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FRI 19 JULY TO SUN 28 JULY 2019 COMEDY & CABARET FAMILY FILM INSTALLATION, ART & PERFORMANCE MUSIC & DANCE NATURE & WELLBEING PANELS & TALKS SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING THEATRE Tickets readingfringefestival.co.uk @rdgfringefest @rdgfringefest Headline sponsor Partnered by Funded by
WELCOME
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The theme for this year’s festival is As we consider the future of the planet and
Into the Woods – and Beyond… humanity itself, we want to explore what it
means to be part of an ecosystem – to delve
into humanity’s relationship with the earth
and the land around us, to understand our
connections to it and to each other, in the hope
of moving through difficult times and beyond,
into a (hopefully) bright future.
Zsuzsi, Festival Director
#RDGFringe2019
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READING
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We love Reading’s surprising,
quirky and innovative nature,
and its waterways, heritage
and beauty – discover
what makes our town
come alive with this
celebratory programme.
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FRI 19 JULY
Marvelo's Circus! 4.15pm Broad Street 14
SAT 20 JULY
Abbey Quarter Pilgrimage 11am See website for venue details 26
Into the Wild 2pm Lavender Place Community Gardens 14
Into the Wild 3pm Lavender Place Community Gardens 14
MON 22 JULY
A Change is Gonna Come 8pm Reading Minster 21
FRI 26 JULY
Conversations with Trees 7pm Reading Minster 8
SAT 27 JULY
A Night in the Ruins Silent Disco 7pm Abbey Ruins 22
ft Pete Wheeler & Dave Maul
SUN 28 JULY
Birdsong Talk 10am See website for venue details 26
Thames Path Walk 'n’ Talk 10am See website for venue details 26
READING
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MINSTER
Step into the woods and experience the beauty of
the outdoors inside this historic Reading landmark.
Featuring a new #madeinrdg commission, a spectacular
warm up for WOMAD, a night at the musicals, Irish
dancing, a celebration of Reading Refugee Support
Group's work and much more. We welcome everyone
to follow us in this unique celebration of nature.
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FRI 19 JULY
Making Sound Machines 7 – 10pm Reading Minster 21
SAT 20 JULY
Making Sound Machines 11am – 2pm Reading Minster 21
An Afternoon of Irish Dance 4.30pm Reading Minster 22
La Vereda Del Silencio 7.30pm Reading Minster 23
SUN 21 JULY
At the Border 4pm Reading Minster 30
Conversations with Refugees 4.30pm Reading Minster 27
MON 22 JULY
A Change is Gonna Come 8pm Reading Minster 21
TUE 23 JULY
Bring Your Own Baby 12 noon Reading Minster 10
The Evolution of the Big Band – from the Birth of Jazz 8pm Reading Minster 25
THU 25 JULY
A Night at the Musicals with Thomas Cameron 7.30pm Reading Minster 22
FRI 26 JULY
Conversations with Trees 7pm Reading Minster 8
THE
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ORACLE
Join the Fringe party on
the award winning Oracle
Riverside! The fun starts with
a night of music and ends
with a jaunt into the belly of
a whale. Music, storytelling
and family fun for all.
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FRI 19 JULY
Music @ The Oracle 8.30pm The Oracle Riverside 24
FRI 26 JULY
Parakeets 8pm The Oracle Beach Bar 24
SAT 27 JULY
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 10.30am The Oracle Riverside 15
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 2.30pm The Oracle Riverside 15
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 4.30pm The Oracle Riverside 15
SUN 28 JULY
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 10.30am The Oracle Riverside 15
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 2.30pm The Oracle Riverside 15
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 4.30pm The Oracle Riverside 15
INTERNATIONAL
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SEASONS:
NORWAY & The Reading Fringe Festival regularly
DÜSSELDORF welcomes acts from across our global
community, including Russia, Italy,
Canada, Puerto Rico and Spain.
Over the past three years, in celebration of
Reading’s friendship with Düsseldorf we have
been collaborating with award-winning artists
Emil Schult & Emma Nilsson from our twin town.
