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The Rising: The UK's No.1 Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band
The Rising are a dynamic group of talented musicians who play tribute to Springsteen and the E street band. Capturing the Boss’s energy, this seven piece line-up focuses on both the extensive back catalogue for the hard core fan, in addition to all the classics. The extensive two-hour set includes tracks such as…
Citrus Club, Edinburgh
Sat 24 Aug
The Rite of Spring Talk
The Rite of Spring Talk with choreographer Christopher Hampson.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Sun 18 Aug
Ronny Chieng: The Ron Way
Soho Theatre & Century Entertainment. Winner Best Newcomer, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2012. Ronny doesn't want to be liked. His bold matter-of-fact stance is a breath of fresh air among comics who just want you to love them. But he'll get you on side with his hilarious determination to show he has the…
Underbelly, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Rosie Nimmo
'…like it a lot. Great voice' (Ian Rankin). 'Utterly enchanting' (Blues Matters). 'A haunting collection of spare, subtle songs meditating on the magic and trials of life.' ★★★★ (List). '…jazzy, rootsy, laid-back concoction' (Sunday Herald). '…dynamic singer' (Guardian). 'Deeply moving' (Piers Ford). 'Hugely enjoyable…
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Fri 9 Aug
Sans Salomé
Fourth Monkey. 'It was perfect' ★★★★★ (EdinburghGuide.com). 'A tour de force on the Fringe' ★★★★★ (RemoteGoat.co.uk). 'Outstanding' ★★★★★ (FringeGuru.com). Award-winning Fourth Monkey return to the Fringe following their sell-out five-star success with Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis in 2012. 1895, Oscar Wilde…
theSpace on Niddry Street, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Sarah Millican - Home Bird
'Sarah Millican is never less than belly-laugh hilarious' (Mirror). 'An iron fist in a marigold glove' (Guardian). The British Comedy Award’s Queen of Comedy Sarah Millican is giving up the party scene (Ann Summers), easing off on the drinking (fizzy pop equals wealthy dentists) and settling down (taking her bra…
The Stand, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Secret Opera Society
Freak Music. It's magnifico, it's deliziosissima, but shhh it's a secret! Enjoy a three-course menu bursting full of fresh flavours direct from Milano, served up to the sweet serenades of the Secret Opera Society. The award-winning Centotre have added an extra special flavour to their authentic Italian menu for the…
Centotre, Edinburgh
Wed 7 Aug
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Wed 14 Aug
£40 / 0131 226 0000
Wed 21 Aug
£40 / 0131 226 0000
Shakespeare's Cymbeline
FreeRange Productions. In a rare performance of one of Shakespeare's darkest and most intense plays, anger, jealousy and lust are intimately explored in a powerful new production. Against the backdrop of a great war, young lovers fight for love, pride and survival. Cymbeline is a brutal tragedy, passionate romance and…
Just The Tonic at the Caves, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sinatra: The Final Curtain
Kingdom Theatre Company. A legend, now poorly in hospital, looks back on a lifetime of entertainment as he reflects on the triumphs and the heartaches. He sees his former self as a young crooner, slim and confident and hears the songs that touched a generation. He tells his young nurse of some very good years and…
Whitespace, Edinburgh
Fri 9 Aug
Sat 10 Aug
Sun 11 Aug
Smashed
Gandini Juggling. Smashed. 9 jugglers, 80 apples, 4 crockery sets. A sensational mix of skill and theatricality inspired by the work of Pina Bausch. A series of nostalgic filmic scenes exploring conflict, tense relationships, lost love and quaint afternoon tea. A global hit, performed over 200 times, this is a rare…
Assembly @ Assembly Hall, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Soddin' Flodden
IDEOMS. 1513, Flodden Field: among the dead lay Scotland's most popular Stewart King and the flower of her nobility. Who was James IV, the charismatic monarch with a fascination for women, alchemy, cannons and metal underwear? Were his 'three steps into England' just a mad-cap, ill-considered, naive adventure, destined…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Songs of the Scots
Linten Adie. Linten Adie is an Edinburgh-based community singing group. For the most part we are older in years but certainly not in spirit. We sing traditional and contemporary songs of Scotland - songs of love, work, war - with respect and passion. The group has been singing in harmony together and performing for…
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Sun 11 Aug
Sonica Presents Robbie Thomson's Ecstatic Arc
‘A playful paradise of science-fiction style hi-tech wizardry in an adventure playground where big-time sensuality is accelerated to the max’ (MapMagazine.co.uk). Combining music and mechanical choreography to spectacular effect, Ecstatic Arc is seductive in its raw beauty. The theatrical installation is based on…
