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The 1998 Festival at the City Art Centre

Pax Romana? The Cramond Lioness: Roman & Celt in south-east Scotland

Sir William Gillies: West Highland Landscape (Fletcher Loan)

First Among Equals Gillies and his contemporaries

Southern Lights 150 years of Art in the Scottish settlement of Otago, New Zealand

1 August - 3 October 1998 City Art Centre • 2 Market Street • Edinburgh Tel: 013 I 529 3993 Open: Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday l2-5pm

J.D. Fergusson: The Blue Hat, Closerie des Lilas

Full of the Warm South The Scottish Colourists and France

Admission £3/£2 concessions for all the exhibitions http://www.cac.org.uk

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INDEX OF COMPANIES

page 4

An alphabetical listing by performer or company name. A person’s name is usually listed under his or her surname (eg. look/or Homer Simpson under ‘S’).

MAIN LISTING - THE PROGRAMME An alphabetical listing by company or performer name in each artform category giving full details on each production.

Can’t find the show you’re looking for? Do you know . . . the name of the performer or company? see page

the title of the production? see page

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the name of the venue? see page

the name or location of the venue?

TICKET BOOKING FORM For postal sales before and during the Fringe, ordering your LRT Bus Pass, and 1999 programme.

THE VENOE MAP

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inside back cover

Every Fringe Venue has a number which is shown on this map and is listed in a numerical index with a grid reference. The Festival Fringe Society Ltd. is a company limited by guarante Its policy is determined by a Board of Directors elected at the AGM in August and i continual improvement of the world’s largest open arts festival, where any person ca without constraints by the Fringe Society. The Festival Fringe Society Ltd. accepts n< responsibility for the accuracy of the contents or details listed in this Programme. Printed by Macdonald Lindsay Pindar pic. Designed by Crotnbie Anderson, Edinb Distributed by Edinburgh Arts and Entertainment. Typesetting and layout by The Festival Fringe Society.

Cover Illustration by Martin Chatterton .

The love of money is the root of all evil they say.

But without significant

sums of money, the Edinburgh Fringe simply could not exist. The hundreds of performing companies that make the epic trip to Edinburgh invest thousands of pounds to realise their dream of appearing at the world’s largest arts festival. Many different organisations support the Fringe with grants and sponsorship. We thank them for continuing to invest in the talent of the future. Without their support, the Fringe would be even more dependent on the performers to cover the costs of printing this programme, staffing the box office and dealing with hundreds of enquiries every day. The Edinburgh Fringe is unique. It is about entertainment as well as art and its continuing success lies in its ability to appeal to all ages and every kind of interest. 9,800 theatre, dance, comedy, musical and visual artists have made it to the 1998 Fringe. The enduring appeal of this chaotic assembly of artists is the fact that it is still possible for anyone to bring a show; the only barrier they have to cross is raising the necessary funds. We salute their enterprise and enthusiasm and wish them all success. Or as Shakespeare put it:

“Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal” (Taming of the shrew) Hilary Strong, Director

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE

KIND SUPPORT OF ALL ITS SPONSORS

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Angels Aitken Dott and Son Bann’s Vegetarian Cafe Cafe Vienna Campbell Smith WS Cashmere Store of Scotland Ltd Edinburgh Telecommunications John G. Gray & Co. SSC. Mackay’s Agency Holiday Property Letting Old Waverley Hotel Stewart Ivory & Company Limited Viva Mexico Restaurant White Dove Crafts

The Baked Potato Shop Bangalore Tandoori Restaurant Bristol & West PLC Carlton Highland Hotel Charles Duncan Consultants Ian Dickson Travel Ltd Factotum Festival Flats Henderson’s Salad Table Lauriston Farm Brewers Fayre Royal Mile Whiskies Tartan Silk Ltd United Colors Of Benetton Valvona 8c Crolla The Witchery by the Castle

Thanks for the support of the many organisations around Edinburgh who have joined our Fringe Angels Scheme

Cherubs A & A Hair Studios Alexis Kae’s Costume Emporium Alfresco Alp-Horn Restaurant Rennet’s Bar Castle Photographic Chez Jules Coconut Grove Mexican Restaurant Cyberia Internet Cafe Denzler’s 121 Restaurant Domino’s Pizza The Edinburgh Floatarium Natural Therapies EH1 Bar and Brasserie Fat Face Ltd Gennaro Giuliano’s Giuliano’s On The Shore Grain Store Restaurant The Greatwall Chinese Restaurai Harley & Co. S.S.C. Solicitors

Helio’s Fountain Gift Shop Helio’s Fountain Vegetarian Coffee House Martin Hunt The Jolly Judge Lawsons Timber Le Sept Restaurant McCalls Of The Royal Mile Mammas American Pizza Company (The Grassmarket) American Pizza Company Natwest Bank Nicolsons Restaurant Sisial (Scotland) Ltd T/A Morgan Smoke Stack Restaurant The Subway The Subway West End Susies Diner (Wholefood) The Witchery Tours

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ENQUIRIES The Fringe Office, 180 High Street.

Telephone Sales

Edinburgh EH1 IQS

Fax.

(0131) 226 5257 (0131) 220 4205

email.

admin@edfringe.com

Tel.

(0131) 226 5138 10 Lines

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Monday 22 June

Hours:

10.00-18.00, Mon-Sat (22 June-25 July) 09.00-21.00, 7 days a week (27 July-31 Aug)

The Fringe Office During the festival we employ a large, well-informed staff who aim to provide comprehensive information on all Fringe shows, including ticket availability and changes to information in the programme. They do not however recommend productions.

Tickets can either be posted or held for collection at the Fringe Box Office (collection times 10.00-19.00)

Minicom Number: (0131) 220 5594

The Daily Diary This is an up-to-date chronological listing of every show or exhibition taking place at the Fringe on any one day. It is free and available at the Fringe Office and at locations throughout Edinburgh.

for customers with hearing difficulties Disabled access information on page 124

IN PERSON LRT EEST1VAL BUS PASS

At the Fringe Office

The Festival Fringe Society has negotiated a discount Bus Pass in conjunction with Lothian Regional Transport. Unlimited travel on LRT buses (excluding night buses) for one week costs £9.50. Passes can be purchased at the Lringe Box Office (in person or by phone) and can also be ordered via the Booking Lorm at the back of the programme.

180 High Street, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Opens:

Monday 27 July

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At Waterstones Waterstone’s Booksellers, 83 George Street, Edinburgh

ERINGE ’98 ON THE INTERNET This programme is also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.go-edinburgh.co.uk. The programme includes a unique search facility to locate your favourite performer or show, or you can search on keywords. The Daily Diaries are also available on-line enabling you to plan day-by-day visits in advance. Once you have seen a Fringe show, you can also post your own review in the Unofficial Reviews Section and read those already posted by other Fringe enthusiasts.

USEEUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS International Festival (0131) 473 2000 Tourist Information

(0131) 557 1700

Military Tattoo

(0131) 225 1188 Accommodation

(0131) 473 3855

Film Festival

(0131) 228 4051 British Rail

0345 484950

Jazz Festival

(0131) 225 2202 Bus Information

(0131) 225 3858

Book Festival

(0897) 500 010 £1 per minute

Airport

(0131) 333 1000

Police

(0131) 311 3131

Booking form at the back of the programme

Opens:

Friday 31 July

Hours:

10.00-19.00, Mon-Sat 11.00-19.00, Sundays

At the Scottish Gas Mobile Information Centre Princes Street Gardens, by The Mound Opens:

Sunday 9 August - 30 August

Hours:

10.00-17.30, 7 days a week

At James Thin Booksellers 53-59 South Bridge Opens:

Tuesday 4 August

Hours:

10.00-19.00, Mon-Sat 11.00-17.00, Sundays

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Index A Aacne Productions 10 Abbotsford Scott 10,48,66,72 A-Bit-of-Rough Theatre Company 72 Ablaze Theatre Company 72 Absolute Banana Theatre Company 72 Absolute Jazz New York Style 48 Acoustic Mania - Antonio Forcione & Neil Stacey 48 Activated Image 72 Active Performance Productions 72 ACTS 42 AcX Theatre 73 The Adam Pottery I 18 Chris Addison 10 Adelphi Whisky & Herbie's Cheese 70 AFG (Cutting Edge Theatre Company) 73 Africa Dream Theatre 73 Afridonia - The Magic of Africa Out of Scotland 7,42 Agridulce 73 Aitken Karpals = Piano/Keyboard 48 All New York 73 Al Murray - Pub Landlord 10 Alternate Shadows 73 Amber Theatre Company 73 American High School Theatre Festival 66, 73 Amnesty International UK 10 The Amsterdam Parade 10, 74 Andenes Productions - Waykis 48 Andre Vincent - See Me...Hear Me...Bite Me! 10 Andrew Dawson & Gavin Robertson 74 Angelic Voices 48,66 Ann Russell is Slattern 118 Anterior 74 Antic Disposition 7,66 The Apostle Players 66 Arborea Musica & Friends 48 Architecture on the Fringe 70,1 18 Arkle Theatre Company 74 Armes Production Troupe 74 Arnold Lodge Youth Theatre 74 Artcore 74 Arthur Smith 10 Artisan Contemporary Craft Fair I 18 Artisan in Action 118 Art of Myth and Mind 118 The Observer Assembly 10, 11, 13,42, 48,49,75,76 Avalon Players 76 B Bablake at Diverse Attractions 13 Baby Wants Candy 13 BadApple Theatre Company 76 Baddiel and Skinner 13 Bare and Ragged Theatre 76,77 Arj Barker 13 Bath University Student Theatre 77 BBC New Comedy Awards 13 BBC Radio 4 13,15 BBC Scotland 15,49 Mitch Benn IS Between the Lines 66 Bewley's Cafe 49 Beyond Productions 77 Big Spirit Theatre Company 77 Big Top Comedy IS The Big Top on the Meadows 77 Big Word Performance Poetry 77 Bijou Theatre Productions 77 Bill Kyle's Jazz Pool 49 Bilton Action Theatre Group 7 The Blackadder Gallery I 18 Adam Bloom 15 Blunderbus Theatre for Children 7 Blurred Clarity Theatre Company 78 B.O.B. 78 Body & Soul Health Fair 70 Bondage 78 The Bongo Club IS,42,49,78,123 Boom Chicago IS

of Companies

The Bootleg Bootleg Beatles 17 Geoff Boyz 17 Brahma Kumaris 78 Brand X 17 Rory Bremner 17 Brilliant Traces 78 The Broken Dream Theatre Company 78 Brunton Theatre Company 78 Peter Buckley Hill 17 Bunbury & Co 66 Bungle 7 Burklyn Youth Ballet 42 Brendon Burns 17 Burns at the Netherbow 70,78 BUTG 78 Ed Byrne 17 Jason Byrne 17 Byte 2 Infinity Theatre Company 79 C C 7,79 Cabbages & Things 17 Caledon: Community, Culture, and Language Education Centre 70 Caledonian Folk at the Guildford 49 California Travel Troupe @ San Francisco 7, 19,79 Calliope's Umbra 79 Cambridge Footlights 19 Cambridge Mummers 79 Cambridge University ADC 66,79 Cameo Productions 79 Cape Youth Dance Company 42 Scott Capurro 19 Caveat Theatre 80 Ceilidhs at the Caley 49 Chapelle du Roi 49 The Cheadle Hulme School Theatre Company 80 Cheese 49 Charlie Cheese 19 Christie's Comedy Cellar 19 Chrysalis 49 Chunky Nimfot 19 Circus Ethiopia 42 The Circus of Horrors 21 Clark 22 21 The Clarsach (Scottish Harp) Society 50 Club Festival 50 Jackie Clune 50 C-NRG Productions 66 Carolyn Cohagan 21 Collective Gallery I 19 Comedy Club (London) Presents 21 The Comedy Zone 21 Common Ground Sign Dance Theatre 42 The Company of Strangers 80 Company Theatre 80 Contemporary Stage Company 80 Conversations with my Agent 21 Phil Cool 21 Cool Heat Urban Beat 43 Corcadorca 80 The Cosmic Tambourines 21 Craigmount Youth Theatre 66 Crazy Horse Theatre Company 80 Crossfire Theatre Company 80 Crumpet Theatre Company 81 Cuckooland Clump 81 Cuttlefish Productions 81 Cygnet Theatre 81 Czechered Plate Productions 82 D The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 1998 Dallas and Packer Dance 'N' Stuff Dave Johns Alan Davies Dazzle Dead Man's Trousers

Demarco European Art Foundation 43,50,51,66,70,82,83 DeMontfort Theatre Company 66,83 Desoxy 43 Devra Kay and Tom Goldsmith 51 Diabolical Productions 67 Dirty Bird Productions 83 Diverse Attractions 7,85 Djanus Theatre 85 Mark Doherty 22 Dolphin Theatre 86 Double Edge Drama 86 Bob Downe 22 Draco 51,86 Dramaticus 22 Dream Weaver Productions 22 E Echoes Theatre Company in Association With OUDS 86 Jenny Eclair 22 Ed Byrne at the Queen's Hall 22 Edinburgh Acting School 7,67,86 The Edinburgh Bavarian Beer Fest 70 Edinburgh Book Festival 51,86 Edinburgh College of Art 119 Edinburgh Festival Voluntary Guides Association 70 Edinburgh Interfaith Association 70 Edinburgh International Double Bass Festival 51 The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour 87 Edinburgh People's Theatre 87 Edinburgh Photographic Society I 19 Edinburgh Printmakers I 19 Edinburgh Renaissance Band 51 Edinburgh Theatre Arts 87 Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group 67 Edinburgh University Theatre Company 88 Edinburgh Youth Music Theatre Edinburgh Youth Theatre Edinburgh Zoo Edith Simon Gallery I 157 Performance Group Elle M Theatre Company Emotional Baggage Theater Encore Productions Eskmouth Theatre Company Etcetera Theatre Company Lee Evans Exacting Theatre Company Exile International Theatre Company 89 eX nihilo Theatre 89

F Faction / Theatre Edible 89 The Famous Grouse House - Scottish International Presents... 7,43,52,53,89,90 fecund theatre 90 Fettes at the Fringe 90 Fevered Sleep / State of Emergency 90 Firefly Productions 90 First Among Sequels 90 Catherine Fithian 90 Floradora 91 Flute Mosaic 54 Flux Festival, Edinburgh 54 The Flying Pig Theatre Company 91 Footsteps Theatre 91 Michael Forrester 91 Forth Childrens Theatre 91 Four Forty Four 91 The Four Horsemen 23 Four Pigmen of the Apocalypse 23 Foxtrot Oscar Theatre Company 91 21 Fractured Atlas Productions 92 22 Frantic Redhead Productions 54,92,93 43 Fresh Blood Theatre 93 22 Fresh Milk 93 22 Friends of the Western Buddhist Order 70 119 Fringe AGM 70 82 Fringe Poster Competition I 19 Fringe Sunday 70 From Hell She Came 93

G Galerie Mirages 120 Gallery Oppi 120 Kevin Gildea 23 Calder's Gilded Balloon 7,24,25,27,43,54,93 Calder's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium 7,27,54,94 Goal 94 God Help The Little Man 94 Dave Gorman 29 Graffiti 54,55 Boothby Graffoe 29 Kenneth Gray 29 Great Lives Theatre 94 Great Western Youth Theatre 94 Jeff Green 29 Gresham's Youth Theatre 94 Greyfriars Kirk Promotions 55 Grid Iron 94 Grinning Gargoyle Theatre Company 94 Griselda Hill Pottery 120 Grit Theatre Company 94 Guy Masterson Productions 95 H Haileybury Rich Hall Hanky Man Harland Hamstrings Theatre Company Harpsichords at St Cecilia's Hall Paul Heyman Highly Recommended Hitchcock's Half Hour James Holmes Holyrood Art Club Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival Hot House Theatre Houlston Productions Hull Truck Theatre Company

67 29 95 96 56 56 56 29 29 120 7 96 96 96

I Ian Shuttleworth and Richard Hurst Ice Cold Drama Society Icon Theatre Company Illyria The Improverts Incarnate's Independent Theatre Council The Inflatable Theatre Company Inflate Inhouse In Human Form In Medias Res Theatre Company In-Situ Theatre Company International CD and Record Fair In Your Space Productions It's Grimey Up North

29 96 96 96 29 96 70 45 96 120 96 96 96 70 96 96

J James Grant, Karen Matheson and the BT Ensemble 57 Japan Experience 45,57 Japan Experience - Mieko Nishimura 120 Jeanine Thompson - Movement Theatre 45 Philip Jeays 57 Jenny Eclair is Mrs Nosey Parker 29 Members of the Jiving Lindy Hoppers 45 Joanne Joseph Actor/Poet 97 Jo Brand, Julian Clary, Phill Jupitus, Bill Bailey & Guests 30 Johnny Vegas at the Palladium 30 John Peel Puppets 7 David W W Johnstone 97 Jongleurs 30 Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding 30 Barb Jungr 97

Index K Kaos Theatre UK Peter Kay KCS Theatre Company Ian Kendall Kenny Young and the Eggplants: Toxic Swamp & Other Love Songs Kenspeckle Puppets K.486 King's College London Productions Kirkcaldy High School Theatre Kit and the Widow Kitty McNamee's Hysterica Dance Co Mandy Knight Krapp's Last Tape

Lads 99 The League Against Tedium 31 Stewart Lee 31 Lee and Herring - This Morning with Richard not Judy 3I Leicestershire Youth Arts 8,67,99 Leitheatre 99 Leith Gallery Productions 99 The Lemming in the Lifebelt 99 Lemon Tree Productions 100 The Lied Trio 57 Lightbulb Theatre Company 100 Lip Service 31 Liptheatre Company 32 Mark Little 32 LM Magazine 32,70 Sean Lock 32 Locus Theatre Company 100 Lawrence Long 100 Lord Glenconner's Elastic Band 45 The Luckley-Oakfield Theatre Company 8 Lunch Time Organ Recitals at St Cuthberts Parish Church 58 LWT Comedy Writing Award 32

M Morag McLaren Dougie MacLean David McSavage Lee Mack Magic Carpet Theatre The Makars And DMDC The Malt Masterclass The Mambo Club Mamelodi Theatre Organisation Ennio Marchetto Marie Curie Cancer Care Howard Marks Sean Meo Travis T. Merle Merlin International Theatre, Budapest Merlin's Precinct Paul Merton Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe Midlothian Community Artists' Tribute to Coalmining Mike Gunn - Good Grief Mitchell & Webb Moliere For Lunch Montresor Ben Moor MOPA Theatre Company Moral Horse Productions Dylan Moran More Productions Richard Morton Moscow State Circus MTV Hot Comedy Selection Municipal Theatre Company of Keratsini Music Now!

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N Naked Flame 101 The National Association of Youth Orchestras 58,59,60 National Gallery of Scotland 121 National Student Theatre Company 101 National Theatre of Brent 101 National Youth Music Theatre 67 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain 101 Mari Natsuki 101 Navelgazing 34 Negative Equity 101 Nena Productions 67 Newbu ry Youth Theatre 101 Newcastle University Theatre Society (NUTS) 102 Newsrevue 34 Phil Nichol 34 The Nimmo Twins 34 Ross Noble 34 No Limits Theatre Company 46 Norfolk State University Players, USA 67 Ben Norris 34 North Berwick Youth Music Theatre 67 Northern Theatre Company 102 North London Collegiate School 102 The North London Performing Arts Centre 8 Nottingham's New Theatre Company 34 Netting Hill Carnival International Roadshow 60 Nova Productions 102

Earl Okin Old St Paul’s Music 98 One-Man Hamlet On Its Way Productions Open Eye Productions Outlook Tower & Camera Obscura Out of Oblivion Out of the Nomads Tent Oxford Brookes Student Union Drama Oxford New Writing Festival

35 60 102 102 102 121 60 121 102 103

Pantomime Productions Jo Parkes and Company Andy Parsons Patchwork Theatre Paul Foot, Stephen Grant & Veronica McKenzie Penn Theatre Ensemble Pepperdine University Performance Exchange Perrier Pick OfThe Fringe Phillips Auctioneers Philomusica of Edinburgh Piglet Productions Ltd Planet Janet Pleasance Comedy '98 Pleasance Festival 8,46,67,103,104,105 of Theatre '98 Angela Pleasence I Poor Players I Portable Productions I Portfolio Gallery I Portrait Productions 8,1 Pounds, Dollars & Cents I Jonathan Prag Praxis Theatre Company I Primary Colours I Prime Productions I Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association I Steve Punt Punter Productions I Purple Pineapple Show Purple Theatre Company I Purves International Puppets

QMW Theatre Company Quadrant Productions Quaker Festival Committee

Rabbi Lionel Blue 37 Rapscallion Productions 107 The Realistic Theatre Company of Edinburgh 67 Red Chair Players 107 Red Tape Theatre 107 Regina Theatre Company 107 The Rich and Famous Theatre Company 107 Richard Herring - Playing Hide and Seek with Jesus 37 Richard Medrington's Puppets 9 The Riot Group 107 Ripley Theatre 67,107 Rita, Sue and Bob Too 107 The Robert Gordon University Student Drama Club 107 Robin Laing & Jim Malcolm 61 Rob Newman 37 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 122 Royal Holloway Mts & Firstbush Artists Ltd 68 Royal National Theatre Studio 71 The Royal Scottish Academy 122 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 108 The Rush Theatre Company 108

St Andrew's & St George's at Festival Time 61 St Mary's Cathedral 62 St Michael & All Saints Church 62 The Saltire Society 109 The Sanctuary Collective & The Salisbury Centre 71 San Diego Sister City Productions 109 Saucy Horse 109 Sawston Players 109 Scared Weird Little Guys 37 Schhh!!! Theatre Company 109 Scottish International presents 109 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 122 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 122 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 122 Scottish Poetry Library 71 Screaming Blue Murder 37, 38,109 Seahawk Stage Productions 109 Sean CullemWood, Cheese & Children! 38 Seasonal Productions I 10 Shakers and Movers 110 Shakti 46 The Shamans 46 Sheffield University Theatre Company I 10 Shelagh Martin and Jon Reed 38 Shoulder and Necktie Arts 68 Shrewsbury School 68 John Shuttleworth 38 Silver Lining Theatre Company I 10 Junior Simpson 38 Sinfonia Plays Mahler 62 Sister Mary Enigma Proudly Presents I 10 Smart Company 46 Michael Smiley 38 Society Anonime I 10 The Society Theatre Company 110 Solar Stage I 10 Solo Plus Theatre Company 110 Solstice Productions III Southampton University Blow-Up Theatre Group III Southern Light Drama III So You Think You're Funny? 38 The Spiegeltent 9,39,63,71 Stage by Stage 68 Stage 84 68 The Stand Comedy Club 39,40 The Stand Comedy Courtyard 123 Stan Wilson - In The Round 123 Stephanie's Fridge 46 Park Stickney 64 Stills Gallery 123 Stockbridge Bookshop 123 Stray Dogs 111 Strictly Scottish 46

Student Theatre at Glasgow (ST@G) Studio One Gallery Sweet Soul Sisters

David Tabatsky Tagus Theatre I Tall Stories I The Tass ( Tell Tale Children's Theatre Tempo Musical Productions ( Tenth Planet Productions I Test Tube I Theatre Alba / MPR Theatre Studio I Theatre Du Sycomore I Theatre Talipot • Theatre 28 I Theatre Vivant ( Theatre Workshop 9,40,46,71,112,1 Theatrum Botanicum I Camille Thoman ‘ Paul Thorne Tommy Tiernan Mike Timms Tomee Theatre The Totally Portable Theatre Company Traquair Fair Travelling Viral Jam Traverse Theatre Trestle Theatre Company Triangle Productions Trim Theatre Company Tron Ceilidh House Turning Heads U Ugly Theatre Undecided Theatre Company The U NikitskikhVorotTheatre, Moscow, Russia Universal Grinding Wheel

Valvona & Crolla 64, Vanishing Point Varsity Pie Productions Johnny Vegas Velvet Jacket Venue 123 9, Venue l3:The Harry Younger Hall The Veritas Ensemble Viaduct Vicious Rumours Vital Spark Productions W Walking the Dog Walpole Hall, Chester Street Warwick University Drama Society Waste of Space Theatre Company Wax Theater Project Wee Stories Theatre for Children Wells Cathedral School West End Craft and Design Fair West End Theatre Company What a Gas! Whistlebinkies The Whitburn Band Richard Whiteley Wishfactory Productions The Witchery Tours A World of Colour Wunderkindergarten Wycliffe Youth Theatre

The Yoga Centre Young Gifted and Green

Zoo Theatre Company Z Theatre Company

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Programme

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Unless otherwise stated tickets for all shows are sold in advance from the Fringe Box Office and satellites. Some venues also run their own Box Office. This is indicated by the word ‘Tickets’ and a telephone number e.g. Tickets 123 4567, which may only operate during the Fringe. Please read page 3 for further booking details.

