The Wellcome Trust
presents
3 plays
2 cultures
1 festival
Science for Art's Sake
Three unique performances challenge both the imagination and established
conventions about science and the arts.
at
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2000
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Join us to celebrate
Science for Art's Sake
at a reception
to be held at
The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
at 7.30-9.30pm
on Tuesday 8 August 2000
Guest of Honour: Dr Ian Gibson MP
Places are very limited and admission is by invitation only.
Please e mail Verena Collins on: [log in to unmask]
if you would like to receive an invitation
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JumpingGenes presentation
Safe Delivery
by
Tom McGrath
A sharp-witted, highly relevant exploration of a struggle to end disease.
Combining the dramatic tension of a thriller with the emotions of a love
story, Safe Delivery brings the controversial issues of gene therapy to the
stage.
2-13 August 6.15 (except 6 August)
Dynamic Earth, venue 18
Box Office: 0131 530 3557
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Fringe First double winners, writer Jonathan Hall and Y Touring Theatre
Company
premiere
Learning to Love the Grey
Directed by Nigel Townsend
Funny, thoughtful, sensitive: Learning to Love the Grey is provocative and
scientific. A Love story that brings into sharp focus the social, ethical
and moral issues emerging from current developments in therapeutic cloning
technology
Learning to Love the Grey is jointly funded by The Office of Science and
Technology
6-27 August 12.00 midday (not Tuesdays)
Pleasance Above, venue 33
Box Office: 0131 556 6550
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West Yorkshire Playhouse and The Wellcome Trust present
The Idiot
Devised and directed by Paul Jepson
Danish TV star Claus Damgaard is Dostoevsky's The Idiot. Enter the
marvellous, frightening world of Prince Myshkin as he struggles with
epilepsy. This tragic and poignantly funny new play was made with the help
of real people and their true stories
4-28 August, 12.25pm (except 8 and 15 August)
The Cavern at The Pleasance, venue 33
Box Office: 0131 556 6550
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Further details about Science for Art's Sake will be available on the
Wellcome Trust website from Monday 31 July
www.wellcome.ac.uk
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