Det Andre Teatret
This year we will be entertained by critically
acclaimed band the Parakeets, experience
human sculpture with HARTMANNMUELLER,
explore haunting soundscapes with Warped
Type, and example the connectivity between
art, music, and digital culture in the Eurasia
Project ft Emil Schult & Emma Nilsson. We
also welcome back old friends Blue Goat
Theatre, urban artist KJ263, and classical
guitarist Arturo Castro Nogueras.
HARTMANNMUELLER
Last year, our curator Fiona Talkington helped
us lay the foundations of a new friendship
with Norway, when we welcomed ice musician
Terje Isungset to perform in the town.
This year, we play host to world renowned
composer Thomas Strønen, internationally
acclaimed improv group Det Andre Teatret
and playwright Joakim Gunby.
We look forward to working with
this year’s guests, and adding to our
International Seasons in future years.
CONVERSATIONS
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WITH TREES
Curated by Fiona Talkington.
New music commission created
in Reading with Thomas Strønen,
Hannah James and Jackie Oates.
Thomas Strønen Hannah James
A new collaboration, curated for Reading
Fringe Festival by BBC Radio 3’s Fiona
Talkington, with film, music, dance and
storytelling taking us Into the Woods.
Jackie Oates
One of Europe’s most sought after
jazz drummers and composers Thomas
Strønen from Norway (Food, Time is a
Blind Guide) joins singer, clog dancer and
accordionist Hannah James (Jigdolls, Lady
Maisery) and singer and fiddle player Jackie
Oates to uncover stories old and new, and
take us on a magical journey of discovery, with
additional inspiration and introduction from
Helen Jukes author of ‘A Honeybee Heart Has
Five Openings’.
Fri 26 | 7pm (120m)
Reading Minster £12 | £8
COMEDY AFTER DARK COMEDY 97
COMPETITION WINNER
& CABARET
COMEDY & CABARET
After Dark Presents...
Join the winner of the After Dark comedy
competition for some late night laughs! 18+
*Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the
After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket
Fri 26 | 10.15pm (30m) | After Dark £4
A GLOVER BEFORE WE GO DARK: 7
NOT A FIGHTER A SWAN SONG
BEFORE EXTINCTION
COMEDY & CABARET COMEDY & CABARET
Tom Glover Mixtape Rock'n'Roll
Debut show from lovable West Country Two musicians harmonise as our careers and
favourite and award winner. 18+ the planet die. 18+
Wed 24 | 7.30pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £8 Sun 21 | 7pm (60m) | After Dark £8
A VERY CRAYOLA
FRINGE SHOW
COMEDY & CABARET
Crayola the Queen
Campy, cartoonish, super cute, this lady clown
brings the LOLs. 18+
*Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the
After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket
Thu 25 | 9pm (60m) | After Dark £8
BRING YOUR EVERY ROOM IS A 10
OWN BABY PANIC ROOM IF YOU
OVERTHINK ENOUGH
COMEDY & CABARET
Bring Your Own Baby COMEDY & CABARET
Having a baby no longer means saying
goodbye to enjoying the best live comedy Simon Caine
stars from the circuit and TV. The difference between what we say on social
media and reality. 18+
Tue 23 | 12 noon (80m) £12 advance
Reading Minster £14 on door Mon 22 | 7.30pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £8
CASCADE FABLEMAKER
© Andy Hollingworth
COMEDY & CABARET
Ignacio Lopez COMEDY & CABARET
Sarcasm, silliness and non-stop laughs from
Spain’s Best Export. 18+ Ben Van der Velde
*Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the Improvised comedy adventure as Ben creates
After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket a story with crowdwork. 18+
Sat 20 | 9pm (75m) | After Dark £8 Sat 20 | 9pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £8
EDDIE SUMMERS – HARVEY GREENFIELD
SCHOOL OF BURGLARY IS RUNNING LATE
COMEDY & CABARET COMEDY & CABARET
Eddie Summers Paul Richards
Prop/stand-up/absurdist burglary as taught by A frantic new comedy play which explores
an idiot! 15+ our need to please. 18+
