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Unseen China

Unseen China

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1 Sep 2008

600 documentary photographs taken by 250 Chinese photographers, reflecting daily life in China against the background of modernisation, radical cultural upheaval and urban economic boom over 50 years

Kate Adie

Kate Adie

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1 Sep 2008

What attracts some people to danger? Kate Adie's new book 'Into Danger' is full of personal insight

Barrie Appleby

Barrie Appleby

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1 Sep 2008

Barrie Appleby's comic illustrations have been enjoyed by generations of children. Meet the artist behind Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger and watch as your favourite characters come to life!

Jihad: Inner Struggle

Jihad: Inner Struggle

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1 Sep 2008

Jihad: Inner Struggle tells the story of the similarities, differences and prejudices that exist, as two people from completely different cultural perspectives get to know each other

Kerieva

Kerieva

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1 Sep 2008

Scottish-based Romani musician and singer Kerieva provides a deliciously mesmerizing blend of Gypsy jazz, ska, rhumba, cabaret and traditional sounds

ReSeArch: RSA Residencies for Scotland

ReSeArch: RSA Residencies for Scotland

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1 Sep 2008

Highlighting the work of RSA Residency participants who have completed RSA opportunities in 2007/08

Scotland: A Changing Nation

Scotland: A Changing Nation

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1 Sep 2008

From the First World War to the present day, Scotland: A Changing Nation traces the varied experiences of people living and working in Scotland through first-hand accounts, significant objects and film

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter

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1 Sep 2008

Three iconic 20th century texts, the theatrical genius of Heiner Goebbels and the virtuosic vocal talents of the Hilliard Ensemble, specialists in both medieval and contemporary music

Deca Dance

Deca Dance

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1 Sep 2008

Highly energized, daring and humorous dance from Israel's Batsheva Dance Company in a programme of works specially devised to showcase the breadth of choreographer Ohad Naharin's work

One Small Step

One Small Step

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28 Aug 2008

Check your oxygen, adjust your spacesuit and buckle up for the biggest mission of your life…. to the moon.

Matt Kirshen

Matt Kirshen

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28 Aug 2008

Last year Matt went to America and got a bit famous. Don't miss his triumphant return to obscurity.

Soweto Gospel Choir

Soweto Gospel Choir

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28 Aug 2008

The Soweto Gospel Choir was formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African Gospel music.

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

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28 Aug 2008

A rare chance to experience the work of one of the most internationally respected artist partnerships, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller.

Guy Masterson

Guy Masterson

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28 Aug 2008

Guy Masterson provides an insight into the exiting world of theatre.

P.I.E.

P.I.E.

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28 Aug 2008

I was working on a case… because I didn't have a desk. There was a tap on the window… that's a funny place to put a tap.

The 30 Year Itch

The 30 Year Itch

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27 Aug 2008

A stand-up show about growing up, moving on, flaring up and flaking out!

The English Gents

The English Gents

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27 Aug 2008

One of the highlights from 'La Clique', The English Gents demonstrate their impressive acrobatic feats of strength and endurance.

Ruhe

Ruhe

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27 Aug 2008

A recital of beautiful Schubert song is brutally interrupted by people who want to talk about their voluntary enlistment in the SS.

Richard Mackney

Richard Mackney's edfest.tv show

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27 Aug 2008

Mackney waffles on awards with the likes of Bruce Dessau, Arnold Brown, Tom Wrigglesworth, Tom Allen, Jenny Éclair, Steve Hall and Scott Capurro before presenting the first ever edfest.tv Performers' Award - quite literally the coolest prize in town…

Kiddy-Fiddler On The Roof

Kiddy-Fiddler on the Roof

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27 Aug 2008

At Townsville Comprehensive, teacher Arnold Finkler is falsely accused of molestation and chased by an enraged mob of parents.

Scavengers

Scavengers

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27 Aug 2008

100 clues. Nine hours. Register a team and set out in search of fame, glory and £2,000 cash.

Richard Mackney

Richard Mackney's edfest.tv show

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27 Aug 2008

Arnold Brown, Scott Capurro, Will & Greg, Tom Wrigglesworth, Paul Tonkinson, Dara O'Briain and the Wau Wau Sisters all risk the chair this week. It's just as arse-licking as Parkie but for a fraction of the cost.

Weights

Weights

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26 Aug 2008

1978: a gunshot in a gritty LA bar. A life changed forever. Lynn Manning's poetic, musical, mesmerising, pulverising 2007 hit returns.

