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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
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'
23 Aug, 22 Aug–25 Aug 7.30 Edinburgh Playhouse, 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
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
Another Kind of Silence
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The tale of marine biologist and nature writer Rachel Carson is brought to life by Liz Rothschild. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
19 Aug–24 Aug 3.40 Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh
Another Paradise
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A dystopian farce written by Sayan Kent, Another Paradise is set in a Britain where the introduction of ID cards by the government has changed the nature of identity itself. The show features as part of the InvAsian festival, promoting Asian theatrical talent at this year's Fringe. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
3 Aug–25 Aug 4.45 clubWEST @ Quincentenary Hall, Edinburgh
Apollo/Dionysus
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Musing on the conflict between the Greek gods Dionysus (wine and fertility) and Apollo (order and truth), this show by theatre company The Dead offers wine and water for the audience at some point ? get in there, freeloaders! 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
30 Jul–25 Aug 12.30 C, Edinburgh
Architecting
Date Location
Fringe favourites the TEAM return with a brash, complex piece exploring American cultural mythology and modern capitalism. As clever and entertaining a work as you're likely to see at this year's Fringe. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
1 Aug–24 Aug (Times vary) 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 Bird and the Bee: The Bird
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A teenage boy speaks to his mother, a Russian prostitute, of his first love, after both mother and son have endured a life of great travail, much of it confined to the cramped brothel they inhabit. For all its dark introspection, Al Smith's four-hander fails to bring enough originality or insight into its story to convince.'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–24 Aug 5.40 Underbelly, Edinburgh
Bite the Dust
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One of a number of Polish works debuting at this years Fringe, 'Bite The Dust' re-evaluates the 'dulce et decorum est' myth on a personal and cultural level, but much of the satire and relevance is lost in translation. A waste. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
3 Aug–25 Aug 5.00 Freemasons Hall Universal Arts Theatre, 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
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
The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer
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A rags-to-riches-and-back-again tale of sexual exploitation, as the former mistress to the British ambassador to Uzbekistan tells her story through the medium of song and dance. Worth a visit. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
1 Aug–24 Aug 1.30 Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
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
By The Way
Date Location
This poorly scripted two-hander follows a pair of friends on a road trip through a dystopian France, where an unnamed plague is killing off everyone's mothers.'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 2.05 Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
The Caravan
Date Location
Theatre company Look Left, Look Right win the prize for bizarre venues this year. The Caravan is set in a tiny caravan and focuses on the plight of the 2,200 British households still living in temporary housing after the floods of 2007. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
4 Aug–24 Aug (Times vary) Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
The Caravan
Date Location
Docu-theatre from transcripts of the victims of the 2007 floods in England, set in a tiny trailer and including voices from a wide spectrum of social classes and backgrounds. An intriguing portrait of modern Britain. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
5 Aug–25 Aug (Times vary) Pleasance Courtyard, 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
Circus Oz: 30th Birthday Bash
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Far more theatrical that trad big top and ringmaster affairs, Circus Oz still offers the requisite acrobatics, juggling, clowning and stunts but with added elements of performance and personality. A big, shiny, crowd-puller of a spectacle by a group that is at the very top of its game, and occasionally at the top of a very long pole.'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 4.45 Assembly @ Assembly Hall, 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
Cloudcuckooland
Date Location
More instruments than you can shake a stick at, and more bird poo than the world can cope with in this fast, funny environmentally-aware musical. Ages 5-12. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
2 Aug–25 Aug 12.50 Pleasance Courtyard, 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
Deep Cut
Date Location
Powerful drama focusing on the quest for justice of Des and Doreen James, whose daughter Cheryl died at Deepcut barracks.'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–24 Aug (Times vary) Traverse Theatre, 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 Echo Chamber
Date Location
Journey down into the dark, damp vaults beneath Edinburgh's Old Town, and watch one family cope with life among the ghosts. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
6 Aug–24 Aug 10.45am Underbelly's Baby Belly, 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
The Factory
Date Location
A cramped, intense production set in one of the Fringe's new venues; a sequence of newly-discovered cellars underneath the Pleasance. The Factory leads audiences through the final moments of Auschwitz concentration camp, from gas chamber to crematorium. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
1 Aug–24 Aug (Times vary) Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
The Factory
