Listings: Fringe

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ROSL Arts. Fourteenth sell-out series. Includes violinists Ben Baker and Michael Foyle, cellists Yelian He and Rowena Calvert, and pianist Kausikan Rajeshkumar performing works by Bach and contemporaries. Different artists and programmes each concert. Tea/coffee, pastries afterwards included. www.roslarts.org.uk. All…

Andrea Dworkin: radical feminist. Alan Bissett: man. One microphone. Bissett plays himself, and one of the most original, reviled women in history, telling stories from his own life and from Dworkin’s. Expect an unflinching examination of porn culture, laughter and Led Zeppelin. From the team behind Fringe hits The…

This is a show on top of Arthur's seat, every day at 1pm. It is only a 45 minute walk from the Royal Mile (really!), a totally unique (and funny) event at the most spectacular venue in Edinburgh. You can't afford to miss it. ‘One of the friendliest, fun and memorable shows at the Fringe this year’ ★★★…

Clive Anderson ties up the Loose Ends with cool music, lots of comedy and, of course, scintillating conversation. Recorded for BBC Radio 4. Please note - This is a free event ticketed via a random draw. To enter the draw please visit www.bbc.co.uk/tickets.

Broadcast simultaneously live on BBC Radio Scotland and sold out every year for the last decade, Fred MacAulay and Susan Calman bring you the pick of the very best comedy from the Fringe. Please note - This is a free event ticketed via a random draw. To enter the draw please visit www.bbc.co.uk/tickets.

Hired by Aladdin's genie, trainer Alice Lashman is here to teach you how to wish successfully. Grab a birthday candle, find a dandelion puff and come to Alice's seminar to learn how to avoid the mistakes of bankrupt lottery winners, our coalition government and fame-rejecting reality TV stars. Also featuring…

Paper Finch Theatre. The enduring French fairy tale exploring devotion, beauty, and love, reimagined with puppetry and live music. Beauty, our bookish but sweet-natured heroine, much-abused by her narcissistic siblings, nobly steps into a life of captivity at the hands of a terrible beast to save her father's life. But…

GregRobin Smith / The Interactive History Company. Free the lightning from the jar and engage in conversation with the ever-fascinating Dr Benjamin Franklin. Take this opportunity to question an inventor, patriot / traitor, world famous wit and rogue. Funny, poignant and informative. The show involves fascinating…

Bongo Club. From the esteemed roster of clubnights at Edinburgh's Bongo Club, a choice selection of the very best nights out in town during August, with the twisted, freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro and indie of Confusion Is Sex, evergreen soul, funk, Latin, jazz and more from Four Corners, and the mighty…

Walks - 7th, 10th, 14th, 17th, 21st, 24th Aug. Talks - 5th, 12th, 19th Aug. If all the world's a stage and we want to change the world, what does it mean for the stage? BiDiNG TiME - an experiment to share a story around the world and make theatre, acting locally / sharing globally. Thyme is a young woman looking…

St Andrews' oldest, best and only improv troupe is lonely. Talented, well-educated, semi house-trained performers seek that special hour-long connection with a supportive audience. Open to suggestions. No night is ever the same and former audiences have described us as inexplicably pleasurable. Mild performance anxiety.

The Blueswater. The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing two late night gigs at Edinburgh's top music venue The Jazz Bar. The band will showcase their unique songs and sound. Bringing in the sounds of old school R&B, this Edinburgh-based group dabble with…

Following his smash hit, sell out show ‘Words, Words, Words’ in 2010, which won both the Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize and a Malcolm Hardee Award, and received unprecedented rave reviews, comedy sensation Bo Burnham returns to the Fringe for a strictly limited run with his brand new show What. The youngest person…

No Prophet Theatre Company and Close Up Theatre. Uni is over. The grades are in. And there's just time for one last act of irresponsibility. On their last night as students, these lads have to face their future, so a drug-fuelled bash seems wholly appropriate. An arrestingly dark comedy, offering an intense insight…

by Tristan Bernays. Ever wanted to share a pint with a god? Meet John Barleycorn: drinker, party animal, ancient god. John awakes in the modern day after thousands of years to find a grey and lifeless world filled with grey and lifeless people. He thinks it's time they remember what it's like to have a little fun. A…

Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Dawn Sedgwick Management. Winner of the 2013 Dave Channel/ Leicester Comedy Festival award for Best New Show. Brett's acclaimed new stand-up show takes on pornography, crying and how to survive a New York blackout, dignity intact. Half jokes, half stories – all cop. Brett is…

Come and find out about participating in Brighton Fringe, England’s largest arts festival. For four weeks in May, Brighton is transformed with all types of performances in venues big and small. www.brightonfringe.org

This varied programme of classical and contemporary works spans 150 years of choral music. The earliest work presented will be Brahms Four Songs for Female Voices, 2 Horns and Harp. This unusual scoring complements the opening line of the first song, which reflects on the rich tones of the harp. Celebrating the centenary…

Countries go through times of turmoil when in transition from one of governing to a new order. They consist of many giant and individual struggles. But what happens when the future you meet is not the one that you were expecting? Cadre is one such South African story of dreams and change. Omphile Molusi is one of…

Following countless sell-out runs, the Cambridge Footlights return to the Edinburgh Fringe as they celebrate the club's 130th anniversary. Many past Footlights have changed the face of British comedy, including Peter Cook, John Cleese, Hugh Laurie and Tim Key. Join 'the most renowned sketch troupe of them all…

Two actors. One musician. Forty-four characters. Captain Morgan and First Mate Hammond quest for secrets of time-travel in a rip-roaring adventure comedy with monsters, sword fights and shivered timbers. Featured on BBC Radio, Tap Tap Theatre presents a whirlwind of adventure and avarice, hilarity and heroics, as two…