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Cinderella
Date	Location
The legendary Mariinsky Ballet brings Charles Perrault’s classic fairytale to the Festival, in this large-scale production that offers a sumptuous mix of engrossing storytelling and grand classical ballet with a fresh contemporary twist. Complete with a full corps de ballet, the dancers’ every movement, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, is highlighted and intensified by Prokofiev’s gorgeous musical score performed live by the Mariinsky Orchestra and led by the great Valery Gergiev. Supported… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
30 Aug–1 Sep Thu & Fri 7.30–10.20pm; Sat 2.30–5.20pm & 7.30–10.20pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Gulliver's Travels
Date	Location
Irish writer Jonathan Swift’s savage political satire is seen through the eyes of visionary theatre maker Silviu Purcărete with an original score by Irish composer Shaun Davey. Driven by Davey's musical journey, Purcărete's production gathers cultural and social aspects of contemporary society and explores themes of voyage, dream, exile, immigration, emigration, solitude and togetherness. Supported by The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Romania, The Romanian Cultural Institute and… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug–20 Aug Mon, Fri & Sat 8–10pm; Sun 2.30–4.30pm & 8–10pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Alan Davies: Life is Pain
Date	Location
Best known as Stephen Fry's mop-topped buffoon on QI and duffle-coated detective in Jonathan Creek, Alan returns to his stand-up roots. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
9 Aug–14 Aug Mon, Tue & Thu–Sun 7.40–8.40pm	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh
18 Oct 7.30pm	Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
19 Oct 8pm	Music Hall, Aberdeen
20 Oct 8.30pm	Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

2008: Macbeth
Date	Location
Set in a contemporary and brutal Middle Eastern conflict, TR Warszawa's 2008: Macbeth is unflinching in its depiction of the machine of violence that, once set in motion, works faster and ever more efficiently. With spectacular pyrotechnics, immersive video effects and an extraordinary, layered soundscape that plays tricks on the ear, Shakespeare’s web of politics, ambition and the supernatural is transformed into a contemporary, and highly physical, theatrical film. Supported by Adam… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug–18 Aug Mon 7.30–9.40pm; Wed 2–4.10pm; Thu–Sun 7.30–9.40pm	Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh

Stewart Lee: Carpet Remnant World
Date	Location
Assembly Rooms. What can a sexless middle aged married man, whose life now consists mainly of watching Scooby Doo cartoons with a four year old boy, possibly find to write comedy about? Formerly stand-up's youthful iconoclast, Lee now gawps blankly at News 24 as Britain burns down around him and blinks weirdly at the vast wayside retail outlets during endless journeys to and from increasingly indistinct provincial theatres. Once he lived on the pleasure planet. Now he is trapped in Carpet… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
2 Aug–26 Aug Mon–Sun 6.05–7.20pm	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

An Appointment with the Wicker Man
Date	Location
National Theatre of Scotland / The Assembly Rooms. By Greg Hemphill and Donald McLeary. On a remote Scottish island, amateur theatre company @LochParryPlayer are rehearsing their stage version of cult film The Wicker Man. Their unique approach to this classic horror owes more to Glee than Christopher Lee, but as they say themselves – we're all about the fun! Cast: Sean Biggerstaff, Jimmy Chisholm, Greg Hemphill, Johnny McKnight, Sally Reid, Paul Riley and Ros Sydney. 'It was brilliant, just… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–2 Aug Wed & Thu 3.10pm Preview performance.	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
3 Aug–26 Aug Tue–Sun 3.10–4.50pm	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

For the Love of Willie
Date	Location
City of London Freemen's School. This adaptation of Agnes Owens' novel tells the tragic story of Peggy, an ordinary girl in extraordinary times. One day delivering newspapers, the next, her life spiralling out of control. At the heart of the play is Peggy's brief and unexpected affair with her employer, with whom she falls madly in love. Initially imagining that her lover will leave his wife, Peggy is soon abandoned - pregnant, shamed and forced to fall back on her mother who makes… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
13 Aug–18 Aug Mon–Sat 11.30am–12.45pm	Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh

Jason Byrne: People's Puppeteer
Date	Location
Livewire Byrne returns with another frantic show full of props, clowning and fast-paced lunacy. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–2 Aug Wed & Thu 9.20–10.20pm 3 Aug–12 Aug Mon–Sun 9.20–10.20pm	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh
6 Sep 8pm	Music Hall, Aberdeen
7 Sep 8pm	Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline
8 Sep 8pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

