Listings: Evening events, Cabaret, Fringe

Join the festivities as the cast take you on a parade through comedy, cabaret and carnival beat with 16 of the world's most entrancing beauties, perfect makeup, stunning costumes, iconic numbers and fabulous choreography.

Briefs and Assembly. Fresh from glitter-bombing the globe, the award winning trouble makers are back with a brand spankin' new show. The all male, all vaudeville, all trash brat-pack are in lock-down ready to unleash The Second Coming: a disorderly, circus infused Briefs-boys feast of new tricks, new wigs, new boys…

Seven performers tantalisingly blending circus, cabaret and vaudeville as Circa come back to the Fringe for the first time in four years.

Ladies and gentlemen and those of you not so defined, the end of the world is nigh. Too late. Boom! After Tales From A Cabaret and the TO&ST award-nominated An Hour Long Sinister Wink, join us, The Creative Martyrs: ukulele-plucking, kazoo-humming, cello-strumming, storytelling, singing and dancing vaudevillian…

Adam Oliver and Zuma Puma are Almond Roca. Adam Oliver and Zuma Puma lead you on an epic journey. Witness sacred comedy of almonds unfolding in surreal, super-fun and insanely entertaining love festival. The Lost Cabaret. Find it. 'An absolute blast!' ★★★★ (ThreeWeeks). www.pay-what-you-want.info. Ages 18+.

Jamie McDermott/Aldeburgh Festival. Cabaret songs by WH Auden, Benjamin Britten, Conor Mitchell and Mark Ravenhill. Jamie McDermott (of The Irrepressibles) sings of love: new and old, hidden and held. Striking reinterpretations of the famous Benjamin Britten / WH Auden songs are joined by new numbers from Fringe First…

Back for its third year, Aurora Winterborn's Candid Cabaret promises to treat you to another ‘veritable smorgasbord of Fringe performances’ ★★★★ (ThreeWeeks), featuring the finest burlesque, comedy, magic and much more from around the world! ★★★★★ (BroadwayBaby.com)

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent by arrangement with Stephen Baker. Having spent his life using magic to solve impossible problems, award-winning magician Ben Hart turns his attention to himself. Be amazed by his magic, impressed by his skill and moved by how the owner of such a brilliant mind can still be so in…

StayLa Multimédia and Come See Entertainment. The Parisian phenomenon comes to Edinburgh. From Mary Poppins to West Side Story and Singin' in the Rain to My Fair Lady, Isabelle Georges and her all-star band lead us on a dizzying journey through the very heart of Broadway. From Cole Porter to Irving Berlin, George and…

A first at the Fringe … in fact, anywhere! This show is written and performed by an Edinburgh taxi driver. Songs, stories, historical facts and much, much more all for just £12. Not bad considering it would cost you triple that for a parking fine! One hour of sights and sounds of Edinburgh. From below the Castle…

Featuring an array of musical selections from the deepest corners of the musical repertoire, and some old standards as you’ve never seen them before, this performance is sure to move, excite and inspire. Don’t miss this unique revue performance by xYMTS, Youth Music Theatre Scotland's older members, who debuted at…

We're back! The desire. The fantasy. The nightmare. Terrifying. You're back! The costumes. The attitude. The hedonism. A gory, bloody, wicked club night of horror characters. Dress up - think Halloween. World's biggest burlesque club (Guinness World Records). Biggest Fringe cabaret event for five years. 'Top 10 cabaret…

Introducing New York City's renowned raconteur of supernatural sleaze and homosexual horror, Dandy Darkly! '…an utterly unique and potentially fatal cocktail of mince and menace that's not to be believed … even once he's been seen!' (Villager Newspaper). Multiple critics pick and 'one of five things to do this week!…

TREMers in association with Theatre Bench. Debbie Chapman comes to Edinburgh direct from the Leicester Square Theatre in the West End. Through an amalgamation of comedic stories and heartfelt song, Debbie will ponder (aloud) why her fairy tale of love has yet to become a reality and why in many ways, she feels just…

Fans of Spinal Tap and Flight of the Conchords, say 'hallo' to your new favourite band. Catch Berlin's prince and princess of indie rock before they release their feature film in 2014. A lipstick-smeared, tantrum-loving, sonic collision between B52's, Kraftwerk and early Ramones. Their songs are ridiculously infectious…

Sarah-Ann Cromwell. Winner of Buxton Festival Fringe Spirit of the Fringe Award 2012 and Nominated for Best Solo Vocal, the UK's first operatic cabaret: Diva Gigs: A week in the life of a diva, is an unforgettable romp into the operatic world of Birmingham Conservatoire trained Soprano, Sarah-Ann Cromwell. Described by…

Mick Perrin Worldwide. ThreeWeeks Award winner Doug returns with a brand new comedy mind reading show where he turns the audience into mind reading mentalists. 'Imagine if Derren Brown was funny' (Evening Standard). Expect comedy, animation, interaction and mind blowing miracles performed by you, the audience. 'One of…

EttieBoo and Friends. Ettieboo (Ria Lina) presents the best value for money cabaret can buy! Each show is different, with a line-up comprised of the best, brightest, and most beautiful acts participating at the Fringe. If you're getting to the end of your Fringe experience and you feel like you haven't seen enough…

Kiss & Tell Cabaret. Glamorous chanteuse and vacuous socialite Melinda Hughes drags her long-suffering accompanist Jeremy Limb from party to party, drunkenly flirting with younger men, airing her opinion on the recession, the Euro, the literary world, recycling and French émigrés in London. These original risqué…

New York musical theatre entertainer/comedian Jonathan Prager brings his golden voice, heartfelt interpretation and comedic sensibility to a glorious and hilarious mix of little known gems and heartwarming favorites. www.theSeriousComic.com

Michael Griffiths. Australian music theatre star Michael Griffiths is Madonna. No accent, costume or wig. Just Madge accompanying herself at the piano, leading you on a journey through her tough life and tender songs. Strike a pose, get into the groove and express yourself as Madonna opens her heart. 'A borderline…