Sat 20 | 7.30pm (60m) | Pentahotel £9 Tue 23 | 9pm (60m) | After Dark £8HOMETOWN OLD SKOOL 11
BROWN ART BATTLE
COMEDY & CABARET
Adam Roe
Head to head paint throwdowns against the
COMEDY & CABARET clock, judged by Miss Crayola. 18+
*Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the
Preet Singh After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket
Raw and open, Preet picks apart his
bi-cultural world. 18+ Thu 25 FREE to
10.15pm (30m) Crayola ticketholders
Fri 26 | 7.30pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £7 After Dark otherwise £4
IT JUST SO OLEG DENISOV:
HAPPENED RUSSIAN TROLL
COMEDY & CABARET COMEDY & CABARET
Mirth of Forth Productions Oleg Denisov
A show exploring alternative versions of this The Russian political comedian talks about
day (25th July) in history. 15+ fake news and magical realism. 18+
Thu 25 | 7.30pm (60m) | Three Guineas £8 Sat 20 | 7.30pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £8
MURDER FOR PAPERWEIGHT
BEGINNERS
COMEDY & CABARET
COMEDY & CABARET
Ian Lane
Dan Collins SAS techniques for managing a family
Murder is a funny old business, ain't it? 18+ household. 16+
Sun 21 | 7.30pm (60m) | Three Guineas £8 Mon 22 | 9pm (60m) | Three Guineas £8POP SONG’S THE ZAP 12
FOR PEDANT’S SHOW
COMEDY & CABARET COMEDY & CABARET
Kyle D Evans The Zap Comedy Club
Award-winning one-man comedy-folk-pop- Here to ensure that Reading doesn't take itself
maths show. too seriously.
Sat 20 | 6pm (60m) | Pentahotel £8 Sun 28 | 3pm (60m) | Rising Sun £8
TENTATIVELY THROW
TORY AWAY!
COMEDY & CABARET
COMEDY & CABARET
Det Andre Teatret
Sarah Southern Norwegian improv Det Andre Teatret
Can she still vote for what she worked for? 18+ reimagines the stuff we throw away.
Tue 23 | 7.30pm (60m) | After Dark £8 Sat 27 | 8pm (60m) | South Street £14
THE TOO BUSY LIVING
COMMITTEE TO BE DYING
COMEDY & CABARET COMEDY & CABARET
The Committee Martyn 'EEK' Cooper
Improvised comedy show as seen on BBC1 Hilarious adventures with cancer, death
and Channel 4. 18+ and incontinence. 18+
*Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the *Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the
After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket
Fri 26 | 9pm (60m) | After Dark £9 | £8 Sat 20 | 6pm (60m) | After Dark £8TRYING TO
FAMILY
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BE GOOD
COMEDY & CABARET
Daniel Audritt
Daniel's Work-In-Progress show questions love,
masculinity and what makes us good people. 15+
Thu 25 | 9pm (60m) | Three Guineas £8
VINCE ATTA: BUBBLY
ATTACK OR DIE! BUBBLES
FAMILY
COMEDY & CABARET
Caroline Ainslie
Vince Atta Be Amazed by Giant Bubbles, Square Bubbles
Heart attacking, multi-track looping comedy. and Dazzling Colours.
Utterly unique! 18+
Fri 26 | 1.30pm (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket
Wed 24 | 9pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £8 Pentahotel (2 adults & 2 children)
work-in-progress BUBBLY
MATHS
COMEDY & CABARET FAMILY
Jim Campbell Caroline Ainslie
A journey to inner peace via complete and Bubbles and Balloons Make Maths FUN!
utter fury. 18+
Fri 26 | 3pm (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket
Tue 23 | 9pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £8 Pentahotel (2 adults & 2 children)INTO THE 14
WILD
FAMILY
Nature Nurture, the Muddy Puddle Club and
Reading Children's Book Group
Is a stick really just a stick? Find out in these
interactive, family-friendly workshops.
Sat 20 | 2pm (45m)
Lavender Place Community Gardens £5
Sat 20 | 3pm (45m)
Lavender Place Community Gardens £5
MARVELO’S
CIRCUS!
FAMILY
Bus King Theatre
Come aboard Britain’s only puppet bus to
watch the trials of a struggling ringmaster who
dreams of running his own circus.
Fri 19 | 4.15pm (60m) | Broad Street £5
MATHS MY SHADOW
MADNESS AND ME
FAMILY
Shadowgraphy
Chaplinesque comedy and beautiful hand
FAMILY shadows combine in skillful style.
