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The Life & Times of Michael K has now become one of the most-buzzed-about shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. It has received a coveted Fringe First Award from The Scotsman and is a Playbill Pick. Want to know why? Watch the video above, shot and edited by Playbill's video editor Ethan Treiman, who managed to capture the magic and delicate heart of the show.

Life & Times of Michael K is based on the Booker Prize-winning 1983 novel of the same name by J. M. Coetzee. Set during apartheid in the 1970s and ’80s, it is the story of a man who was born with a cleft lip. Growing up in institutions, eventually becoming a gardener in Cape Town, Michael is determined to take his sick mother back to her hometown. But the journey into the countryside, amidst a fictitious civil war, is dangerous—and the trials that await him beyond those he expected.

This is a co-production from The Baxter Theatre and Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. Tony-winning Handspring Puppet Company (War Horse) provided the puppets.

Our staff writer Leah Putnam wrote of Life & Times of Michael K, "It tells a story of one man that illuminates both humanity’s tragic horrors and its beautiful joys. And it earned the standing ovation the Fringe crowd gave it, which was so sustained that the puppeteers took their bows three times."

Get tickets to The Life & Times of Michael K here.