The Most Dangerous Toy
Date	Location
Playades. When Nietzsche meets Lou Salome, he feels he has found 'a voice, for which I have waited and waited since childhood'. One year later, he has retreated to a remote mountain village, madly scribbling Thus Spake Zarathustra. And advising men to take a whip, when they go to women. Working exclusively with original texts, Playades Theatre Company explores what happened in that seminal year of 1882: philosophy versus reality, society versus individual fulfilment, man versus woman - and… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
3 Aug–4 Aug Fri & Sat 7.05–7.55pm Preview performance.	theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 7.05–7.55pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
8 Aug–18 Aug Mon–Sat 7.05–7.55pm	theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh

Waverley Care: Comedy Gala 2012
Date	Location
Annual comedy jamboree featuring a stellar line-up of big names. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
23 Aug 7.30pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

1,000 Suns
Date	Location
VF Theatre. This folk-rock musical is set in an alternate future where the American survivors of a nuclear war shelter in a huge crater from the fallout that remains in the world above. A group of young people struggle with their own identities, the harshness of their world and the ignorant authority of their elders. A story of wanderlust, love, fear, hope and pioneers. 1,000 Suns: An American Afterlife is an emotional rollercoaster and a display of young and inventive musical theatre at… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
6 Aug–11 Aug Mon–Sat 7.35–8.50pm	theSpaces on North Bridge, Edinburgh

Tristan und Isolde
Date	Location
Wagner’s extraordinary opera Tristan und Isolde is one of the most powerful experiences that the artform has to offer. Its glorious music, possessed of remarkable strength and subtlety, conveys a mystical story of a love so profound it can only be fully realised in death. Welsh National Opera music director Lothar Koenigs is acclaimed for his Wagner interpretations that grasp the music’s natural ebb and flow yet are never overblown. Supported by The Stevenston Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
15 Aug 5pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Beth
Date	Location
Violet Shock. Beth sees Violet Shock return to the Festival Fringe after huge success with Something Wicked … * (2008) and *Little Shop of Horrors (2011). Shakespeare's Macbeth is given a new, powerful and unexpected voice in 90 minutes of sword swinging, blood drenched cursed ambition as Violet Shock's trademark dark originality is set to a soundtrack of powerful, original rock songs. Visceral, raw and delightfully twisted – not to be missed. Follow the trail of bodies: @violet_shock. All… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 10.15–11.45pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	theSpace on Niddry Street, Edinburgh
8 Aug–11 Aug Wed–Sat 10.15–11.45pm	theSpace on Niddry Street, Edinburgh

Daniel Sloss: The Show
Date	Location
MZA and Get Slossed Productions Ltd. New show from comedy's internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man-half-Xbox. Star of television's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, 8/10 Cats, Mock The Week and more, plus his own BBC show, Daniel started gigging aged 16, has toured internationally and sold-out four Edinburgh Fringe seasons. Now 21, he's recently left home and the gloves are off (although the dirty socks are still on the floor…). 'A star in the making – Unstoppable!… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
2 Aug–5 Aug Thu, Fri & Sun 6.30–7.30pm Preview performance.	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh
4 Aug–26 Aug Mon–Sun 6.30–7.30pm	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 6.30–7.30pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Ceilidhs
Date	Location
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh bands HLI / MacAlba / Scott Leslie / Willie Fraser. All dances walked through and called. Hall has air conditioning! Soft drinks £1, alcohol £3. It's a fun night out and a good way of meeting the locals! 0131 339 5374 (24 hours). Ages 18+. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
3 Aug–25 Aug Mon–Sat 9–11pm	Lauriston Hall, Edinburgh

Juilliard Dance
Date	Location
New York’s famous Juilliard School has trained dancers and choreographers who have gone on to influence the shape and evolution of dance around the world. Its impressive alumni include Ohad Naharin, artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company, and the late, great Pina Bausch. Encounter the future stars of dance in an exceptional triple bill: The Waldstein Sonata, Gnawa, and European premiere of Episode 31. Supported by Léan Scully EIF Fund, with additional support from Embassy of the United… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
25 Aug–27 Aug Mon, Sat & Sun 8–10pm	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory
Date	Location
Lyric Theatre Belfast / The Stand Comedy Club. The whole town gets an unexpected makeover when a stranger arrives on Mammary Lane in this musical comedy by Paul Boyd. Join the good shopkeepers of Little Happening as they plot to get a few things off their chests. Heavily laden with big laughs, catchy songs, and leaky implants, Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory sticks a finely-tuned musical hypodermic firmly into the bosom of today's surgery-obsessed culture. A must see for fans of The Rocky Horror… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–2 Aug Wed & Thu 4.45–6.15pm Preview performance.	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
3 Aug–26 Aug Mon–Sun 4.45–6.15pm	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

