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Little Howard's Big Show for Kids
Get Comedy. Big Howard and Little Howard, the human/cartoon double act and stars of The Royal Variety Performance, CBBC's The Slammer and Little Howard's Big Question are back with their unique family comedy show. A sinister figure threatens our heroes and the only way to thwart him is by putting on the funniest show…
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
The Enormous Turnip
Spotlites Theatre Productions. Help Grandad plant the tiny seed! Slide in the snail slime! Heave up the enormous turnip! Professional interactive theatre for kids who don't just want to sit still and watch! Little'uns come onstage throughout! Join Boy and Grandad as they tend the seeds! The family is hungry, what will…
Spotlites @ The Merchant's Hall, Edinburgh
Mon 19 Aug
Tue 20 Aug
Studio Theatre
£7 (£6) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thu 22 Aug
Coffee With Guv
Wells Cathedral Junior School. Coffee with Guv is a heart-warming, high tempo comedy timepiece, performed by a dynamic young cast. Based on the true story of one of London's very first youth clubs, the drama is centred around The Elephant and Castle at the end of the 50s, where Guv, a new teacher starting work in the…
Paradise in Augustine's, Edinburgh
Wed 7 Aug
Thu 8 Aug
Fri 9 Aug
I HEART SCOTLAND: Costume Workshop
Learn about Scottish history with a little help from artist Rachel Maclean and a dress-up workshop full of arts and crafts activities. Booking is essential.
Edinburgh Printmakers
Wed 7 Aug
£12 per child + adult / 0131 557 2479
- 14:00 – 16:30
Baby Loves Disco
Baby Loves Disco is a chance for kids aged six months–seven years (and their parents) to get their respective grooves on, alongside the chance to sample the delights of bubble machines, instruments and a Gymboree chillout zone, with face-painting and healthy snacks included.
Electric Circus, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Main Theatre
£6 / 0131 226 0000
Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fri 9 Aug
Beauty and the Beast
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…
C, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
+2
£7.50 (£5.50; Children £3.50; Children £3.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thu 1 Aug
+2
£7.50 (£5.50; Children £3.50; Children £3.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fri 2 Aug
+2
£7.50 (£5.50; Children £3.50; Children £3.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Daily at the BBC
The BBC returns to bring the best of the Festivals to audiences at home and in Edinburgh. Come and find out what's going on from 9am daily. Visit bbc.co.uk/tickets for line-ups and tickets. Follow @BBCEdFest.
BBC @ Potterrow, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Foodies Festival
Foodies Festival returns to Inverleith Park opposite the Botanic Gardens. Bringing you the best in fine food and drink. Sample tasty treats from artisan producers, enjoy international dishes in our street food avenue, watch Michelin-starred chefs cooking live and taste delicious champagne and cocktails in our Drinks…
Inverleith Park, Edinburgh
Fri 9 Aug
Sat 10 Aug
Sun 11 Aug
Jurassic Park
- 1993
- US
- 127 min
- PG
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
- Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, Wayne Knight
A group of scientists are invited to give their approval to a theme park filled with genetically engineered dinosaurs, but the giant reptiles are soon running amok. Unsurpassed computer effects ensure that the dinosaurs themselves are terrifyingly believable (more so than the PG certificate would suggest), but by the…
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Mon 24 Jun
The Man Who Planted Trees
Funny and moving puppet show about a shepherd who transforms an area of wasteland into a majestic forest by planting one seed at a time. Age 7+.
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Tue 30 Jul
Wed 31 Jul
Thu 1 Aug
Pop Lock-in
Baby Loves Disco UK. Friday afternoons just got funky! The team behind Baby Loves Disco (Fringe sell-out 2009/10/11/12) introduce alternative entertainment for primary school children and their families. An afternoon lock-in at Edinburgh's coolest nightclub… Our resident DJ spins the latest chart tunes and street dance…
Electric Circus, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Fri 9 Aug
Fri 16 Aug
Three Half Pints
The Three Half Pints are a family friendly slapstick comedy group. Expect a high energy foray into the lives of three shorter than average brothers, Dick, Derek and Ernie as they slip, trip and tumble through a world that's just too big for them. Suitable for ages 5+. 'The Three Half Pints dazzle with well executed Monty…
theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
Mon 12 Aug
Tue 13 Aug
Wed 14 Aug
Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales
Brand new show from award-winning Scamp Theatre (Stick Man). Adapted from the bestselling books written by Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler (creators of The Gruffalo). A magical collection of Julia Donaldson’s most popular titles including Tiddler, The Smartest Giant in Town and A…
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Van Buren and Gandey's Victorian Wonders Carnival
Festival family entertainment. Enter a true flight of fantasy as we recreate illusions of yesteryear; see the living head of Scheherazade, precariously balanced on the sword used to decapitate her! The sad tale of a movie starlet separated from her head at an early age, whose body is kept alive for your amusement and…
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
£6 / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Sat 3 Aug
£6 / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Sun 4 Aug
£6 / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Wee Rascals Cinema and Ceilidh
Brave Film Showing and Kiddie Ceilidh. Make a day of it with the Wee Rascals Club showing Scottish film Brave followed by a ceilidh just for kids. Tickets include a buffet lunch of haggis, neeps and tatties. Perfect for all ages! Ages 2-14.
