no-one entry.

Nadine McBay, The National (Scotland), 6th August 2017

Fringe 2017: the best theatre to see this year

Best from the theatre section.

Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 3rd August 2017

Irvine Welsh interview

As a novelist, Irvine Welsh needs no introduction.

Mark Fisher, Edinburgh Festivals, 1st August 2017

How the Fringe helped launch Irvine Welsh's career

The award-winning author says the Fringe was what made him think he could forge a career out of his writing.

Steve Hendry, Daily Record, 30th July 2017

Performers preview

Irvine Welsh collaborates with Dean Cavanagh on a play set in the 1960s during the filming of the Mick Jagger movie Performance. The backdrop is a London where artists and gangsters rub shoulders.

Mark Fisher, Edinburgh Festivals, 27th July 2017

Performances

Date Time Venue
3rd Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
4th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
5th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
6th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
7th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
8th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
9th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
10th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
11th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
12th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
13th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
15th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
16th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
17th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
18th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
19th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
20th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
21st Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
22nd Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
23rd Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
24th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
25th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
26th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms
27th Aug 2017 16:45 Assembly Rooms

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