The Provocateurs: Midwife Crones Fight Back / When Superbugs Kill

IN PERSON


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Artist:
The Provocateurs
Professional company
UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
Performers: 4

Festival:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Web-Site:
https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/2026MIDWIFE

Genre:
Spoken Word

Age Limit:
14+

Description:
Trained by an Edinburgh man-midwife (1786), Highland midwife Mrs. Cowper recorded 4000 births and no maternal deaths. Nicola Ring and Ness McHugh (Edinburgh Napier University) ask why the 100s of women Edinburgh’s world-leading men-midwives trained are historically invisible and dismissed as incompetent crones. A cut. A cough. A routine infection. What happens when the medicine stops working? Superbugs are on the rise and they’re closer than you think. If you’re not scared yet, Professor Clare Taylor (Edinburgh Napier University) will terrify you.

Warnings:
None

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Venue Code:
12
Venue Room:
Stand 4 (capacity 35)
Venue:
The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
Venue Address:
28 York Place
Venue Postcode:
EH1 3EP

Performances

DayDateStartEndDurationPriceTitleStatus
Fri14/0817:3518:351:0012.00