How to.

Use the Programme

All entries in the programme have been standardised for ease of reading. A variety of abbreviations and symbols are used throughout.

WEEK BLOBS t a glance which week(s) the company is performing. Fringe weeks run from Sunday to Saturday.

VENUE NUMBER Each fringe venue has its own number. Find it

MAP GRID REFERENCES

on the Venue Map using the Grid Reference

Use this in conjunction

★ FRINGE FIRST STAR Indicates that the play is eligible for a Scotsman Fringe First Award.

with the Venue Map.

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FRINGE SUNDAY - Venue I 0 - Holyrood Park, foot of Royal Mile. Info 226 5257

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PRICES

These awards are given to companies presenting outstanding new drama not previously performed more than 6 times in the UK.

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FRINGE SUNDAY

The highlight of the Fringe! Where else

can you get it all - hundreds of Fringe performers, music, comedy,

in nearly all cases.

circus and theatre. Non-stop entertainment, great food and fresh

Concessions (reductions) are

air. Laze, graze and be amazed. The Park’s the Place.

I NON-VERBAL THEATRE

Are for unreserved seats

Aug 16

11.00 (17.00) Free

often given to Students (S), Unemployed (U), Disabled(D), OAP's (O), Children under 16

Indicates show suitable for

(C). Identification will be asked

non-English speakers.

for at the venue.

TIMES DATES —

The 24 hour clock is used. Shows starting in the early

Fringe performances can take place

morning eg. 01.15 are listed under the previous day’s

on any day of the week. Sundays are

date, but shows starting at 7am are shown on the current

assumed to be performance days unless

day's date. Finishing times in brackets are approximate

otherwise stated.

and cannot be guaranteed.

AFRIDONIA -THE MAGIC OF AFRICA OUT OF SCOTLAND

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Venue 48 - Bonnington Resource Centre, 200 Bonnington Road Tickets 229 7771

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■ AN AFRICAN FAMILY VILLAGE A delight for children with storytelling, music/dance, fashion (workshops). Come and enjoy the real taste of Africa. (see also Dance section). Aug 10-29 (not Suns) 20.15 (21.45) £3.00 (£2.00)

ANTIC DISPOSITION

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Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105

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★ ■ JABBERWOCKY Myths become Monsters, Nonsense makes Sense and only Imagination can save your life! Lewis Carroll's enchanting world brought to life by this Fringe First winning company. 'Fun, involving...will appeal to young and old alike...Brillig!' Stage. 'Spellbinding' News ofThe World. Aug 5-31 10.15 (11.05) £5.00 (SUOD £4.00) (C £3.00)

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Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991

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■ BOADICEA - THE MUSICAL Youthful enthusiasm recreates the final days of this British heroine. Pathos and humour are interwoven with a clutch of memorable songs. Aug 24-28 15.00 (16.30) £3.00 (£2.00)

BLUNDERBUSTHEATRE FOR CHILDREN

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Venue 45 - Old St. Paul's Church & Hall, Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476

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Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575

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★ ■ BUNGLE THE CLOWN - FOOLISH STORIES Bungle the clown (Rev. Mitchell Bunting, Minister of Augustine United Church - this venue!) tells 'foolish stories' based on Christian tradition. With singing, juggling and lots of fun. Ideal for children. Aug 10-15,18-21 11.00 (11.45) £2.00

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THE CHIPOLATAS present their legendary children's show - featuring riproaring energy, loony tunes, sparkling circus skills, stories, songs and riotous routines.The visual impression of their stripy attire and their spirited sounds will inspire, enthuse and enthrall children of all ages! Aug 10-12,18-20 12.00 (13.00) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 14-16 10.15(11.15) ■ THE DANCE IN EDUCATION COMPANY presents Where's Charlie?' Panto! Circus! Music! Dance! Three babes search for their monkey but two hairy-scary fairies find him near the gingerbread house. Drum-spells, singing-spells and dance-spells all fail - until Mother Cupboard arrives. Aug 13-16 11.30 (12.30) £5.00 (£3.00) EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL Dr Bunhead's Magical Chemistry Cookbook - more chemical magic! Swamp monsters, exploding custard, slimy gunge, bionic bananas, fire-breathing dragons and more. Become a volunteer scientist while he performs amazing experiments about the chemistry surrounding us. Over 8s. Aug 7-16 13.20 (14.05) £4.00

Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151

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NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MAGIC BOB... 13!! Style and content from a children's entertainer... truly remarkable!!!! Magic Bob's show features new routines to amaze, amuse and enthrall /all!!! Free Magic Bob funpack for every child!!!!! 'THE BEST The Scotsman. Aug 7-17 11.00 (12.00) £5.00 (£4.00)

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★ ■ THE TIN SOLDIER Share the adventures of Hans Christian Andersen's one-armed hero as he sets out to prove his worth. A thrilling tale of self-sacrifice from the company who brought you The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen. 'Had the audience transfixed' Scotsman. Aug 5-31 11.30 (12.20) £5.00 (£4.00) (C £3.00)

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Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991

CALDER S GILDED BALLOON

Venue 26 - Calder's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium, Broughton Place Tix 226 2151

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Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Shakespeare meets Lloyd Webber, a top quality musical adventure' is how the Times Educational Supplement described Shakespeare 4 Kidz A Midsummer Night's Dream.This is the play junior schools in their hundreds have been performing across the UK in 1998. Aug 9-22 13.30 (15.30) £6.50 (£5.00)

HONG KONG YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL Venue 34 - The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St. Tickets 220 5606

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★ WHO'S AFRAID OF MONSTERS? Back after sellout shows in 1997!!! Seven friends enter the mysterious forest for adventure; join them in their quest to conquer their fears and vanquish the monster!! 'Don't feel that you have to take a child to see this show' Scotsman 1997. Aug 7-14 11.45 (12.45) £5.00 (£3.00)

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JOHN PEEL PUPPETS

THE LION.THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE From the C.S.Lewis classic: the Witch struggles with Aslan over the control of Narnia. A heroic tale of faith and courage for children 6-13. Aug 10-22 (not 16) 09.10 (10.00) £4.00 (£3.00)

DIVERSE ATTRACTIONS

THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS... Venue 34 - The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St.Tickets 220 5606

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMLIN The Piper's music was heard. It was gentle and flowing like a skylark's song. And the rats? Those terrible rats! They followed one by one! A musical tale for all the family, '..kids become saucer-eyed watchers' **** The Scotsman. Aug 10-29 (not Suns) 10.35 (11.35) £5.00 (£3.50) Aug 9,16,23-28 16.35 (17.35)

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Children’s Shows

Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212

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Venue 11 - Diverse Attractions, Riddles Court, off Lawnmarket Tickets 225 8961

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WALTZERS MATILDA Stardom Children's Theatre. Friendships and falling out, families and fairgrounds, fantasy, fables, music and merry-go-rounds for under 12's. Aug 13-15 16.00 (16.45) £4.00 (£2.00)

EDINBURGH ACTING SCHOOL

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Venue 177 - YMCA, 73 Ferry Road 556 0007/0385 726095

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CHILDREN'S SHOWCASE A wonderful variety of acting, singing and dance. Imaginatively devised, offering a very high level of entertainment to inspire youngsters and to impress the more mature. Delightful and charming. The cast ages range from 5 to 14 years - unbelievable! Aug 12-15 14.00 (16.00) £6.00 (£4.50)

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■ THE THREE LITTLE PIGS Follow the trail of those three little pigs, boogie with Roberto Rat, huff and puff with Walter Grabyerlunch! Sylvia Troon's new show is packed with surprises and catchy songs - a must for families with wee ones. Aug 5-31 (not 9,16,23) 11.00 (11.50) £4.00 (£3.00)

THE LABORATORY

EXACTING THEATRE COMPANY

★ ■ WHEN PENGUINS FLY... Story theatre for 5-8s and their families. Discover how penguins fly and why trees are special. Aug 17-22 10.00 (10.50) £4.50 (£3.00)

KENSPECKLE PUPPETS Venue 30 - The NetherbowTheatre, 43 High Street Tickets 556 9579

Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212

Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212

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■ EXCESS GAS PRESENTS STOLEN CIRCUS Dreams and talent taken away. Only Spike and his friends can save the day. Aug 9-30 (not Weds) 12.30(13.15) £4.00 (£3.50)

THE NORTH LONDON PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

Children’s Shows LEICESTERSHIRE YOUTH ARTS Venue 65 - St Ann's Community Centre, South Gray's Close, Cowgate Tickets 557 0469

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THE LION.THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE The Narnia Legend begins. Why is it always Winter but never Christmas? Can Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy defeat the evil White Witch? Who will rule in Cair Paravel? And WHERE is Aslan...? Aug 17-22 10.00 (11.00) £4.50 (£3.50) JUNGLE BOOK The Rudyard Kipling classic. Meet Mowgli, the man-cub orphan adopted by wolves. Join his friends Bagheera the black panther and Baloo the bear as they teach him the Jungle Laws...but beware the villainous tiger Shere Khan! Aug 17-22 14.00 (15.00) £4.50 (£3.50) Aug 24-29 10.00 (11.00) ACROSS THE BARRICADES Love conquers all, they say. But what if you're in love in Belfast? What if you're on opposite sides of a conflict which refuses to die? When love and hate meet head on, which side will win...? Aug 17-22 16.00 (17.00) £4.50 (£3.50) PETER PAN Fly with Peter, Wendy andTinkerbell to the land where dreams come true. But beware of the evil Captain Hook and his henchmen...Come and help our heroes! Second star on the right and straight on till morning! Aug 24-29 14.00 (15.00) £4.50 (£3.50)

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★ ■ I HEARD IT IN THE PLAYGROUND Allan Ahlberg s poetry vividly brought to life for those still at school, and those for whom it is a distant memory. A huge hit with junior schools 'Enjoyable and funny'James, aged 9. Aug 17-22 10.45 (11.30) £3.00 (£2.00)

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★ ■ MR SHELL’S SEASIDE SPELLS Funny, exciting, for 5-1 I's and families. Meet Charlie the caretaker, Wendy 'Save-our-Pier'Weir, giant Octopus Oily and 'orrible Inspector Hector. Can you help save Sandy Shell's magical show? A delight' The Scotsman 1997. Aug 8-31 12.10 (13.25) £5.00 (£4.00) Double Bill Price (with Circus Workshop) £7.00 ■ CIRCUS WORKSHOP Try juggling, rolabola, unicycle, diabolo, tightrope and other exciting circus skills. Even lie on a bed of nails! Action packed, hands-on, knees-on-the-floor experience. No age limit. Teaching and supervision were excellent' The Herald 1997. Aug 8-31 10.10(11.45) £3.50 Double Bill Price (with Mr Shell's Seaside Spells) £7.00

PLEASANCE FESTIVAL OF THEATRE '98 Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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■ THE HAPPY GANG'S GREATEST HITS! (ONE) Scotland’s new children's favourites The Happy Gang return to the Fringe with another sensational musical show for kids.The best songs, the best laughs and some strange surprise guests!! Guaranteed fun for children up to 9. Aug 8,1 I -15 11.00 (11.50) £5.00 (£4.00) ★ ■ DARNABY'S SPACE RACE - CHICKEN SHED THEATRE COMPANY (TWO) Darnaby's got a cold so there's no sports day for him, until 'Blip Blap Blue' he finds himself in outer space. Watch and take part. In Chicken Shed's latest show for children, we see the essence of the unique work which has gained the company international recognition. Aug 17-21,24-28 11.00 (12.00) £5.50 (£4.50) Aug 15,16,22,23,29-31 11.00 (12.00) £6.50 (£5.00) ★ SHOESTRING PLAYERS - A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS (TWO) August!! Snow in New Zealand! - Christmas in Edinburgh? Charles Dickens leads this Fringe First company in a fast, funny, spooky hour of song, dance and story.'Theatrical magic!' New York Times. Previews Aug 8 12.25 (13.25) £4.00 Aug 9,15,16,22,23,29-3 I 12.25 (13.25) £7.00 (£5.00) ★ ■ PONDLIFE (UPSTAIRS) On a lilypad sit two frogs watching fretting pondskaters, love-sick leeches and wide-eyed young tadpoles still trying to find their feet. From the creator of the Total Theatre Award nominated 'Hummingbirds' comes an enchanting show for children of all ages. Preview Aug 7 11.30 (12.30) £5.00 Aug 8,9,11-13,16-20,22,23,25-27 11.30 (12.30) £6.00 (£4.50) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 11.30 (12.30) £7.00 (£5.00)

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN The Globe Players. 'Highly imaginative-lots of suspense, laughter and audience participation...suitable for all age groups' Festival Review. 'Delightful children's show-grips the younger part of the audience who watch with eyes like saucers' Festival Times. Professional London Company. Aug 7-15,17,22,23 14.00 (14.55) £3.00 (£2.50)

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SOUNDS LIKE FUN! Attention Youngsters Aged 2-5! Bring Mum and Dad to our FUN music workshops. Play percussion in our 3/4 hour sessions. Using COLOURFUL equipment, new songs and themes, discover the world of fun in MUSIC! Bring TEDDY! Aug 21,28 10.15 (11.00) £4.00 (£2.50) Aug 21,28 11.15 (12.00) Aug 21,28 12.15 (13.00) Aug 21,28 13.15 (14.00)

YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL presents An Inchcape Youth Theatre Initiative

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“don’t feel you have to take a child to see this show...Revitallising”

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■ LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS The hit musical comedy, starring a plant with attitude plotting world domination! Featuring a free breakfast! An all-singing, all-dancing, fast-moving start to the day for children and adults performed by West End faces of the future. Aug 10-12 09.00 (10.15) £5.00 (£4.00) (C £3.00) Including free breakfast

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■ TIGGERS DON'T CLIMB TREES Mr Milne promised that the next time we came to stay we could have aTigger story... 'Adored by children and parents..absolute charm' Tricycle Theatre, London. Pooh and friends brought gloriously to life. (Age 5+). Aug 5-31 (not Suns) 12.30 (13.20) £4.50 (£3.50)

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■ TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA Songs that treat kids as smart, cynical and obstinate...empowering like Silverstein and Dr Seuss' Philadelphia Daily News. Aug 9-16 15.30 (16.30) £3.00 ■ MR BOOM Favourite with kids of all ages, enchanting and delightful... songs of imagination and mystery. Mr Boom's fab! Aug 17-23 14.00 (15.00) £3.00

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★ SPINNING RIDDLES A new play for children who like to join in.Take a Grimm journey through three folktales. Can you solve the riddles? A cracking combination of traditional storytelling, puppetry and all-action participation. Suitable for 5-12 years. Aug 9-15 11.00 (11.45) £4.00 (£2.00)

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■ BABY LOVE - QUICKSILVER THEATRE A new baby arrives and turns life upside down.Transported from the pleasure of being the constant centre of attention through the scary chaos of change, Harry discovers the pain and delight of becoming a big brother. Aug 10-15 11.30(12.15) £4.50 (£3.50)

★ ■ POOH AND FRIENDS - STIRLING YOUTH THEATRE Embark on a magical journey, with masks, music and poetry, through the hundred acre wood with Pooh.Tigger and friends, with the help of Christopher Robin. A charming adaptation which will delight children from 3-7 years. Aug 17-22 11.30 (12.25) £4.00 (£3.00)

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★ ■ PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM Science tells us all matter is held together by gluons: Professor Branestawm's new machine uses glue. And string. Which will unravel first, the Tesla coil winder or the very fabric of time? Fight a child for a ticket. Preview Aug 6 11.00 (11.50) £4.00 Aug 7-14,17-21 11.00 (11.50) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 15,16,22,23 11.00 (I 1.50) £5.50 (£4.50)

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★ PERSEUS THE GORGON SLAYER A magical adventure that will transport your child into the world of Ancient Greece. Fearless heroes, terrified princesses and hideous monsters all combine to create a show that's sure to thrill children of all ages. Aug 24-29 11.50 (12.50) £4.00 (£3.00)

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■ SPRING AND THE SELFISH GIANT Come on a journey to the Giant's beautiful garden...Drama, storytelling and lots of participation in a Scottish adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic tale of hope and love, for 4-9 year olds. Aug 5-31 (not 9,16,23) 14.00 (14.50) £4.00 (£3.00)

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AWARD-WINNING ANTIC DISPOSITION RETORN TO EDINRURGH WITH THE FUNKY NEW MUSICAL

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■ CHANNEL ZERO ...follows feckless comic characters through a spicy blend of improv and interaction, involving YOU, the audience. Some will be kidnapped, others psychoanalysed, but everyone lives happily ever after. Written by the chemically imbalanced, enjoyed by the very drunk. Aug 9-31 23.00 (23.50) £5.00 (£4.00)

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■ DAVID DRUMGOLD LIVE Comedy revue: A Las Vegas headliner, an older gentleman, a partied-out raver and Dorothy Gale. All have found resolve with their lives. Portions of this show were presented as a birthday present to Madonna by her brother Christopher. Aug 24-29 18.30 (19.45) £5.00 (£4.00)

CHRIS ADDISON

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CHRIS ADDISON Star of Gas (C4) and The Comedy Network (C5), 'this bright young star' Scotland on Sunday, promises a solid-hour of 'hilarious routines' Scotland on Sunday. Straight out of last years Comedy Zone, Chris has just finished touring with Perrier-Award Winner Jenny Eclair. Previews Aug 5,6 21.30 (22.30) £4.00 Aug 7 21.30 (22.30) £4.00 Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 21.30 (22.30) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22 21.30 (22.30) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 28-31 21.30 (22.30) £9.00 (£8.00)

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AL MURRAY PUB LANDLORD - KEEPER OF THE PINT COSMIC Double Perrier Award nominee. 'One of the greatest comic characters of the decade' Observer. A voice in the wilderness, one man in whom the Lager-of-Life burns brightest. ’Do not miss this’ Sunday Times. Aug 16-20,23,24,26,27 21.25 (22.25) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22 21.25 (22.25) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 28-31 21.25 (22.25) £9.00 (£8.00)

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ANDREVINCENT - SEE ME...HEAR ME...BITE ME! An improvising comedy genius' The Guardian, 'Ferociously funny' The Sunday Times, 'Andre Vincent was also there' The Chinese People's Press. Previews Aug 5,6 22.30 (23.30) £4.00 Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 22.30 (23.30) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.30 (23.30) £8.00 (£7.00)

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■ HENDRICK-JANTHE STUNT MAN Gauge your abstraction level of tolerance at Hendrick-Jan the Stunt Man's spectacular open-air show: Modern Dance for Mechanics....Injuries suffered during the show may affect subsequent performances. Language: Eurotrash. Aug 21-31 20.00 (20.30) £3.00 Aug 21-31 21.00 (21.30) £3.00

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JUSTATICKLE 2 FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Back after the sell-out success of last year compered by Alan Davies and featuring Sean Lock, Ed Byrne, Chris Addison and very special guests - and all for a good cause! Aug 10 23.30 (01.00) £12.50 (£10.00)

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Comedy arid Revue THE GREAT COMEDY DEBATE in association with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Razor sharp tongues lash in hysterical contortions as two sides do battle in a frenzy of argument, counter argument and plain show-personship. Australia v Scotland v America v the rest of the world! Aug 30,31 16.20 (17.50) £ 10.00 (£9.00) Aug 30 14.10 (15.40) JO BRAND BENEFIT Star of Jo Brand Through The Cakehole returns to the festival for a special gala comedy show for the children's hospital in Brasov, Romania. Featuring the best of this year's festival comedians. Special guests to be announced. Aug 23 20.10 (21.40) £10.00 NIGHT FORTIBET A star-studded gala evening featuring music, comedy and dance from some of the big names of this year's Fringe. Profits will benefit ROKRA - a charity which helps improve life for the poorest people of rural Tibet. Aug 31 midnight (late) £9.00 (£7.00) STAY ALIVE PERI offers the Billy Bollocks ...Welsh Pimps,Warring Neighbours, Mullet & Cruickshank, Malibu Man and Terry Wogan's Memoirs. 'Britain's best kept comedy weapon' Charlie Higson. 'Billy Bollocks, the funniest thing I've seen in years' Bob Mortimer. Aug 23-27,3 I-Sept 5 23.15 (00.30) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 28-30 23.15 (00.30) £9.50 (£8.50)