Kyle D Evans Fri 26 | 11am (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket
A fun show about maths for all the family. Vue (2 adults & 2 children)
Sat 20 | 2pm (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket Fri 26 | 2pm (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket
Pentahotel (2 adults & 2 children) Vue (2 adults & 2 children)NATALIE’S MARVELLOUS THE BALLAD OF 15
MISHMASH OF MUSICALS LONELY GEORGE
FAMILY
FAMILY
Friend or Foe
Front Room Theatre A musical adventure about singing snails and
A musical journey of fun for all the family. saving the Earth!
Sun 21 | 11am (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket Sun 21 | 2pm (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket
Pentahotel (2 adults & 2 children) Pentahotel (2 adults & 2 children)
Fri 26 | 11am (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket Sat 27 | 11am (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket
Pentahotel (2 adults & 2 children) Pentahotel (2 adults & 2 children)
SESKA: THE PIRATE’S
QUACK QUACK BANG! MISADVENTURE
@ THE WHALE
FAMILY
Circo Rum Ba Ba
FAMILY Step inside the whale for the (mis) adventure
to begin!
Seska
Super crazy comedy magic ... it's Seska – the Sat 27 | 10.30am, 2.30pm & 4.30pm FREE
best show in town! (All shows 60m) Oracle Riverside but ticketed
Sat 20 | 11am (60m) £8 | £25 family ticket Sun 28 | 10.30am, 2.30pm & 4.30pm FREE
Pentahotel (2 adults & 2 children) (All shows 60m) Oracle Riverside but ticketedFILM EURASIA 16
PROJECT
INSTALLATION, ART & PERFORMANCE
Transhuman Art Critics
ft Emil Schult & Emma Nilsson
Will hyperconnectivity create enough
transparency for humans to fly to Mars? 18+
See website for details
READING FRINGE IN
FILM FESTIVAL DANGER
Reading Fringe
Film Festival
2019
FILM
Workbench Productions
Reading's own film festival featuring a wide
variety of films of every genre and the winner
of the 48-hour film competition.
Mon 22 | 7 – 10pm | Vue £10
INSTALLATION,
ART &
PERFORM-
ANCE INSTALLATION, ART & PERFORMANCE
HARTMANNMUELLER
Visitors experience unforeseen metamorphoses
of the bodies, induced by HARTMANNMUELLER!
Thu 25 | 7pm (60m) FREE
MERL but ticketedPLANNER
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FRI 19 JULY
Marvelo's Circus! 4.15pm Broad Street 14
Making Sound Machines 7 – 10pm Reading Minster 21
Music @ The Oracle 8.30pm The Oracle 24
SAT 20 JULY
Making Sound Machines 11am – 2pm Reading Minster 21
Seska: Quack Quack Bang! 11am Pentahotel 15
Wellbeing with Yoga Reading 1pm South Street 26
Into the Wild 2pm Lavender Gardens 14
Maths Madness 2pm Pentahotel 14
Scandinavia at the Station 2 – 4.30pm Reading Station 24
Into the Wild 3pm Lavender Gardens 14
Diagnosed 4pm Pentahotel 31
An Afternoon of Irish Dance 4.30pm Reading Minster 22
Pop Song's for Pedant's 6pm Pentahotel 12
Too Busy Living to be Dying 6pm After Dark 12
Conversations with looked after children 7.30pm South Street 27
Clown Sex 7.30pm After Dark 30
Eddie Summers – School of Burglary 7.30pm Pentahotel 10
La Vereda Del Silencio 7.30pm Reading Minster 23
Oleg Denisov: Russian Troll 7.30pm Purple Turtle 11
Cascade 9pm After Dark 10
Fablemaker 9pm Purple Turtle 10
The Live Looper! ft Eve Carnall 9pm Pentahotel 25
The Broad Street Mall Mural See website Broad Street Mall 21
SUN 21 JULY
Natalie's Marvellous Mishmash of Musicals 11am Pentahotel 15
The Ballad of Lonely George 2pm Pentahotel 15
At the Border 4pm Reading Minster 30
Conversations with Refugees 4.30pm Reading Minster 27
Reading 4.30pm Pentahotel 31
Spout 4.30pm Three Guineas 28
Cycling Around the World 6pm Pentahotel 28
Stanza Shots 6pm Three Guineas 29
Before We Go Dark: A Swan Song Before Extinction 7pm After Dark 9
Murder for Beginners 7.30pm Three Guineas 11
Why Even Bother 8.30pm After Dark 31
The Broad Street Mall Mural See website Broad Street Mall 21PLANNER
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MON 22 JULY
Reading Fringe Film Festival 7pm Vue 16
