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"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." -Ludwig Wittgenstein

 

Staging Wittgenstein is a breathtaking, dynamic combination of physical art, comedy and suspense. Watch as performers squeeze into human-size latex balloons to explore and celebrate language, in this groundbreaking, pressure-filled performance. Tension builds anticipating the pop - which will come. More info here.

Blair Simmons / Creator and Director

Nikita Lebedev / Performer and Dramaturge 

Annie Hägg / Performer

Roxanna Kadyrova / Performer

 
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PAST PERFORMANCES

EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL

AUGUST 2ND-3RD, 2017 /  EDINBURGH PREVIEWS /  C VENUES 

AUGUST 4TH-28TH, 2017 /  EDINBURGH  /  C VENUES 

THE JERRY H. LABOVITZ THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

JUNE 13TH-14TH, 2017 / OPEN DRESS REHEARSALS 

DIXON PLACE

JANUARY 28TH, 2017 / WORK IN PROGRESS

DURF GRANT SHOWCASE

MAY 16TH, 2016 / DURF GRANT SHOWCASE

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PRESS

PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research: Vol. 2 : Iss. 1, Article 8, March 2018

Cennarium, In Performance, Latex Balloons Become "Pop" Art, 12 September 2017

USA TodayFascinating performance art in Scotland, 10 August 2017

The Times of London, The News in Pictures, 10 August 2017

The Guardian (in print, page 10), Balloonatics, 10 August 2017

The TelegraphPictures of the Day: 10 August 2017

NEWSru.co.il, Шоу баллонов на театральном фестивале "Фриндж" в Эдинбурге, 10 August 2017

L'Alchimie Du Verbe, Staging Wittgenstein, August 2017

Miro MagazineEdinburgh Fringe 2017 Spotlight: Staging Wittgenstein, 6 August 2017

The New Current, EdFringe70 Interview: Blair Simmons Staging Wittgenstein, 1 August 2017 

Broadway World3-D Balloon Theatre Experiment STAGING WITTGENSTEIN to Play Edinburgh Fringe, 24 July 2017

The Vile Blog, Dramaturgy of Wittgenstein: Blair Simmons @ Edfringe 2017, Gareth Vile, 11 July 2017

Confluence, On Human Fragility and Balloons, Gil Cruz, 12 June 2017

Confluence, from Staging Wittgenstein, Blair Simmons, 12 June 2017

The NYU Alumni Blog, Blair Simmons on Creating “Staging Wittgenstein” Which was Accepted into the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe FestivalApril 7 2017

The Blotter, Staging Wittgenstein: Dramatic Literature Major Blair Simmons, May 12 2016

Reviews

SG Fringe, ★★★★★, 17 August 2017

Edinburgh Guide, ★★★★★, 13 August 2017

ThreeWeeks, ★★★★, 9 August 2017

The Wee Review, ★★★★, 8 August 2017

The Scotsman★★★★, 22 August 2017

The List★★★★, 23 August 2017

EdFringe Review.com, ★★★★, 28 August 2017

British Theatre Guide, ★★★, 10 August 2017

Broadway Baby, ★★★, 6 August 2017