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The Writers' Group

A new one-act play by Sian Williams. ‘She's taken all my ideas!’ ‘Your ideas?’ Celia is strapped for cash. Angie has a burning ambition. Phil is down but, funnily, not out and Peter wants a quiet life…

theSpaces on the Mile, Edinburgh

Fri 2 Aug

£5 / 0845 508 8316

Preview

Sat 3 Aug

£5 / 0845 508 8316

Preview

Mon 5 Aug

£8 (£6) / 0845 508 8316

2 for 1

…and 5 more dates

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

To You, The Birdie! (Phèdre)

A video of the 2002 OBIE winning production of Racine’s Phèdre, set in a mobile modernist landscape of sliding Plexiglass panels, omnipresent monitors, hidden cameras, and badminton … ‘This blend of ironic seriousness, heightened theatricality and multimedia ballet has developed into one of the sharpest of theatrical…

Inspace, Edinburgh

Mon 12 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Selections from the Wooster Group Archive.

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

European Premiere: Brilliant General Caius Martius returns to Rome a hero. Having conquered the city of Corioles he is named Coriolanus and persuaded to run for Consul. However, when he is rejected by the ‘common people’ Coriolanus vows to destroy Rome and joins forces with his enemy Aufidius to mount an attack. With live…

The Edinburgh Playhouse

Tue 20 Aug

£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000

Wed 21 Aug

£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000

Waiting for Godot

Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot: Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and starring Stephen Brennan, Barry McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford and Sam McGovern as the boy.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Sat 31 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Beckett on Film.

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What Where/Footfalls/Come and Go

Beckett on Film: What Where: Directed by Damien O’Donnell and starring Sean McGinley and Gary.Lewis. Footfalls: Directed by Walter Asmus and starring Susan FitzGerald and Joan O’Hara. Come and Go: Directed by John Crowley and starring Paola Dionisotti, Anna Massey and Siân Phillips.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Sat 31 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Beckett on Film.