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JOHN HEGLEY He's back! Three shows only! That sort of thing. So what would a bad Friday have been like? 'An endearing reminder that even the nerdiest schoolboy in the class can turn out to be an improbably glam star' The Sunday Times. Aug 27 20.10 (21.20) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 28,29 20.10 (21.20) £10.00 (£9.00) OZ.DOT.COMEDY NEW from Sydney and Melbourne, in one suitcase, three red hot award-winning standup comics...Carl Barron... 'magical' Sydney Morning Herald. Adam Richard... 'a star' City Hub. Matthew Sutherland... 'hilarious' Adelaide Advertiser. Handmade for Edinburgh by thecomedychannel (Australia) Aug 7-10 21.50 (22.50) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 11-13,16-20,23-27,31 23.15 (00.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-30 23.15 (00.15) £9.00 (£8.00) Sept 1-5 21.50 (22.50) £8.00 (£7.00) THE OBSERVER ASSEMBLY continues over the page

PERRIER PICK OF THE FRINGE AWARD FOR COMEDY 4 DATES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER:

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WANDERLUST...A HOT & HILARIOUS RACE AROUND THE WORLD Kate Smith's leap out of oppressive Sydney and her search for truth in London, Spain, France, India and Edinburgh where she falls in love. A wild comedy about how to follow your heart. Aug 23-27,31-Sept 5 16.25 (17.35) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 28-30 16.25 (17.35) £8.50 (£7.50)

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THE MUSICAL A hilarious, improvised musical one-act is created before your eyes from a single audience suggestion by this talented and acclaimed group from Chicago, home of long-form improvisation and the famous Second City. Preview Aug 8 21.30 (22.45) £2.00 (£1.00) Aug 9-31 (not 16,23) 21.30 (22.45) £6.00 (£5.00)

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BADDIEL & SKINNER GET BACKTO THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE EDINBURGH FRINGE Baddiel & Skinner in a 40-minute show for which they've written and rehearsed absolutely nothing at all. But it's only £2. 'Best double-act on television' Independent. Aug 15-30 (not 25) 13.30 (14.30) £2.00

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HABEAS CORPUS Alan Bennett's irresistible farce of bodies, breasts, lust and mortality. Wires cross, trousers drop, jokes of all kinds abound at breakneck speed in this saucy seaside postcard, end of the pier whirl, through Englishness, sex and death. Aug 17-22 13.30 (15.15) £3.50

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LIFE, DEATH AND SEX WITH MIKE AND SUE The hit sketch show about families and relationships. Starring Robert Duncan (Drop the Dead Donkey) and Jan Ravens (Harry Enfield and Chums) as Radio 4's antidote to Richard and Judy. 'A wonderfully funny show' Sunday Times. Aug 11 19.00 (20.00) Free Tickets available day before show from Pleasance 10am, max 4 per person R.T.F.P. Two teams of stand-ups will try to out-wit, out-pace and out-gag each other in a fast moving show based loosely on the week's events. Aug 11,18 20.15 (21.15) Free Tickets available day before show from Pleasance 10am, max 4 per person SHORT STORY Enjoy coffee and a short story especially commissioned for the Fringe from some of the country's leading writers. Aug 17-20 11.00 (11.45) Free Tickets available day before show from Pleasance 10am, max 4 per person FRONT ROW Mark Lawson with news, performances and reviews of the hottest shows in town - do they live up to the hype? Aug 18 19.00 (19.45) Free Aug 25 16.00 (16.45) Tickets available day before show from Pleasance 10am, max 4 per person LOOSE ENDS Ned Sherrin stars in this radio extravaganza from the BBC, with guests from the worlds of entertainment, plumbing and upholstery - it's free and it's nice. Aug 22 09.45 (11.00) Free Tickets available day before show from Pleasance 10am, max 4 per person

UNIVERSAL GRINDING WHEEL The most original new comedy act, the funniest and the hardest to describe. This year’s Edinburgh Fringe should make a lot of people clearer just how crucial Universal Grinding Wheel are.”

Independent on Saturday “The most original comedy combo to hit the scene in decades” Dazed and Confused

“The funniest thing since Ibsen” The Independent

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Comedy and Revue BBC RADIO 4 continued JUST A MINUTE The inimitable and ever popular show where the ability to talk for 60 seconds is more important than making sense! Paul Merton is amongst those players taking on the stopwatch, with Nicholas Parsons in the chair. Aug 25 17.30 (18.30) Free Aug 25 18.30 (19.30) Tickets available day before show from Pleasance I Oam, max 4 per person FOR WHOM THE BELL ENDS Dan Freedman and Nick Romero, who thrilled Radio 4 listeners with insect band The Gee Bees, present a comedy extravaganza featuring Incy Wincy Quincy, the spider pathologist; Panamanian musical legend Mundo Jazz; and some desperate celebrity guests. Aug 25 21.30 (22.45) Free Tickets available day before show from Pleasance I Oam, max 4 per person THE NEWS QUIZ The team is back once again, taking on the week's news with more sharp observation, blunt humour and side-splitting satire. Aug 27 12.30 (13.30) Free Tickets available day before show from Pleasance I Oam, max 4 per person HEARING WITH HEGLEY Stand-up comic, poet, songwriter and glasses wearer John Hegley (The Poet Laureate of alternative comedy) is here to entertain you - with just a microphone and a book of verse! Musical accompaniment from Nigel And The Popticians. Aug 29 12.30 (13.30) Free Tickets available day before show from Pleasance I Oam, max 4 per person

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Venue 57 - BBC Scotland, Studio One, 5 Queen Street

‘Sublime” Daily Express

Comedy’s next

THE USUAL SUSPECTS Radio Scotland presents three special late night cabaret shows featuring the very best live performance from the Festival assembled under one roof. Aug 13,20,27 22.00 (23.30) Free

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“A real comedy star’ Irish Times

MITCH BENN

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Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212

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MITCH BENN is a comedy force to be reckoned with. Half Scot - half scouser, Mitch Benn is a rising star. He headlined 'Gas' on Channel 4, won 'Comedian of the Year' and 'Best Comic Award' at the Glastonbury Festival. Aug 7-31 21.00 (21.50) £5.00 (£4.50)

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EDINBURGH NIGHTS WITH MARK LAMARR crushes the sprawling mass of four simultaneous festivals into eight tasty and easily-digestible morsels. Broadcast live on BBC2 this show combines chat, performance and prerecorded items in front of an audience. Aug 18,19,21,25,26,28,Sept 1,2 22.30 (midnight) Free

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Venue 50 - Circus of Horrors Big Top, Leith Links Tickets 554 3031 / 226 2428

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BIG TOP COMEDY Best of the fest.The MAIN EVENT featuring the HOTTEST comics on the Fringe.Well known names, fresh new faces and some great surprises. At least six top acts for the price of one. Book early. Aug 18-30 22.00 (23.30) £9.50 (£7.50)

ADAM BLOOM

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Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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ADAM BLOOM 'Bloom is perhaps the perfect comedian. Brilliant jokes and the most winning personality. From the moment he bounces onstage you know you are going to have fun. *****' The List. Sellout 96 & 97. Don't miss! Previews Aug 5,6 18.45 (19.45) £3.00 Aug 7-10,12,13,16-20,23-27 18.45 (19.45) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 18.45 (19.45) £8.50 (£7.50)

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Venue 143 -The Bongo Club,out of the blue, 14 New Street (off Royal Mile) Tix 558 7604

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SHOW BAG - WONDERLUST by Kate Smith, directed by Gavin Vance. A hot and hilarious race around the world. One woman stand-up. 20 characters, loonies, lost luggage, love. Wild comedy about how to follow your heart. Aug 17,21,25,29 20.00 (21.00) £7.00 Aug 19,23,27 21.00 (22.00)

BOOM CHICAGO

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Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon II, People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151

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BOOM CHICAGO Amsterdam's international hit combines clever sketch comedy with sharp improvisation. But are they taking the piss out of America or us? 'These Americans can take it... and dish it out' Time. 'Rapid fire improv... a phenomenon' Rough Guide. Aug 7-31 (not 17,27) 19.15 (20.30) £8.50 (£7.50)

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CIRCUS OF HORRORS RIG TOP LEITH LINKS Venue 50 TICKETS £9.50 (£7.50)

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Venue 139 - The Honeycomb, 36 Blair Street Tickets 226 2151

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THE BOOTLEG BOOTLEG BEATLES are Britain's best new comedy sketch team. Featuring Mackenzie Crook, (Charlie Cheese & Bagshaw from Barking), Mitch Benn (Comedian of the Year, Gas), lain Lee (radio presenter and stand up) and comedy actor Zeron Gibson (Valentine Flyguy). Aug 8-31 15.15 (16.30) £5.00 (£4.50)

GEOFF BOYZ

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Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428

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■ NOISE AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS Tennents lager s new Scottish star performs an hour of new material. It promises to be an explosive, ground-breaking, chaotic and hilarious ride. 'His demeanour is tense - his delivery explosive' Scotland on Sunday. Aug 7-13,16,18-20,23-27 22.15 (23.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.15 (23.15) £9.00 (£8.00)

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Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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★ ■ GAWK-A-GO-GO! Trash flick thrill-kitten meets snuff auteur in mondo-stompin' schlockfest! After 'GAWK!' and 'TINY MO'S' ('A truly alternative act' The List) - Bela Lugosi's undead, Elvis comes back special and Shirley Temple's geeking! Cardboard cutout cinerama. 3-D glasses supplied. Aug 6-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 23.35 (00.25) £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 23.35 (00.25) £6.50 (£5.50)

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Venue 72 - The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776

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RORY BREMNER Britain's sharpest impressionist, multi BAFTA Award Winner, and true-born Scot is back at The Festival for the only time this decade. Special guest is Perrier Best Newcomer and Nominee Milton Jones ('A crazed megastar in the making' Melody Maker). Aug 17-20 19.30 (21.30) £ 12.00 (£ 10.00)

PETER BUCKLEY HILL

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Venue 85 - Footlights and Firkin, 7 Spittal Street

PETER BUCKLEY HILL AND SOME COMEDIANS Four comedians every night for the price of none whatsoever. Return of 1997's successful show, now extended to 90 minutes. Different bill every night. Except Peter, of course. Aug 8-31 21.25 (22.55) Free (no ticket required) Venue 106 - WJ Christie's,27-31 West Port, Grassmarket Tickets 228 3765

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STILL BOTTOM OF THE BILL IN A ONE-MAN SHOW A cheap date with PBH: songs of urban love, flying haddock and small furry animals, among other things. '60's relic ... amiably lunatic, wielder of bad puns' The Scotsman. Aug 17-31 17.35 (18.20) Free (no ticket required)

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Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon II, People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151

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BRENDON BURNS KNOWS HEAPS Don't expect the usual bland observational rubbish, steel yourself for something far more exciting.' Time Out 'Stop encouraging him' His girlfriend. Sell out '96, '97. Book early! Aug 7-31 (not 17) 21.00 (22.00) £8.00 (£7.00)

ED BYRNE Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151

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ED BYRNE: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA A show about what goes through your head when locked in a room for three hours watching people sing in a showoff way. 'Comedy's next big thing' Evening News. A real comedy star' Irish Times. Aug 7-3 I (not 17,30) 22.00 (23.00) £8.00 (£7.00

JASON BYRNE Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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JASON BYRNE: CAMPING ON THE MOON The most hotly tipped, exciting and exhilarating comedian to emerge in recent years. 'If you're not on the floor, helpless with laughter - you're probably dead' The List. Fast, physical and frenetic. Non-stop hilarious comedy. Previews Aug 5,6 21.00 (22.00) £3.00 Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 21.00 (22.00) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-3 I 21.00 (22.00) £8.50 (£7.50)

CABBAGES&THINGS Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207

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OLDETYME MUSIC HALL This extraordinarily ebullient company enacts an elaborate extravaganza of effervescent, effusive entertainment, encapsulated for your edification by our enterprising and eminent artistes: you will be enraptured by our energetic and enthusiastic ensemble. Aug 16-22 13.00 (14.05) £4.00 (£3.50) 17

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Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991

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★ ANTIGONE IN POLK COUNTY, MEDEA GOES COUNTRY WESTERN, CONNIE GETS CANCELLED While one relationship is destroyed over those chocolate biscuits, another hangs up, three couples find their special someone, and Death visits a psychiatrist. Original Ten Minute plays. Edgy comedy. Aug 10-22 (not 16) 10.10 (11.40) £5.00 (£4.00)

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Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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■ BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Peepolykus director Cal McCrystal takes Footlights, 'seedbed for mighty comedy talents' Time Out, in a new direction with an energetically physical, musical and witty show, which promises to be funnier than ever. Don't miss it! Previews Aug 5,6 18.30 (19.30) £5.00 Aug 7-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 18.30 (19.30) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-3 I 18.30 (19.30) £8.00 (£6.00)

SCOTT CAPURRO

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Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

BRAIN SOUFFLE A new comedy about murder and date rape in which Scott Capurro shares the stage with hand puppets and musicians. A tour-de-force that's fun for the whole family. 'Brilliant! We could see Scott again and again!' The Probation Court. Previews Aug 5,6 17.40 (18.40) £3.00 Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 17.40 (18.40) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-3 I 17.40 (18.40) £8.50 (£7.50)

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Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212

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CHARLIE CHEESE'S JACKET OF BADGES Comedy star of Gas, Barking and Still Crazy. Cheeky Charlie Cheese is again joined by lain ('he's not very good but he's keen')Lee. 'Cheese is a superbly gifted impersonator' The Scotsman. Aug 7-31 22.00 (22.50) £5.00 (£4.50)

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Venue 106 -WJ Christie's,27-31 West Port,Grassmarket Tickets 228 3765

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LATE COMEDY CELLAR Known as Edinburgh's friendliest year-round club. It's late, it's intimate, it's 'Off-Broadway' laughs! Check out different local and international comedians every night. 'Christie's is a great place to spot talent and gets top marks for liveliness!' Evening News. Aug 6-15,17-22,27-29 23.30 (01.30) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 16,23,30 22.00 (midnight) £4.00 (£3.00) ★ ■ MADISON PAGE DARES TO ASK, WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?' She wishes she knew. Sip your drinks as Madison sings her way through this comedy of love-crazed, drink-fuelled jazz diva decline. 'Simultaneously attractive and unattractive, endearing yet repellent.' Arts West. Aug 9-15,17-22,26-30 22.00 (23.00) £6.00 (£5.00) AN EVENING WITH BRENDAN AND RADAR Both twice nominated for New Zealand's most prestigious comedy awards, these are two of NZ's most outstanding comics. Brendan Lovegrove - 'Terrifyingly good' New Zealand Herald, and Radar - 'Seriously disturbing...a very demented young man' Dominion. Aug 8-16,18-23,26-31 20.30 (21.30) £6.00 (£5.00) GLASGOW'S SMILES BETTER Fresh from ITV's Big Big Talent Show, Raymond Mearn's sharp observations and anecdotes earned him the reputation as one of Scotland's top comedians. In his Fringe debut see for yourself why many have compared him to Billy Connolly. Aug 16-30 19.00 (20.00) £5.00 (£4.00) MORE TO LIFE THAN MEATY EYES Obscure, oblong interpretations of idiosyncratic existence. Why we're looking at the light at the end of the tunnel and why we're in the tunnel in the first place? This is the creme-de-la-creme of Scotland's comedians. Aug 8-15 19.00 (20.00) £5.00 (£4.00) ★ LOUNGE LIZARDS IN BOGIE NIGHTS The bastard spawn of Richard Stilgoe and Margarita Pracatan. Hungry Horse presents an eclectic hour of music and mirth - kitschy turns bitchy as two people share one organ, 'slick, smooth, superbly crafted' Stage, 'ghastly dentured panache' Scotsman. Aug 9-13,16,18-20,23,25-27,30,3 I 16.00 (17.00) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28,29 16.00 (17.00) £6.00 (£4.00)

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Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212

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THE LAST BIG IGUANA COMPETITION Coming here we ran over four pedestrians - don't let their deaths be in vain. Deliriously wonky sketch comedy from three fully vaccinated tramps. No iguanas are killed during this show.We maimed them all beforehand. Aug 23-31 18.00 (18.50) £5.00 (£4.00) 19

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SEan LOCK “Made me laugh more often and more loudly than anything else I’ve seen so far” Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph

“You will laugh like a hyena”

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Venue 50 - Circus of Horrors Big Top, Leith Links Tickets 554 3031 / 226 2428

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■ THE CIRCUS OF HORRORS The outrageous rock hit of 96 returns from sellout tours of Europe and South America with a new production featuring hair-hanging topless vamps, politically incorrect dwarfs and the neontube swallowing Wasp Boy. Masterminded by Archaos creator, Peirrot Bidon. Aug 7,8,14,15,21,22,28,29 19.30 (21.30) £ 12.00 (£9.00) Aug 9-13,16-20,23-27,30,31 19.30 (21.30) £ 10.00 (£8.00)

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Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207

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TRIVIAL PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS Chicago-based improvisers introduce their new revue of sketch comedy and improvisation based on Truth, Justice & the American Way. It's almost too easy... Aug 7-15 23.00 (00.45) £5.00 (£4.00)

CAROLYN COHAGAN

Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105

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★ NO SPLEEN Notorious New York comedienne journeys through a surreal examination of life, death and organ removal. A dynamic fusion of stand-up with the natural theatricality of a Lecoq-trained performer. 'A Rising Star' NewYork Times. Aug 5-3 I (not 20) 23.00 (midnight) £5.50 (£4.50)

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Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212

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COMEDY CLUB (LONDON) PRESENTS the best of London's new comedy, including; Valentine Flyguy, 'man of the seventies',Timandra Harkness ('conspicuously skillful' The Guardian), lain Lee ('brilliant' Times), Slammin' George, and compere Zeron Gibson. Five brilliant acts for the price of one! Aug 7-31 20.00 (20.50) £5.00 (£4.50)

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Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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THE COMEDY ZONE Edinburgh's No. I late-night cabaret show-cases 'comedy's finest new-additions' Observer of 1998. Starring Anton 'the new scouse sensation' Melody Maker, Simon Evans 'Marvellous' Scotsman, Gordon Southern 'hugely talented' Time Out and hosted by Dan Evans 'superb and surreal' Scotsman. Previews Aug 5,6 22.40 (00.20) £4.00 Aug 7 22.40 (00.20) £4.00 Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 22.40 (00.20) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22 22.40 (00.20) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 28-31 22.40 (00.20) £9.00 (£8.00)

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Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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★ CONVERSATIONS WITH MY AGENT From the acclaimed book by Rob Long, writer-producer of Cheers. Hilarious insider's look at the world of sit-com writing in Hollywood. Sharper than Larry Sanders, weirder than Seinfeld, and it's all true. Starring Gary Parker and Lolly Susi. Aug 5,6 15.05 (16.05) £4.50 Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 15.05 (16.05) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-3 I 15.05 (16.05) £8.50 (£7.50)

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Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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PHIL COOL '...is on speaking terms with genius' New Musical Express. Phil Cool - the world's only 'Stand Up Chameleon'. His surreal impressions and bizarre sense of the ridiculous take us into a world where anything seems possible and the absurd credible... Aug 22-27 19.30 (20.30) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 28-3 I 19.30 (20.30) £8.50 (£7.50)

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Venue 47 - The Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street Tickets 556 2549

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LATE NIGHT WITH THE COSMICTAMBOURINES Late night variety mayhem with music, magic, stand-up and sketches provided by Paddy (Uncensored Cabaret), Joe Finn and Thomas Duncan. Headlining the show re hippies with attitude, the Cosmic Tambourines. Aug 6-29 23.15 (00.30) £5.00 (£4.50)

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC AWARD 1998 - GRAND FINAL After 12 months of intense-competition and 500 regional heats, Boothby Graffoe hosts the climax of Britain's biggest new comedy talent search. 10 finalists compete for the winner's title, £2,000 and a booking on The Carlsberg Ice Comedy-Network. Aug 25 14.00 (17.00) £5.00 21

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Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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TICKET TO UP Last year's Daily Mail critics' choice and one of the Daily Express 'must sees'. Dallas & Packer, BBC writer/performers, bring you an uplifting new show... 'fired with manic imagination' The Scotsman, an unconventional self-improvement plan with a 'break-neck performance' The Herald. Previews Aug 7,8 17.20 (18.20) £3.00 Aug 9,1 I -13,16,18-20,23,25-27 17.20 (18.20) £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 17.20 (18.20) £7.00 (£6.00)

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DAVE JOHNS 'Not only is he very funny, his style is miles ahead of the manufactured personas of most comics. He likes his audience, and they like him. He received the loudest applause I heard all festival' The List 1997. Previews Aug 5,6 22.10 (23.10) £4.00 Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 22.10 (23.10) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.10 (23.10) £8.50 (£7.50)

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Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428

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ALAN DAVIES URBAN TRAUMA Stand up comedy's man of the moment presents the Scottish premiere of his sell out West End performance. 'Seat-rockingly funny' The Guardian. 'Marvellous, rib-aching' News of the World. Aug 7-13,16-18 21.15 (22.15) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 14,15 21.15 (22.15) £10.00 (£9.00)

MARK DOHERTY

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Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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MARK DOHERTY - FASCINATING THINGS Fascinating, unique, quirky, odd, surreal, fit, tears, awkward, timing, style, guitar, taste, jealousy, pools, punchline, fighting, plasters, tender, dry, thoughtful, lies, Dublin, fascinating, '...go see' Independent. '...I did' Times, '...good isn't he?...' Independent, '...mmm, yes he is' Times. Aug 5,6 20.15 (21.15) £4.50 Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 20.15 (21.15) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 20.15 (21.15) £8.50 (£7.50)

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Venue 26 - Calder's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium, Broughton Place Tickets 226 2151

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■ BOB DOWNE: MILLION SELLERS Styled to excite, tailored to endure, priced to please, Australia's King of Sing is back! More Bob Downe music than ever! You'll only hear hits as the Polyester Prince sweeps you into a Las Vegas lounge of laughter! Aug 24-27,31 22.30 (23.45) £ 10.00 (£8.00) Aug 28-30 23.00 (00.15)

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★ DOGGY STYLE - THE SKETCHES Dog-do's and human-do's in bitesize pieces. See a man learn to fly, a dog with an identity crisis and a million-year-old mating ritual. Seat-wettingly funny. Mark your chairs now. Aug 10-15 21.20 (22.20) £6.00 (£5.00)

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★ ■ BABES IN THE HOOD 70s misfits, music and marshmallow.The band lays the mood in a candy fuelled world. Can Robin d'Hood and Friar Fonz save the kids or will Snoop Wolfy Wolf pour sugar on the show? Aug 17-21 19.45 (21.05) £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 22 19.15 (20.35)

