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Edinburgh Reporter
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Fringe 2025 – Life in One Suitcase
A powerful one hour long performance created and performed by Ukrainian children and adults who resettled in Scotland in 2022 will take to the stage for one night only at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, at Pleasance EICC. This music and dance performance tells the deeply moving story of Ukrainian people who fled their home after the start of the war. At the heart of the performance is a suitcase. Simple, yet deeply symbolic. Children and adults share their experiences of leaving home, saying goodbye, and beginning again in a new country. Inside every suitcase is a life. The piece offers audiences a window into the emotional world of displaced Ukrainians, told in their own voices and shaped by their courage and imagination. They express themes of love, loss, and the promise of tomorrow, demonstrating how creativity helps them process change and find joy amid uncertainty. Presented by Mission of Innocents. Creative direction by Oksana Saiapina. With support from the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (Edinburgh). Special thanks to Anthony Alderson and Pleasance Theatre Trust for making this special event possible. Mission of Innocents is a grassroots initiative that nurtures the healing and self-worth of children displaced by war, economic or political instability and environmental disasters. Through arts-based programming it offers young people tools for healing, expression, and empowerment through music, dance, storytelling, poetry and the visual arts. Since its founding, the initiative has provided ongoing support and a sense of belonging to resettled Ukrainian children and families in Scotland. The charity was founded by Joyce Landry and began on board two ships docked in Leith and Glasgow to house Ukrainian refugees after the full scale invasion. LIFE IN ONE SUITCASE AT EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2025 15 AUGUST 2025 | 15:30 | 60 mins | PLEASANCE EICC (PENTLAND THEATRE) Like this: Like Related
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Scotsman
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
18 household names in Edinburgh next month for the Fringe and TV festival - including Bob Geldof & Tina Fey
2 . Miriam Margolyes Having sold every ticket in 2024, the iconic award-winning actress, TV personality and author Miriam Margolyes returns to the Pleasance EICC at the Edinburgh Fringe for 14 dates from August 9-24, except the 18th and 21st, performing her 70 minute show at 6pm. She will have more characters, more Dickens, and more fascinating stories about the man behind the classics. At 84, Miriam's energy and passion are undimmed and her performance as electric as ever. She was Professor Sprout in Harry Potter, and also appeared in Yentl, Little Shop of Horrors, I Love You To Death, End of Days, Sunshine, Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, Cold Comfort Farm and Magnolia. Amongst her many awards, she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for The Age of Innocence and was awarded the OBE for her services to drama in 2002. Her most memorable TV credits include Old Flames, Freud, Life and Loves of a She Devil, Blackadder, The Girls of Slender Means, Oliver Twist, The History Man, Vanity Fair and Supply & Demand. | Steve Ullathorne Photo: Impressive PR
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Scotsman
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
13 household names announced so far for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1 . Miriam Margolyes Having sold every ticket in 2024, the iconic award-winning actress, TV personality and author Miriam Margolyes returns to the Pleasance EICC at the Edinburgh Fringe for 14 dates from August 9-24, except the 18th and 21st, performing her 70 minute show at 6pm. She will have more characters, more Dickens, and more fascinating stories about the man behind the classics. At 84, Miriam's energy and passion are undimmed and her performance as electric as ever. She was Professor Sprout in Harry Potter, and also appeared in Yentl, Little Shop of Horrors, I Love You To Death, End of Days, Sunshine, Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, Cold Comfort Farm and Magnolia. Amongst her many awards, she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for The Age of Innocence and was awarded the OBE for her services to drama in 2002. Her most memorable TV credits include Old Flames, Freud, Life and Loves of a She Devil, Blackadder, The Girls of Slender Means, Oliver Twist, The History Man, Vanity Fair and Supply & Demand. | Steve Ullathorne Photo: Impressive PR