Back to the Future

Back to the Future: The Pantomime

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26 Aug 2008

'1.21 gigawatts? But Marty… the only thing that can generate that amount of electricity is… a pantomime!'

Shoppers Without Borders

Shoppers Without Borders

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26 Aug 2008

When an East Londoner meets a West Coast American they discover that when it comes to debt, marriage is about learning to share.

Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

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26 Aug 2008

A unique chance to see the first major retrospective of one of Britain's most celebrated and controversial artists.

Call Me If You Feel Too Happy

Call Me If You Feel Too Happy

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26 Aug 2008

Bipolar is a buzzword in celebrity chic, but what if you're not on the A-List?

Torn Out Pages

Torn Out Pages

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26 Aug 2008

With her pants round her ankles and about to lose her virginity at the grand old age of 39, Elaine Reid has a flashback.

Tom and Sal

Tom and Sal

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26 Aug 2008

…want to be Richard and Judy. Not helped by their incapable production team, lack of guests and features.

Esther Rantzen

Esther Rantzen

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26 Aug 2008

Esther Rantzen OBE embraces the philosophy of her self-help book, 'If Not Now, When?'.

Martin Bell

Martin Bell

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26 Aug 2008

The former war correspondent and politician argues that on the issue of public trust in public life, New Labour's record was unforgivably negative.

Simon Hoggart

Simon Hoggart

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26 Aug 2008

Simon Hoggart talks about his new book The Hands of History with tales about Tony Blair, John Prescott, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.

David Benson

David Benson

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26 Aug 2008

David Benson, who first rose to fame following his debut show about Kenneth Williams, returns to the role of Noel Coward whom he portrayed in the BBC series Goodnight Sweetheart.

Barry Cryer

Barry Cryer

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26 Aug 2008

Welcome back the Sanatogen snorting comedy legend Cryer and his multi-talented musical carer Ronnie Golden.

Class Enemy

Class Enemy

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26 Aug 2008

In a run-down schoolroom a group of foul-mouthed high school students conduct their own lessons as they await teachers who never arrive.

Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax

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26 Aug 2008

Ruby Wax talks about the BBC's initiative 'Headroom' to encourage the public to look after their mental health.

Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray

Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray

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26 Aug 2008

New Adventures, Sadlers Wells and the Edinburgh International Festival present Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray freely adapted from Oscar Wilde's masterpiece.

Sir Barrington Ganch

Sir Barrington Ganch

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22 Aug 2008

Britain's quirkiest theatrical relic celebrates his farewell to the acting profession.

Bully

Bully

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22 Aug 2008

'Bully' is a gripping tour de verse about one man's struggle against a life of violence and oppression.

Chris Hannan

Chris Hannan

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22 Aug 2008

Chris Hannan writes about nineteenth century saloon girls in his first novel Missy.

Limmy

Limmy's Show

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22 Aug 2008

Internet phenomenon Limmy presents his unique mix of imaginary scenarios, daft videos and a rundown of his top five hates.

School of Comedy

School of Comedy

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22 Aug 2008

Last year's sell out sensation is back with a brand new sketch show for adults performed by 12 to 16 year olds.

Noche Flamenca

Noche Flamenca

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22 Aug 2008

Soledad Barrio stars with Spain's leading flamenco ensemble, Noche Flamenca.

I Am Nesia

I Am Nesia

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22 Aug 2008

Frustrated science graduate embarks on an investigation into the human memory, but can't help being distracted by playing games.

The Third Condiment

The Third Condiment

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22 Aug 2008

Dave is courted by media moguls and fair trade activists, but who's saving the world and who's just saving?

Abbie

Best shows for kids

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22 Aug 2008

Hear about the fun at this year's Festival including a low down on The Animal Olympics, The Gruffalo, Potted Pirates and The Amazing Bubble Man.

Kate Mosse

Kate Mosse

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22 Aug 2008

Kate Mosse, the best-selling author of Labyrinth, talks about her new novel Sepulchre, a ghost story set in the south of France.

Roy Hattersley - Borrowed Time

Roy Hattersley

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21 Aug 2008

The former cabinet minister talks about his latest book 'Borrowed Time', looking at the inter-war period in Britain.

Richard Mackney

Richard Mackney's edfest.tv show

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21 Aug 2008

More Mackney fun with Nicholas Parsons, Mike McShane, Isy Suttie, Neil Delamere, Alex Horne and Ian Stone.

Mortal Engine

Mortal Engine

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20 Aug 2008

Using cutting edge technology, Australia's Chunky Move company explores human interaction and mortality.