Every room is a panic room if you overthink enough 7.30pm Purple Turtle 10
Genre Fluid 7.30pm Three Guineas 28
Jude and the Technocrats 7.30pm After Dark 23
A Change is Gonna Come 8pm Reading Minster 21
Paperweight 9pm Three Guineas 11
Why Even Bother 9pm Purple Turtle 31
The Gates 9pm After Dark 29
TUE 23 JULY
Funding Surgery 10.30am – 3.30pm South Street 27
Bring Your Own Baby 12 noon Reading Minster 10
Conversations with looked after children 6pm Vue 27
Tentatively Tory 7.30pm After Dark 12
The Evolution of the Big Band – from the Birth of Jazz 8pm Reading Minster 25
Harvey Greenfield is Running Late 9pm After Dark 10
work-in-progress 9pm Purple Turtle 13
WED 24 JULY
The Future of Food Symposium 1pm MERL 28
A Glover Not A Fighter 7.30pm Purple Turtle 9
Environmental Injustice & Climate Change 7.30pm RISC 27
Ma Bessie 7.30pm Three Guineas 24
War of the Words 7.30pm After Dark 29
Vince Atta: Attack or Die! 9pm Purple Turtle 13
THU 25 JULY
In Danger 7pm MERL 16
A Night at the Musicals with Thomas Cameron 7.30pm Reading Minster 22
It Just So Happened 7.30pm Three Guineas 11
Professor Elemental 7.30pm After Dark 24
A Very Crayola Fringe Show 9pm After Dark 9
Trying to Be Good 9pm Three Guineas 13
Old Skool Art Battle 10.15pm After Dark 1119
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FRI 26 JULY
My Shadow and Me 11am Vue 14
Natalie's Marvellous Mishmash of Musicals 11am Pentahotel 15
Bubbly Bubbles 1.30pm Pentahotel 13
My Shadow and Me 2pm Vue 14
Bubbly Maths 3pm Pentahotel 13
The trees are out to get me 7pm After Dark 21
Conversations with Trees 7pm Reading Minster 8
A Special Relationship 7.30pm Pentahotel 30
Hometown Brown 7.30pm Purple Turtle 11
Parakeets 8pm Oracle Beach Bar 24
Attention Seeker 9pm Purple Turtle 28
The Committee 9pm After Dark 12
Total Eclipse – 'In a moment, my mum is going to step out of the moon' 9pm Pentahotel 31
After Dark Comedy competition winner 10.15pm After Dark 9
SAT 27 JULY
Fiona Talkington in Conversations with Helen Jukes 10.30am Central Library 27
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 10.30am Oracle Riverside 15
Abbey Quarter Pilgrimage 11am See website 26
The Ballad of Lonely George 11am Pentahotel 15
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 2.30pm Oracle Riverside 15
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 4.30pm Oracle Riverside 15
The Mariner's Song 5.30pm Rising Sun 29
30 Neo Futurist Plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind 6pm Pentahotel 30
A Night in the Ruins Silent Disco ft Pete Wheeler & Dave Maul 7pm Abbey Ruins 22
The Tonyx and Holly Shillito 7pm Rising Sun 25
Educating Georgia 7.30pm Pentahotel 31
Throw Away! 8pm South Street 12
Avenue 8.30pm Rising Sun 22
SUN 28 JULY
Birdsong Talk 10am See website 26
Sunday Wakeup with Yoga Reading 10am Abbey Ruins 26
Thames Path Walk ’n’ Talk 10am See website 26
Sunday Assembly Reading 10.30am Pentahotel 26
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 10.30am Oracle Riverside 15
30 Neo Futurist Plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind 1pm Rising Sun 30
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 2.30pm Oracle Riverside 15
The Zap Show 3pm Rising Sun 12
The Pirate's Misadventure @ The Whale 4.30pm Oracle Riverside 15
Friendlinesses 5pm Rising Sun 23VENUES
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1 | Abbey Ruins 10 | Reading Central Library
2 | After Dark 11 | Reading Minster
3 | Broad Street 12 | Reading Station Transfer Deck
4 | Broad Street Bar & Kitchen 13 | RISC
5 | Broad Street Mall 14 | Rising Sun Arts Centre
6 | Lavender Place Community Gardens 15 | South Street Arts Centre
7 | MERL (Museum of Rural English Life) 16 | The Oracle
8 | Pentahotel 17 | Three Guineas
9 | Purple Turtle 18 | VueMAKING SOUND
MUSIC
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MACHINES
& DANCE
INSTALLATION, ART & PERFORMANCE
Warped Type
Explore haunting soundscapes with Warped
Type and Making Sound Machines.
