Paines Plough's EARLIER/LATER Returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe

EARLIER/LATER returns to Paines Plough's Roundabout at Summerhall this August, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after a successful series of events in 2015.

This year the EARLIER mornings will be filled with free industry workshops, aimed at introducing stage lovers to the professional world of theatre. Leading experts in areas such as casting, producing, directing etc will hold concise, 45/60 mins long sessions that aim to lift the curtain and allow people to see behind the scenes and into diverse career opportunities within the theatre industry. Workshops will be held by experienced professionals including Soho Theatre Casting Director Nadine Rennie and Paines Plough Joint Artistic Director James Grieve.

LATER will be filled with an eclectic late night line up of modern poetry sessions, live music, theatre, comedy and scratch nights. The line-up includes award-winning writer Rob Auton's The Sleep Show, following on from 2015's The Water Show and 2014's The Face Show; a new work in progress from Josie Long with Every Brilliant Thing co-writer Jonny Donahoe; Tamasha theatre company's Split/Mixed, a captivating one-man show about a boy growing up in Rwanda in the 90s; and the return of Poleroid Theatre's Write It: Mic It, an eclectic performance platform for the UK's best emerging and established playwrights, comedians, spoken word artists and sketch groups.

Paines Plough's EARLIER/LATER series offers an amazing opportunity for Festival audiences to discover some of the UK's most up and coming and exciting new performance makers, and a dynamic space for artists to develop their work. Paines Plough is the "UK's national theatre of new plays" and renowned for discovering and championing exciting new artists. Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner and Walrus Theatre returns to the daily Roundabout programme after premiering at EARLIER/LATER in 2015.

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