Vive le Fringe! is back

INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D’ÉCOSSE ANNOUNCES FRINGE PROGRAMME

The Institut français d’Écosse is proud to announce the full programme of its 11th edition of Vive le Fringe!

Bringing up on stage some theatre, music and dance, our exciting programme celebratesthe significance of cross-cultural exchanges between France and Scotland.

She has a mesmerizing voice. She is Scottish but sings in French. Each year, she makes us travel through time and French music. The one and only Christine Bovill will return this year to the French Institute in Scotland with her latest show “Paris, From Piaf to Pop”. 

Travelling into the 60s and the Americanisation of French music, this show offers a delicious celebration of the Golden Age of French song and how it evolved during the Swinging Sixties.

Stevenson meets the French touch! The French duo Fergessen presents “Stevensongs”. Setting to music some of the most beautiful poems and letters by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, the duo creates a live synthetic folk atmosphere, where text and music intertwine. An echo chamber for Stevenson’s words to ring both in English and in French. Here starts a sensitive journey towards inner and faraway places.

Luxembourg-based theatre company Purple Soup Crew will be premiering their latest play “S-ex-iety” this Summer. How come that if millions of people watch porn, we hardly ever talk about it? S-ex-iety is the story of three roommates, Honey, Missy and Babe that come into contact with the adult industry.

Each of them has a different point of view on this subject and obviously, this will lead to many discussions. Without moralising or unveiling the dark sides of the porn industry, the play also raises contemporary issues, while using a good amount of humour.

This Summer, we will dance with Constant Vigier & Sonia Killmann bringing their latest show “Bamboozled”. Sonia Killmann is a saxophone player and sonic artist from Belgium. Constant Vigier is a French dancer and choreographer drawing his influence from his training at Paris Opera Ballet School. Combining live dance, live music, and projections, Bamboozled is a dialogue between its parts in equal measure.

Lastly, we are delighted to welcome the Scottish cult legend Jesse Rae. Known as the Scotland Funk Ambassador, Jesse Rae began his career in the 70s when he moved to the USA and became close to leading soul artists. Jesse Rae wrote many songs full of Scots words and sings with a thick Scottish accent.

Coming to the Fringe with his show “Vive Funk”, Jesse Rae will celebrate William Wallace’s victory against the English troops with powerful Funk music and outlandish staging.