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Pro Helvetia conceived 8:8 as a piece in response to Swiss law on mandatory deportation for foreigners who have committed crimes, putting forward the idea that the more you know about someone, the harder it is to condemn them.  

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre, as the name would suggest, hold performances in a vehicle converted into a tiny four-seater performance space.  This August, they are offering up a rota of different bitesize plays at various times through the day, with a run time of around twenty minutes.

Tom Crosbie has a very particular set of skills; skills he has acquired over a very long time as a proud nerd.  In Nerd World Problems, he showcases just what is  possible with enough time, practice and a desire to impress.

A woman returns to her childhood home to clear out family belongings found by the new owners in an air raid shelter long buried under the flower beds.  As the play continues, it becomes clear each of the three characters have buried things of their own that they have to deal with.

In Werewolf: Live, Jon Gracey leads a team of comedians through several rounds of mystery and intrigue with hilarious results.

In Shakespeare! The Panto, the Bard of Avon and his sidekick Bottom have noticed the popularity of pantomime, and despite the playwright's creative objections, see it as a way to overcome his writer's block.  With some of the best known characters in theatre popping up as they attempt to get their show on the road, hilarity ensues, or so the intention runs.

In Jekyll vs Hyde, a free musical comedy now playing at the Voodoo Rooms, Laurence is a serious composer, working on a one-man musical adaptation of Stevenson's classic work.  It's high art he believes, much elevated by the noble tradition of sock puppetry enabling him to play all of the parts.  His wife and disgruntled stage hand, Lindsay thinks it's all a bit boring, especially compared to the cheesy, bells-and-whistles, Broadway-bound adaptation they had crafted together once upon a time.

The kings of light opera, Gilbert and Sullivan look down from heaven at the musicals of the modern age and set a wager on whether or not every musical could work as a Savoy Opera. The focus of their challenge? The world's longest running musical.

Questing Time is one of a number of Fringe shows turning geeky interests into live performances.  Based around the format of a Dungeons & Dragons game, each show features a rotating trio of Fringe comedians attempting to muddle their way through a fantasy adventure role-playing game.

In Character Building Experience, Sasha Ellen serves as game master, compering the show with a light touch and leading a trio of players and an audience through a flexible fantasy story. 

In the ultimate manifestation of playing devil's advocate, Chris Betts vs the Audience pits the Canadian comic against his own punters, having him take up a contrary position on whatever idea they put forward, be it serious or silly. 

Inspired by the famous Orson Welles radio production of the classic novel depicting Martian tripods invading Earth, this production from physical theatre company Rhum and Clay takes a wider scope than simply retelling the seminal sci-fi story. 

Climate change is a hot topic at the moment, and potential future water shortages provide rich material for Urinetown, a metatheatrical dark comedy musical.

Celebrating 50 years from Armstrong and Aldrin's small steps on to our lunar neighbour, Apollo 11 is a new play focusing on the responses to the moon landing of ordinary people.

In Jericho, an Irish online journalist struggles to focus on her assigned article on professional wrestling.  As she disappears down a digital rabbithole of research and procrastination, the show branches off into an examination of social media, fake news, and debate in the digital age.

It's Mike and Billy's first day on their new job - working as henchmen to supervillain Rapture.   Flying in the face of all henchmen tropes, Mike manages to accidentally kill caped do-gooder Captain Hero, and finds himself inducted into the ranks of the supervillains.  Meanwhile, his old boss Rapture seeks revenge by teaming up with a new superhero, being changed forever by the power of friendship along the way.

The Oregon Trail is a famous, or perhaps notorious, computer game from the 1970s, originally intended as a piece of educational software to teach US school pupils about 19th century western migration.  The fiendish video game was reimagined as a comedy musical in 2014 by Team Starkid, and Gone Rogue Productions have brought the show to the Fringe this year as a European Premiere.

After television appearances on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and America's Got Talent, plus a Las Vegas residency, Piff the Magic Dragon returns to the Fringe in style.

Gigglemug Theatre have created a musical about the origins of the nationwide chain, with sponsorship from Timpson Ltd even adding a stamp of authenticity. In this new musical, two warring families of would-be inventors, the Montashoes and the Keypulets, compete for business and fame at the annual Invention Convention.

Thanks to Playlight Robbery, by Hivemind Productions, we have finally found a better use for all of those flyers than papier-mache craft projects or lining a budgie cage.  In an admirable bit of recycling, the cast of this improv show will take a flyer that you bring along, and with only the information on it, recreate the show live on stage.