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The Great Gatsby

A familiar Gatsby with plenty of Roaring Twenties flair

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Crocodile Rock

Stellar musical set on Scotland’s West Coast, celebrates inclusivity

Banshee Labyrinth

Edith Alibec: The Void

A boldy playful debut from a talented new clown of only a few years standing

Bedlam Theatre

Michael John Ciszewski: Mother, Superior

Heartfelt and earnest comic storytelling that feels a little too treakly for its own good

Festival Theatre Studio

Four Walls And A Roof

Dense drama explores censorship through Brechtian lens

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C Venues - C Aquila

The Great Gatsby

A familiar Gatsby with plenty of Roaring Twenties flair

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Crocodile Rock

Stellar musical set on Scotland’s West Coast, celebrates inclusivity

Banshee Labyrinth

Edith Alibec: The Void

A boldy playful debut from a talented new clown of only a few years standing

Bedlam Theatre

Michael John Ciszewski: Mother, Superior

Heartfelt and earnest comic storytelling that feels a little too treakly for its own good

Festival Theatre Studio

Four Walls And A Roof

Dense drama explores censorship through Brechtian lens

Summerhall

Concerts of the Future

Heart-swelling opportunity to make magical music

Sweeping Promises
You Say I Romanticize

New album mines post-punk

Margaret Glaspy
I Am Both

Fourth album is raw, hushed and beautiful

Joyeria
Decay Decay Decay

A debut album that’s fully formed

Wild Gods
The Glorious Abysmal

An eerie reckoning of an album

Richard Ayoade
Afterthoughts

Comedy star’s latest philosophical musings are nutty and pithy

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
A ? of WHEN

A breezy second album for these psychedelic kindred spirits

Edinburgh Fringe

Greenside @ Riddle's Court

One-Man Poe

Less means more in a characterful interpretation of much-loved gothic tales

theSpace on Niddry Street

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First

Boyish exuberance belies a wistful study of innocence lost

Assembly Roxy

Rory Cargill: Television 1

Loving TV parody elicits mixed reception

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C Venues - C Aquila

The Great Gatsby

A familiar Gatsby with plenty of Roaring Twenties flair

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Crocodile Rock

Stellar musical set on Scotland’s West Coast, celebrates inclusivity

Festival Theatre Studio

Four Walls And A Roof

Dense drama explores censorship through Brechtian lens

Banshee Labyrinth

Edith Alibec: The Void

A boldy playful debut from a talented new clown of only a few years standing

Bedlam Theatre

Michael John Ciszewski: Mother, Superior

Heartfelt and earnest comic storytelling that feels a little too treakly for its own good

Pleasance Courtyard

Harriet Richardson: Creep

Incredibly compelling hour of darkly comic storytelling about parasocial relationships and the healing power of art

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St Vincent’s Chapel

Hans Zimmer’s Hollywood

When cinematic nostalgia doesn’t quite click

The Garrison

Jim E. Brown

Anything but bucolic

Summerhall

SAND

Visually sumptuous circus with a brain and a heart

Summerhall

Glass Child

Wonderfully moving dance theatre that shines a light on the often excluded

ZOO Southside

Strange Tales from Liaozhai

A tempting danse macabre that makes you shiver in wonder

Summerhall

SAND

Visually sumptuous circus with a brain and a heart

dance

spoken word

artSpace@StMarks

The Song of the Ice

A stunning audio-visial experience and a meaningful opportunity to slow down during Fringe

ZOO Playground

Youth in Flames

A coming-of-age tale with fire and tears

Underbelly Cowgate

The Monkeypox Gospel

Tender and courageous coming-of-age show

Hold the Fort

Brief and bold little horror comedy is a lot of fun while it lasts

Blue Heron

A semi-autobiographical reconciliation of imperfect memory

Signal One

Hard sci-fi talks itself into a corner tackling alien language

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Sweeping Promises
You Say I Romanticize

Margaret Glaspy
I Am Both

Joyeria
Decay Decay Decay

Wild Gods
The Glorious Abysmal

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
A ? of WHEN

Holy Wave
i’m DADA

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Richard Ayoade
Afterthoughts

John Robb
Punk Rock Ruined My Life & Other Stories

Byeong-mo
The Old Woman with the Knife

Merryn Glover
The Hidden Fires

James Canton
Grounded

Renato Cisneros
You Shall Leave Your Land

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opera

Usher Hall

Puccini’s Suor Angelica

London Symphony deliver a magnificent rendition of Puccini’s one-act opera

Word

artSpace@StMarks

The Song of the Ice

A stunning audio-visial experience and a meaningful opportunity to slow down during Fringe

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artSpace@StMarks

The Song of the Ice

A stunning audio-visial experience and a meaningful opportunity to slow down during Fringe

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Summerhall

Glass Child

Wonderfully moving dance theatre that shines a light on the often excluded

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