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SingleMarriedGirl

Growing up can make you a little crazy! Just ask Laurel, a woman facing for the first time the world of dating, love, life and independence…which would be so much easier if she wasn’t still married! www.tastymonsterproductions.com.

theSpaces on North Bridge, Edinburgh

Fri 2 Aug

£6 / 0845 557 6308

Preview

Sat 3 Aug

£6 / 0845 557 6308

Preview

Mon 5 Aug

£8.50 (£6.50) / 0845 557 6308

2 for 1

…and 17 more dates

The Bespoke Overcoat

A lowly clerk dies of cold before his bespoke overcoat is completed. He returns as a ghost and persuades his friend Morry to help him steal a sheepskin one from his ex-employers. 'A Gentle Gem' (Times). www.louchetheatre.com.

Greenside, Edinburgh

Mon 12 Aug

£8.50 (£7) / 0131 557 2124

Tue 13 Aug

£8.50 (£7) / 0131 557 2124

Wed 14 Aug

£8.50 (£7) / 0131 557 2124

…and 3 more dates

The Ivor Novello Story (by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd)

Ivor Novello captured the ease and diffident charm of the world between the wars. Cairney's script brings this man of the theatre, and a musician of real worth, to life.

St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

Mon 12 Aug

£12 (£10) / 0131 229 1142

Tue 13 Aug

£12 (£10) / 0131 229 1142

Wed 14 Aug

£12 (£10) / 0131 229 1142

Titus Andronicus

This Is England meets Shakespeare in Hiraeth Artistic Productions’ gritty and aggressive take on one of his bloodiest plays. Shakespeare’s classic tale of war, revenge, honour and rivalry is transported into the underbelly of 1980s British skinhead culture.

theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh

Fri 2 Aug

£12 (£10) / 0845 508 8515

Sat 3 Aug

£12 (£10) / 0845 508 8515

Mon 5 Aug

£12 (£10) / 0845 508 8515

2 for 1

…and 17 more dates

Twonkeys Blue Cadabra - Free

One of The Scotsman’s Top Ten free shows of 2012. Bizarro! ★★★★ (TimeOut). ‘It's quite lovely’ ★★★★ (Skinny). ‘Hugely Entertaining’ ★★★★ (ExuentMagazine.com). ‘Twonkey is a true comic original' ★★★★ (Scotsman). ‘Silly and Enjoyable’ ★★★★ (BritishTheatreGuide.info).

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, Edinburgh

Thu 1 Aug

Free / 0131 477 7007

Fri 2 Aug

Free / 0131 477 7007

Sat 3 Aug

Free / 0131 477 7007

…and 21 more dates back to top