Edinburgh International Festival as part of its South Africa Season Ubu and th…

Edinburgh International Festival as part of its South Africa Season Ubu and th…

Edinburgh International Festival

as part of its South Africa Season

Ubu and the Truth Commission – Handspring Puppet Company
28th – 30th August 2014
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

http://www.eif.co.uk/2014/ubu#.U4CaByjgWXs

With its dark and sardonic wit, documentary footage, spectacular animation, poignant puppetry and superb actors, “Ubu and the Truth Commission” draws on the historical archive of the hearings of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and on the dramatic figure of Ubu Roi, a licentious buffoon created by the playwright Alfred Jarry. "Ubu and the Truth Commission" was the third in a trilogy of plays that brought William Kentridge and Handspring Puppet Company to worldwide acclaim. Revived to mark the 20th anniversary of democracy in South Africa..
Tickets £10-£32. Box Office 0131 473 2000
http://www.eif.co.uk/2014/william-kentridge-conversation#.U4Cc1yjgWXt.

ALSO:
Conversation with William Kentridge

29th August 2014, 12 noon
The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh

Artist William Kentridge in conversation about his role in the creation of “Ubu and the Truth Commision” with Fruitmarket Gallery Director Fiona Bradley.
Tickets £6 adult/ £3 child, 45 minutes. Limited seating.
Box Office 0131 473 2000


Ubu and the Truth Commission
www.eif.co.uk
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