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All 3 venues for the exhibition of Dario Fo's paintings - Lyceum Theatre, Italian Cultural Institute Edinburgh and Scottish Storytelling Centre have prints available for sale at £16.80. This sketch of Dario Fo and Franca Rame in character as Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus is at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

This interview with Neil Cooper was probably the last one Dario Fo did - he was full of life and warmth and looking forward to his trip to Edinburgh.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/14779697.Dario_Fo_____the_maestro_of_provocation/
Our panel discussion tonight Traverse Theatre pays tribute to him and his influence on political theatre in Scotland.

Dario Fo – the maestro of provocation SPEAKING from Italy, Dario Fo is talking about his relationship with Scotland, a country where actors and theatre-makers have adopted the plays…

We are very saddened to hear of the death of Dario Fo, and our thoughts are with his family and friends. He has inspired several generations of theatre makers and activists and we have been proud to work alongside him on Dancing with Colours, Whipping with Words: the season celebrating his life and work, currently running in Edinburgh. The world has lost a brilliant man, a superlative theatre-maker and provocateur. Dario's commitment to his work and his determination to challenge and satirise authority throughout his life were truly outstanding and inspirational; at the age of 90 he was only prevented from appearing on stage at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh last week by his recent hospitalisation. We look forward to seeing today's theatre-makers continue his legacy.

Busy Fo fest day tomorrow with Breaking the Ice, I Mother and our first discussion event - Encounters with Fo with Morag Fullerton, Frances Rifkin and Douglas Maxwell. http://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event-detail/1021/encounters-with-fo.aspx

www.traverse.co.uk Joe Farrell, biographer and translator of Dario Fo, and until retirement Professor of Italian at the University of Strathclyde, chairs a panel comprising Andy Arnold, artistic director of the Tron Theatre; Morag Fullerton, co-artistic director of A Play, a Pie and a Pint; writer Douglas Maxwell and…