Discover Islam

Discover Islam

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19 Aug 2008

Experience the sights, sounds and tastes on offer from the city's vibrant Muslim community. Part of Islam Festival Edinburgh.

Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk

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19 Aug 2008

A very special visit from the States by famed literary provocateur and creator of Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk. Here he talks about his book, Snuff, the story of an ageing porn actress trying to have sex with 600 men in a single film.

State of Matter

State of Matter

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19 Aug 2008

2007's all male smash returns. A fusion of contemporary and breakdance.

Jimeoin

Jimeoin on Ice

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19 Aug 2008

75 minutes of world class stand up as Jimeoin makes a welcome Fringe return.

Free Fringe

Free Fringe

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19 Aug 2008

Peter Buckley Hill was 60 this year. He travelled London to Edinburgh on his new bus pass, local buses all the way.

Andrew O'Hagan

Andrew O'Hagan

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19 Aug 2008

Andrew O'Hagan talks about his new collection of essays entitled The Atlantic Ocean.

Cloudcuckooland

Cloudcuckooland

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18 Aug 2008

Our feathered friends battle to save the planet with bird poo in this riotous new comedy musical for all the family. Performed by seven all-singing, all-dancing actor-musicians. Inspired by Aristophanes' The Birds.

Umbrage Swain

Umbrage Swain

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18 Aug 2008

It is the 1980s and the world once more is in peril. There is but one hope for mankind, a New Romantic hope.

Dead Cat Bounce

Dead Cat Bounce

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18 Aug 2008

An unrelenting hour of sketches set in the same hotel room, with the most memorable finale you'll ever see performed by a cast of three.

Transgression

Transgression

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18 Aug 2008

Rival gangs battle with the authorities over ownership of the urban landscape. BMX. Free running. Breakdancing. Aggressive skating. Trials bikes. Extreme unicycling. Urban cool and excitement. A unique outdoor performance in the open heart of the city.

Tina C

Tina C

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18 Aug 2008

Country music icon and global peace spokesperson Tina C is running for President of the USA.

Feasting on Flesh

Feasting on Flesh

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18 Aug 2008

A decadent, deranged degustation of perverse provocative performance by purveyors of wanton weirdness. Quench your thirst with song, sate your eyes with visual delights and tease your libido with hot acrobatics, wrapped up in a variety package!

Pros from Dover

Pros from Dover

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18 Aug 2008

Hey you! Do you like ghosts, cake, some light strangling and afternoon shows? Then you're their target audience. Spend sixty crepuscular minutes in the company of Britain's most effulgent sketch group.

Jason John Whitehead

Jason John Whitehead

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18 Aug 2008

This year's show will be about the kind a guy I used to be, back when I had more decisions to make.

Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee

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18 Aug 2008

This year is Stewart's 21st fringe in 22 years, and he is delighted to be making his Stand début.

Only The Brave

Only the Brave

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18 Aug 2008

With a cast and live orchestra of over 30 this thrilling new musical inspired by true events is an epic story of love, loss and ultimate sacrifice.

The Aluminum Show

The Aluminum Show

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18 Aug 2008

A joyous metallic fantasy incorporating dance, physical theatre, puppetry and special effects makes its UK début.

The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer

The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer

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18 Aug 2008

Extraordinary true story of Nadira Murray, the mistress of Craig Murray, former British Ambassador for Uzbekistan.

The Silence at the Song's End

Libby Purves

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18 Aug 2008

Award winning novelist Libby Purves appears at this year's Book Festival talking about her late son's book The Silence at the Song's End.

Harry Potter, Hippogriffs and beyond…

Harry Potter, Hippogriffs and beyond…

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18 Aug 2008

Free exhibition. Cliff Wright (Harry Potter cover artist) and friends present artwork for sale/interaction.

Tony Benn

Tony Benn

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18 Aug 2008

Tony Benn discusses his diaries and international politics as the Edinburgh International Book Festival opens.

Bond Bound

Bond Bound

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18 Aug 2008

Commemorating Ian Fleming's birth in 1908 and charting the role of artists and designers in creating and defining the Bond look.

In Conflict

In Conflict

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18 Aug 2008

'In Conflict' brings to theatrical life the unheard voices and the personal experiences of American Iraq War veterans

Reception

Reception

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15 Aug 2008

Join Claire Warde and Jen Brister struggling with the switchboard whilst fantasising about what they 'should' be doing.

Yasser

Yasser

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15 Aug 2008

What happens when young Palestinian actor Yasser Mansour plays Shakespeare's archetypal Jew, Shylock?