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Spring Awakening: The Musical
Ophiuchus Rising. Spring awakens in Ophiuchus Rising's production of Spring Awakening. The groundbreaking musical combines 19th-century expressionist style with the angst of modern rock music. It explores the topics of masturbation, suicide, and the sexual tribulations of society's most misunderstood demographic…
Paradise in Augustine's, Edinburgh
Tue 6 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
Thu 8 Aug
Squally Showers
Following their previous Edinburgh smash hits Crocosmia and Operation Greenfield, Little Bulb Theatre return to the Fringe with their latest offering, exploring dance/dance theatre and the political whirlwind that was the 1980s. It's the decade of all or nothing and a magical storm is gathering pace… Told with…
Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Stephen Carlin: Gambling Man
Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Glorious Management. Are you content to fritter away your life in gainful employment … or are you feeling lucky? Well are you? Can you feel it in your bones? Are you on a roll? Are the gods smiling on you? Go on, put your money where your mouth is and bet your life savings…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Stories We Tell

- 2012
- Canada
- 108 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Sarah Polley
- UK release: 28 June 2013
Polley's first documentary looks inwardly at her family life, particularly at her mother who died when she was aged 11.
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Fri 21 Jun
Svengali
- 2013
- UK
- Directed by: John Hardwick
- Cast: Martin Freeman, Vicky McClure, Michael Socha
A couple head for London where one of them dreams of managing a rock band. Based on a cult YouTube series.
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Fri 21 Jun
TalkFest 2013
Inspirational discussions with leading writers and theatre-makers from this year’s Fringe. The Body Politic: the Human Body as the Drama, chaired by Jo Clifford with panellists including writer /performers Adura Onashile (HeLa) and Robert Softley Gale (If These Spasms Could Speak). Let the Games Begin: the Art and…
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Mon 12 Aug
Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit
The Pleasance. A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care a charity supporting people living in Scotland with HIV. Previous line-ups have included: Michael McIntyre, Stephen K Amos, Russell Howard, Jason Byrne and many more. Beg, borrow or steal a ticket as it's sure to sell-out! Line-up to be…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Tue 13 Aug
Terry Alderton: Season 4
CKP in association with Tim Payne. Following his critically acclaimed smash hit shows in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and hugely successful national tours, award-winning comedian Terry Alderton is back! Seen on Michael McIntyre's Roadshow, Dave's One Night Stand, and the Sun's Comedian of the Year 2011 returns with a brand new…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
The Swimming Pool (La Piscina)
- 2011
- Cuba/Spain/Venezuela
- 65 min
- Directed by: Carlos Quintela
- Cast: Raúl Capote, Mónica Molinet, Carlos Javier Martinez
An unusual, enigmatic, visual treat from Cuba bound to make a splash. On a hot summer morning four teenagers, all differently disabled, gather in a public swimming pool to train with their coach. During the course of the day very little happens but unspoken feelings, rivalries and power games among the members of the…
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Mon 24 Jun
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Tue 25 Jun
The Way We Dance (Kwong Mo Pai)
- 2013
- Hong Kong
- 110 min
- Directed by: Adam Wong
- Cast: Cherry Ngan, Babyjohn Choi, Lokman Yeung
‘How far are you willing to go for dance?’ Leaving her parents’ tofu restaurant behind, aspiring dancer Fleur enters university and promptly joins the hip-hop dance club. Her idiosyncratic moves are too advanced for the other dancers, but she finds approval from the chairman of the Tai Chi club, who encourages her to…
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Sun 23 Jun
This Was Your Life
Quite Nice Theatre. An award-winning, original comedy musical where the audience are invited to the recording of everyone's favourite reality TV show to decide the fate of a recently deceased contestant. Three actors take on over 20 roles and sing some of the catchiest original musical numbers around. Plus, with two…
Just The Tonic at the Caves, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Tig Notaro: Boyish-Girl Interrupted
Gilded Balloon. Tig is a favourite on NPR's This American Life, and on Conan. Her album Live, sold over 100,000 units in just six weeks. She has guest starred on shows like NBC's The Office and Community along with HBO's The Life and Times of Tim. Her podcast Professor Blastoff recently peaked at No.1 on the iTunes…




