Come along for an evening of performances, intimate encounters, installations, conversations and experiments that will be filling all manner of spaces across the building.

Over two nights in March Forest Fringe will be bringing to The Place all of the generous, adventurous spirit that has made their annual Edinburgh Festival venue such a much-loved space. Co-curated by Forest Fringe and The Place, this project will bring together artists from both communities to explore questions of movement, choreography and the body in performance.  

how it works

Everyone who buys a ticket will see Peter McMaster's 27 in the theatre at 9.30pm. In addition, you will see one other show in a studio earlier in the evening, which you have to choose at the point of booking (because they have limited capacity).

You can choose to see Jo Fong at 6.45pm or Brian Lobel, Gillie Kleiman or Jo Fong at 8.15pm.

All shows are an hour. 

Peter McMaster 27

Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Brian Jones all died aged 27.

As Peter McMaster reaches 27 he contemplates this age of change, using autobiography and ritual to explore this tipping point between life and death.Two performers push themselves towards bodily extremes, towards danger and potential ends. Embracing moments of physical excess, 27 turns the threat of untimely death into a vibrant celebration of being.

Jo Fong An Invitation... 

“I wanted to make a work that is alive.”

Jo Fong’s An Invitation… is about as elusive and complex as performance is likely to get. It’s also playful, joyous, imaginative, powerful and human. This alive and evolving dance theatre production presents itself as a framing of life itself.  An Invitation… is about connection, conversation, communication, spontaneity and the value of uncertainty. An Invitation…. is about us. We are creating this performance now. We play the performer. We play the audience. We are the show.  

Brian Lobel Ruach

Ruach (pronounced ROO-ACH with ACH as in ACHTUNG except not exactly) is an interactive dance lesson. Using his extensive experience as certified Israeli folk dance instructor, Brian leads you in a celebration of Ruach (meaning spirit) which may have you questioning your faith. Be prepared to dance. If you don’t, Brian will probably think you’re anti-Semitic.

Gillie Kleiman DANCE CLASS: a performance

This dance class wants to be a show (it wants to shine, be in the limelight). This performance wants to be a class (it wants you to learn, wear comfy clothes). 

In the danceclassperformance all the participants do some dancing and do some watching (even at the same time). It is open to all levels of dancers and spectators. Please bear in mind that all should come in comfortable clothing and be prepared to watch and dance without shoes. You won’t sweat too much, honest.

Installations & experiments throughout the night