{"id":57553,"date":"2025-08-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=57553"},"modified":"2025-08-09T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:00:00","slug":"2b-theatre-company-wins-prestigious-scotsman-fringe-first-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=57553","title":{"rendered":"2B\u00a0Theatre company wins prestigious Scotsman Fringe First Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HALIFAX: <\/strong>2b theatre company has taken the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by storm. Again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2b\u2019s Red Like Fruit<\/em>, a new play by Hannah Moscovitch, is receiving rave reviews from the UK and Scottish press, and as was announced on Friday morning, has received a Scotsman Fringe First Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2b theatre company is one of only five companies at the Fringe to be awarded in the first week of the festival, praising the company for exceptional new writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scotsman’s prestigious Fringe Firsts are the longest running awards at the Edinburgh festivals, and are recognized all over the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fringe Firsts were designed to encourage performers to bring new work to Edinburgh in the spirit of adventure and experiment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2b won a Fringe First for our biggest ever touring hit Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story <\/em>during its UK premiere run in 2017. 2b has toured five shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world\u2019s largest performing arts festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis recognition means a lot,\u201d says 2b Artistic Director, Christian Barry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor us, the Edinburgh Fringe is kind of the centre of our universe for original creation, touring companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are over 3,800 shows here this month. So many worthy shows by so many remarkable colleagues from around the world. So to be recognized with this prize is significant.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian playwriting (and screenwriting) sensation Hannah Moscovitch says, \u201cRed Like Fruit<\/em> is a personal piece, and it’s unconventional. It means a lot to me, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it would resonate for other people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So to see it being so well received, is really nice. Thank you, Edinburgh. I hope this means even more people will come and see 2b\u2019s wonderful production.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The show has been receiving raves from the Edinburgh Press. Highlights include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 <\/em>– British Theatre Guide, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – North West End, <\/em>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – Corr Blimey, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – Fringe Fan, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – Theatre is Life, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – So Sumi, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – The Scotsman, <\/em>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – The Stage, <\/em>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – All Edinburgh Theatre, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – Fest, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – Across the Arts, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – The List, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – The Skinny, \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 – Broadway Baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Dazzlingly precise, vivid, and thought-provoking throughout’ <\/em>– The Scotsman
‘Glass-sharp, perfectly wrought, and superbly acted’ – <\/em>The National
\u2018A true masterpiece’<\/em>– Corr Blimey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Red Like Fruit,<\/em> Lauren asks Luke to narrate her life: her fraying mental health, the growing sense of unease she feels in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Lauren\u2019s been reporting on a high profile case of domestic violence, she\u2019s been thinking back with eerie ambivalence on a set of sexual events from her adolescence, and something in her has started to crack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon, Lauren can no longer comprehend her own decisions and desires (like why she asked Luke to narrate for her in the first place). Red Like Fruit <\/em>interrogates the many contradictions and complexities of complicity, consent, patriarchy and traumatic memory in the post #MeToo era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show runs until August 24th (various showtimes) at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland. For tickets and show info: Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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