Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Theatre in French

Le Cid
Conflicts of love, honour, duty and desire face the legendary Spanish knight on the chessboard of courtly life. Explosive performances and exquisite costumes by designer Philippe Model complement the comedy and physicality of Corneille's timeless classic.
In French, accessible to all.
venue: C central
group: Pip and Brouard
category: Theatre
related link: www.CtheFestival.com
05-29 Aug 2005 11:10 (1:15) £7.50 (£6.50)

Madame Tellier's Establishment
A feisty adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's delightfully bawdy tale. Amorous adventures ensue as a glamorous Madame takes her saucy city girls on an excursion to a sleepy French village.
venue: Quaker Meeting House
group: The Village Idiots
category: Theatre
related link: www.ypdc.co.uk
15-20 Aug 2005 14:30 (1:00) £6.00 (£4.00)

Monty Python's Flying Circus
The only stage version of Monty Python, in French! 'Well surtitled... a hoot' Observer. A sell-out London run and three years in Paris, an Edinburgh return with a new improved show. Critics' Choice Time Out.
venue: Assembly @ George Street
group: Assembly Theatre, Marshall Cordell and Remy Renoux
category: Comedy
05-29 Aug 2005 16:00 (1:30) £14.00 (£12.00)

Piaf
Chanteuse to drug addict to lover extraordinaire, Piaf's life was full of passion and contradictions. Troika Productions proudly present this controversial biopic of the famous French singer. A Tragedy! A Comedy! A Passion! A Diva! The Little Sparrow! Piaf!
venue: Venue 45
group: Troika Productions
category: Theatre
15-27 Aug 2005 20:10 (1:40) £8.00 (£6.50)

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
French company Theatre S'Amourailles walked on the steps of Stevenson the famous author of Treasure Island and his donkey Modestine! A contemporary and humorous monologue with the great actor Christophe Chaumette.
venue: The Garage
group: Theatre S'Amourailles
category: Theatre
07-28 Aug 2005 15:45 (1:00) £8.00 (£6.00)

The Bicycle Men
A hapless American tourist crashes his bicycle and encounters the twisted inhabitants of a sinister French village. Sublimely silly musical comedy. 'Howlingly funny... unmissable' Chicago Tribune. 'Gleeful Francophobia' New York Times. 'C'est magnifique!' LA Weekly.
Starring Dave Lewman, Joe Liss, Mark Nutter, and John Rubano
venue: Smirnoff Underbelly
group: Skullduggery and Marshall Cordell
category: Comedy
related link: www.skullduggery.co.uk
04-28 Aug 2005 19:20 (1:05) £10.00 (£9.00)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Christopher Hampton's acclaimed adaptation of Laclos's tale of sex, intrigue and deceit. This production is stirringly re-set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Paris. Nazi seediness and Vichy cynicism lend explosive dimensions to this dynamic exploration of sexual excess.
venue: C central
group: Mouse on the Stair
category: Theatre
related link: www.CtheFestival.com
05-29 Aug 2005 19:00 (1:30) £8.50 (£7.50)

The Maids
RSAMD and award-winning Canadian theatre company Pollenpot present Jean Genet's torrid, sweaty, sweet play. The Maids indulge in erotic and secret rituals of hatred and revenge, directed against their mistress - the consequences are fatal.
venue: Venue 13
group: RSAMD and Pollenpot Theatre
category: Theatre
21-28 Aug 2005 17:30 (1:00) £7.00 (£5.00)

The Sole Companion
International, Jacques Lecoq trained company, explores the bilingual relationship between two solitary characters. Using expressive physicality, live music and childlike humour, to present the beautiful simplicity of human nature and our need for companionship.
venue: Greyfriars Kirk House
group: Compagnie de l'Escalier
category: Theatre
16 -21 Aug 2005 21:00 (0:50) £6.50 (£4.50)

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