Suitcase Show

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  • Venue 26
    Summerhall - Old Lab
  • 14:40
  • Aug 25
  • 1 hour
  • Suitability: 12+ (Guideline)
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Group: Trick of the Light Theatre
  • Warnings and additional info: Contains haze. Contains flashing lights. Contains references to death and depictions of violence.
  • Accessibility:
    Audio enhancement system
    Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
    May not apply to all performances. You'll find more information about accessibile performances and how to book tickets in the accessibility tab below.
  • Babes in arms policy: Babies do not require a ticket
  • Policy applies to: Children under 2 years
Please note, latecomers may not be admitted.

Description

A traveller arrives at a border with a stack of battered cases. From within them, whole worlds will emerge... Suitcase Show is an eclectic boxset of short stories. Dark, spiky, and comic, each one is told out of a suitcase. The staging is inventive, from lo-fi shadowplay to wireless projection, from dancing disembodied hands to narratives that crackle from a 70s stereo suitcase. Trick of the Light is an award-winning company from Aotearoa / New Zealand renowned for crafting inventive shows with engaging narratives. Past work includes The Road That Wasn't There, Tröll, and The Bookbinder.

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General venue access

  • Audio enhancement system
    Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
  • Accessible entry: Once in the Courtyard, standing facing the Royal Dick, enter through the ground floor double doors to your left. Walk past the Anatomy Lecture Theatre and through the double doors, take a right; down to the end of the corridor, Old Lab is directly ahead.

    • Wheelchair access type: Level Access

  • Stairs: Information not supplied

Each venue can contain several space with different accessibly information. Visit the venue page for full venue accessibility info

How and when to make an access booking

Our access tickets service is available to anyone who:

  • Would like to book specific accessibility services, e.g. a hearing loop, audio description headsets, captioning units, seating in relation to the location of the BSL interpreter
  • Requires extra assistance when at a venue
  • Has specific seating requirements
  • Is a wheelchair user
  • Requires a complimentary personal assistant ticket to attend a performance

Graeme King 19 days ago

Whilst some of the tales are slightly underwritten, the staging, lighting and central performance will blow you away. A hugel imaginative staging that is unlike anything else I’ve seen. The best show I saw at Summerhall this year.

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Paul Joseph 26 days ago

Suitcase Show is exactly the magical gem you want to find at the Fringe - clever and creative, straddling genres with so much imagination and care. Moving, amusing with a wickedly dark edge. Five stars for sure . *****

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Eduardo Vona 26 days ago

Such creative storytelling!! Wonderful journey and great performance!

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MettE 30 days ago

Absolutely magnificent. Was spellbound by every one of the stories that emerged from the suitcases - as well as the framework narrative. Touching, funny and very cleverly performed.

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Dora Voros 31 days ago

Fantastic set with loads of well thought out details. Greatly rehearsed and timed performance and memorable storytelling.
The space is well used and creatively extended by the use of a screen.
Very entertaining, a true gem this summer.

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EW 32 days ago

The opening short story immediately got us spellbound, but then it dropped off with the next three stories which we found rather slow-moving and repetitive. Fortunately, it ended on a high note with a chilling tale. The setting is truly unique and I think it has great potential to polish a few of the stories.

Rating:
- 5/5, Opening, 1st and final story.
- 3/5 2nd, 3rd and 4th stories.

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The Recs (5/5 stars) 18 days ago

Suitcase Show unpacks a Beautiful and Haunting Wonder to Behold

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A Young(ish) Perspective (4.5/5 stars) 19 days ago

A show with a uniquely captivating story telling technique

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The Quinntessential Review (5/5 stars) 19 days ago

Cunning, impressive, and downright fun, ‘Suitcase Show’ is not to be missed by fans of innovative, dark, and delicious storytelling.

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Edinburgh Festivals for Kids (5/5 stars) 21 days ago

I loved, loved, loved this !

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British Theatre Guide (4/5 stars) 23 days ago

Each of the bags holds a story ... But who is this mysterious traveller? Do go to find out—you’ll be totally surprised. Highly recommended.

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thespyinthestalls.com (5/5 stars) 25 days ago

“takes a bunch of second hand materials of all kinds, and creates magic with them”

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Theatre Travels 27 days ago

I enjoyed the puppetry and animation. I appreciated the way that the human dimension danced with the inanimate to create joy.

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EdinburghGuide.com (4/5 stars) 31 days ago

These are deliciously dark campfire tales and bedtime stories ingeniously and inventively told with humour, meticulous craft and a mischievous glint in the eye of the storyteller.

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