Fri 19 | 7 – 10pm | Reading Minster FREE
Sat 20 | 11am – 2pm | Reading Minster FREE
THE BROAD STREET A CHANGE IS
MALL MURAL GONNA COME
INSTALLATION, ART & PERFORMANCE
KJ263
Surreal motifs present an ironic mixture of
everyday life and fiction.
Sat 20 | Sun 21 | Broad Street Mall
See website for details
THE TREES ARE
OUT TO GET ME
INSTALLATION, ART & PERFORMANCE
MUSIC & DANCE
Double Okay
A queer dystopian vision of the forests A Change is Gonna Come
reclaiming the world. 18+ Music for human rights from four gifted soul,
*Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the jazz and rap artists
After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket
Mon 22 | 8pm (90m)
Fri 26 | 7pm (60m) | After Dark £8 Reading Minster £12 | £8A NIGHT AT THE MUSICALS 22 WITH THOMAS CAMERON MUSIC & DANCE Thomas Cameron A Classic Brit nominated tenor performing the well loved hits. Thu 25 | 7.30pm (60m) | Reading Minster £8 A NIGHT IN THE RUINS SILENT DISCO FT PETE WHEELER & DAVE MAUL MUSIC & DANCE Are you Listening & Readipop A Night in the Ruins Silent Disco with Are You Listening & Readipop Sat 27 | 7 – 11pm | Abbey Ruins £15 AN AFTERNOON OF AVENUE IRISH DANCE MUSIC & DANCE MUSIC & DANCE Maguire O'Shea Academy of Irish Dance Avenue Fast feet from the Maguire O'Shea Irish Dancers. Avenue: contemporary acapella with a twist. Sat 20 | 4.30pm (60m) | Reading Minster £8 Sat 27 | 8.30pm (60m) | Rising Sun £10
CONVERSATIONS JUDE AND THE 23
WITH TREES TECHNOCRATS
MUSIC & DANCE
Jude Haste
Songs about change. Inspired by
Walter Benjamin & Paul Klee. 18+
Mon 22 | 7.30pm (60m) | After Dark £8
LA VEREDA
DEL SILENCIO
MUSIC & DANCE
Conversations with Trees
Clog dancing, drums, accordion, fiddle and
bees: a magical new collaboration.
Fri 26 | 7pm (120m)
Reading Minster £12 | £8
FRIENDLINESSES
MUSIC & DANCE
MUSIC & DANCE Arturo Castro Nogueras
Arturo plays everything from traditional Puerto
Childcry Rican music to major European composers
The local lyricist you'll tell your friends you accompanied by a sound installation.
heard first!
Sat 20 | 7.30pm (90m)
Sun 28 | 5pm (60m) | Rising Sun £8 Reading Minster £12 | £8MA PARAKEETS 24
BESSIE
MUSIC & DANCE
MUSIC & DANCE
Parakeets
Ma Bessie The hottest newcomer band from Düsseldorf
Sharing the music of Bessie Smith with a comes to Reading! Join us!
new generation.
