Edinburgh Excitements- (mostly) 80s film trailers.

Dear All

We're off to Edinburgh for OUR CARNAL HEARTS from the 15th - 26th August at 11am at Summerhall.

Here are a few things I'm excited to see, in the form of the 80s films.

WILD BORE - Various Times and dates, Traverse
SEE:  SAVAGE STREETS -  'Too bad you're not double-jointed. Because if you were, you'd be able to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye'

DOLLYWOULD - Sh!t Theatre - Summerhall
SEE: RHINESTONE - 'All right, we'll go to your place and you can show me your organ.'

NO SHOW - Ellie Dubois - Summerhall
SEE: ALIEN - 'I'm going to go out there after them'

A MACHINE THEY'RE SECRETLY BUILDING  - Proto-type Theatre - SUMMERHALL
SEE: BRAZIL - 'And you can't tell me what the proper channels are, because that's classified information?'

NANETTE - Hannah Gadsby - Assembly
SEE: A QUESTION OF SILENCE / De Stilte Rond Christine M - 'The women laugh and laugh, there is silence'

I AM A TREE - Jamie Wood - Assembly
SEE: LABYRINTH -  'Canst thou summon up the very rocks?'

SHOW ME THE MONEY - Paula Varjack -  BEDLAM
SEE: THE MONEY PIT - 'It was no picnic but those guys are work animals'

PALMYRA - Bert and Nasi - Summerhall
SEE: ROLLERBALL - 'The game was created to demonstrate the futility of individual effort. And the game must do its work.'

WORKSHY - Katy Baird - Summerhall
SEE: BUGSY MALONE -' I was born to be a dancer.'

THE CLASS PROJECT - Rebecca Atkinson-Lord - Summerhall
SEE: EDUCATING RITA - 'As Trish says there is not a lot of point in discussing beautiful literature in an ugly voice.”