There are great theatre shows on offer all year round at the King's Theatre and Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh Farmers' Market
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More local, quality, ethical produce than you could shake a stick at.
Saturdays 9.00am–2.00 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh
Ceilidh Club
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Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps, featuring Breeling (21 Oct) and Free Range (28 Oct).
Tuesdays 8.00 The Lot, Edinburgh
Fleeto
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Paddy Cunneen's short play, inspired by the 'Iliad', draws on contemporary Glasgow's so-called 'knife culture'. A hard-hitting contemporary re-invention of the Greek tragic form.
7 Oct–8 Oct 7.30 St Bride's Centre, Edinburgh
FOUND
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FOUND, the magazine compiled from notes, pics and other curiosities stumbled across and sent in by readers, crosses the pond for its first European Tour. Davy Rothbart reads the letters, his brother Peter performs songs, Andrew Cohn provides the beats and sideshow performer Brett Loudermilk is on hand for any sword swallowing that's required.
13 Oct 8.00 Forest Café, Edinburgh
Marion Drummond and Walter Awison
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Works by two of the gallery's favourite artists. Glasgwegian Marion Drummond paints mainly in oils and renowned drawer Walter Awlson displays some of his rarer oil and pastel paintings. There will also be new work shown by Jow Hargan, Julie Dumbarton, Lynn Rodgie and Allison Young.
1 Oct–31 Oct, not Tuesdays Mon & Wed–Sat 10.00am–6.00; Sun 11.30am–5.00 Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh
Righteous Kill
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New York police detective partners Rooster (Pacino) and Turk (De Niro) duke it out over a series of cop killings while staring admiringly at each other as if they're celebrating a diamond-wedding anniversary. When they met in Michael Mann's 'Heat' the anticipation was enormous but 13 years and a loss of kudos later, not so much.
3 Oct9 Oct 11.00am, 1.25, 3.55, 6.25 & 9.00 Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
3 Oct9 Oct 1.40, 4.00 & 9.00; Fri & Sat 1.40, 4.00, 9.00 & 11.30 Vue Edinburgh Omni, Edinburgh
3 Oct9 Oct 3.00, 5.30 & 8.00; Thu 3.00 Odeon, Edinburgh
3 Oct9 Oct 3.15, 5.45 & 8.15 Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
3 Oct9 Oct 3.50, 6.10 & 8.40; Fri & Sat 3.50, 6.10, 8.40 & 11.10 Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
Scott and Stevenson Dissect the Doctors
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Caroline McCracken-Flesher give a lecture on Edinburgh's gruesome scientific history, taking in Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
16 Oct 6.00 Appleton Tower, Edinburgh
Scottish Opera: The Merry Widow
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Scottish Opera returns with a lavish new production of Franz Lehár's light opera. Set in Paris 1912, 'The Merry Widow' tells the tale of Hanna Glawari, the witty widow of a filthily rich man, who is in search of a new spouse.
1 Nov 7.30 Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh
Sing-A-Long-A ABBA
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The spirit of the super Swedes lives on in this musical extravaganza with live singers, on-screen lyrics, fancy dress and a party atmosphere.
12 Oct 7.30 Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Tropic Thunder
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While filming a war movie, three Hollywood actors become embroiled with a heroin cartel run by a tyrannical 12-year-old (Brandon Soo Hoo) and are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Like Stiller's previous directorial efforts, 'Tropic Thunder' looks like it has been plotted by a child simpleton but most of the time you'll be laughing too hard to notice, or care.
3 Oct9 Oct 11.45am, 2.30, 5.30 & 8.15 Cineworld Edinburgh, Edinburgh
3 Oct9 Oct 12.00, 2.50, 5.30 & 8.15; Fri & Sat 12.00, 2.50, 5.30, 8.15 & 11.00 Vue Edinburgh Omni, Edinburgh
3 Oct9 Oct 1.00, 3.45, 6.15 & 8.45; Sat 10.15am, 1.00, 3.45, 6.15 & 8.45; Sun 10.15am, 3.45, 6.15 & 8.45; Mon 1.00, 3.45 & 8.45 Vue Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh
3 Oct9 Oct 3.00, 5.30 & 8.00 Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
3 Oct9 Oct 3.00, 5.30 & 8.00 Odeon, Edinburgh

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