Fri 26 | 8pm (60m)
Wed 24 | 7.30pm (120m) | Three Guineas £12 The Oracle Beach Bar FREE
MUSIC PROFESSOR
@ THE ORACLE ELEMENTAL
MUSIC & DANCE
Professor Elemental
Join steampunk chap-hop legend Professor
Elemental for an unforgettable night! 18+
*Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the
After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket
Thu 25 | 7.30pm (60m) | After Dark £12
SCANDINAVIA
AT THE STATION
MUSIC & DANCE
MUSIC & DANCE
Festival Launch with Arturo Castro Nogueras
and The Flamenco Thief Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra
Join us on the Riverside to listen to Arturo Reading's award-winning Aldworth Philharmonic
Castro Nogueras and The Flamenco Thief kick performs Scandinavian music for free!
off the Fringe.
Sat 20 | 2 – 4.30pm
Fri 19 | 8.30pm (90m) | Oracle Riverside FREE Reading Station Transfer Deck FREETHE EVOLUTION 25
OF THE BIG BAND –
FROM THE BIRTH OF JAZZ
MUSIC & DANCE
Remix Jazz Orchestra
Super swinging big band, playing a century of
jazz classics.
Tue 23 | 8pm (150m) | Reading Minster £15
THE LIVE LOOPER! THE TONYX
FT EVE CARNALL AND HOLLY SHILLITO
MUSIC & DANCE
MUSIC & DANCE
The Tonyx Barbershop Quartet
Pete Doyle and Holly Shillito
Live improvised looping guitar playing from An all-female evening of song from five
Pete with guest singer Eve. Reading musicians
Sat 20 | 9pm (60m) | Pentahotel £5 Sat 27 | 7pm (60m) | Rising Sun £8
NATURE &
WELLBEINGABBEY QUARTER SUNDAY WAKEUP 26
PILGRIMAGE WITH YOGA READING
NATURE & WELLBEING
NATURE & WELLBEING
Abbey Quarter Pilgrimage
In association with the British Pilgrimage Yoga Reading
Trust, walk part of one of the world's oldest Three different yoga classes –
pilgrimages routes. see website for details.
Sat 27 | 11am – 4pm FREE Sun 28 | 10am – 1pm (3 x 45m) £5
See website for details but ticketed Abbey Ruins per session
BIRDSONG THAMES PATH
TALK WALK ’N’ TALK
NATURE & WELLBEING
NATURE & WELLBEING
Adrian Lawson
Join local author and naturalist Adrian for a Shane Donnelly and Nick Keane
walk exploring the wild side of Reading with a Shane and Nick walk from Sonning to Reading
bias towards birds! then talk about walking the Thames over lunch.
Sun 28 | 10am (120m) FREE Sun 28 | 10am FREE but ticketed
See website for details but ticketed See website for details (lunch not included)
SUNDAY ASSEMBLY WELLBEING
READING WITH YOGA READING
NATURE & WELLBEING
NATURE & WELLBEING
Yoga Reading
Sunday Assembly Reading Yoga and more – five different classes –
A secular celebration of life – expect to sing, see website for details
connect and laugh.
Sat 20 | 1 – 6pm (5 x 45m) £5
Sun 28 | 10.30am (105m) | Pentahotel FREE South Street per sessionPANELS ENVIRONMENTAL 27
INJUSTICE &
& TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE
PANELS & TALKS
Environmental Injustice & Climate Change
A panel discussion from local and global
experts, discussing the future and what you
can do.
Wed 24 | 7.30pm (90m) FREE
RISC but ticketed
CONVERSATIONS WITH FIONA TALKINGTON
LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN IN CONVERSATIONS
WITH HELEN JUKES
PANELS & TALKS
© Lore
Conversation with looked after children PANELS & TALKS
Every young person should be heard –
please note this event is invite only. Fiona Talkington in Conversations
with Helen Jukes
Sat 20 | 7.30pm (60m) By invitation Helen Jukes talks about her bestselling
South Street only memoir about the magic of beekeeping
Tue 23 | 6pm (60m) By invitation Sat 27 | 10.30am (60m) FREE
Vue only Reading Central Library but ticketed
CONVERSATIONS WITH FUNDING
REFUGEES SURGERY
PANELS & TALKS
PANELS & TALKS
Conversations with Refugees
Celebrating 25 years of Reading Refugee Arts Council England
Support Group's work, with poetry, music ACE funding presentation (30m) followed by
and journeys. 1-2-1 slots (20m) – bookable via website.