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A vivid and powerful Holocaust journey presented by Badac Theatre. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
23 Aug 8.00 & 9.30 Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Fall
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Writer Zinnie Harris presents stark reflections upon the battle fought for civilisation against the barbaric impulses created by late capitalism. The huge vision and ambition of this work make it necessary and important Festival viewing.'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
2 Aug–24 Aug (Times vary) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Fawn
Date Location
A muddled monologue about a girl transported from a forest into a world of alternate realities. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
19 Aug–24 Aug 1.10 Sweet Grassmarket, Edinburgh
The Fooligan
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Al Seed displays an enviable gift for storytelling in this one-man show. A vibrant series of clowning tableaux breaks up this atmospheric tale within a tale, as Seed recounts the exploits of one of the world's greatest storytellers, travelling across the universe and venturing through conversations with children and kings.'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
1 Aug–24 Aug, not Mondays 3.40 Pleasance Courtyard, 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
George Orwell's Coming Up For Air
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Adroit stage adaptation of Orwell's lesser-known 1939 novel , following a middle-aged man despairing at the failing economy and the erosion of civil liberties. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
5 Aug–25 Aug 11.00am Assembly @ George Street, 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
The Greatest Bubble Show On Earth
Date Location
All manner of bubble fun from Louis Pearl, who has been doing bubble shows for years. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
13 Aug–25 Aug 12.10 C Too, Edinburgh
Greenstick Boy
Date Location
A tale of broken hearts and bones with an unresolved ending, starring Maggie Cronin. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
19 Aug–25 Aug 11.50am Assembly @ George Street, Edinburgh
The Gruffalo
Date Location
Hugely successful theatre version of Julia Donaldson's clever and colourful book about a resourceful mouse and, of course, the terrible Gruffalo. Expect a dancing fox, a moustachioed snake and plenty of other interesting animals. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 2.10 C Too, Edinburgh
The Gymnast
Date Location
This curious collage of movement, speech, sound and lighting FX creates an impressionistic portrayal of life under the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. It's undoubtedly a harrowing history, but it's one that hasn't translated particularly seamlessly to the stage. 'Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–23 Aug 2.30 Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
I Am Robert Mugabe
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Set in an imaginary future in which the Zimbabwean dictator is on trial for crimes against humanity. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
16 Aug–23 Aug 10.45am The Space @ Venue 45, Edinburgh
I Love You, Bro
Date Location
Based on a true story, this is an intense exploration of the dark side of the teen psyche featuring Johnny, a young man struggling with his sexuality who finds release communicating online. 'Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 2.45 Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
The Idiot Colony
Date Location
Terrifying insight into the penal system that branded women 'moral defectives' for crimes such as homosexuality or having children out of wedlock. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–24 Aug 1.10 Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Inside Yerma
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Regarded as a metaphor for the Spanish civil war, this is a mesmerising tale of singing, dancing and despair. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
19 Aug–24 Aug 2.35 Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
It Ain't All Bollywood
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Depicts the trials and tribulations of Kiran, who has descended into an escapist fixation with Bollywood films following the death of her father. Sadly any real pathos is here hampered by a dubious script, making this a confused and overwrought play. The show features as part of the InvAsian festival, promoting Asian theatrical talent at this year's Fringe. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
3 Aug–25 Aug 4.00 clubWEST @ Quincentenary Hall, Edinburgh
James Campbell's Shut Up Stupid
Date Location
An 'experimental black comedy' from the man who brought us the 'Comedy Club 4 Kids'. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
31 Jul–25 Aug 4.00 Sweet ECA, Edinburgh
Joan Rivers - Work in Progress by a Life in Progress
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The New York diva, and veteran of the stage, explores the aging process in this confessional play. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
19 Aug–25 Aug 3.45 Udderbelly's Pasture, 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
Koko and the Crocodile
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A little touch of Africa in Mara Menzies tale of a poorly reptile looking for medical advice. Audience members can make reminders of the show to take home with their memories of this delightful piece. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
20 Aug–25 Aug 11.00am The Zoo, Edinburgh
The Lie of the Land
Date Location
Sharp little two-hander about a yuppie couple trying to relocate to the countryside. There's a lot of beautiful writing here, but the characters are played so blatantly for laughs that it's difficult to take their neuroses seriously, and the whole thing never looks much beyond its own Londony navel. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
1 Aug–25 Aug 12.30 Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Lough/Rain
Date Location
A quietly tragic relationship co-authored by Declan Feenan and Clara Brennan. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'
19 Aug–24 Aug 1.00 Underbelly, Edinburgh

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