Before 3am, Theatre, Play

Award-winning play about a group of Ashington miners in 1934, who hire a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class and then begin to paint their own work. Written by Lee Hall (of Billy Elliott fame) and presented here by Bill Kenwright.

Cora Bissett's award-winning production exposing the hidden world of sex-trafficking begins with a bus journey as a young woman travels towards Edinburgh and the promise of a new life. Ages 16+.

Beckett on Film: Rockaby: Directed by Richard Eyre and starring Penelope Wilton. Act Without Words I: Directed by Karel Reisz and starring Sean Foley with music by Michael Nyman. That Time: Directed by Charles Garrad and starring Niall Buggy.

A Headlong and The Nuffield, Southampton production taking on Chekov's short play of unrequited love.

An outdoor production of King Lear, set as a promenade performance in the Traquair grounds.

All new mystery thriller from the world's best-loved detective.

Folded Feather presents a family-friendly sock puppet circus hosted by ringmaster Wobulous Discombobulous and featuring a line-up which includes what must be the world's only acrobatic potato sack and daredevil ski glove.

John Godber's play set in a challenging secondary school with a new drama teacher trying to make it through the end-of-term play in one piece. Presented by Blackeyed Theatre.

Shakespeare's shipwreck fantasy from the Edinburgh Acting School.

Ayub Khan-Din (author of East Is East) presents his adaptation of the 1967 drama starring Sidney Poitier which tells the tale of a teacher trying to keep control over his rowdy pupils.

Shakespeare's classic gender-swapping, mistaken identity romp performed by Quantum Theatre. Booking via the Brunton Theatre.

A pianist commits a terrible crime to save his own skin in Xu Nuo's two-hander. Ticket price includes a pie and a drink.

The Mercators celebrate the life of Oscar Wilde and his wife Constance with their dramatised readings.

Classic tale about the young street urchin and his genie pal.

The result of a long-term creative exploration, this performance looks at issues of community and asks the question: Who is my neighbour?

Fife Academy of Performing Arts present this Lewis Carrol classic with a modern twist.

‘A life of unending misery in a world devoid of God, now that’s funny.’ Maddy Rooney is in her seventies – unsightly, ungainly and unwell – laboriously to-ing and fro-ing between her home and Boghill Station. This is a landscape whose details are drawn from the suburbs of Foxrock and Leopardstown from Beckett’s youth, but…

In her grandmother's attic, a young girl finds all sorts of objects that reveal more about the older woman's life and point to her own future.

The hillbilly musical with a formidable frontwoman.

The story of Phileas Fogg's attempt to make the epic journey around the world in just 80 days is retold with puppets and music by London Contemporary Theatre. Ages 4+.

The Lord Chamberlain's Men present an open-air version of Shakespeare's sparkling comedy about changes, chances and the game of love.

Arkle Theatre Company play out the twists and turns of Shakespeare's pastoral comedy.

Award-winning Illyria present an open-air version of Shakespeare's sparkling comedy about changes, chances and the game of love. Gates open at 5pm.