One Thousand Points of Light: Melvin Moti
Date	Location
Installation by Dutch artist Melvin Moti, incorporating a film exploring rocks from the Museum's collection that emit ultraviolet light, as well as other objects such as scent bottles made with uranium glass. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
20 Jun–31 Oct Mon–Sun 10am–5pm	National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Rhod Gilbert: The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo
Date	Location
As seen on Live At The Apollo and Ask Rhod Gilbert. Following several sell-out UK tours and best-selling stand-up DVDs, the Welsh wonder is back with a brand new live show. His stand-up rants on life's minor irritations are legendary, but this year, he's a more mellow fellow altogether. He's now so laid-back he even let someone tattoo a Battenberg on him. Could it be the Mr Angry of comedy as you’ve never seen him before? 'Without doubt one of the best comedians anywhere in the world' (Time… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
15 Aug–26 Aug Wed–Sun 7.40–8.40pm	Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh

Abandoman
Date	Location
Bound and Gagged Comedy. Abandoman is back! Abandoman recently completed a UK tour with Ed Sheeran. They create hilarious musical sketches at lightning speed live in front of their audience. ' Flight of the Concords meets 8 Mile ' (Chortle.co.uk). Ages 16+. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–3 Aug Wed–Fri 9.45–10.45pm Preview performance.	Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
4 Aug–27 Aug Mon–Sun 9.45–10.45pm	Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 9.45–10.45pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh

Aberdeen vs Glasgow vs The World II - Free
Date	Location
FGC Comedy / Laughing Horse Free Festival. For two years running, Chris Stephen has brought you the finest upcoming Scottish comedians as well as guest acts from around the globe, and this year is no different – except this time we're going for it! Through the entire festival we will bring you stand-up comedians, ventriloquists, character acts, games, fun and general mayhem. Last year was our most successful after receiving a four-star review and touring the show afterwards in Scotland. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
2 Aug–26 Aug Mon–Sun 4.30–5.30pm	Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, Edinburgh

And then, one thousand years of peace
Date	Location
Initially created in collaboration with the Bolshoi Theatre, And then, one thousand years of peace fuses two distinct styles of movement - the fast, driving power of Preljocaj's contemporary work with the grand classical ballet of the Bolshoi. Set to a pulsating soundtrack, the piece combines intricate edgy action with slow, graceful movement in an ever-evolving dance that reveals our innermost hopes, desires and fears. Supported by The Bacher Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug–19 Aug Fri–Sun 7.30–9.15pm	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

Andrew Lawrence is Coming to Get You
Date	Location
Chambers Management. Star of Live at the Apollo, now a regular on Channel 4's Stand Up for the Week, Andrew Lawrence arrives in Edinburgh following a sell-out 50 date tour of the UK. Twice nominated Best UK Headline Act at the Chortle Awards 2010/11, also a former double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, audiences can expect Lawrence to deliver an hour of top-class stand-up. 'He discharges kamikaze philosophies a-hundred-to-the-dozen. And it is outstanding.' (List) 'His almost Victorian blend… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–3 Aug Wed–Fri 8.50–9.50pm Preview performance.	Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
4 Aug–26 Aug Mon–Sun 8.50–9.50pm	Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 8.50–9.50pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh

The Blanks
Date	Location
CKP in association with Hyper Agency and Sloat Entertainment. The Blanks (Ted's band from TV's Scrubs) perform hilariously entertaining a cappella music and sketch comedy. An online phenomenon with over eight million YouTube views. For their Edinburgh debut expect skits, antics and talking toys. Book early! Ages 14+. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–3 Aug Wed–Fri 9.30–10.30pm Preview performance.	Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
4 Aug–27 Aug Mon–Sun 9.30–10.30pm	Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 9.30–10.30pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh

City of the Dead Haunted Graveyard Tour
Date	Location
Black Hart Entertainment. History, horror and a terrifying journey into the locked lair of the world-famous Mackenzie Poltergeist, the best documented supernatural case in history. City of the Dead also run tours into a section of Edinburgh's legendary Underground City and double walks that go to both these haunted destinations! 'The Best of Edinburgh's Ghost Tours' (Lonely Planet). 'Terrifying' (Most Haunted). 'A Fringe institution (ThreeWeeks). Ages 12+. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
30 Jul–2 Sep Mon–Sun 9–10.45pm	Outside St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

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