From nightclub toilets to Glasgow Girls, from dance at the National Museum of Scotland to a new Tolkien adaptation, 19 shows will form the official Made in Scotland theme at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Made in Scotland is now in its 8th year, a showcase of Scottish theatre, dance and music at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Since starting in 2009, Made In Scotland has funded 159 companies, and helped 57 productions to tour across five continents, visiting over 20 countries.
This year the Made in Scotland was worth £590,000 in the fund, and the successful shows were selected by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Creative Scotland, the Federation of Scottish Theatre and the Scottish Music Centre.
Fiona Hyslop, the recently re-appointed Scottish Government cabinet secretary for culture, said: "Over the past eight years, the Made in Scotland 2016 programme has built a strong track record of showcasing high quality productions which push boundaries, flare imagination and examine the intricacies of real life.
"The opportunity that the showcase offers is invaluable and continues to create international opportunities for Scottish performers and companies.
"The Scottish Government is proud to support Made in Scotland via the Expo Fund to bring this innovative piece of work to life and to continue raising Scotland’s cultural profile on the international stage."
The many shows include Anatomy Of The Piano (For Beginners) at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, where Will Pickvance tells the story of the piano – where it comes from, how it evolved and “why it makes a pretty cool Christmas present.”
In Dancer, at Dance Base a show that was originally co-created with the late Adrian Howells, Scotland’s leading learning disabled artist Ian Johnston and Gary Gardiner will explore what it means to be a dancer.
Expensive Shit, Adura Onashile’s show at the Traverse Theatre, is the story of a nightclub toilet attendant.
It is set in a fictional club based on the Shimmy Club in Glasgow.
Made in Scotland will also include Glasgow Girls, based on the true story of seven Glasgow teenagers who campaigned when their school friend and her asylum seeking family were forcibly taken from their home to be deported. The show by Cora Bissett and David Greig will be performed at the Assembly Hall.
In Kai Fischer's Last Dream (On Earth) every member of the audience at the Assembly Hall will be given their own set of headphones for this tale of "travel, outer space and distant dreams".
Leaf By Niggle, staged by Puppet State Theatre Company, is an adaptation of a JRR Tolkien work written in 1939.
The story is often seen as an allegory of the writer's own creative process.
Surrounded by ladders, bicycles, easels and heirlooms, Richard Medrington will recount Tolkien’s "miniature masterpiece" with an original score by Karine Polwart and MJ McCarthy at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Claxton Dance's Pop up Duets will be staged at the National Museum of Scotland: in this Janis Claxton (choreographer) and Pippa Murphy (composer) will join forces with four dancers for a series of short, contemporary dance duets choreographed specifically for public spaces.
Shona McCarthy, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society said: "Made in Scotland highlights the work of many talented artists and companies in Scotland today and presenting their work at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the fields of music, dance and theatre; it opens up an array of opportunities both during the Fringe, when thousands of industry professionals and media are in town, and after by way of the onward touring fund."
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