Listings: Free events

A site-specific performance about domestic abuse staged in a residential house. Our Glass House involves moments of fantasy, choreography and song, and is a promenade piece, encouraging audience to make their own journeys. The performance text is based on interviews we have carried out with men and women who have…

Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution. A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are…

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’ ★★★…

Nick Bowling / Free Festival. Nick Bowling discusses plans for his funeral with a majestic and variegated PowerPoint presentation. Also on the agenda: sport, hobbies (i.e. keeping yourself busy), cryogenic freezing at home, Catholicism etc. Laurence Llewellyn Bowen gets a mention too, but pretty sure Nick won't receive…

Some of the best comedians in the UK providing the laughs for a new series to be broadcast on Radio 4.

From the first uses of balances to the discovery of carbon dioxide, this exhibition offers a fascinating journey into the birth and development of chemistry as a modern science at the University of Edinburgh. Showcasing important documents related to such influential figures as Thomas Charles Hope and Joseph Black, along…

Enjoy Scotland's finest emerging professionals from the RCS, Scotland's national conservatoire. A different combination of instruments or voices every day with varied classical programmes. Full programmes: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk.

The opening of the exhibition Staple Matter, in which Kjersti Sletteland and Despina Nissiriou explore the secrets of this building, creating site-specific work that enters a playful dialogue with Patriothall's structure and history.

An expedition through the often hilarious, occasionally profound sexual habits of the animal kingdom. Ryan Good (Neo-Futurist, NYIT award winner) as Ryan the Bisexual Lion has explored the far reaches of the animal world and the depths of his sexuality. Think David Attenborough meets Eddie Izzard on Grindr. From…

Chris Turner / Bamberwell Productions / Free Festival. AAA Batteries present a new late night experience, where award-winning stand-ups and sketch groups unveil their newest jokes, observations and songs. Corralled from all corners of the Fringe, a selection of the Festival's finest comedians take to the stage, amiably…

Amy now has a job and is setting up a free school! Come prepared to learn - poetry, apostrophes and a special lesson for R Kelly on metaphor. All new show if you came last year. ‘Amy Wright has amassed a collection of material so eclectic that her hour-long show might as well have bolts through its neck…

Science on the Fringe!? Yes! Science, controversy, myth-busting, debunking and debate all at the Fringe Festival. Featuring different speakers every night discussing the issues, evidence and controversies in everything from alternative medicine to Sharia law and beyond. This is our fourth year at the Fringe so we are…

Made in Scotland 2013 and Vocali3e present music from America, Scotland and Ireland juxtaposing art songs by Amy Beach, André Previn, and Thea Musgrave with folk song settings by John Corigliano and Joseph Haydn. The recital will feature the UK premiere of Lori Laitman’s moving song cycle, Fathers. 'Both Anne…

Aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory's comprehensive and demanding training programmes. Audition will be used for admission as well as scholarship consideration. Please prepare two one-minute monologues.

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.