MONDAY 13 JULY 2020 THISWEEKLONDON.COM
Welcome to this week's TW Weekly - which is today landing in the inboxes of our Edinburgh Festival subscribers as well as our year-found London readership.

Usually by this point in the year our weekly bulletins would be filling up with Edinburgh Fringe previews and interviews as well as our regular tips of cultural things to see in London. But, of course, these are unusual times, with the COVID-19 pandemic re-writing all the rules.

However, while the Edinburgh Festival is not happening this summer, we know a number of performers, companies and venues are planning online events during August. So from next week we'll be previewing some of those shows in our weekly bulletin, hence why we are now reaching out once against to our friends in the Edinburgh Fringe community.

Not only that, but throughout lockdown we've been tipping the best in online culture, some of which is based out of London, but lots of which has been presented by our Edinburgh Festival favourites, and all of which is accessible wherever you are in the world. So, alongside our coverage of what Edinburgh Fringe people are doing online this summer, we thought we'd share our ongoing online culture tips to everyone too.

But before we get going, two important things!

First, if you are a performer, company or venue who would normally be heading to Edinburgh this August, but who have online shows planned in place of the Fringe, make sure you let us know. We can't promise to preview everything, but we'll try our best to cover as much as possible. As always, send info about your projects to TW.edinburgh@unlimitedmedia.co.uk

Secondly, as we always stress at this time of year, if you do not want to receive these weekly bulletins for the next couple of months, just click on the safeunsubscribe button at the bottom of the email and you will be taken off the list.

Read on for this week's Three To Stream tips - and look out for updates on what Edinburgh Fringe people are doing online this August in the weeks ahead.


THREE FROM NEXTUP COMEDY FESTIVAL>>

Maisie Adam | 15 Jul
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the live-via-Zoom NextUp Comedy Festival that has been bringing great comedians to your home every night since the start of the month. Let's tip some of the acts appearing this week starting with Maisie Adam, who - as Fringe comedy fans will be very well aware - won an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination with her debut Edinburgh show and also has a So You Think You're Funny competition win behind her.

Tiff Stevenson | 19 Jul
And from a relative newcomer to a veteran much loved by all of us here at TW Towers. I frankly don't always agree with opinions offered by The Times, but I definitely do agree with their assessment of Tiff Stevenson as referred to in the blurb on the NextUp site: "In 2015 The Times picked Tiff as one of their top ten comics to watch at the Fringe: 'a hugely accomplished and enjoyably provocative comedian'".

Sindhu Vee | 20 Jul
One last comedian for you, and look, I have gone for another woman. Perhaps it's because I am a woman that I so much enjoy the comedic work of women, but maybe it's just because they are all really good. Anyway, you can't have failed to have heard of Sindhu Vee, what with her popping up on panel shows and whatnot, so I imagine I don't have to impress on you how great she is.

Watch all three of these shows by going to this link here and buying a pass for the full festival, or, if you'd like to buy individual tickets, see the full line up here.


THREE THEATRE THINGS TO WATCH>>

Birdsong online | Original Theatre |16-19 Jul
Original Theatre originally toured their staging of Sebastian Faulks 'Birdsong' - adapted by Rachel Wagstaff - from 2013 to 2015. But they recently created a digital version for theatre lovers to partake of whilst all the venues are closed. It uses video technology, live performance, sound design and music, and is very clever. And you can view it for a short period this week. See this page here for more.

Amadeus | National Theatre At Home | 16-23 Jul
You know, we haven't been falling over ourselves to talk about the National's stuff during lockdown, because they get lots of attention and coverage anyway, but I thought 'Amadeus' deserved a heads up on account of my being such a big fan of 'Amadeus'. This production stars the excellent Lucian Msamati with live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia. Head this way to find out more.

What The Butler Saw | Curve Theatre
Another classic play for you, Joe Orton's 'What The Butler Saw', in an archive recording from 2017 filmed at Leicester's Curve Theatre. This co-production with Theatre Royal Bath, starring Rufus Hound, was performed 50 years after the death of the celebrated Leicester playwright. I'm sure you know it's got fairly adult themes and language, so do keep the kids out of the room when you watch. Click here.


THREE MISCELLANEOUS CULTURAL EVENTS>>

Coronavirus And Populism: Is This The End Of The Nationalist Uprising? | Conway Hall | 16 Jul
"Populist right-wing governments have fared particularly badly during the COVID pandemic. Trump's America, Johnson's Britain and Bolsonaro's Brazil have been some of the worst affected countries during the emergency". Ian Dunt, editor of Politics.co.uk, takes a look at the post-coronavirus world and whether nationalism is on its way out. See this page here.

Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé | King's Place | 15 Jul
One for music fans now, an online concert from much-celebrated Ethiopian singer and pianist Girma Bèyènè, backed by the French Ethio-jazz band Akalé Wubé. In this recording from the Songlines Encounters Festival in 2019, he revisits some of his greatest hits. See the venue website here for info and a trailer.

Drowntown Lockdown | Rhiannon Faith Company
Just last week we spoke to the brilliant Rhiannon Faith about a short film she had made as a prologue to her new live show 'Drowntown', performances of which were cancelled because of COVID and will now take place next year. Anyway, the film premiered last week and you missed the live stream. But you can still see it via the Barbican website here.
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