JENNY ECLAIR Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550

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JENNY ECLAIR Comedy's sabre-toothed haridon disgraces Edinburgh with a golden hour of best bits and new stuff. A Perrier Award Winner and 'the wildest and wickedest comedian in Britain' Mirror, this is a guaranteed sell-out. One night only. Book early. Aug 25 20.00 (21.30) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 25 22.00 (23.30)

ED BYRNE ATTHE QUEEN S HALL Venue 72 - The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776

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ED BYRNE:A NIGHT ATTHE QUEEN'S HALL Due to popular demand Ed moves to The Queen's Hall for one very special night. Book early - certain sell out! 'Stunningly original' Irish Times. 'A comedian with everything going for him...see him!' The Independent. Aug 30 22.45 (23.45) £10.00 £8.00

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Venue 59 - Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside PI.Tickets 557 2950

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LEE EVANS Perrier Award Winner and star of the Hollywood blockbuster 'Mouse Hunt' finally returns with a brand new show. Evans is back as irrepressibly elastic and energetic as ever. 'He's a one man special effect' Sunday Times. Don't miss! Sept 4,5 20.00 (22.30) £14.50 (£13.50)

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Venue 47 - The Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street Tickets 556 2549

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LOOK MUMMY! IT'S WAR, FAMINE, DEATH AND PESTILENCE The end of the world is nigh. Do you: a) repent, etc. b) run about shouting c) other (please state) 'Some of the hottest practitioners of sketch comedy' Evening Standard. Aug 6-31 (not 18) 16.45 (17.45) £6.00 (£4.00)

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Venue 47 - The Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street Tickets 556 2549

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FOUR PIGMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE Fusing surrealism and absurdity:Jonny - musical heterosexual transvestite with attitude. Patrick - bastard son of Jim Henson and George Lucas. James - award winning trivia monkey-boy. Graeme - openly mocking those more or less fortunate than himself. Aug 6-31 (not 12,19) 16.00(18.00) £5.00 (£4.00)

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Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428

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MAN OF ATHOUSAND HEADS Overweight, Scorpio, tired. So why not join him on the escalator to obscurity. See this decrepit phenomenon before he becomes a complete unknown. 'Highly original, explosively funny' Sunday Times. Gildea - Honesty In Entertainment. Aug 7-13,16,18-20,23-27 19.35 (20.35) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 19.35 (20.35) £9.00 (£8.00)

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Comedy and Revue CALDER S GILDED BALLOON ' Venue 38 - Calder’s Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 215 Imaginative, intriguing, invigorating international and diverse - a programme which encapsulates the very essence of the Fringe. Laugh your socks off at Late 'n1 Live from lam until the wee small hours, or simply soak in the atmosphere in the cafes, bars and clubs. JUST LIKE THAT? TOMMY COOPER - THE EARLY YEARS Hilarious and painful story of Tommy Cooper's long lost & short-lived double act. With magic, mayhem, silly sketches and ridiculous routines, this bitter-sweet play offers a fascinating insight into this mad monster of a comic. Aug 7-31 15.30 (16.45) £7.00 (£6.00) THE 3 CANADIANS - THE FLAT After selling out at the 1997 Fringe, Eric, Derek and North are back and this time they're not leaving The Flat. Three young men, a couch, a television, a Nazi landlord and electric dog collars. Aug 7-3 I 17.45 (19.00) £7.00 (£6.00) STEVE FROST'S IMPRO ALLSTARS Watch the comedy unfold.With Richard Vranch, Steve Steen, Andy Smart and guests.You turn up, we make it up. Aug 7,8,10-15,17-22 19.15 (20.30) £8.50 (£7.50) STEVE FROST'S CELEBRITY PUB QUIZ We ask the questions, you give the answers. Join Steve and chums in a pub quiz to remember. Aug 9,16,23 19.15 (20.30) £8.50 (£7.50) LEANDRE RIBERA -'?' Why do we laugh so much with Leandre? Does Leandre know? A silent show. Imaginative, visual and physical humour. Aug 24-31 19.15 (20.30) £7.00 (£6.00) HELLO AGAIN, WE'RE THE NUALAS Ireland's latest singing sensation are back. Say no more. 'Kill to get a ticket' Scotsman. 'Phenomenally funny' Herald. 'The audience bayed, clamoured and stamped for more!' Evening News. 'The funniest women in the world' Irish Times. Aug 7-31 (not I 1,30) 20.45 (21.45) £8.00 (£7.00) MIKE MACDONALD - WE ARETHE COMEDY CHANNEL ON GOD'S TV If you think that you're a hitchhiker on the information highway, that there are no 'functional families', that Americans should shut up and God is a comedian, then this show is for you. Aug 7-23 23.15 (00.30) £8.00 (£7.00) TIM VINE Joke, joke, sketch, joke, joke, sentence, joke, funny face, joke, ad lib, joke, impression, joke, joke, apology, joke, sprint. Aug 24-3 I 23.15 (00.30) £8.00 (£7.00)

LATE ’N’ LIVE Gilded Balloon's flagship show with the pick of late night entertainment. Insane mix of the best comics, comperes and bands. Aug 7-3 I 01.00 (04.00) £ 10.50 (£8.50) GERALDINE MCNULTY NEEDS HELP Award winning McNulty's new show... 60 comedy minutes, 12 funny women, I hilarious scarf... 'consummate character comedy' Independent 'ferociously funny' Daily Mail 'tour de force of character comedy' Sunday Times. Impel yourself to see Geraldine McNulty. Aug 8-28 16.30 (17.30) £7.50 (£6.50) HEY GRINGO Peter Searles returns with World Premiere of 'Bolivia and Beyond' and updated version of last year's highly acclaimed 'Through Peru'. Aug 7-31 17.45 (18.45) £7.00 (£6.00) LYNN FERGUSON. FRANK Lynn's first solo show since the award-winning Heart and Sole.This brand new show is Lynn's own slant on stand-up comedy. 'Catch Ferguson before she becomes a superstar' Sunday Times. 'Touching, funny and perceptive' Herald. Aug 8-3 I 19.00 (20.00) £7.50 (£6.50) GRANNY'S ON THE ROOF RACK AGAIN - MICHAEL REDMOND performs his unique style of stand-up and storytelling, 'hilarious... a great comedian' Scotsman. Aug 7-31 (not 20) 21.30 (22.30) £7.50 (£6.50) OTIS LEE CRENSHAW - MODEL CITIZEN The caged songbird. The hammer from the slammer. Otis makes his Edinburgh debut with a portfolio of prison-penned songs rejected by every major Nashville recording artist. It's a parole hearing! It's Rich Hall's Uncle! Aug 7-31 midnight (01.00) £8.00 (£7.00) TIM BRAY - ME AND MY VICE A master of characters; fresh, original, universal comedy with quick-fire scenarios lampooning people's passions, obsessions and vices. Aug 10-31 i 2.45 (14.15) £6.50 (£5.50) STRANGE TIMES Join UFOIogists Michael and Chris for an hour of love, laughter and destroying the world government with Anthrax. Aug 7-17 14.30 (15.30) £6.00 (£5.00) JOHN BUTLER DRIVES THE FULL MONTEGO 'the funniest man in the country' BBC CWR 'a comedy legend in the making' BBC Loose Ends. Aug 7-31 17.15(18.15) £6.50 (£5.50) GEYSER OF GUFF - BARRY MURPHY ejects a column of guff into the air which separates into flim flam, flummery, hooey and clack. Aug 8-30 19.45 (20.45) £7.00 (£6.00) MR ED AND FULCHER Rich Fulcher and Eddie Bannon being funny together, exploring Evolution, Jesus, Disc Jockeys and Serial Killers. Aug 7-31 21.00 (22.00) £7.00 (£6.00)

Comedy arid Revue PHIL KAY Feel the cold wind as you run starkers towards the mountains intent on picnicing on wild berries at the top - your breath still burning as the frothy juices taste like the world's best. Ladies only - Thursday 27th August. Aug 7-31 midnight (01.30) £9.00 (£8.00) HOPE SPRINGS A LEAK Ten years since the pit closed, Hope is reinventing itself as the North East town for the Millennium. Aug 7-31 13.15 (14.15) £6.00 (£5.00) ANDY SMART - THE DOPE Taking a lateral look at marijuana, late night shopping, paranoia, Rizla's, armchair depths & love. Bring chocolate! Aug 7-31 14.15 (15.15) £6.00 (£5.00) JANEI ANDERSON IN LUCY FELL FROM HEAVEN An outrageously funny story about an angel and a new perspective on the 'fallen woman'. Aug 7-31 17.00 (18.00) £6.50 (£5.50) ADAM HILLS - LIFE IS GOOD 'Exuberant, celebratory sun-drenched humour' (Scotsman) took Melbourne Comedy Festival by storm. He's back and Life is Good. Aug 7-31 18.15 (19.15) £6.50 (£5.50) RAYBON KAN - DAZED AND CONFUCIUS Direct from Just for Laugh's' comes New Zealand's answer to Woody Allen. If you only see one Chinese New Zealand comedian... Aug 7-31 19.30 (20.30) £7.00 (£6.00) LAZLO & PARKIN will throw themselves blindfolded from a small table, poison a young dog & bleed real blood until you laugh. Aug 7-31 23.30 (00.30) £6.50 (£5.50) Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon II, People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151

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CAMBRIDGE MEDICS REVUE - JULIUS SEIZURE Slick, energetic, entirely non-medical, completely unconnected to the title, 'undeniably intelligent...obvious comic potential' Scotsman. Aug 7-22 18.00 (19.00) £6.50 (£5.50) THE BERT FERSHNERS These hyperactive men from America create their own outrageous world and even sing and dance. Aug 7-31 22.00 (23.00) £8.00 (£7.00) JUST FOR THE CRACK! Full of Craic and Skiddle Dee Dee. This is guaranteed to have you applying for Irish Citizenship. Aug 7-31 23.15 (00.45) £8.00 (£7.00) OVERTIRED AND SHOWING OFF Spanking new offshoot from BBC2 s 'Comedy Nation',Who La Hoof? present an imaginative & fabulous comic tale. Aug 7-31 14.30 (15.30) £6.50 (£5.50) Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151

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★ ARGENTINA 78 - THE DIRECTOR'S CUT Twentieth anniversary homage to legendary Scotland manager Ally MacLeod and the World Cup that changed Scottish history (a wee bit). With previously unseen (i.e. made up) footage. By the Sad Obsessive Brothers. Aug 7-18 15.00 (16.00) £6.00 (£5.00) Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon II, People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151

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ARGENTINA 78 - THE DIRECTOR S CUT Aug 19-21 13.15 (14.15) £6.00 £5.00 COLIN CAMPBELL'S LOCAL RADIO A gentle satire of Highland rural life dealing with crofting, fishing, poaching, the church and the Highlands. Aug 22-31 17.30 (18.30) £6.00 (£5.00) ANATOMICALLY CORRECT - OXFORD REVUE After experiments with serious drama, this year's Revue marks a departure - it's funny, very funny! Aug 7-10,12-24,26-31 18.45 (19.45) £7.00 (£6.00) FULL IRISH BREAKFAST Two of Ireland's most talented comedians, John Henderson and Dara O'Brian find out why kebabs are funny. Aug 7-31 21.30 (22.30) £7.50 (£6.50) THE CREAM OF SCOTTISH Stand-up in the company of Jimmy Mooney 'Hilarious... one of the best' Scotland on Sunday; Gordon Brunton 'considerable comic skill' Evening Times; and Marion Kilpatrick '...an observant comedy philosopher... acute and cute' Herald. Aug 7-31 22.45 (midnight) £7.50 (£6.50)

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"Intelligent and extremely funny' i "Jeff sees things with a clarity which will bring pleasurable mirth-pains to your sides and jaws... stand-up's most irresistible rogue"

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"If you onfy go to see one show at the festival make sure it's Richard Morton" Evening News

"Leaves the audiences rolling with, laughter" The Scotsman

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VIV & JILL Outrageous, dangerous, silly, frilly, dodgy and podgy. 'Knocks the socks off other up and coming comedians' Stage. Aug 7-31 18.30 (19.30) £6.50 (£5.50) DAVE WILLIAMS - CAFFEINE Engaging coffee-fuelled comedy. Life and love seen from the cafe table. 'Genuine wit' The List. Free coffee! Aug 7-31 19.45 (20.45) £6.50 (£5.50)

DANNY BROWN - BANJAXED Legless, drunk, polaxed, steaming, hammered - join Danny for an all day session crammed into one hour. Aug 9-31 20.45 (21.45) £8.00 (£7.00)

JOHN ARCHER Attacks audiences with the skill and panache of a rampant bull hang-gliding. Step inside and spend a penny. Aug 7-31 22.15 (23.15) £6.50 (£5.50)

MATT KING - BEASTLY Matt takes you on a voyage into the lovely world of animals. Find out interesting things about ducks wearing bras and chickens escaping from prison. 'Funniest comedian in Australia' Herald Sun. 'Hilarious' Adelaide Advertiser. 'Hilarious' Herald Sun. Aug 7-31 22.30 (23.30) £7.50 (£6.50)

LATE LAFFS Three diverse comics seek audience (18-65). Must like jokes, improv. and willingness to laugh. No devil worshippers or hill walkers. Aug 7-31 23.30 (00.30) £6.50 (£5.50) Venue 101 - La Belle Angele, 11 Hasties Close, off Guthrie Street

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WE SHOULD GET OUT MORE Fusing dynamic sounds of radio with an avalanche of sketches, songs and stand-up. Aug 7-31 17.00 (18.00) £6.00 (£5.00)

CALDER'S GILDED BALLOON ! AT THE PALLADIUM Venue 26 - Calder's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium, Broughton PI Tickets 226 2151 GI4

NOW COMEDY The best stand up in the world...ever 98. Gordon Southern, Lucy Porter, Steve Keyworth, many more. 'Bestest' Guardian. Aug 7-31 18.30 (19.30) £6.50 (£5.50)

RUDY COBY - THE COOLEST MAGICIAN ON EARTH Direct from Hollywood! A magician for people who hate magic. His cyber-punk hero, retro, sci-fi theatre of the absurd routines create a mindblowing show - a sort of Broadway Mr Wizard on mushrooms. Flying Chainsaws! Sexy Robots! Aug 9-17 20.15 (21.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 18-19, Sept I -5 19.00 (20.00) Aug 20-3 I 17.00 (18.00)

TRIPOD ARE HANDSOME Australia's favourite musical troublemakers hit Edinburgh after sell-out Melbourne shows.Three guys, one guitar - a whole lotta lovin'! Aug 7-31 20.00 (21.00) £8.00 (£7.00) KAMIKAZE FREAKSHOW To suffer is not in vain, if you suffer for a purpose. Don't like it? Blow it out your ass! Aug 7-31 21.15 (22.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Venue 139 - The Honeycomb, 36 Blair Street Tickets 226 2151

Gilded Balloon brings its magic to a bigger venue - comedy giants, musical greats, geniuses of dance, and the most happening bar on the Fringe. What better place to hang out and experience cutting edge entertainment?

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★ KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL New show with twenty-something female flatmates, video offshoots and cameo roles by Ed Byrne and Brendon Burns. Aug 7-31 13.30 (14.30) £6.00 (£5.00) THE EMPIRE STRIKES BLACK Character comic Marcus Powell - BBC2's The A Force - meets one of Hackney's New Acts of the Year, Jocelyn G. Aug 7-31 17.00(18.15) £6.50 (£5.50) HUNG LE - NOODLE FRONTITY In 1998 Hung returned to Vietnam for the first time since leaving in a leaky prawn trawler 23 years earlier. Noodle Frontity is the story of his return. Cultural confusion and mayhem abound as Hung confronts his past. Aug 7-31 19.00 (20.00) £7.50 (£6.50)

FRED MACAULAY is back at the Fringe for the tenth year. In a row. You've seen him on telly.You've heard him on the radio. Now's your chance to see him live.This'll be a hot ticket. 'He's that bloke off McCoist and MacAulay' Mon at Glasgow Airport. Aug 20-3 I 19.00 (20.00) £8.50 (£7.50) BILL BAILEY 'shambling, bucolic, medieval roadie' returns to Edinburgh for more 'musical mayhem on a grand scale' The Wellington Post. 'He is quite simply, brilliant' The Scotsman. 'In one short hour he made me a born again comedy fan' The Independent. Aug 15-23 22.00 (23.00) £9.00 (£8.00) BEST OF THE FEST - THE EARLY EDITION Why wait til the end of August to see who are the hot tickets on the Fringe. Come and see who Calder's Gilded Balloon predict will be the best of 1998. Fifty percent extra free. Aug 10-14 22.00 (23.30) £9.00 (£8.00) Hosted by Mark Lamarr. Aug 17-19 11.30 (13.00) £9.00 (£8.00)

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RICH HALL ©O©© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 THE SHAME SPIRAL The Emmy Award winning, lanky Yank from 'Jmost ack Dee' s Sunday Service' returns. ' B elly laughs and aching sides, but what hurts is the brain' Times, 'Gmiss! rouchy, deadpan comic bastard genius' Melbourne Age. Sell out 97. Don' t BOOTHBY GRAFFOE ®0@© Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27 20.30 (21.30) £9.00 (£8.00) Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-30 20.30 (21.30) £10.00 (£9.00) BOOTHBY GRAFFOE I havemuch a sheep.The sheep' sforin just the pictures, not indoes the HITCHCOCKS HALF HOUR ®©@© show. You will not believe how the sheep cost one day. What hePreviews spend itAugon?5,6Sell 19.out45'9(20.45) 6 and '9£4.00 7. 'Hottest ticket in Edinburgh' Times. Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 HITCHCOCK' S HALF HOUR PSYCHO VERTIGO DISCO Edinburgh Aug 7 19. 4 5 (20.45) £4.00 debut for rising stars Hitchcock' s Half Hour (winners of ' 9 8 Hackney Empire Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 45 (20.45) £8.00 (£7.00) New Act Award). 'A sensedouble of fun actandstamped comedicwith voicestarall quality' their own,..distinctive Aug 14,15,21,22 19.45 (20.45) £8.5019.(£7.50) knockabout' Stage. Aug 28-31 19.45 (20.45) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 5-6 16.3Guardian. 0 (17.30) 'A£4.50 Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 16.30 (17.30) £6.50 (£5.50) KENNETH GRAY ©O©© Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 16.30 (17.30) £7.50 (£6.50) Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ®0@© KENNETH GRAY IS(theONoneFIRE From highbrow through lowbrow toinnohis JAMES HOLMES brows at all, Kenneth man fast show) Gray rips up the culture Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 III kaleidoscopic rollercoaster ride of comedy sketches£6.00and(£5.00) characters. HOLMES ALONE Prepare to love yourself as you have never loved before. Aug 6-9,11-13,16,18-20,23,25-27 18. 3 5 (19.25) James ' A norak of Fire' Holmes invites you to climb aboard the Self-Love Boat and Aug 14,15,21,22,28-3 I 18.35 (19.25) £7.00 (£6.00) take psychic journey to the very ,Sept bottom2-5of your of plenty. Aug a7-9,11-13,16-18,20,23-27,31 20.55 inexhaustible (21.55) £8.00well (£7.00) JEFF GREEN OO©© Aug 14,15,21,22,28-30 20.55 (21.55) £9.00 (£8.00) Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 IAN SHUTTLEWORTH AND RICHARD HURST®©©© JEFF GREEN Perrier Award nominee andsell-out debauched cherub, JeffandGreen returns with his brand new show after a tour of Australia second ITV special. ' I ntelligent and extremely funny' Scotsman, Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon I , People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151 K12 'Stand-ups most irresistible rogue'£9.00 The (£8.00) Herald. SHUTTLEWORTH AND HURST: CRITICAL II - RETURN OF Aug 16-20,23-27 22.00 (23.00) THE HACK Only God canreviewers judge us. Because we're MASS critics.The ultimateScotsman; Fringe Aug 21,22,28-30 22.00 (23.00) £ 10.00 (£9.00) survival guide, from veteran of 984 shows. ' 5 stars hilarious' 'Searingly Herald;£6.50'Very(£5.50) funny' Express. FREE DRUGS! Aug 7-31 inventive!' 13.15(14.15) THE IMPROVERTS ®0@© M12 Cambridge footlights 1998 tour Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 THE IMPROVERTS Edinburgh' s renowned professional improvised comedy troupe return for their sixth Fringe show. One hour of fast and furiousbest'hot- The improv-action. Slick and inventive comedy from 'the brightest Scotsman. between a rock and Preview Aug 6 23.00 (midnight) Aug 7-31 23.00 (midnight) £5.00 Free (£4.00) and a hard place JENNY ECLAIR IS MRS NOSEY PARKER ®©@© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 a new comedy ★smoking JENNYandECLAIR IS MRS NOSEY PARKER Eclair is Mrs Nosey Parker, directed by cal mccrystal (peepolykus) spying on the ' s mugs' next-door. From the team behind Edinburgh' s LittleExpress Girl'.Thisin her one-woman play sees the 'r8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 eignings sell-out Queen 'ofMummy' the Festival' Aug 19.(£7.50) 00 (20.00) element. £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22 19. 0 0 (20.00) £8.50 Aug 28-31 19.00 (20.00) £9.00 (£8.00) Jackie Clunecomedy cabaret revue in her new IT’S JACKIE! “CLUNE Daily Mail IS INCANDESCENT’ 7 Aug - 5 Sep Fringe: 0131 226 5138 Assembly: 0131 226 2428 ASSEMBLY ROOMS - @ 9.55pm 29

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JO BRAND, JULIAN CLARY, PHILL JUPITUS, BILL BAILEY & GUESTS OOO© Venue 59 - Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside PI.Tickets 557 2950 HI4 JO BRAND, JULIAN CLARY, PHILL JUPITUS, BILL BAILEY & GUESTS The inimitable Jo Brand with comedy' s hottest names under one roof, more guests to be announced. Biggest value ticket in Edinburgh raising29withmoney Crusaid The Food Chain. Aug 23.30 for(02.00) £14.50and(£13.50) JOHNNYVEGAS AT THE PALLADIUM OOO© Venue 26 - Calder's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium, Broughton Place Tickets 226 2151 GI4 ' JOHNNYVEGAS ATTHE PALLADIUM Three big nights! Comedy' s Times. 1 discovery of theTheyear' Evening'You'Standard. 'Tithisforever year's only true comic find!'Time The 'Aug Phenomenal' Scotsman. l l regret if you miss this one' Out. ! 28-30 20.15 (21.30) £ 10.00 (£8.00) JONGLEURS ©OOO Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 III JONGLEURS COMEDY CLUBS, the UK’sJongleurs biggest comedy name, brings you four of the best comics from the famous circuit. Aug (£8.00) Aug 7-9,1 14,151-1323.1523.15 (00.30)(00.30)£ 10.00£9.00(£9.00) JULIAN BARRATT AND NOEL FIELDING ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ; JULIAN BARRATT AND NOEL FIELDING -THE MIGHTY BOOSH 'Comedy BrilliantlyNetwork original and intriguing' (List) comedy from the stars of Gas (C4) and (C5).An action-packed bonanza. Don't miss this 8i 'Previews outstandingAugcomedy' Telegraph from£4.00two ofwoodland Britain's most promising comedians, 5,6 18. 1 5 (19.15) Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 7 18.15(19.15) £4.00 Aug 15 (19.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22 18.15 (19.15) £8.5018.(£7.50) Aug 28-31 18.15 (19.15) £9.00 (£8.00) PETER KAY ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 PETER KAY I997' s Ch4 'S2).o YouPeterThink You' re Funny Award' winner andlongest host oftime 'Theever.Sunday Show' (BBC Kay, is away from his Mum for the Pop 5,6in for21.35 a laugh. Like£3.00 Dave Allen on speed' Guardian. Preview Aug (22.35)'21.35 Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23-27 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 £8.50 (7.50)(22.35) £7.50 (£6.50)