Sun 21 | 4.30pm £5 donation to Reading Tue 23 | 10.30am – 3.30pm FREE
(120m) | Reading Minster Refugee Support South Street but ticketedTHE FUTURE OF CYCLING AROUND 28
FOOD SYMPOSIUM THE WORLD
PANELS & TALKS
MERL SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING
What are some of the big food issues in
today’s world? Tim Millikin
Cycling around the world, how hard can it be?
Wed 24 | 1pm (90m) FREE
MERL but ticketed Sun 21 | 6pm (60m) | Pentahotel £6
SPOKEN GENRE
FLUID
WORD &
STORY-
© Andy Hollingworth
TELLING SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING
Dan Webber
A study into labels in life and the LGBTQ+
community. 18+
Mon 22 | 7.30pm (60m) | Three Guineas £8
ATTENTION SPOUT
SEEKER
SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING
SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING
That's Enough Theatre
Award-winning storytelling comedy about how Robert Garnham
to stand up and not be counted. 18+ A show about tea from a man who likes tea.
Fri 26 | 9pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £8 Sun 21 | 4.30pm (60m) | Three Guineas £8THE 29
GATES
SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING
Sam Enthoven and Laura Sampson
An evening of dark bedtime stories and
unnerving live soundscapes. 18+
Mon 22 | 9pm (60m) | After Dark £10 | £8
STANZA THE MARINER’S
SHOTS SONG
Damon Young
Gill Learner
Jules Whiting
SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING
KinkyFish / Rajan Sharma
Lyrical spoken word voyage navigating
personal history and ancient myth.
Louise Ordish Sat 27 | 5.30pm (60m) | Rising Sun £8
Alan Hester WAR OF
THE WORDS
Caroline Squire
Claire Dyer SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING
SPOKEN WORD & STORYTELLING
BBC Radio Berkshire
The Poetry Society (Reading Stanza) MCs battle comedians and poets take on
Acclaimed poets from the Reading area read actors in the ultimate feat of oral dexterity. 18+
their work.
Wed 24 | 7.30pm (120m) FREE
Sun 21 | 6pm (60m) | Three Guineas £8 After Dark but ticketedTHEATRE AT THE 30
BORDER
THEATRE
30 NEO FUTURIST PLAYS RRSG – Jude Haste
FROM TOO MUCH LIGHT A theatre recital in partnership with Reading
MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND Refugee Support Group.
Sun 21 Pay what you want –
4pm (10m) all proceeds to Reading
Reading Minster Refugee Support Group
THEATRE
Blue Goat Theatre
CLOWN
Yes, we're going to do thirty plays in
60 minutes! 16+
SEX
Sat 27 | 6pm (60m) | Pentahotel £8
Sun 28 | 1pm (60m) | Rising Sun £8
A SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP
THEATRE
THEATRE
Working Birthday
English Theatre Düsseldorf It’s something to think about. 18+
The US and the UK: twin sons of *Ticketholders over the age of 18 get free entry to the
different mothers? After Dark club night upon presentation of ticket
Fri 26 | 7.30pm (60m) | Pentahotel £10 Sat 20 | 7.30pm (60m) | After Dark £10DIAGNOSED TOTAL ECLIPSE – 31
‘IN A MOMENT, MY MUM
IS GOING TO STEP OUT OF
THE MOON’
THEATRE THEATRE
MA Productions Moving Pieces
A romantic-comedy that’s not that romantic or The transformative story of two losses and
particularly funny. 14+ one love. 16+
Sat 20 | 4pm (60m) | Pentahotel £9 Fri 26 | 9pm (60m) | Pentahotel £8
EDUCATING WHY EVEN
GEORGIA BOTHER
THEATRE
GnT
A teacher and a student try to put on a play.
One of them hasn't done this in a while and the
other can't be bothered. 15+
Sat 27 | 7.30pm (60m) | Pentahotel £8
READING
THEATRE
Joakim Gunby
THEATRE One Norwegian – over 20 different characters!
Trying to survive life... 18+
Outclass (JMA)
reading Reading! Sun 21 | 8.30pm (60m) | After Dark £8
Sun 21 | 4.30pm (60m) | Pentahotel £8 Mon 22 | 9pm (60m) | Purple Turtle £8PROUDLY
SUPPORTING
THE
READING
FRINGE
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