[whalesong] - Edinburgh Fringe | PBH's Free Fringe

A sound performance about the voices and the noises in the sea. Oceanic soundscapes blend with histories, mythologies and fantasies about our aquatic cousins. Featuring underwater microphones, hacked game controllers, motion trackers, a gargle-along theme song and a very lonely whale, [whalesong] is a celebration of the diversity of voices in the sea, and a challenge to humanity’s desire to control and own them. It’s a subversive, submersive theatrical sound bath that hates plastic and loves blowholes. So, blubber up – the ocean’s calling.

'xvelastín creates the most beautiful sounds from the simplest of actions', Ragged Cult Magazine.

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2-24th August 2025 (not 12th or 19th)
Venue #603: BrewDog DogHouse Edinburgh Hotel
5pm start, lasts ~50 minutes

The venue is a flight of stairs. It is wheelchair accessible via the side entrance on New Street. For additional info please contact the venue directly (I've not actually been there).

This event is *free* and non-ticketed. There will be an optional donation available after the show.

Big 💖 to the Free Fringe and DogHouse Hotel for putting this together.

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Xavier Velastín Vicencio is a sound artist, technologist and performance maker. He has created binaural headphone sound walks, triggered voiceovers with motion capture, and integrated procedural soundscapes for sound installations. His work often features a high degree of interactivity, risk and improvisation, and responds to larger issues around agency, the environment, technology and colonialism.

Xavier has presented work for the Barbican Centre, Southbank Centre, the Royal Exchange Theatre, Leeds Playhouse, Brixton House, Watermill Theatre, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Iklectik, Hope Mill Theatre, KokoTeatteri, Theatre Deli, The Cockpit, Alphabetti Theatre, the Edinburgh, Brighton, Camden and Ventnor Fringe festivals, VAULT Festival, and FIAT Montenegro.

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