Scotland’s reputation for being dour and buttoned up may be well and truly shattered at this year’s Fringe with the Celtic Cabaret that is Le Haggis.
Fun, cheeky and pounding with Celtic rock rhythms from some of the best young musician around, the show aims to prove that Scotland can match anyone when it comes to fast-moving, saucy and sensual entertainment.
Le Haggis is among the highlights at the Assembly George Square Gardens this August where it takes place in the brilliantly atmospheric of a huge mirror-lined Spiegeltent. The show is a collaboration with All or Nothing, an Edinburgh based company established in 2006 and specialising in harness flying, aerial acrobatics, contemporary circus and dance theatre.
Graham Main, Le Haggis Artistic Director, said, “The Scots have sometimes been too shy when it comes to risqué cabaret. I want to prove that we can be just as saucy, gender-bending, and thrillingly entertaining as anything on offer in the rest of Europe.
“Le Haggis has been hugely popular wherever it’s played exactly because it brings together Scottish and international acts and wraps them up in a show that’s fast, funny and deeply Caledonian in character.
“We’re really proud of the line-up - and the music is going to be excellent, with young musicians who have won some of the top accolades in contemporary Scottish music.”
Fringe performers will include internationally acclaimed avant garde artiste The Empress Stah; celebrated stars of international circus, Jamie and Beata; from Edinburgh’s All or Nothing, Aerial Dance, Justine Squire; Glasgow-based concertina player, Mohsen Amini; one of Scotland’s best young fiddle and piano players, Hayley Keenan; fiddler, keyboard and guitar player and Le Haggis, Robbie Huxtable long with Lockerbie blues-rock singer, and Grant Dinwoodie who provides the show’s narrative.
Two special preview performances will take place as part of the Edinburgh Food Festival.