IAN KENDALL ®0@© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ANOTHER MAGICshowSHOW Do entertain you knowandaboutenthrall gravity?you,IanyadaKendall returns with another magic to amaze, yada yada. '****...hilarious observations...defies all logical explanations..great fun' The Scotsman www.wing-it.demon.co.uk Aug 8-30 22.00 (23.00) £5.00 (£4.00) KIT AND THE WIDOW OO0© Venue 47 - The Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street Tickets 5S6 2549 112 ■before' KIT AND THE WIDOW ' T hey' r e back, and even more brilliant than Time Out / 998.The zenith of this year' s West End triumph was deemed to be their Scottish country dancing. Come strip the widow in this12-31 beautiful ex-brothel. Aug 18.30listed (19.30) £8.00 HANDY KNIGHT ®0@© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 MANDY KNIGHT -1 MIGHT BE SINGLE BUTTHEVOICES KEEP ME COMPANY -hilarious new hourlookshowat herby reigning Time Outlife.Award winnerparticipation Mandy Knight. A personal, own'Atragi-comic Audience will ensure something different every night. virtuoso comic' The Independent. Preview Aug 7 23.45 (00.45) £3.50 Aug 23.45 (00.45) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 8,9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 23.45 (00.45) £8.00 (£7.00) THE LABORATORY OQ©0 Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 L13 ZVBXRPL With one-liners Groucho would love, a comedy where actors leave the stage as one character and reappear as another. Aug 9-12,14-17,19-22 16.00 (16.50) £4.50 (£4.00) THE LADIES WHO LUNCH ®Q@© Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 KI2 THE LADIES WHO LUNCH Blood Brothers star Joanne Zorian' s ' d eft revue' (Time Out) spotlighting in songs and scenes the lives, loves and longings ofanda humour' dozen lunching ladies. 'A cornucopia of characters combining emotion Aug 7-31 13.-3London 0 (14.45)News£7.00Radio. (£6.00)

Comedy and Revue THE LEAGUE AGAINSTTEDIUM ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 THE tattered LEAGUEbeyond AGAINSTTEDIUM With hisapproaching shield of ironybutandyou'sword ofhim truth, recognition you' l l see him l l smell first. Endure! Experience! Enjoy!'ASimon Munnery TV's AlanUnmissable. ParkerUrban Warrior) is The22.15League. stunningly brilliant(creator show.'ofGuardian. Previews Aug 5,6 (23.15) £4.00 Aug 78-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 22.15 (23.15) £4.00 Aug Aug 14,15,21,22 22.15 (23.15) £8.5022.15 (£7.50)(23.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 28-31 22.15 (23.15) £9.00 (£8.00) STEWART LEE ©OOO Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 U4 STEWART LEEa BBC2' s ThisofMorning With'LikeRichard Notcomedians, Judy star slouches into his 30s with new hour stand-up. all great such as Jerry SadowitzGuardian. & Bill Hicks, Lee refuses to follow the line of least resistance. Exhilarating' Aug 5-13 21.25 (22.25) £8.00 (£7.00) LEE AND HERRING RICHARD NOT JUDY-THIS MORNING WITH Venue 37 - George Square Theatre, George Square Tickets 662 8740 LEE AND HERRING -THIS discuss MORNING RICHARD JUDY BBC2' s alcoholic and shoplifter Lady Di,WITH Bigtiming, Daddy and sex NOT with owls. 'confidence' A barn-storming success. A masterpiece of comic chemistry and sheer Observer. Sell out '97. Five nights only. Aug 20.30 (01.30) (22.15) £10.00 Aug 26-30 29 Midnight LIP SERVICE OOO© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 MOVE OVER MORIARTY Following theircomedy sell-out duo, success withFoxtheand uproarious ' W ithering Looks' , award-winning Maggie Sue Rydingliterary returnlunatics' as Holmes and Watson. ''VSublime the nation's favourite The Independent. ery verysilliness funny' from The Guardian. Aug 23-27,3 I-Sept 5 15. 2 0 (16.35) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 28-30 15.20 (16.35) £9.00 (£8.00)

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Comedy arid Revue LIPTHEATRE COMPANY 00©0 Venue 126 - St John’s Church Hall,West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 ★ranging ■ THE REAL DEAL Three short black comedies tackling subjects a commercialised third World the Afterlife. With a variety offromcharacters including angels, casualsWarandtoPeter Mandelson. Contains Aug 17-22some15.1strong 5 (17.00)language. £3.50 (£2.50) MARK LITTLE OO©© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 MARK LITTLE SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION' strips away the artifice in this full monty, full frontal assault of purely mind, mouth and wit. Attacking hypetheheadelectric on withrazor' hype.s edge Witness his own hilarious, style 23-27 as hethedances of performance comedy.unique Aug 22.00 (23.10) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 22,28,29 22.00 (23.10) £ 10.00 (£9.00) LM MAGAZINE OOO© Venue 158 - TheVenue, IS Calton Road Tickets 557 3073 JI4 LAUGHING DANGEROUSLY Guaranteed line up of best comedy acts at the Fringe. A night of uncensored comedy as top acts stand up for free speech. Proceeds to the(midnight) Off the Fence Aug 23 20.00 £ 10.00Fund, (£7.00)LM's defence fund against ITN's libel action. SEAN LOCK ®0@© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 SEAN LOCK ' S mooth, gregarious... a master of audience rapport... the material is excellent... Lock is not one to miss' Scotsmon.The Gag-man is back. A giftedSellcrowd-pulling comedian' Times, Sean 'will have you laughing till it hurts' Arena. out '5,6 96, '920.05 7. Book early.£4.00 Previews Aug (21.05) Aug 7 20.05 (21.05) £4.00 Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 Aug 14,15,21,22 20.05 (21.05) £8.5020.05 (£7.50)(21.05) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 28-31 20.05 (21.05) £9.00 (£8.00) LWT COMEDY WRITING AWARD OOO© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 114 LWT COMEDY WRITING FORUM The discussion presentationwithof leading LWT's Comedy Writing Award provides the focus for a lively comedy writers, producers, scriptandeditors and the talent of the future. Also coffee Aug 31starring 10.30free(12.00) Free pastries.

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Comedy and Revue SEAN MEO 0)0<9© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 SEAN MEO: CATCH 23 Some situations in life are naturally funny, others are not so obvious...and then there' s ' C atch 23' . Time Out Comedy Award eliciouslyTime sardonic' 'Preview Intelligent1997. and'D5,6exciting' Out.£3.00The Guardian. 'Truly hilarious' The Scotsman Aug 22.15 (23.15) Aug Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-3 I 22.15 (23.15)22.15 £8.50(23.15) (£7.50)£7.50 (£6.50) TRAVIST. MERLE OO©© Venue 84 - HolyroodTavern, Holyrood Road Tickets 622 7207 KI3 ★MUSIC ■ SEXUAL DEVIANCY AND THE HISTORYacademic, OF COUNTRY Travis T. Merle B. A . (Psyche) PhD smartass shitkickin' country singer, presentsthesisan evening of countryandmusic and psychological analysis based on his doctoral 'Sexual £5.00 Deviancy Aug 14-31 21.15 (22.30) (£4.00) the History of Country Music'.

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PAUL MERTON OOO© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 PAULupMERTON I24havewords beenisn'given 40 words tocanentice youbeintoexpected seeing myto stand show. But t enough. How anyone say anything worthwhile in just 8(£7.00) words, let alone 4, is totally beyond me. Aug Aug 23-27 28-3 I 14.00 14.00 (15.00) (15.00) £8.00 £8.50 (£7.50) MERVYN STUTTER'S PICK OF THE FRINGE OO©© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 MERVYN STUTTER' SPLEASE PICK OF THE FRINGE The starforofyears' RadioObserver) Two s LOVE 40 NEW BALLS (' b est comedy programme -'Abrings youandeight differentshowcase comedy, theatre musicScotsman. acts in 90 minutes. vibrant stimulating of £7.00 Fringeand(£6.00) talent' Aug I 1, 12,17-19,24-26 13. 0 0 (14.30) Aug 14-16,21 -23,28-31 13.00 (14.30) £7.50 (£6.50) MIKE GUNN - GOOD GRIEF ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 MIKE ofGUNN - GOOD GRIEF If stand upaisbetter dead, place. Mike Gunn is the future comedy. See him before he goes to ' H e will make you die laughing' Preview Aug 5,6The22.45Guardian. (23.45) £4.00 (23.45) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.45 (23.45)22.45 £8.00 (£7.00) MITCHELL & WEBB ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 SHOPPING AND ST***-UP Blackly humorous and darkly comic, this black comedy is laced with dark humour and pretend rude drug-sex. Playwright Jed Goldentress seeks'RLondon' s cultural underbelly ofPreview electricAugtrains. eal35 comic talent' Time Out. but finds a remarkable network 6 17. (18.30) £3.00 Aug 17.35 (18.30) £6.50 (£5.50) Aug 7-9,11-13,16,18-20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 17.35 (18.30) £7.50 (£6.50) BEN MOOR ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ★ MY LAST WEEK WITH MODOLIA Anperfect extraordinary new romantic comedy. A cynical twenty-something meets his woman. One problem she's anTimes. eighty-something andbe can' t hearThehimStage. say "I love you". 'Bizarre, beautiful, funny' 'S5,6hould16.20 never(17.20) missed' Preview Aug £3.00 Aug Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 16.20 (17.20)16.20 £8.50(17.20) (£7.50)£7.50 (£6.50) DYLAN MORAN OO©© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 DYLAN MORAN PONCING ABOUT It' s the show of the Festival. Everyone is going. Everyone except you. Standing in the rain, you stare at the boughtPoncing whilstAbout. drunk. You are going to see something calledtickets DylanyouMoran Aug 19-24,26,27 21.40 (22.40) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 28-31 21.40 (22.40) £9.00 (£8.00)

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RICHARD MORTON Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 RICHARD MORTON Richard Fringe favourite, Channel 5 regular and Time Out Comedy Award' hilarious songs. Sellwinner, out 95News. and 96.Morton 'If you returns see onewith showhisthiscutting year edge makewitsureandit's Richard Morton' Evening Aug Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-30 20.55 20.55(21.55) (21.55) £9.00 £ 10.00(£8.00) (£9.00) MTV HOT COMEDY SELECTION OO©© Venue 72 - The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 N13 MTV HOT COMEDY SELECTION Five nights only. MTV and Stone Ranger present the HOTTEST comedy on the Fringe. New faces, famous faces and surpriseonly guests!£8.50!Six top acts for the price of one! Different bill every night! Tickets Aug 21-23,28,29 23.00 (00.30) £8.50 NAVELGAZING ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ■A sketch @pop.cult.uk Formerly The Edinburgh Comedy Revue (C.R.Fun). show forrunthe98.millennium. BBC RadioThe4 Guardian, and BBC 2s Comedy 'Frenetic andFrom outrageous' 'Nation. ComedySell-out pick 5,6 of the14.Fringe 97' The£3.00 Times. Preview Aug 5 0 (15.50) Aug 50 (15.50) Aug 7-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 14,15,21,22,28-31 14.50 (15.50)14.£7.00 (£6.00)£6.00 (£5.00) NEWSREVUE ©O©© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 K10 BLEEDING ARTS does for the Arts what NEWSREVUE does for the *Edinburgh Musicals *Festival Cinema& *Fringe Pop **.TV * Classical * Fine Art * Fashion * Theatrenews. * Aug 7-31 23.15 (00.15) £7.00 (£5.00) Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 Mainhouse KIO NEWSREVUE 98 Fringe Firstandwinner. Perrier kept comedy secret. Cruel sketches savage songsbadfinalist. burntaste'theLondon' idols sofworst the'Verysoundbite culture. ' S atirically brilliant' Guardian. ' S hocking Economist. writers' ilarious...a£7.00class(£5.00) above the rest' Edinburgh Evening News. sharp Aug 6-31Times. 21.15'H(22.15) PHIL NICHOL ®G©© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 PHIL NICHOL Corky and Theunexpected Juice Pigs star,twists Phil delivered Nichol, delivers 'a rollercoaster ride, full of violent, at breakneck pace... extremely'You'funny' Scotsman.to Comic improvisation. miss him'characters, The Herald.songs, stand-up and Previews Aug 5,6 d19.be00barmy (20.00)19.00£3.00 Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23-27 (20.00) £7.50 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 19.00 (20.00) £8.50 (£7.50)(£6.50) THE NIMMOTWINS ®0@© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 CHARGED & SENTENCED The Nimmo Twins present their latest inquisition of the English language, a parade of verbal gymnastics and the surreally'Hcomic, in sketches intoThe submission tongue. itting6 the mark(17.20) withlicked genius' Times. with their own mother Preview Aug 16.20 £4.00 Aug (17.20) Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23,24,26,27 14,15,21,22,28-31 16.20 (17.20)16.20£8.00 (£7.00)£7.00 (£6.00) ROSS NOBLE ®0©@ Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 K12 ROSS NOBLE '...heSometimes takes a comedic idea and sometimes runs with ititinto areas where it i has no right to be. it comes off and doesn' t ...but when it does7-31the(not result20)is breathtaking' NAiE. Aug 20.15 (21.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 20 21.30 (22.30) BEN NORRIS ®0@© Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 K12 BENMTV. NORRIS: SITTING ROOM ONLY Starnostalgic, of Gas' and Stand-uptheShow' and ' . ..raucously rude, pleasantly warm and he ignores boundaries of good taste with The suchScotsman. charm that Mary Whitehouse herself could7-31 not object...Killer Aug (not 17) 22.15gags!' (23.15) £8.00 (£7.00) NOTTINGHAM'S NEW THEATRE COMPANY 00©0 Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 K13 ★is deconstructed THE ROBIN byHOOD REVUE TheTheatre legend ofCompany, the world'ands greatest outlaw Nottingham' s New genetically reconstructed theseen ageshimin this hilarious original comedy. Robin10-15 Hood 17.10(18.40) asthroughout you've never£4.00 before!! Aug (£3.00) Aug 17-22 11.20 (12.50)

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PERRIER OOO©111 Venue 3 - AssemblPICK y Rooms,OFTHE 54 George StreetFRINGE Tickets 226 2428 PERRIER PICK OFTHE FRINGE AWARD SHOWS The winner and nominees of comedy Britain's billNo.show I Comedy Award onto one bill! This is guaranteed makefabulous you laugh. Bookoutstanding early -20.10 every(21.25) year sold£ 10.00 out!(£9.00) Aug 30,31 PIGLET PRODUCTIONS LTD ©OOO Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KI0 ■ THE FRISKY PIGLET A 1950s West Country musical comedy. PANTOMIME PRODUCTIONS ©O©© ★'Chet Sweater' (American tank-top salesman) falls for local beauty ' D aisy' ; but Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 HIO their romance is fraught with disaster as mistaken identities, illegitimate children 'Lower £5.50 Piddlemarsh' ★ CHLOE POEMS IS KINKY Thedidbrand new'Pshow frompointed, the Gingham Diva, and Augthe7-15infamous 21.50 (23.05) (£5.00) cricket match interfere. who does for poetry what Madonna for sex. erfectly impeccable timing' Time Out. ' A n event in itself Independent. ' T he best thing to come out ofAugLiverpool Savage' PLANET JANET OOO© 7-30 (notsince19)Lily18.30 (19.40)Scotgay. £5.50 (£4.00) Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ★ ■ BIG HAIR, BIG SHOW Delightfully tongue-in-cheek, 60s girlie ANDY PARSONS ©O©© Lurex and lashes, hairspray and harmony.This trio of tuneful aliens, Janetpop. Truelove, Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 Janet Strangelove and Janet Freelove are on a universal mission to entertain you. ANDY PARSONS Yes,halftheswans Parsons half the of Parsons & Naylor scrapes a meagre Aug 23-31 18.30 (19.30) £5.00 (£4.00) living while the Naylor around world with his credit card. 'Veryhahahahaha' funny' LloydsNatWest. Bank, 'Hilarious' Midland Bank, 'I saw his mortgage application PLEASANCE COMEDY 98 ©O0© too, Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 Aug 5,6 20.15 (21.15) £4.50 20.15 (21.15) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 BACK TO STAND UP, FRONT TO VERSE JOHN DOWIE Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 20.15 (21.15) £8.50 (£7.50) ''POoems ne of.the finest comedians of the decade returns as a comic poet' Time Out. . funnyTheonIndependent. the outside but, more often than not, sombre reflections onAugmortality' PAUL FOOT, STEPHEN 5-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27 (17.10) £6.00 (£5.00) &VERONICA MCKENZIEGRANT Aug 14,15,21,22,28-3 I 16.10 (17.10) £7.0016.10 (£6.00) Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60 The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 ■ PEEPOLYKUS HORSES FOR COURSES A ahideous and hilarious PAUL FOOT,of hot, STEPHEN GRANT &starring VERONICA MCKENZIE thriller with three hapless heroes, alarming events andanarchy finalofshowdown. 'YTime oucomic Cornucopia new comedy talent BBC ' N ew Comedy Award' haven' t lived until you' v e experienced the delirious Peepolykus' winner Foot ritain's brightest talent'Independent) Face), StephenandGrant, Out. 'Frighteningly talented(17.50) and obviously The Scotsman. hilariousPaulbaby faced,('B('hyperactive dervishnew ('ucomic nmissable' Preview Aug 9 16.50 £5.0016.50 deranged' Veronica McKenzie stylish(21.55) and funny' Guardian). Aug 10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 (17.50)(£7.00) £7.00 (£6.00) Previews Aug 5,6 20.55 £3.00 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 16. 5 0 (17.50) £8.00 Aug 1-13,16-20,23-27 PLEASANCE COMEDY‘98 continues over the page Aug 7-9,1 14,15,21,22,28-31 20.5520.55 (21.55)(21.55)£8.00£7.00 (£7.00)(£6.00) “This is morning TV as you’d THIS MORNING like it to be” with richard not judy The Sunday Times “A barn-storming k success, % a masterpiece of comic \ timing, I chemistry I and sheer jk confidence” :^ The Observer

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ROB NEWMAN OO©® Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 ROB NEWMAN His home-help is on-hand to decipher the twenty-stone recluse' s mutterings. Audiences should not be put off by his need to count toPreview 47 every noise or£5.00by his frequent trips to pee-pee. Augtime11,12he hears 22.00 a(23.00) Aug 13,16,17,19,20,23-27 22.00 (23.00)£ 10.50 £9.50(£9.50) (£8.50) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.00 (23.00) SCARED WEIRD LITTLE GUYS OO©© Venue 87 - The Famous Spiegeltentjop ofWaverley Centre, Princes St Tix 5S8 8010/ 226 2151 J12 SCARED WEIRD LITTLE GUYS Musically mature Scardies are back after rocking Assembly Rooms.Herald 'Standing ovations, the rightfromamount ofto polished barbs and social commentary' and Sun. ' I mpressive start finishintelligent, brilliantly Aug 10-31 stunning, 21.00 (22.00) £8.00efficient (£7.00)and very funny' Age. SCREAMING BLUE MURDER ®0©@ Venue 47 - The Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street Tickets 556 2549 112 NICK WILTYafter- STAND-UP ORtour HUNK? Award winning comedian returns toSteve Edinburgh 300 gig comedy of the world. One-time sidekick to Wright I); support on See Lee advert. Hurst Tour 1997. 'A fluffy kitten that bites like a lion'(BBC Melbourne Herald. Preview Aug 6 20.30 (21.30) Free Aug 7-31 (not 18,25) 20.30 (21.30) £5.00 SCREAMING BLUE MURDER continues over the page 37

