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Shows

Have a look through our selection of Shows! We are sure To have something you'll want to see in Edinburgh this August - from children's shows to cabaret; standup comedy to tragic drama. There's something for everyone at the Free Festival!


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12:00

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Spoken Word

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Spoken Word

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room
AUG 3-14 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

This is a story of recovery through the medium of spoken word poetry. Seven times sectioned, a couple of arrests and two attempts on her life, Poppy Radcliffe was a mess. A mess trying to cling onto the memory of a perfect life and rejecting the narrative that a mental health diagnosis born from trauma equals one for life. A rocket scientist and model, she was sectioned initially for her delusional ideas of grandeur. Because after all, we all know a woman can’t have beauty AND brains, especially not if we throw sexually confident into the mix. Autistic since birth and self-diagnos...


18:00

Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too)

Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too)

Spoken Word

Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too)

Spoken Word

Bar Soba / Secret Soba
AUG 3-10, 13-15 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50

Join Brigitte Aphrodite on a wild literary road-trip, celebrating Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too) through punk poetry, songs, and stories. With composition by Quiet Boy, the show is a welcoming, communal experience: a conversation starter, a raucous night out. Brigitte delivers captivating, standalone odes to a glittering array of legends, highlighting both sung and unsung heroes who call our nation home. The legends include David Bowie in Bromley, Poly Styrene in Hastings and Aphra Behn in Canterbury to name but a few. The show discovers local legends from every venue it is performed at, ...