Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 – UBU on the Table

Until 28 August 2016 the members of the Theatre de la Pire Espece will bring UBU on the Table to the UK for the very first time – and they will do it on a table!

This is puppetry with politics and is intended for those over the age of 14. It involves a vinegar bottle called Pere Ubu who is power-hungry, Captain Bordure who is a hammer as the main characters with other miscellaneous kitchen utensils in support. The two actor-puppeteers hammer out a small-scale fresco of grandiose buffoonery.

All bets are off as Poland’s fate is secured on a table top.

Two armies of French baguettes are in a stand-off. Tomatoes explode. An egg beater hovers over fleeing troops. Get the picture? Get along and enjoy it then!

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The Edinburgh Reporter – Festival Fringe 2016 – UBU from Phyllis Stephen on Vimeo.

At Summerhall

Aug 5-9, 11-14, 16-21, 23-28 at 14.35pm

Ticket details here