Comedy and Revue SCREAMING BLUE MURDER continued BIG VALUE Noel James, Smith, Addy Borgh andCOMEDY Stephen K.SHOW...EARLY Amos.Two hourswith of comedy inbeeran JoJo airpromotion, conditioned venue with -four top comedians, joke competition, 2-for-1 2Augintervals all for only £6.00. Sell-out ' 9 5, ' 9 6, ' 9 7. See advert. 6-31 (not 18,25) 20.00 (22.00) £6.00 BIG VALUE COMEDY with Steve Best, NickWilty, Natalie Haynes and AndrewSHOW...LATE Pipe.Two hourspromotion, of comedy with four top comedians, joke competition, 2-for-1 beer 2 intervals all for6-31 only(not £6.00.18,25) Sell-out22.30'95,(00.30) '96, '97.£6.00 Air-conditioned venue. See -advert. Aug ★ CITIZEN CAIN Stephen K.Amos isthrough Cain Adamson playWritten which questions the history of murder asofseen theFringe eyesinFirsts. ofa comedy its See creator. byPreview John Cargill Thompson; winner a record five advert. 18.00 (19.00) Free £5.00 Aug 7-31Aug (not6 18,25) 18.00 (19.00) ANDREW PIPE & CAREY MARX IN Arms DUPEDealers, Apparently there' s one born every minute. Governments, Religious Leaders care aboutCorporations, you.You're stupid. They wantMedia you toMagnates stay thatand way. See advert. Preview Aug 6 19.15(20.15) Free Aug 7-31 (not 18,25) 19.15 (20.15) £5.00 SEAN CULLEN:WOOD,CHEESE & CHILDREN!®©©© Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon I , People's Palace, Old fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151 K12 CULLENrWOOD,improv, CHEESE & CHILDREN! Cullen, from a master ofSEAN stream-of-consciousness parody & extremes Unnatural weirdism, Perrier nominated Corky &The Juice Pigs, Paramount' Acts, BBC's Comedy Nation.Powers). 'Wood, Cheese & Children.Jt was hilarious!' Mike Myers, (Wayne' s World/Austin Aug Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 20.45 (21.45)20.45 £8.00(21.45) (£7.00)£7.50 (£6.50) SHELAGH MARTIN AND JON REED ®©@© Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 K12 SHELAGH MARTINdifferent AND JON REED:Jokes, ACTUAL SIZEsixBizarre, surreal double bill. Decidedly and original. films and foot dancing ants. Imadly nspiresfunny' trains of consistently exploding thought' The Scotsman. 'Aug Truly,'7-31 Express.£8.00 (not 17) The20.45Daily(22.00) (£7.00) JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH ®0©0 Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ■TUCK JOHNIN!SHUTTLEWORTH IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE... Exhausted from trotting the globe in BBC 2' s ' E uropigeon' , John isKenreadyWorthington. for some serious ndofdrinking too!', promises agent8-20 toureating. de£8.50 force'A(£7.50) comic observation' The sole Times. Aug (not II) 19.30'A(20.30) JUNIOR SIMPSON 0O©© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 JUNIOR SIMPSON s meteoric rise has seen him ignite the stage in ClubsStore' across the UK and on TV including ' T he Stand-Up Show' (BBC), ' C omedy (Ch5)7-13,16-20,23-27 and host of 'Nights Out(22.45) at the Empire'(£8.00) (Ch4). 'Watch that man!' Guardian. Aug Aug 14,15,21,22,28-30 21.45 21.45 (22.45) £9.00 £ 10.00 (£9.00) MICHAEL SMILEY ®0©@ Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 KI2 ★ MICHAEL SMILEY INRomeo RE: CYCLING Road Warrior .Freewheels Spirit... Speed Freak Cycle Courier, 3-6 is unravelling. When your don' turn, youhedon' t earn! 'Comedy to laugh and cry at' The Scotsman. 'Aug Walkst7-31 it like(not it' Belfast 17)talks18.30 (19.30)Telegraph. £8.00 (£7.00) SOYOUTHINKYOU'RE Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233FUNNY? Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 ®0©@ K12 SOYOUTHINKYOU' R E FUNNY? Sponsored by Channel 4Television. Join this year' s band of hopefuls in the original and best stand-up comedy competition forLeenewcomers. Former winners Dylan Moran, Mack, Rhona Cameron and include Phil Kay.Bruce Morton, Heats Aug309-12, (23.45) Final Aug 20.4516-18 (22.45)22.15£9.00 (£8.00)£7.00 (£6.00) BEST OFandSOYOUTHINKYOU' E10 FUNNY? the mostbabies popular winners runners-up from theandlastRmadness years.andJoinseeCatch thesehowformer for one and a half hours of mayhem they have matured into first-rate comedy giants. Aug 7,8,13-15,19-31 22.15 (23.30) £7.00 (£6.00) 38

CAFE ROYAL Venue 47 17 West Register Street Box Office: 0131 556 2549 EACH SHOW: Thurs 6th AUG: FREE Fri 7th - Mon 31st AUG: £5.00 (not Tue 18th or Tue 25TH) MURDER Stephen K. Amos is CITIZEN CAIN Last year Stephen K. Amos mark onmade the hisEdinburgh | Fringe Festival as theof fantastic compere the Screaming Murder 'Big ValueBlue Comedy Show’. This year he’sone-man back with his- aown show comedy play about murder! Stephen plays Cain Adamson, first son andthe theworld’s originator of murder. Asaudience Cain, he takes a his humorousonjourney _ which questions the history of murder as seen PNLY through the eyes of it’s creator. CL This Playof aisrecord writtenfiveby John CargillFringe Thompson; winner Edinburgh Firsts. Carey Marx & Andrew Pipe in ^ P DC’ Last year Andrew I SHI Pipewere and Carey part ofMarx the hugely Screaming successful Blue Murder Value Comedy'BigShow”. This year they are bring teaming you uptheirto specially written ShOMfi hour show 'DUPE’. 7 * 1* Etnm combines comic observations ''P*** sleazy, and’DUPE’ questioning mindtheofofacerbic Andrew the sneering cynicism magicianPipe withONLY and illusionist Carey Marx. Together they want to show youhowhow always what they seem; easythings it isoftoarethefoolnoteye.and fooled. Someillusory. things are illusions Thebe rest is just NICKWILTY Stand-up or Hunk? hasclubs performed allNick theWilty major andworld,at Festivals around the being one of the ateliteall few have performed threeLA,who Comedy Stores (London, Sydney). Nick was the main 'sidekick’People on 'TShow” he Steve(BBC Wright and has appeared on many 1) stand-up shows including Nick is notbutan heaggressive has got Ascomedian he tellshishisobservations stories andbite. ason he ishares it becomes apparent NNick hasthat aisverygentle, slightlysometimes twisted logic. Nick’s ONLY comedy subtle, but always hugely funny, and for five £5.00!,quid it would be a shame to miss him.

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THE STAND COMEDY CLUB ©O©© Venue 5 - The Stand Comedy Club, 5 York Place Tickets 558 7272 H12 Edinburgh' s ownthirdcomedy clubReallyoffershere-all-year, variety andpurpose-designed value. Join us in our new home for our Fringe. and airconditioned, Scotland' s only proper comedy club is 'hard-earned, highly deserved triumph' Scotsman. mtheory. MARTIN BIGPIG: FUNNY Juggling, jokesspectacular. and the bigSuitable bang for all Circus meets comedy in a HA-HA fast-moving, physical ages and abilities, and for non-English speakers. ' H ilarious' Irish World 'Preview Sharp sense of timing and lots of bounce' Daily Telegraph. (13.40) Aug 8-30Aug (notI 17)12.3012.30 (13.40)£3.00£5.00 (£4.00) ATTWOOD & VERNON'Sbanquet PALACE OF VARIETIES Aandburlesque, brain-burgling, bowel-blitzing, ofAttwood comedy illiteration hard-edged sketches from Manchester blokes Mark ' b rilliant...spot-on BiPreview g Issue and Stan Vernon ' u nmissable...brutally funny' Manchester Cityfunny' Life. Aug 8-30Aug (not2 17)14.0012.(15.00) 35 (13.35)£3.00£5.00 (£4.00) KEVIN HAYES: PALE Conquest andin colonisation obviously comic, butBEYOND timeClassic is a THE great healer. Irishfunny' historyStage. a'Anutshell notnot a bombshell. New show. act. ' C lever and great comedian... dry smooth wit' Irish Times. Preview (16.00) Aug 8-30Aug (notI 17)15.0014.30 (15.30)£3.00£5.00 (£4.00) HOVIS PRESLEY: MUTINY ONSteve THEWarwick BONTEMPI Fringewellfavourite sell-out success Hovistubergauz, returns avuncular, with guitarist and atouching' few chosen words scrimshaw, pebble. ' F unny, insightful, Li s t . ' P retty cerebral. For a fat bloke' Scotsman. ' E ver excellent' Manchester Evening News. Preview Aug 8-30Aug (not2 17)16.0016.(17.00) 05 (17.05)£3.00£5.00 (£4.00) USELESS GUIDE TO SCOTLAND Trivia-tastic tour from through our culture and history - Gaelicfunny'to Greyfriars - with 'the man Dewar, 'naturally Listshortbread. and 'suchBobby gems as Edinburgh' s own'Bathgate' Herald andBil Post Brian Hennigan. Free Free Scotland. Preview 17.30 (18.30) £3.00 Aug 7-30Aug17.201,3(18.20) £5.00 (£4.00) ■when ABBARRATION The story of a kiddie Abba-junkie and whatC.happened heGreen, trieddelivers to growa up.sharpCharacter and 'Screator Chris new popcomic comedy. tunningofTina vocal and (C4' stages Gas) charisma' The Stage. Preview 18.00(19.10) £3.00 £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 7-30Aug (not6 Mens) 17.40 (18.50) MARTIN BIGPIG: FUNNY PECULIAR The beardie weirdo returns. Adults only.whoUnsuitable for those with a nervous comedian should carry a government health disposition. warning' City'ELixplosive fe. visual 'Preview Outrageous' Time Out. ' A freak' Loaded. Aug 7-30July (not3117)19.019.0 0(20.00) 0 (20.00)£3.00£5.00 (£4.00) BOB onDOOLALLY' S WORLD CUP MEMORIES '97 hit returns his views the World Cup.Vladimir McTavish presents sportingwith anecdotes, controversial opinions, scurrilous innuendo and filth. 'Nhilarious eatly debunked the nonsense people spout in football phone-ins' Guardian. Scott Johnson directs. Preview Aug 2 18.00 (19.00) £3.00 Preview Aug 7-30Aug19.303 20.00 (20.30)(21.00) £5.00)£3.00 (£4.00) CONTEST Stuff comics. comedyFeaturing competitions! Miller; No-one'Likelosesall bytruechoosing ofofNOScotland' s best new geniusessix stand-up'combination. SoS and John Flint; 'Keen-eyed,Allantopically satirical' Scotsman. APreview winning (21.00) Aug 6-30Aug (not2 17)20.0020.30 (21.30)£3.00£5.00 (£4.00) THE VERY OF SCOTTISH COMEDY An circuit. action Sopacked hour featuring threeBEST or more the bestHarris,Vladimir Scots on the live confirmed: Frankie Boyle, Joon Broon,ofNo Kenny McTavish, SusanfarMorrison, Bruce Morton and Parrot. crap. No rip off. Not to be confused with inferior events a similar Aug 7-30with21.00 (22.10)name.£5.00 (£4.00) LUMBERJACKS ON ICE:THE RETURN Pining forCanadians good comedy? Quit milling around, you saps.WoolBackpresent by poplar demand Craig Campbell, Stewart Francis and Glenn a fast moving, big 'Preview Sure-footed gag2 21.15 machines...razored down one-liners' SoS. value comedy show. Aug (22.15) £3.00 Aug 7-30 (not 17) 22.10 (23.10) £5.00 (£4.00) THE STAND COMEDY CLUB continues over the page

Comedy and Revue THE STAND COMEDY CLUB continued THE STAND comedians. Six Deliberate quid.Two hours of stand-up. Different line-up every night.What StrongFiveweScottish anti-metropolitan Fair prices. deliverflavour. year-round. With Jane Mackay 'droll, bias. witty...Late bar. extremely funny' Scotsman. Previews 23.00 July 31,Aug I 21.00 (23.15) £6.00 (£5.00) Aug Aug 7,8 10-30 23.00(01.00) (01.15) DAVID TABATSKY OOO© Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon I , People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151 K12 ★Comic DAVID TABATSKY TRUE STORIES AND OTHER BULLSHIT surreal visions and darkwhosatirewould fromlikemixed-up Yorker.is characters, 'A clown satirizing an entertainer to be anJewish acrobatNew who really a reborn dadaist' Cologne City News. Aug 23-3 I 18.00 (19.00) £7.00 (£6.00) THEATRE WORKSHOP OO©© Venue 20 - Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Place Tickets 226 5425 F9 WHAT LESBIANS DO ON STAGE CLARE SUMMERSKILL Aaudience lethal cocktail of stand up, songswho and leave monologues, performed to a mixed of unsuspecting the theatre with perhaps a little more 10-31 information than theypunters, needed(23.10) to know. Aug (not 16,23,30) 22.00 £6.50 (£4.50) PAULTHORNE ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 PAULTHORNE StarComedy of Channel 5'ss hitCutting showEdgeBringin Me The Head OfEdinburgh Light Entertainment and the Store' his first ever one-man show. at its very best. 'A must-see' The Guardian. Previews Aug 5,6Stand-up 19.40 comedy (20.40)19.4£3.00 Aug 7-10,12,13,16-20,23-27 0 (20.40) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 19.40 (20.40) £8.50 £7.50 (£7.50)(£6.50) Credit Card Sales Ring 0131-226 5138 Open 10am - 6pm June £t July 9am - 9pm August

TOMMYTIERNAN ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 TOMMYTIERNAN: UNDIVINE COMEDY Award-winning comedian, who weaves hilarious stories with killer one-liners. ' D evastatingly funny.Jf the Irish stand-up really arespecial coming,willthenbeTiernan is the leaderonofC4.the pack' The List.Tommy's solo broadcast. Previews Aug 5,6 20.00 (21.00) £3.0020.00Autumn Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 20.00 (21.00) £8.50(21.00) (£7.50)£7.50 (£6.50) UNIVERSAL GRINDING WHEEL ©O©0 Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 IPHENOMENON DON’T KNOW OF IF YOU' R E FAMILIAR WITH THE VOODOO ZOMBIE, BUT... Like nothing else you' v e ever seen like The'TheSimpsons meetingnewThecomedy Vincentact'Price- Independent. Appreciation Society in a very darkalley. most original Previews Aug 6,7 17.55 (18.45)17.55£3.50 Aug Aug 8,9,11-13,16-20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 17.55 (18.45)(18.45)£6.50£6.00 (£5.50)(£5.00) VARSITY PIE PRODUCTIONS 00©0 Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I ★stomach-churning ■ LET'S MAKEessayANdeadline. OMELETTE Four female housemates balk atnoa limit Accomplished procrastinators, there' s tolives:thethelengths they'lal crow-pie go to experience the most important distraction of their Aug 10-16quest22.25for(23.25) £3.50recipe (£3.00)(Adult). JOHNNYVEGAS ®©©@ Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 KI2 JOHNNYVEGAS: SELLING OUT The most sought after act on the Fringe ispottery back with a brand new show! Perrier nominated Vegas takes his unique blend of singalongs 22.45 to another Aug 7-31and(notTues) (23.45)level.£8.00Success (£7.00)beckons and Johnny is selling out! VENUE 123 OOO© Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 KI3 SQUARE PEGS Highlights from three years of Oxford Revues: witty, stylish, absurd. See it before it sees you. ' S uperb...skillfully written and acted with considerable f!air...sparkles withCherwell. energy and originality' The Word. 'Aug A frolicksome of furious 24-29 21.15fest(22.15) £5.00fun!'(£4.00)

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Comedy and Revue THE STAND WHAT A GAS! ®0©@ Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 WHAT A GAS! The best of C4' s hit comedy show Gas, hosted by Lee Mack ('guaranteed to haveroutines' you rolling in theonaisles' Melody Maker). Starring Chris ('7e/egraf>h), hilarious Scotland Sunday), Noel ('outstanding COMEDY CLUB Addison comedy' Julian Barratt ('£4.00 left audiences weak Fielding with laughter' Telegraph). Previews Aug 5,6 20.55 (21.55) Aug 7 20.55 (21.55) £4.00 Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 20.55 (21.55) £8.00 (£7.00) Scotland’s own comedy club Aug 14,15,21,22 20.55 (21.55) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 28-31 20.55 (21.55) £9.00 (£8.00) welcomes you to the Edinburgh Venue 37 George Square Theatre, George Square Tickets 662 8740 Ml I Festival* Here all year, we’ve also got WHAT A GAS! Aug 28-30 22.45 (23.45) £9.00 (£8.00) 12 great shows every day and every night of the Fringe* RICHARD WHITELEY OO©© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 TEATIME CHAT WITH RICHARD WHITELEY ThewithhosthisoffirstCountdown and the cult daytime TV quizmaster debuts at the Fringe ever August 7th - 30th afternoon chat show. He'll have different guests every day with chat, music and Augsurprises. 17-3 I (notDon'25)t miss! 15.00 (16.00) £7.00 (£6.00) 12.30pm Martin Bigpig: funny ha-ha YOUNG GIFTED AND GREEN ®0©@ Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 12.35pm Attwood & Vernon’s palace of varieties BEST OF IRISH COMEDY PART 4 Three previous sell-out runs, 2.15pm Rita, Sue and Bob too. highlighting barnstorming comedy; this year is no exception. First class comedy from the best with an Irish accent. Book early! Previews Augstand-ups 5,6 22.50around. (00.05)Comedy £3.0022.50heaven 2.30pm Kevin Hayes: beyond the pale Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 (00.05) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.50 (00.50) £8.50 (£7.50)£7.50 (£6.50) 4.05pm Hovis Presley 5.20pm Useless guide to Scotland 5.40pm ABBArration with Chris Green 7.00pm Martin Bigpig: funny peculiar CONVERSATIONS 7.30pm Bob Doolally’s World Cup memories WITH MYAGENT 8.30pm No contest BY KOB lONM 9.00pm The very best of Scottish comedy ADAPTED BY GARY PARKER 10.05pm Lumberjacks on ice: the return There are a lot of sharks ana every night 10 in Hollywood. Make sure one of them is your agent _ THE STAND COMEDY CLUB Cabaret featuring five of the best comedians on the fringe with your host Jane Mackay ■ "droll, witty... extremely funny” - Scotsman. £6(£5) conditioned rooms, great bars, delicious food, no crap, no rip-off* All shows £5 (£4). Check out the cellars ofStand art exhibition in the comedy courtyard.

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ACTS OOO© Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 ★Colin' ■ THE BODY SHOW Ruled by his heart, slave to his stomach, s body has a mind of its own. Brought to his knees by uncontrollable hands,physiological and feet whichtheatre. are often funny Not revolting.THE for the spineless.BODY SHOW: provocative, Aug 25-31 12.30 (13.30) £6.00 (£4.00) AFRIDONIA - THE MAGIC OF AFRICA OUT OF SCOTLAND OO©© Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 ■spectacular THE MAGIC OF AFRICA For the 3rd successful year.Afridonia presents performances of dance, music and songs from across the continent of Africa, withrhythms, a blend(seeof traditional Scottish music. Enjoy the fusion of bagpipes and also AugAfrican 21-31 20.15 (21.45) £6.50Children' (£4.50) s shows). THE OBSERVER ASSEMBLY OO©© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 ★whimsical, LEGS ON THE WALL Under the influence Circus Oz meets DV8 in a quirky, funny and erotic blend ofstufftheatre, movement, and humour.Legs Highly breathtaking from dance, 1996 Herald Angelacrobatics Award Winners. are . .physical 'Just extraordinary' The Guardian. Aug 17-20,23,25-27,31,Sept 2-5 18.30 (19.30) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 21,22,28-30 18.30 (19.30) £10.00 (£9.00) THE BONGO CLUB OO©© Venue 143 - The Bongo Club, out of the blue, 14 New Street (off Royal Mile) Tix 558 7604 J14 ★ ■ SHOW BAG - MONGREL re on theinprowl and and piss now on anything. They' show'llslaugh, beenThey'cry simmering Australia topuppetry frothre MONGRELS.This over inTHROTTLE. Edinburgh.You' andTheitch.Scotsman. Song, clowning and ready from ' D eliciously sexy' Aug 17,21,25,29 21.00 (22.00) £7.00 Aug 19,23,27 20.00 (21.00) ★ ■ SHOW BAGVOID - THEbyVOID Set against a soundscape fusion of produced, original music,THE Joelintergalactic, Salom is a one-man-with-one-robot-show. highly charged adventure, physical comedy, juggling extravaganzic, Aug 18,22,26,30 21.00 (22.00) £7.00 Aug 20,24,28 20.00 (21.00) BURKLYN YOUTH BALLET ©OOO Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ■theSNOW QUEEN Follow Gerda as she searches for her friend Kay with help of an exotic bird.They travel through rivers, forests and the four seasons to reach theDANCE. land of the Snow Queen. Lavish costumes, music and AugWONDERFUL 8-15 18.30 (19.30) £6.00 (£4.00) CAPEYOUTH DANCE COMPANY OO0O Venue 128 - Youth International at St Oswald's, Montpelier Park Info/Tix 346 1405/229 5562 N6 ■dance CAPEYOUTH DANCE COMPANY One of South Africa' s leading young troupes returnsof tocontemporary this year's Youth International at St awarded Oswalds, 5bringing with them a variety dance works. Scotsman stars in 96 toSouth this Africa. versatile and dynamic comany.The authentic dance voice of young Aug 10-22 (not 16) 18.30 (19.30) £5.00 (£3.00) CIRCUS ETHIOPIA OO©© Venue 50 - Circus of Horrors Big Top, Leith Links Tickets 554 3031 / 226 2428 D20 ■thisCIRCUS ETHIOPIA A joyous display of acrobatic and musical talent by African European of its world tour. 'Enjoy, exalt and young realise that it iscompany a privilegeon tothebelong toI 17.theleg00human Aug 12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27,30,3 (18.20)race'£ 10.Sir00 Peter (£8.00)Ustinov. Aug 14,15,21,22,28,29 17. 0 0 (18.20) £ 12. 0 0 (£9.00) Aug 15,22,29 14.014.0 (15.20) Aug 16,23,30,31 00 (15.20)£ 12.£010.0 (£9.00) 00 (£8.00) COMMON GROUND SIGN DANCE THEATRE OO©© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KIO ■of aBILLY CAN Fivewatched characters, onbyindividual journeys, converge inbeen the centre forest by a fire, over the Billy Can tender. All have forced fromat Festival. their usual landscapes by a loss or hunger to learn, share, exchange. Premiere Aug 17-19,22,23,28-31 16.35 (17.20) £6.00 (£5.00) ■present DISTANT SISTERS National ofbetween deaf andFrieda hearingKahloperformers an unusual, raw and sensualcompany meeting and Marilyn Monroe.Thrustthrough togethersoulful, in imagined space, Latin these two contrasting communicate spine-tingling music and dance. women Aug 20,21,25-27 16.35 (17.20) £6.00 (£5.00) 42

COOL HEAT URBAN BEAT OO©© Venue 26 ■ Calder's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium, Broughton Place Tickets 226 2151 GI4 ■exciting COOLAmerican HEAT dance URBAN BEAT Premiere: the power most shows of theInternational year. jazz tap,oneandofbrought the and grace of hip-hop... a gravity-defying danceRapid duel,fire'exhilarating... cheers 1 from the delirious audience NY Times. Aug 18-23,25-28,31, Sept 2-5 20.15 (21.30) £9.50 (£8.50) Aug 29,30 15. 0 0 (16.15) Aug 21.20 (22.35) SeptS29,3017.00(18.15) DANCE N' STUFF OOO© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 6672212 MI2 ■dance DANCE ' N ' STUFF The North East' s newest most exciting song and group, stunning choreography, elaborateby this costumes and lotsNorth of talent.East Enjoy favourite numbers presented very talented group direct22.25 frommusical the Sunderland Empire Theatre. Aug 23-31 (23.25) £6.50 (£5.00)

