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The Celts in Seville
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The story of a typical Celtic family as their heroes go all the way to the UEFA Cup final in Seville, written by award winning playwright Tony Roper.
18 Aug–6 Sep, not Sundays 7.30; Wed & Sat 2.00 & 7.30 Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
365 One Night to Learn a Lifetime
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Specially created by the National Theatre of Scotland for the EIF, this play explores the painful transition to adulthood of children who grew up in care. 'Part of the Edinburgh International Festival'
22 Aug–25 Aug 7.30 Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
Office Party
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Director Cal McCrystal invites to you to express your most deeply repressed office party inhibitions. Set in a converted Appleton Tower, the audience mingle freely with the improvisational comics as the events unfold. Just don't get stuck with Alan from accounts. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
3 Aug–25 Aug 8.00 Udderbelly's Pasture, Edinburgh
Death By Chocolate
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This interactive murder mystery sees the audience, cast in the role of student police officers, charged to sift through trays of evidence at a murder scene, interview the suspects, and solve the case. Not only is this a chance for the civilian to play detective, there's free chocolate thrown in too. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
1 Aug–24 Aug 6.00 Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
365
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New work from the National Theatre of Scotland, following the lives of young people moving out of the care system when they reach 16. Scripted by award-winning playwright David Harrower, and conceived and directed by Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the NTS. 'Part of the Edinburgh International Festival'
22 Aug–25 Aug 7.30 Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
Footsbarn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
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A colourful, vibrant production of the Bard's most enchanting works. Although the pace noticeable dips towards the end, this is a performance that comes close to rivalling Peter Brooks' spectacle. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
1 Aug–25 Aug 7.30 Footsbarn's Big Top @ Calton Hill, Edinburgh
Class Enemy
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Haris Pasovic's production of Nigel Williams' 'Class Enemy' transports the action from late 70s London to war-torn Sarajevo. 'Part of the Edinburgh International Festival'
20 Aug–23 Aug 8.00 Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
The Aluminum Show
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Wonderfully inventive and gripping throughout, this is a mixture of puppetry, dance, magic and general mucking about with silver stuff that has the audience gleefully cheering the newly discovered potential of lightweight and metal tubing. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 6.00 Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger
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Butt Boy and Tigger meet in a chatroom late one night. After a round of coy flirtation, the pair proceed to act out a series of intricate sexual scenarios. Polished, funny and moving slice of late-night entertainment. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
3 Aug–25 Aug 10.50 Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Romeo and Juliet
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An outdoor version of the greatest love story ever told performed by the players of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
19 Aug–23 Aug 7.30–9.45; Wed & Sat 2.30–4.45 & 7.30–9.45 Royal Botanic Garden (Inverleith House Lawn), Edinburgh
Motherland
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A powerful dramatisation based on interviews conducted with the wives of servicemen. Creator Steve Gilroy explains: ?They talk profoundly about war and its impact on their lives. It's powerful, not just because of the sensational details but because of the really big emotional moments.' 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
31 Jul–24 Aug 7.05 Underbelly, Edinburgh
Charlie Victor Romeo
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Created entirely from the black box transcripts of six airline emergencies, this theatrical documentary from New York's Collective: Unconscious is compelling stuff, though there's a niggling doubt throughout that there's much to the impact of this show other than audience titilation. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 7.40 Udderbelly's Pasture, Edinburgh
A Drunk Woman Looks At The Thistle
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Written by crime novelist Denise Mina as a response to Hugh MacDiarmid's 1926 poem, this is a funny. brainy, argumentative dissection of the very idea of national identity, performed with bright-eyed elan by the excellent Karen Dunbar. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 10.10 Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
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A feisty, sun worshipin', gum chewin', all singin', all dancin' trio of girlfriends gradually divulge the scandal going on in the bosom of their beloved Florida trailer park. While the show pokes fun at American let-it-all-hang-out culture, we are persuaded to empathise with the characters' mishaps, misgivings and breakthroughs.'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 10.00 C, Edinburgh
Once and For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen
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A troupe of teenage actors explore the angst of adolescence, with a piece that feels like an unfinished workshop. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
22 Aug 9.30 Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Balanders
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Polish puppet show 'Balanders' examines the relationship between a freak show master and his caged beast. Inspired by the fantastical, existential ideas of Edgar Allen Poe, Jorge Luis Borges and Topor, it's a thorny and enigmatic show that explores man's desire for control. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 7.50 Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh
The Factory
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A vivid and powerful Holocaust journey presented by Badac Theatre. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
22 Aug 4.30 & 6.00 Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
The Riot Showgrrrls Club
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Not just another burlesque cabaret show: the girlies in basques are here to tell you about male abuses of power and the subjugation of women in pornography. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
4 Aug–25 Aug 10.15 Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Borderline
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Rob Benson's brilliant one-man piece about drug-induced psychosis toys with expectations of mental heath issues. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–24 Aug 9.00 Underbelly, Edinburgh
Betrayal
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Pinter's intriguing play, a love triangle with a twist, presented by Byre Theatre and Rapture Theatre.
14 Aug–6 Sep, not Sundays, Mondays Tue–Fri 7.30; Sat 2.00 & 7.30 Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Britt Ekland: Britt on Britt
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Former bond girl and one-time wife of Peter Sellers proffers a frank and surprisingly funny whistle stop tour of her enchantingly colourful life. A captivating stage presence who refuses to take herself too seriously. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 6.30 Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Esoterica
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This exciting blend of card skills and people-reading marks out performer Eric Walto as deserving of a much bigger stage. 'Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–24 Aug 9.05 Underbelly's Baby Belly, Edinburgh
Jonny Woo: International Woman of Mr. 'E'
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Emotional truth sits alongside enthralling entertainment in this one-(wo)man show. Woo encompasses the full role of the clown: both humorous and tragic. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
1 Aug–25 Aug 9.00 Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Boys of the Empire
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A rather dim-witted, over-egged affair set in a 1930s English boarding school and the newly-named Iraq, then ruled over by a British colonial puppet-king. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
3 Aug–25 Aug 8.00 C, Edinburgh
Mommie and the Minister
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The titular Mommie of this Hammer Horror homage is part drag queen, part Methodist preacher, part Bride of Frankenstein, the campest most over-blown feature of a play that's clearly aiming to be the campest, most overblown thing at the fringe.'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
31 Jul–24 Aug 10.00 Underbelly, Edinburgh
Sister Cities
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Black comedy about four sisters, reunited after mum Jill Gascoigne slits her wrists. It's more West End than Fringe fare, but it's still a smart, accomplished piece of naturalistic drama. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
3 Aug–24 Aug 6.45 Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
The Time Step
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In Matthew Hurt's claustrophobic chamber piece, Linda Marlowe plays the latest in a long line of faded, aspirational beauties, middle-aged Cid, who spends her days reminiscing about her brief spell as the darling of the amateur tap circuit. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
30 Jul–25 Aug, not 24 Aug 6.00 Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh

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