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Barflies

Barflies

Fiercely funny, unbearably sad and pitch perfect.” *****
Sunday Telegraph
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  • Written byCharles Bukowski
  • Start date27 Feb 2012
  • End date1 Mar 2012
  • Tickets£15/ £11/ £6. 7.30pm
  • GenreTheatre

"Some people never get crazy. What boring awful lives they  must lead." Bukowski

Winner: Herald Angel and Scotsman Fringe First 2009

A huge sell-out success at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, Barflies, from multi-award winning site-specific company Grid Iron, is a visceral look at the pains and glories of drunkenness and all the humour, horror, hope and devastation it can bring.

Drawn from the short stories and poems of cult American writer Charles Bukowski, and set in one of Edinburgh's best loved locals, The Barony Bar on Broughton Street, Barflies is a rumbustious encounter with his alter-ego Henry Chinaski and a bevvy of the women who shaped his life and work.

Contains adult themes. 

Space: Traverse @ Barony Bar

Traverse Theatre Club: £3 off on Mon 6 Feb

www.gridiron.org.uk

Grid Iron

  • Ben Harrison

    Director
  • Becky Minto

    Designer
  • David Paul Jones

    Composer
  • Fiercely funny, unbearably sad and pitch perfect.” *****
    Sunday Telegraph
  • Grid Iron are surely one of the most sophisticated site-specific theatre makes in Europe. This is bravura theatre-making in every detail.” *****
    The Times
 

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