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QUARTET Studiolight 69. Quartet undefined of★ ■place forandimmemorial betweenispeople. In thespace: namea firing of love,ground, a fightatosort the death not life. It' s a game. Aug 10-15 23.30 (00.15) £5.00 (£3.00) ★ ■ isPASSION), SANGUE EANIMAbutDimensione - Art and and Scena. This not merely dance performance an exhibition, a vocal instrumental concert. Ancient arias by soprano and sopranist.The goal is to show27-29 desire, 16.00 love, (17.00) pain, resurrection, Aug £5.00 (£3.00)leading to connection of the five senses. Venue 22 - Demarco European Art Foundation, St Mary's Sch.York Ln/Albany St. Tix 556 8409 H13 SPLENDID ISOLATION EasternandEurope metamorphosised intoLaboratorium purestextreme of33.physical mentalintomachines. The institutions andathletes concepts thattheexplored were accelerators research of the human body are by Laboratorium 33. the DEMARCO EUROPEAN ART FOUNDATION OO©© Aug 17-22 22.00 (23.00) £5.00 (£3.00) Venue 164 - New Parliament House, Regent Road Tickets 661 3088 J15 ★ ■ STILL MOVING An offering of simultaneous experiences which allows to havetheyour cake andbetween eat it.Themovement Art exhibition and live dance performance ★ ■ SHINEby Olga OF SINCERITY The Dance Theatre Impuls from theCompany Ukraine, you explores presented and Vladimir Rozhok returns to the Fringe.The presentation ofrelationship dissolving/emerging images. and photography with the has a 17-22 passion13.30 and expressiveness that is pure delight. Aug 17-22 12.00 (13.00) £5.00 (£3.00) Aug (14.45) £5.00 (£3.00) Aug 17-22 15.00 (16.00) ★ FOURYOUNG DUTCH CHOREOGRAPHERS Fourtheshortmulti-media pieces from FYDC that show the contemporary movement towards approach in dance inasthede deux' Netherlands. use different styles and vary from DESOXY OO©© seven21,22 dancers soloAllperformances. Venue 62 - Continental Shifts at St Bride's, 10 Orwell Terr. Tickets 346 1405 K5 Aug 18.to00 'p(19.00) £5.00 to(£3.00) ★ ■ 98.4% DNA BEING HUMAN Explores the physical, chemical andsound, ★The■villagers SELJAKA SLOGA CROATIAN FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE emotional evolution of being human, using a dynamic mix of voice, dance, expressing their cultural heritage. From around and image. is 'superb dance war-torn regionofthePrekopakra of indefatigable Pakrac, music and colourful costumes, expressing over thethe text Melbourne Age,14.'3bThis rilliantly original' Thetheatre' Bulletin. The Australian, 'wild, dark, witty' past 100 years life-enhancing energy of folk culture. Aug 10-15 0 (15.40) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 15.00 (13.00) (16.00) £5.00 (£3.00) Aug 17-29 (not 23) 20.30 (21.40) £7.50 (£5.00) Aug 10-15 17-22 12.00 ★winners ■ VOICES FROM THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL St. Leonard' s School, THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE of CapitalofAward, 1995, 1 are delighted to be back at the festival with SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS... ©O©© their adaptation Voices... Alistened combination of contemporary music with Venue 34 - The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St. Tickets 220 5606 KI2 movement and Voices' to be to. Aug 10-15 13.30 (14.30) £5.00 (£3.00) BELLYDANCE WORKSHOP AND PERFORMANCE Exhilarating solo performance of Egyptian dance by Lorna Gow, followed by a fun and informative beginners' workshop. the movesoverand12motives of this ancient dance form. Women agesExplore and£6.00children Aug 8,9,27 11.of00all(13.00) (£4.00) welcome. ★ ■OlgaDANCE THEATRE IMPULS UKRAINE Shine of Sincerity'from presented bydancers and Vladimir ’Passion and'Aexpressiveness the produces puretheRozhok. delight' Scotsman. positive, furiousthataurashineto the company that keeps attention fixed' Stage. Aug 7,8,10-16 14.00(15.10) £7.00 (£5.00) DANCEwithBASE WORKSHOPS MAN BITESFresh FROGMess - 10th,Dance age Co. 8-12.- Funky moves Wallace Sulley. BREAKDANCING, Nth, age 10-13; 13th, ageDance 14-19Theatre (some movement experience required) Cool! HIP HOP, Kultyer 22nd, age 11-15; 23rd, age 16-21. Hot! Aug 10,1 1,13,22,23 09.30 (11.00) £2.00 ■Dance SORTED DANCEScottish FROM breakdance THE STREETS 7-13th: Mess(Man Co)Dance - definitive to -jazzdangerous! sax andCombo' dj;15-22nd: plus '(Fresh Turmeric' Bites Frog Co) homage to R D Laing ' P aperback' (Kultyer Dance Theatre) 17.00 - hiphop and contemporary Aug 7-13,15,16,18-22 (18.00) £7.00 (£5.00) dance. Music: Brother]. ■fromSEXfiveAND THE SINGLE DANCER 24-27th:28-30th: The Power of One'and- 'solos female (Sara Scottish contemporary dancers. 'Ba lossoms' Ornithologicus' Porter) plus ' S olo' (Dawn Hartley) garden of eroticOpus blooms: outrageously sexy! Live music from cutting-edge Scottish pipes. Aug 24-30 17.00 (18.00) £7.00 (£5.00) ■'Loudspeaker' UNDER THE AND(Andrew UNDERHowitt THE and STARS Raw Goods' , , 'NudeKILT others).10-16th: What a Scottish dancer wearFoundation under his-Moves' kilt, anyway? PlusMonk, '...When disturbed, then does disturbed...' The Curve music Meredith mentored by Michael Clark. Aug 10-16 22.15 (23.45) £7.00 (£5.00) 1 CALDER S GILDED BALLOON Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 ■andSADIE POTTER fast talking eccentric dancer, saucy, funny, unstoppable seriously notlasttotime beThemessed abouttheand with. Beware, she'st fiercely acrylic and the she played field it won. 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98.4% DNA - being human "Brilliantly original ... world class' The Bulletin "Superb dance-theatre" The Australian ST BRIDE'S CENTRE ' Venue 62 ***£ Tickets: 0131 346 1405 10-15 August @ 2.30pm, 17-29 August @ 8.30pm No pert 16, 23 August Donna Jackson Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love "Explosive and offbeat... sharp and confronting ... lyrical and touching" 3LO "insightful, clever, witty ... highly recommended" jdr m Sunday Herald Sun IflHf PLEASANCE \ 0131 556 6550 Venue 33 8-31 August ® 11pm, No pert 11, 25 August

THE INFLATABLE THEATRE COMPANY ©O©© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 2255105 KIO ★enlightenment. ■ NINE STORIES HIGH Six young people on an odyssey for Devised on the philosophies of Jostein Gaarder, author of 'The Solitaire Mystery'start and 'Sophie' . Delicious, sharp, and very funny. the day.s World' FREEVolvic/Chupa Chupsslicklollipops. Aug 6-3AnI exhilarating (not Suns) 10.30to(11.20) £5.00 (£4.00) JAPAN EXPERIENCE OO©© Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St. Tickets 221 9009 K9 ■wildGUMBO Unexpectedly yours. Prepare for the unexpected. From the downtown east endto bridge of Osaka, Gumbo uses shimmering costumes dividephysical whichyettheatre seems likeandatheatrical chasm at times. 'Engagedly performed, the theshowculture is a bewildering enjoyable experience' Scotsman. Aug 16-31 14.30 (15.30) £5.00 (£4.00) ■ ETOKO DANCE COMPANY dances theandworld of Izumibeautiful. Kyoka where fairies andwith ghosts glide in and and hearts out. Surrealistic hauntingly Heroines lost souls filled with remorse, vengeance and jealousy tragic£6.00 lives.(£5.00) Aug 9-22dance 18.00their (19.00) ■'Sincerely, KUMIKO MODERN dances withbeYAMAGUCHI Love' .With Created after a year ofDANCE illness andCOMPANY portraying theKumiko joy and gratitude to alive. flowing movements and strong technique, throws herself into her dance becoming a ' w illing slave to rhythm' . Aug 23-31 18.00 (19.00) £6.00 (£5.00) ■ AKIalive. SATO oys Dance'innocence . An angel, ballerina, cat, delightful. robot andWeclown. j) the come Aki's'TAlice-like refreshingly inviteAforfairytale you to worldaswhere toys rule. Never loseis the child within you! A delight children well as adults. Aug 23-31 12.00 (13.00) £5.00 (£4.00) JEANINETHOMPSON - MOVEMENT THEATRE OOO© Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 K13 *captivating, ■ BRIGHT EXHALATION, SOLOJeanine PERFORMANCE Inspiring,hervisually comical and poetically moving, Thompson performs signature solo creations. 'Her workof thought in mime and dance is vital! Even her subtlest movements the essence Aug 24-29 express 14.00 (14.45) £5.50 (£3.00) and emotion' Marcel Marceau.

Dance and Physical Theatre MEMBERS OFTHE JIVING LINDY HOPPERS OO©© Venue 90 - Graffiti,Corner Broughton and East London Streets Tickets 557 8330 GI3 ■theAtime MOVIN' AND A GROOVIN' Enjoy atthethefunEdinburgh ahd learnFringe, to dance, now'misss to take a chance, on getting down if you out you're bound to whinge.A movement adventure of rhythm & rhyme. Aug Aug 9,10,12-17,19-28,31 29,30 12.00 (13.00) 15.30 (16.30) £4.50 (£3.50) ■ JEEPERS CREEPERS Favouriteswith - 'The dancers who crowd whistling for music more'Fringe another smashleave hitthetofmiss jazz dancing9-31toand(not thebaying fabulous ofThe'TGuardian, he £8.50 Ralph (£7.50) LaingyetFestival Allstars' . Don' it!! Aug 11,18) 22.15 (23.45) KITTY MCNAMEE S HYSTERICA DANCE CO OO©® Venue 34 -The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St Tickets 220 5606 KI2 ■andHYSTERICA Thisofquirky contemporary dance company explores the thrilling frightening reality living in modern LA. Fast paced, edgy, moody. Love, sex and American eliberately lurid and pop-influenced' LA Times. Augaggression 19-30 14.40 (15.30) style. £7.00'D(£5.00) THE LABORATORY ®Q©© Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 L13 ★Aug■ 7-31 ARAGO Inspired by the spectacle of Slava and the sensibility of Beckett. (not Tues) 21.05 (21.50) £5.00 (£4.00) LORD GLENCONNER S ELASTIC BAND ©OOO Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 LI3 LORD GLENCONNER' S ELASTIC BAND A Fringe firstacrobatics, for identical, 25-year-old, West Indian twins. An exciting act incorporating limbo dancing spectacularperformed fire-eatingoutside from these self-taught artists who, until 8-15 now,andhave St. Lucia. Aug 21.30never (22.00) £3.00 (£2.00)

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MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS OO©© Venue 147 - Big Top, Leith Links Tix 0421 565557/8/9 D20 ■of MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS The World' s finest circus: unrivalled in the skill its performers, the scale of its spectacle and its inimitable Russian style.This new production tourandis an19.unmissable Aug 18-21,25-28for14.16.its04051998 (18.45) 300(19.00) (21.30) treat for young and old alike. Aug 22,23,29,30 (16.00) and 17. 0 Aug 3 I 16.45 (18.45) Ringside Side Circle£24.00 £14.00(£16.00) (£10.00)Grandstand Rear Circle£20.00 £10.00(£12.00) (£6.00) Party Rates NO LIMITS THEATRE COMPANY OOOO Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Victoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 J11 ■unveiling DRIFT... Paragraphs from a different page. move, Movement and design collide time and space where people meet, drift...Professional artists with and without learning disabilities, technique beyond perceived a fusion ofapplying dance andcontemporary physical theatre. Aug 10-15ability 18.45producing (19.40) £4.50 (£2.50) JO PARKES AND COMPANY ©GOO Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 ★Written/choreographed ■ ANT INFESTATION AND OTHER FEMALE CONCERNS by Jo Parkes. Six LA women combine high-energy moderngossip, danceabortion, and gutsymoisturising monologueandtothose dish thepeskyautobiographical dirt: diets, grief, insects, '...extraordinarily intelligent and moving' Buzz Weekly. Aug 5-15 14.00 (15.30) £5.50 (£4.50) PLEASANCE FESTIVAL OF THEATRE 98 ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ★Movement ■ MONKEY AND THE WATERFALL DANCE THEATRE CO. (ONE) theatre fordifferent all ages.cultures 'A delight.,andsplendid imagination works, incorporating aThewonderful mix of and masks,ingenious puppets and stilts' On Stage 11.Chicago. 'Stole£6.50 the show' Boston Herald. Aug 17-20,23,24 0 0 (12.00) (£5.00) Aug 21 11. 0 0 (12.00) £7.50 (£6.00) Aug Aug 26,27 28-31 16.16.3355 (17.35) (17.35) £6.50 £7.50 (£5.00) (£6.00) ★maintenance, ■ DONNAExplosives JACKSON - CAR- anMAINTENANCE (TWO) with Car a carand Love explosive loving, fuseoff the welding woman! Physical theatre that night blastsofourtheatre preconceptions women garage walls. ' S harp and confronting...lyrical and touching' 3LOof Preview Aug 7 23.00 (00.10) £4.00 Aug Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 14,15,21,22,28-31 23.00 (00.10)23.00 £7.50(00.10) (£6.00)£6.50 (£5.00) SHAKTI OO©© Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St. Tickets 221 9009 K9 ■search WOMAN WHO DANCES WITH THE WOLVES reveals a woman' s for identity and her ascent to liberation and her descent into madness. virgin to vixen, creation to destruction, exotica 'From Empowering potently female eroticism!' The List. to unrelenting erotica. Aug 9-3 I 22.00and(23.00) £8.00 (£7.00) THE SHAMANS OG©0 Venue 62 - Continental Shifts at St Bride's, 10 Orwell Terr. Tickets 346 1405 K5 ★The■Shamans, ROCKABY The first of two startling new pieces bringing back multipleEuropean award-winners Europe-wide, Aa rocking gorgeoushorse Central rhapsody. One her womanHungary' stumbless 1997 upon Best. and finds 16.the30power melt Aug 10,12,14,17,19,21 (17.30)to£6.00 (£4.00)universe. A ■ ROWDIES ALight characteristically percussiveAbsurdity piece set to Dresch, Hungary' s finest saxophonist. entersSomea lonely a chilling ofsee.invitations and violations. of thecellar. most powerful yields dance totheatre you spiral will Funny, shocking, sadly human. Aug 11,13,15,18,20,22 16.30 (17.30) £6.00 (£4.00) smART COMPANY ©GOO Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 L13 ★showTRAFFIC A play that turns the tables on performers as this time the is about them. An actor, dancer and poet through their own media explore the different environments and concerns of their work. AAug refreshingly innovative theatrical 7-15 15.15(16.15) £5.00 (£4.00)experience.

STEPHANIE S FRIDGE OO©© Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 H10 ★and■darkly TWIST "...let' s see what happens if we bend it the other way. . " . A desperate comic STRETCH, devised by the company from woodcuts of medieval torture - for 13.the40delight the crowd, Aug 20-31 (14.50)of £6.00 (£4.00)'theatre thrown back to life' Artaud. STRICTLY SCOTTISH OOGO Venue 111 - St Andrew's & St George's Church, 13 George Street Tickets 225 3847 HI I ■Country STRICTLY SCOTTISH is a miscellany of all that is best in Scottish dancing, music, song and verse. Performed in a beautiful Adam setting, it is a splendid spectacle lift the(£6.00) spirits and set feet tapping. Aug (21.30) to£7.00 Aug 2218-2216.019.30 0 (18.00) j THEATRE TALIPOT ®G©@ Venue 62 - Continental Shifts at St Bride's, 10 Orwell Terr. Tickets 346 1405 K5 ■theTHE CARRIERSmanyA dazzlingly physicalaboutyettheemotional show from IndianWATER Ocean combining ancient myths spiritual power ofmime water. Conceived as a dream, a captivating tale unfolds using drama, dance, and African rhythms18.30 constantly changing tempo. Aug87-31 (not 9,16,23) Aug performance in French (19.45) £7.50 (£6.00) THEATRE WORKSHOP OOO© Venue 20 - Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Place Tickets 226 5425 F9 ★ ■ MYwhich MOTHER -TAIHENall(Japan). Physicalbetween theatrelifebyandtheart'physically disabled, ' s ledgehammers boundaries (The Stage). Longing for bymyKazuo deceased I dance master. in the 'cosmic womb'. Supervised Ohno,mother, the (£3.00) BUTOH Aug 24-29 13.30 (14.30) £5.00 CAMILLE THOMAN ®Q@© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 K10 ★exploring ■ NUMB Manhattan' s physical theatre sensation; a solo performance the elusiveness of female identity. ' A startling physical parable of bodily transformation,willhorror and redemptive beauty... a journey not easily forgotten.This with you' Entropy. Aug 6-31 (not piece 16) 16.45stay(17.35) £5.00 (£4.00) UGLY THEATRE OO©© Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 ★All ■haveTHEbeenHOUSE WHERE I WAS BORN Four women. Four lives. touched by the brush of one man. An exploration of themselves... and A journey£5.00of images Augof21each -31 other. 14.45 (15.45) (£3.50) in motion. Inspired by Gustav Klimt. Lost in the City? See our map inside the back cover Portable Productions presents My Life Andrew Cowie’s hilarious new play from the makers of A One Man Hamlet 'Perfect’ STAGE and Castle Dracula 'Superb’ SCOTSMAN. 5 - 22 August 7:10pm C venue19 Over Seas house 100 Princes Street 225 5105 www.portableprods.demon.co.uk

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Music ABBOTSFORD SCOTT OO©© Venue 103 - Abbotsford Scott, 18 Morningside Road Tickets 447 1122 06 ■cabaret. SOUTHERN COMFORT Successful American company present one price Sit-down hot Southern platter plus Mississippi blues and verse with Why I10-29 Stil Sing(nottheSuns) Blues author Anthony£7.50M Hervey. Aug 22.30 (00.30) (£5.50) Licensed bar open! ABSOLUTE JAZZ NEWYORK STYLE OO©© Venue 9 - Tron Ceilidh House, 9 Hunter Square, High St. Tickets 226 0931 K12 ■ledROBERT MAZUREK BAND? This ' y oung' quartet from New York is by tenor saxman Eric Alexander with rocksteady John Webber on bass. 'orAlexander plays soDownbeat. dazzlinglyCome well, and so personally Hank Mobley' be(£5.00) dazzled.- like George Coleman Aug 21-23,25-30 22.00 (midnight) £7.00 Aug 22,23,26,29,30 15.00 (17.00) £5.00 (£4.00) ACOUSTIC MANIA - ANTONIO FORCIONE & NEIL STACEY OO©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets SS6 65S0 LI4 ■ThisACOUSTIC MANIA ANTONIO FORCIONE & NEIL STACEY is Europe' s leadingpowerful guitar duo.andFast andsound furiousfullimprovisers, they have developed an exciting, exotic roots inPreview jazz, classical, Brazilian and Flamenco. 'A Union madeofinhumour, Heaven'with StringitsJazz. Aug 19 18. 5 0 (19.45) £4.00 Aug 20,23,24,26,27 18.50 (19.45) £7.50 (£5.50) Aug 21,22,28-31 18.50 (19.45) £8.50 (£6.50) AITKEN KARPALS = PIANO/KEYBOARD OO©© Venue 77 - The Square Centre, 25 Nicolson Square L12 ■I energise LIFT-A-LEG HOUR! Scottish and unique, experienced and experimental, visitors and locals with Rhythm and Blues, Scots, Country, Good Book, Jazzs Scots and Extempore, and youParticipatory may dance. Last twenty minutes John Milligan' optional. Aug 20-Sept 5 poetry, (not Suns) 17.20 (18.40) £5.00finale.