Scaramouche Jones

Scaramouche Jones

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15 Aug 2008

11pm Millennium Eve. Ancient clown Scaramouche breaks 50 years' silence to give his final performance.

Reasonable Doubt

Reasonable Doubt

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15 Aug 2008

Justice, truth, betrayal, guilt, love, honour and courage are on trial as two former jury members reunite for a night of sexual tension.

Little Red

Little Red

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15 Aug 2008

Set in a fairytale world 'Little Red' explores memory, loss, and family relationships.

The Golden Record - Sounds of Earth

The Golden Record - Sounds of Earth

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15 Aug 2008

Artists come together to remake the original Golden Record - a phonograph record launched into space in 1997 - containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Over a hundred artists have created new work to…

David Lodge

David Lodge

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15 Aug 2008

Award winning novelist David Lodge talks at the Edinburgh Book Festival.

Katherine Whitehorn

Katherine Whitehorn

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15 Aug 2008

Universally respected and much loved journalist Katherine Whitehorn tells of her long and distinguished career.

Dench!

Dench! Or How Dame Judi Got Her Groove Back

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15 Aug 2008

A surreal fable of one Dame's love for her groove and her quest to return it from the edges of the earth.

Menzies Campbell

Menzies Campbell

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15 Aug 2008

Ming Campbell takes part in a political discussion at this years Book Festival.

Maeve Higgins

Maeve Higgins

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15 Aug 2008

Like a rapper recently released from prison she's a verbal assassin, afraid of nothing except violence and the idea of touching a fish.

Markus Birdman

Markus Birdman

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15 Aug 2008

Dad's still a vicar and I'm still an atheist. Thank God. No Christians were harmed making this show.

ShakesPod

ShakesPod

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14 Aug 2008

Shakespeare on shuffle! All the world's a stage when Rosalind puts on her iPod, leaves home in disguise and encounters a brave new world.

Jamie Kilstein

Jamie Kilstein

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14 Aug 2008

"There is little that is genuinely, engagingly, impressively new in comedy. Kilstein is all of that." (Scotsman).

Idiots of Ants

Idiots of Ants

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14 Aug 2008

After a phenomenal first year Idiots are back with a whole new show. "Very, very funny." (Evening Standard).

Ecstasy

Ecstasy

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14 Aug 2008

Lloyd has a transfiguring passion for the unhappily married Heather. Together they explore the true nature of house music and chemical romance.

Zimbani

Zimbani

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14 Aug 2008

A totally demented new comedy, starring Colin Hoult, David McNeill and Clare Warde.

The Stand

The Stand Comedy Club

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14 Aug 2008

Profile of the intimate comedy venue featuring four top Scots in a quality showcase.

Dancing On Your Grave

Dancing On Your Grave

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14 Aug 2008

Steve Blake, Nigel Burch and Lea Anderson presents a wonderfully witty music hall act with an ethereal twist.

Richard Mackney

Richard Mackney's edfest.tv show

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14 Aug 2008

Another year, another Dick - this year Mr Mackney has his very own edfest.tv show - follow him as he meets the great, the good and the very funny. This week: Richard Herring, Rob Deering, Rick Shapiro, Dan March and Barry & Stuart.

You Don't Need to Know That

You Don't Need to Know That

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13 Aug 2008

Beresford Jones is having a bad day. He's just been arrested and no one will tell him why.

Richard Hamilton - Protest Pictures

Richard Hamilton - Protest Pictures

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13 Aug 2008

The paintings, collages and installation in Protest Pictures have been specially selected by Richard Nesbitt for the exhibit at Inverleith House.

The Mozart Question

The Mozart Question

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13 Aug 2008

Michael Morpurgo's extraordinary story takes us from Venice to the horrors of the Nazi gas chambers. A moving, inspirational tale for young and old.

Gamarjobat

Gamarjobat

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12 Aug 2008

Japanese comedy sensation GAMARJOBAT return with a brilliantly unique tale of love, tragedy and revenge in the Wild West.

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

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12 Aug 2008

It's going to be a party night like no other! And you are at the top of the invitation list, so hurry!

The Butler Did It

The Butler Did It

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12 Aug 2008

Murder! Mystery? Imagine, if you can, both combined! The sell-out smash of 2006 and 2007 returns bigger, funnier, and with more twists!

Footsbarn - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Footsbarn - A Midsummer Night's Dream

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12 Aug 2008

Footsbarn pitch their Big Top in Edinburgh for the first time with their critically acclaimed production.

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