Fringe Entertainment

So, after much juggling, the Fringe programme has now been finally established. Don't plan on spending your afternoons sightseeing because there is a tremendous programme of entertainment and experience on offer, and all free of charge! See the full programme below or download and print out this handy little 'at-a-glance' overview to carry around with you.

Friday 14th May
12.30   Musical Theatre Workshop with Tracey Grey
Have no experience with Musical Theatre? Actually a "bit scared" of singing? Two left feet? Then you are also perfect for this workshop!! Throw away pre-conceptions; credentials are simply an open-mind, fantasy and the will to have some fun!

14.15   Improvisation Workshop  with Lea Dunbar
Ever wondered how Monty Python came up with their material? If so the Improv workshop is for you. We will explore the endless possibilities created when near strangers let their minds run wild. Learn to act and react spontaneously through a series of games. There is no wrong or right, no good or bad, just fun!

15.30   Bouncers by John Godber (Semi-Circle)
Bouncers is an outrageous and hilarious parody of the disco scene, where the flashing lights and the pulsating beat meet with seedy, tatty reality. Four brutish bouncers portray giggly girls, lads on the make, smooth talking DJs, pogoing punks and drunken slobs. Bouncers is the companion piece to Shakers, performed as part of the main FEATS programme on Sunday night.

16.45   Jumping Jasper by Yair Packer (Entity)
A chance meeting between a person who plans to kill himself by falling from the third floor of a building because his loved one deserted him and a homeless lady who is full of vitality and does her best to prevent him from jumping.

Saturday 15th May
12.30  Zoo Story by Edward Albee (NEAT)
A random, ultimately violent encounter between Peter, an affluent book publishing executive, and Jerry, an eccentric passerby. A clash of social classes, values and lifestyles. Zoo Story is the companion piece to Homelife, performed as part of the main FEATS programme on Friday night.

14.00  Comedy by & with Daniel Beaver
Join Daniel as he takes a closer look at the British government – from his very own angle. After all, politics are no laughing matter!

15.00  A Defenseless Creature by Neil Simon (TLS)
A Defenseless Creature is an excerpt from The Good Doctor, a Neil Simon compilation of short comedies inspired by master storyteller Anton Chekhov. A Defenseless Creature is about a woman who is anything but.

15.30  Workshop Story Telling & Tableau with Nigel Harvey
How do you create visually effective pictures on stage and how can you use them to advance your story? Join Nigel as he looks into the narrative possibilities of pictures.

Sunday 16th May
12.00   FEATS FORUM   
This year’s forum will take place at the library café!

13:30   Creative Forum  MC Nigel Harvey
The creative forum will also take place at the library café!
Last year’s Creative Forum provided plenty of food for thought, and we would therefore like to offer a platform to continue the exchange of ideas. For this year’s discussion we would like to start by inviting you to take a look at

1. Defining creative integrity
2. Caring for the creative process
3. Developing creativity within the group structure

15.15   Check Please & Check Please Take Two by Jonathan Rand 
(Theatre Group Bischof-Neumann Schule)
The Theatre Group of Bischof-Neumann Schule presents excerpts from their current production. Join them as they take a look at the usual and the more unusual blind dates at a restaurant. Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc

16.00   Best Before End … presents … See Bottom
A selection of British non-pc sketches from 1968 to 1985

16.45   Sizzling Summer Musical Medley (Black Diamonds)
The Black Diamonds are the performance group from the Stagecoach Theater Arts School in Frankfurt. This talented group will thrill and move you with their Song and Dance Musical Medley!

See you at the Fringe 2010!