Ghillie Dhu, Edinburgh
Sat 10 Aug
Sat 31 Aug
7-tik 3
Zurriola Antzerki Eskola. Middle June. A flat in Bilbao. Four students facing the exam period. A hard study night ahead amongst notes, coffee and cigarettes. These are the ingredients of the story of the four young girls that will discover each other in a night full of conflicts, confessions and emotions. Friendship…
Spotlites @ The Merchant's Hall, Edinburgh
Mon 19 Aug
Tue 20 Aug
Wed 21 Aug
About Circus
Thirty years of children, young people and Circus. Join A & FIC as it celebrates its 30th anniversary and 18 years at the Fringe with a magnificent cavalcade of circus. A cracking cornucopia of music, magic and mayhem performed by the talented young people of A & FIC, driven by the ghosts of members past - those…
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Sun 18 Aug
Mon 19 Aug
Tue 20 Aug
Absolute Improv Stories!
Shout out your funniest ideas for the comedians onstage to turn into wacky stories – completely on the spot!
theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Absolute Improv Workshop
To Be Continued. Learn improv comedy skills in this fun five-day intensive training course. Our tutors have performed and taught for years and have studied with Keith Johnston. Course includes performance opportunities during the Fringe. All levels of experienced are welcomed and catered for, from complete beginner to…
theSpace @ Jury's Inn, Edinburgh
Mon 5 Aug
Adventure
Bad Physics / Mercury Colchester / Escalator East to Edinburgh / Richard Jordan. When a famous scientist is abducted, it takes his two children, their best friend, an incompetent storyteller, and you to rescue him. Join an intrepid gang of young detectives to explore a dark and exciting disused building - discover…
The Crags Community Sports Centre, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
£12 (£9) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Sun 4 Aug
£12 (£9) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Adventures of Caroline and Mr Clown
Gilded Balloon. Join Caroline Rhea of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Phineas and Ferb and her new best friend, Mr Clown, an adorable, quick-witted puppet, as they sing, play and joke their way through basic language skills, manners, and other exciting life lessons in this playful interactive multi-media show. 'My kids…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Alaska's King Island Christmas
An impending winter storm and freezing of the Bering Sea threatens the fall / winter arrival of a supply ship to King Island, Alaska. The villagers - all of them - carry an oomiak (walrus skin boat) over the island’s mountain. They meet the ship on the leeward side where the calm waters enable them to bring all the…
Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, Edinburgh
Tue 6 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
Thu 8 Aug
Alchemy Menagerie
A cross-cultural collaboration between Scottish-based community arts group Alchemy Arts and Chinese community theatre group Hua Dan. The bringing together of diverse communities through the sharing of art, stories and culture. A series of interactive creative arts workshops, using the arts to respond to and…
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Sat 10 Aug
Sat 17 Aug
Sat 24 Aug
Ali McGregor's Jazzamatazz
Ali McGregor / The Famous Spiegeltent. An afternoon of jumping, jiving jazz for 0-10 year olds. Led by the insanely talented (and mother of a toddler) Ali McGregor, these jazzy beats and trashy pop references will get your kids singing and prancing, twisting and dancing. Parents, grandparents and friends can join in or…
The Famous Spiegeltent, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Sun 4 Aug
Sat 10 Aug
Aliens Love Underpants
Big Wooden Horse and Nick Brooke Limited. Hold on to your briefs and prepare for a bloomer-ing, knicker-tastic, pant-abulous adventure! This zany and hilarious tale based on the best-selling children's book is delightfully brought to life on stage for the very first time with stunning effects, madcap action, original…