ANDENES PRODUCTIONS -WAYKIS OO©© Venue 127 - St John's Church,West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 ■America, INCAStheRETURN Following their very successful tour of Japan and South popular Peruvian group from Cusco (capital of the Incan empire) perform American dancers, totraditional/contemporary express their 19.'Secret ofLatin the£6.50 Andes' . music, accompanied by Aug 14,15,20,22,27,28 45 (21.30) (£5.00) ANGELIC VOICES ©Q@© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 K10 ■Heidelberg COME ON EVERYBODY, SING! Beamed across Russia, whisked to anddramatic Milan, the popularMariemasterclasses in voice and singing fromyear. international soprano HaywardScotsman. Segal return '4 Stars.These workshops are(10.35) life-enhancing' For allforagestheandthirdstages! Aug 6-31 (not Suns) 09.45 £4.00 (£3.00) Double Bil with Robert Stolz (Musicals) £7.00 (£5.00) ARBOREA MUSICA & FRIENDS ©O©© ■- TheMASTERS OF THE BAROQUE 'The acclaimed period instrument group' Scotsman. Following last year' s sell-out residency atValvona and Crolla, the delicatessen them(seethroughout twicerenowned at 'Harpsichords at St.hosts Cecilias' separate August.Their venue details).oboists appear 1. Venue 111 - StAndrew's & St George's Church, 13 George Street Tickets 225 3847 HI I ■ FOR THE DRESDEN VIRTUOSI Three contrasting programmes, each featuring Bach, Handel,Telemann, Quantz and others, with trio and solo sonatas for flute, oboe, recorders and'Excellent. harpsichord. 'Assured enjoyable' sense of style commitment' Consistently Herald.and Aug 24,26,27 The14.30Scotsman. (16.15) £6.00 (£5.00) THE OBSERVER ASSEMBLY ©O©© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 ■Charles CHOPIN' S(readings). VISIT TOChopin SCOTLAND RoseParis Cholmondeley (piano) and Grant escaped the revolution of 1848 and came to Scotland. Edinburghletters and Glasgow.This lecture-recital tellsHethegave storyconcerts using hisin reviews, and music.£8.00 (£7.00) Aug 16.15 (17.15) Aug 7-9,11-13,16,18-20,23,25-27,3 14,15,21,22,28-30 16.15 (17.15)I ,Sept £9.002-5(£8.00) ■SCO'MRs Robert MCFALL' S CHAMBER This sevenstage pieceandclassical ensemble, led byjazz, the McFall, forsakes the concert collide headlong with rock and dance grooves in the most unusual club band around on the scene. 'Wonderfully recital' £8.00 The Herald Aug 30-Sept unorthodox 5 midnight (01.30) (£7.00)'great stuff altogether' The Scotsman. RONNIE DREW I HARDLY KNEW YA A fascinating mix ofofmusic craic,legendary literary interactions and classichasDublinese.The leadfinermember the group The Dubliners never been on song. He is accompanied by Mike-Sept Hanrahan. Aug 5 17.45£10.00 (19.00)(£9.00) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27,31 14,15,21,22,28-30 17.45 (19.00) ■againSTEVE HARLEY 1970' s cult success ' w hisper it' Cockney once returnsalbums. to theCome stage with a mixture of new songs and aandfewRebel favourites from older up and see a solo show of words music that will make you smile.22.00 (23.15) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 8-13,18-20 Aug 14,15,21 22.00 (23.15) £10.00 (£9.00) ■she'TERRY NEASON ANDandKISSES She's bold,'She'she's sfantastically brilliant, s sensual and sassy -- aSCREAMS cabaret ofhuge, songs whispers. talented, her voice is isrich, versatile, raw andloudquiveringly beautiful' The Scotsman. ' T erry verry merry!' John Hegley Aug 5 19.2£9.00 5 (20.30)(£8.00)£8.00 (£7.00) Aug 9-13,16-20,23-27,3 14,15,21,22,28,29 I19.-Sept 25 (20.30) GENO WASHINGTON AND THE PURPLE ACES GENO' s backL.with the same greatunabashed line up andenjoyment' new material.This 'irrepressible performer' will 'provide FTDaily andMail. 'from midnight onward, turnTime the Out Supper Room into a pounding party' Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27 00.15 (02.45) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22 00.15 (02.45) £9.00 (£8.00) MIKA -returns. AHI ATAAHUA (BEAUTIFUL FIRE) renegade masterbreakof cabaret the range glamour glitzlikeofMadonna last yearThetowithboot' wildThesexual dance haka, hugeAllvocal andand'legs23.45 Age Melbourne. Aug 7-9,11-13,16,18-20,23,25-27 (01.00) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 23.45 (01.00) £9.50 (£8.50) Aug 314,15,21,22,28-30 I,Sept 2-5 22.00 (23.15) £8.50 (£7.50) ■hasTHE RAGE DAVE HEATH BAND Composer/flautist who written major works for James Galway, Evelyn Glennie and Dave NigelHeath, Kennedy, now hits Edinburgh with bass flute, live rainforest and Hendrix cello. ' U ndiluted j Heath3 I-Sept with the5 brakes off Scotland Sunday. Aug 20.55 (21.55) £8.00on(£7.00) TOM ROBINSON HAVING IT BOTH Celebrating years and 20stories, albumssongs sinceand'2- -4-6-8 Motorway' andalbum'GWAYS lad('Atosuperior be Gay'work Tom'21sbyback with an acclaimed new an exceptional Press(£8.00) Magazine). Aug 21,22 songwriter' 20.10 (21.30)Hot£9.00

■hardness COWBOY a welcome to Edinburgh, bringing the and Festival. gritJUNKIES of their livemake shows andhowling thevisit poetry andandprettiness of their music to the Catch their mean guitars crystalline vocals for only. £ 12.00 (£ 10.00) Augone7 18.night45 (20.45) ■weekend CLUBwith LATINO TwoandnightsDJs.ofAsundiluted Latinagesmayhem the holiday live themusic Latino getsfor wilder! THE club tomidnight hear definitive£9.00mix(£7.00) ofClubrhythm classics itfrom Latin America. Aug 28,29 (03.30) BBC SCOTLAND OOO© Venue 199 - Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson Street Tickets 529 6000 LI2 ■classical MR ANDERSON' S FINE TUNES BBC Radio Scotland' s award winning and Celtic music show goes live! Guests and acts from Fringe and main Festival26-28 perform talk toFreelain Anderson. Aug 14.00and(16.00) BEWLEY'S CAFE OO©© Venue 159 - Bewley's Cafe, South Charlotte Street Tickets 220 1969 19 ■American MARYLsinger GEORGI Life, love and loss considered by outstanding young / songwriter. Intimate rhythms, acoustically emotive melodies assisted an all star up who'Adam ve co-written and played with Morrisey, Sinead O'byConnor, KirstylineMacColl, Aug 22-30 20.00 (22.00) £5.00 (£4.00) Ant and Aztec Camera. ■love,SAM HILL AND VERTICAL SECONDS Hauntinglyexperience beautiful songs of hopeguitars and dreams fromCohen their new album. acoustic and violin. meets Young!An'Aintuitive stonishing playing withof voice, a voice to match' Alex Lipinski Oxford Times. Aug 15-21 20.00 (22.00) £5.00 (£4.00) BILL KYLE S JAZZ POOL OO0© Venue 54 - The Cellar Bar, I Chambers Street KI2 ■regular BILLsession KYLE'featuring S JAZZ the POOL Edinburgh drummer Bi l Kyle organises this best from the ' p ool' of excellent Edinburgh and Glasgow musicians, a loosemusic quartet Different players every night! Late bar, great vibe, inbrilliant - andsetting. FREE ADMISSION! Aug 12-15,19-22,26-29 22.30 (01.30) Free THE BONGO CLUB ®0@© Venue 143 - The Bongo Club, out of the blue, 14 New Street (off Royal Mile) Tix 558 7604 J14 ■Mystery OUTJuice, OF THE BLUE PRESENTS Shooglenifty, Dominic Waxing Lyrical, Chromosome, Catford Devils, Swirler, Mr acts McFall'ofsstrange Chamber, The Lanterns & many other exquisite bands and artistic entertainment. Ring Bongo Box23.00 of delights for dates and details. Aug 9-13,16-20,23-27,30,31 Aug (05.00)£8.00£7.00(£6.00) (£5.00)(05.00) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 2814,2123.0023.00(05.00) ■Edwina SHOW BAG - BROWN BLUSH Sub-cultural Icons, Blush & Eartha multi-instrumentalist/composer TrevorSydney Brown. Havesinger/poet played with everyone from Kitt to Rolf Harris. Be transported, enamoured, inspired, delighted and seduced at a great venue. Aug 18,22,26,3021.0020.00(22.00) (21.00) £7.00 Aug 20,24,28 ■Upfront MESSENGER SOUND SYSTEM ROOTS THE FESTIVAL RootsTHRILLER and Dub Reggae on Scotland' s No. FOR I heavyweight original BASS ruff selection from back-when to now! Insound sessionallAug night8 23.00 style. (05.00) Aug 22 23.00 (05.00) £6.00 £7.00(£5.50) (£6.50) ■highest i ARAKATACA! Salsa, African, Caribe. Tropical danceup dance beats tofloorthe common denominator. ParaDJs:Latin, Gozar! can mayhem(Bistengo like theBar-Senegal) Arakataca crew. ZuppaforNo-one Inglese (GocestirPagano-Bagota) Jafaar Watch out live surprises. Aug 15,29 23.00 (05.00) £6.00 (£4.00) CALEDONIAN FOLKATTHE GUILDFORD OG©0 Venue 107 - Guildford Arms, I West Register St.(off East End Princes St.) Tix 556 4312 112 YARD OFandALEGallagher The topandlocalLyleacoustic bandhostwithtensongs from Dylanmusic. to the I Dubliners nights of great All free. Sponsored by Edinburgh' sreturn uniquetoCaledonian Brewery. ARGYLEtheCEILIDH SOUND providing Celtic(midnight) flavour toFreethisAward year'swinning, event. foot stomping ceilidh band Aug 13,21 20.00 'WHISKEY HOLLOWandTopbanjo5 piece bluegrass band from Chicago playing time fiddle ;( .good Aug 14,17 20.00tunes (midnight) Free breakdown. WALKER tThemissglobetrotting . iiEDDIE land thisFreeone. folk legend, acoustic guitar wizard Augraconteur. 15,19 20.00Don'(midnight) MIKEtoWHELLANS Incredible one-man bluesandband, back by popular demand. I Not be missed by member blues fans,ofguitar freaks lovers of wild wailing Skiffle narmonicas. Founder Boys of Lough and Vindscreen Vipers Band. IjiAug 16,22 20.00 (midnight) Free (jTANDEM Traditional and contemporary folk duo Derek Richardson and Pat jlStuart provideballads a rich toandtheir diverse their adaptation of IJ-.low fast,sound excitingranging jigs andthrough reels. Multi-instrumental, i Aug airs 18,20and20.00 (midnight) Free

Music CEILIDHS ATTHE CALEY OO©© Venue 183 - Caledonian Brewery, 42 Slateford Road 449 5414 M2 ■withCEILIDHS ATTHE CALEY Participate in a ' r eel' Scottish ceilidh. Party some of Scotland' s best bands. Foot-stomping fun and jigging. Great beer, good food and live music.20.00 All welcome. Aug 14,15,21,22,28,29 (midnight)Doors £6.00open (£5.00)at 7pm. CHAPELLE DU ROI 00©0 Venue 131 - Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 1900 Kl I ■Chapelle MUSICDuFROM THE GOLDEN AGE in their first concert at the Fringe, Roi, an ensemble 8 singers sacredbymusic Europeancomposers; Renaissance, presentsofmusic fromspecialising the ChapelinRoyal Englishfrom and Scottish Aug 20 15.00 (16.20)Carver,Tallis £7.00 (£5.00)& Byrd. ■anniversary THE ROSE ANDofTHE POMEGRANATE 400th of Philip Spain and hisinfluence marriageof Philip to celebrating Queen Mary.theCosmopolitan Prince and patron of the arts, the was widespread in Renaissance Guerrero, Lobo and others. Aug 21 19.30Europe. (21.20)Music £8.00by(£6.00) CHEESE OO©© Venue 92 - Dr Watt's Library, 3 Robertson's Close, Cowgate Info 557 3768 KI3 ■BrosCHEESE Wham!, Abba,Tiffany,Yazz, Rick Astley, Kajagoogoo, Europe, andforthethetheme fromThethebest A-Team. Edinburgh' s premier cheesy mouldy and worst 70s and 80s tunes fromclub goes DJs Gordon ZolaFestival. and Edamski. Aug 14,15,21,22,28,29 22.00 (03.00) £2.00 CHRYSALIS ©OO© Venue 91 - St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place Tix 01896 752 568 J7 ■concert THE inCATHEDRAL CONCERT Scotland'Chrysalis' s Celtic Celtic-influenced Christian band inmusic Edinburgh' s magnificent cathedral. and stunning Abbey visuals oncombine in22.a wonderful experience. Chrysalis are also at Dunfermline August(£4.00) Aug 8 20.00 (22.00) £5.00 Aug 23 20.30 (22.15)

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THE CLARSACH (SCOTTISH HARP) SOCIETY OO©© Venue 111 - St Andrew's & St George's Church, 13 George Street Tickets 225 3847 HI I ■Scotland' FESTIVAL CEILIDH A colourful fusion of Scottish musicentertain and culture. s unique Harp Orchestra, na Clarsairean, and guests a seated audience with an eclectic programme of ensemble and solo playing, singing, storytelling, Aug 28 19.0bagpiping 0 (22.00) and£7,00dancing. (£6.00) ■on FIDDLE HARP ANDofVOICE Isobel itsMieras and Jim Ferguson you a musical exploration Scotland history, stirringtakeBorder ballads and haunting Highland airs andandlaments, spicedfeaturing with toe-tapping strathspeys, jigs and reels. Aug 24 19.30 (21.30) £6.00 (£5.00) ■OneJANET BENNETT The outstanding harpist and singermusic in concert of Britain' s leading self-accompanied singers performs songs, classical, popular and traditional from around the world played on and a beautiful golden concert £6.00 not to(£5.00) be missed. Aug 25harp. 19.3A0 (21.30) ■(SHETLAND CATRIONAFIDDLE) McKAY (SCOTTISH HARP) AND CHRIS Toptoyoung Scottish musicians in perfectSTOUT partnership combine individual virtuosity create their distinctive style.These international performers delight audiences a superb blend of lyrical and high energy traditional music. Aug 26 19.30 (21.30) £6.00 (£5.00) ■Rebecca CALLUNA ReturnMurray of highly acclaimed four-piece. Charlotte Petersen, Knorr,Anna Anna-Wendy Stevenson producefiddle, a fresh spiritedwhistles blend of traditional andandoriginal music, combining voice, pipes,and flute, and clarsach. Aug 27 19.30 (21.30) £6.00 (£5.00) Venue 185 - The Magdalen Chapel, 41 Cowgate Info 667 4645 i<TT ■Rosemary A SCOTS TAPESTRY Inandtheclarsach) historic setting ofantheentertaining Magdalen Chapel, McKerchar (voice presents programme ofandScottish music featuring songs by Burns, ballads, nursery rhymes, court songs AugHebridean 19,21 20.00Airs.(21.45) £6.00 (£5.00) ■ NO STRINGS HaveTeenage fun andharpers becomefromaddicted to the exciting vibrations ofATTACHED clarsachScottish strings. napromised Clarsairean play traditional and updated music. An added ' z ing' is by their special 20.00 one-night-stand artistes! Aug 20,22 (21.45) £6.00guest(£4.00) ■ballads, IVIULAN A musical journey in the folk vocal tradition of Northern Italy: lullabies, Aug 24-27 20.00fairytales (21.30) and £6.00tongue-twisters. (£5.00) CLUB FESTIVAL ®0©@ Venue 14 -Teviot Row House, Bristo Square Tickets 650 4673 LI I ■association THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL CLUB FESTIVAL in with Teknique Systems and Martin Professional. Club culture is introduced tofullTeviot Row. toFivelaidclubsbackonvibes. five levels every night of the festival. Be there on(03.00) dance Aug 7-30for21.00 £5.00 JACKIE CLUNE ®0@© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 ■Shaw, IT'SCarpenter, JACKIE!Black It's alsoandDusty, Sandy, Karen, Cilia and Burt.That' s Springfield, Bacharach to you, mate. High hair, lashings of mascara belting the knackers great songs. 'Clune7-9,11-13,16-18,20,23-27,31 is and INCANDESCENT!' Dailyout Mailof2-5some22.25great,(23.35) Aug ,Sep Aug 14,15,21,22,28-30 22.25 (23.35) £9.00 (£8.00) £8.00 (£7.00) DEMARCO EUROPEAN ART FOUNDATION OO©© Venue 164 - New Parliament House, Regent Road Tickets 661 3088 JI5 GUITAR STORIESmusic Pedrag Marie explores ofbothCroatia. traditional, classical and contemporary from his homeland On solo guitar. Aug 10-15 21.00 (22.00) £5.00 (£3.00) ■andTHE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL HILLHighAn School orchestral celebration of the ON historyCALTON of the Royal on Caltonchoral Hill.musical 1823-1978. Aug 10-15 12.00 (13.00) £5.00 (£3.00) ■ DUBROVNIK MUSIC The(leider Dubrovnik Guitar Trio, established in 1993,and together with Kate Kristovic singer), as well as Maria Tolj (pianist) Dora Pejacevic (violinist), celebrate the musical tradition of Dubrovnik with specially composed music by Nirsa Njiric. Aug 20.00 (21.00) Aug 10-15 10-15 22.00 (23.00) £5.00 (£3.00) ■played THROAT and Company.The a bronze-age musicaltheinstrument by JohnCarynx Kenny. With John Purser andcarynx, John Whiting. Discover varied cultures in which the carynx once thrived throughout the Celtic rich world.and Aug 17-29 (not 23) 15.30 (17.00) £5.00 (£3.00) 50

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■composers THE UKRAINIAN DIMENSION Alla Romaniuk, Sirenko.oneUkrainian of the most recent Natalia Primaexciting Donna. Together theyofmodern performyears earlypresents andpiano contemporary music; including Verdi, Strauss, Debussy and Ukrainian works. Aug 18,20,22 19.30 (21.00) £7.00 (£5.00) Norag McLaren ■ IRISH MUSIC Music with a distinctly Irish accent with Eibhlis Farrell Institute ofTechnology) Dhubhaintradition (the young of(Dublin Ireland) andbyTreasa Suibhan O'DubhainwithandRos.theNi.'Seannos' fromvoice the Aran Islands sung Mhiollain. A One Woman Cabaret from a good Edinburgh lass Aug 10-15 15.00 (16.00) £5.00 (£3.00) Aug 10-15 16. 0 0 (17.00) featuring comedy, music and kitchen utensils! DEVRA KAY AND TOM GOLDSMITH OO©© Sondheim, Porter, Gershwin, tiieill... Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I and Wagner - served with a rich sauce ■ MY MAN Devra Kay sings smooth, sensuous, intuitive jazz love songs. With irrepressible exuberance, she and pianist Tom Goldsmith sidestep of parody from opera to the blues. nostalgia, creating gleaming newLeaves versions offeeling Gershwin, Porter,carefree. Berlin, Monk, etc. laced withAug European material. you surprisingly Preview 10 23.40 (00.40) £3.00 (£1.50) Aug 11-31 (not 17,24) 23.40 (00.40) £5.00 (£3.00) DRACO OO0O NEVER Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House,Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I ■exploring GUITARthe MUSIC OF TWO WORLDS A solo theatrical performance, lives of three men; Joaquin Rodrigo, Spain' s most celebrated DO composer, Villa-Lobos, father- innovative, of Brazil's national music, and performer Randy10-16 Pile.Heitor 'P13.30 owerful presentation captivating, brilliant' Pepe Romero. Aug (14.30) £6.00 (£5.00) TU.MG EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL OO©© Venue D - The Edinburgh Book Festival, Charlotte Square Gardens Tickets 624 5050 H9 ■of jazz, FRANNIE VERNEY &THE BIG IDEA A superb contemporary fusion funk, onR&BtheandEuropean samba. Dance, drink'Wandarmenjoy music from onetextures of the finest bands jazz scene. and agile...luxuriant and an16-23 inventiveness few jazz Aug 21.15 (23.15) £6.00singers (£4.00)achieve' Scotsman. ■acoustic BERT JANSCH One ofvocals the world's greatest.The Jimmy Hendrix of the 'Vulnerable Aug 24 guitar. 21.30 (23.30) £6.00 (£4.00)and brilliant guitar playing' Q Magazine. ■'Fresh, VASTuncomplicated MAJORITYand4 ofhighly Scotland' s most traditional musicians. musical' List. respected 'Marvellous...high-octane reels' Herald. powerful Aug 25A 21.30 (23.30)show!£6.00 (£4.00) ■ RUBY JUNGLE 'Ogrooves ozing attitude and assurance...a stylish cocktail of world rootsFRUIT styles, Aug 26,27,30 21.30sharp (23.30)dance£6.00 (£4.00)and powerful pop song writing' Scotsman. ■McLean DUNCAN MCLEAN SMOKING Duncan reads from his Stone cult&THE classic Lone Star SwingSTONE and singsBAND to the Texan sounds of the Smoking Band. Aug 28,29 21.30 (23.00) £6.00 (£4.00) EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE BASS FESTIVAL OOO© Venue 72 - The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 N13 ■thisTHE DOUBLE BASS A climax to four days devoted to the double bass, celebration concert members of the bassists. Scottish For Chamber and some of(21the-24) world's features leading558jazz and classical BassfestOrchestra information 8148. Aug 24 19.45 (23.30)call£ 0131 10.00 (£7.00) EDINBURGH RENAISSANCE BAND 00©0 Venue 31 - St Cecilia's Hall, cnr Niddry Street & Cowgate K13 ■unforgettable EDINBURGH RENAISSANCE BAND Back for '98 with- astunning new, show of renaissance and medieval entertainment dances Polyhymnia. 25 successful in thes show! Fringe can’t be wrong if you'14-16 vebymissed before, don't(£4.50) missyears this year' Aug 19.30us(21.00) £6.50 Can’t find the show you’re looking for? Return to page one and read how

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THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS... ©O©© Venue 34 -The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St.Tickets 220 5606 KI2 ■ JOHNFisher RENBOURN & Guillory FRIENDS(Fri with JacquiWizzMcShee (Fri 7),28). Archie (Fri 14), Isaac 21) and Jones (Fri Aug 7,14,21,28 19.15 (21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) ■contemporary ANAM trulymusic. exhilarating combination of pan-Celtic traditional'Riptide' and , Just returned from world tour promoting their new album. Aug 7 21.45 (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00) ■dance CEILIDHS MARWICKS Let festival favourites The Marwicks you into -THE the weemidnight small hours Aug 7,8,14,21,22,28 (03.00)with£7.00swinging (£5.00)rhythm and reel kick! ■mostFREE ACOUSTIC MUSICin theSESSIONS Join admission. and enjoy Scotland's accomplished musicians cafe-bar.FreeFree Aug 7-9,12-16,19-23,26-31 21.00 (02.00) ■combining CALLUNA fresh pipes, and spirited voice,Afiddle, whistles,blend fluteofandtraditional clarsach.and original music, Aug 8 19.15(21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) ■ ANDO DROM - AUTHENTIC GYPSY MUSIC Award-winning, renowned Gyspy folklore musicHUNGARIAN group, toppingEurope. World-Music charts |: nd spreading fantastically frenetic throughout Compared the Gyspy Kings and Loyko.Vocal acrobatics... milk-jug rhythms. Ando Dromto are ecstatic, profound. UK premiere. Aug 8 21.45 (23.30) (£5.00) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 9,10,12-14 23.00£7.00 (midnight) ■weave TONY MCMANUS A rare chance to hear this virtuosic Scottish guitarist J magical fingers Aug 9 his19.15(21.05) £7.00around (£5.00)music from the Celtic nations. ■House CORNER HOUSE Performing fiery tunes, songslikeandit hot. music Corner i; the essential live experience for original those who Aug 9 provide 21.45 (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00) ■infectious WHISKEY BREAKFAST speed'dervish : impossibly CelticBEFORE influencedcurl. music. Dizzyingly'Riverdance fast reels,onwhirling jigs I make9traditionalists' Aug midnight (02.30)hair £7.00 (£5.00) ■piobearachd ISHBEL MCASKILL & FRIENDS from ; to puirt, performed by IshbelTraditional McAskill, Gaelic Fiona &singing Gillianacapella Mackenzie and Maeve MacKinnon. Aug 10,1 I 19.15 (21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) ■ RICHARDmaster WOOD 'all theTime balls and fire of a rock god but all the talent and musician' Augskill10,18of a21.45 (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00)Out. ■everJOCKTAMSON' S BAIRNSmusic The most esteemed and influential band to11,23play 21.45 Scottish(23.30) traditional Aug £7.00 (£5.00)returns after '97's full-house success! ■andTHE CHIPOLATA FIVE A perfect nightmusic, on themagic tiles! and Eloquent hosts entertainers, routines, mayhem! Augenergetic 11,13 midnight (02.30)stunning £7.00 (£5.00) ■Norwegian CATRIONA MACDONALD and Ian BBCLowthian. star with (12th) Annbjorg£7.00Lien(£5.00) andShetland guests, fiddler and (29th) Aug 12,29 fiddler 19.15 (21.05) ■of TAIKO TO TABLA Joji Lockett present a unique fusion percussion fromHirota all over& Peter the world. Aug 12 21.45traditions (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00) ■ CELTIC WAHWAH CO-OP Scottish like never Erotic, exotic, hardcore to handbag up formusic the Celtic Wahbefore. Wah Co-op. Aug 12,19,26 midnight (03.00)- give£7.00it all(£5.00) ■of CHRISTINE COLLISTER 'Collister's effect is transfixing' Folk Roots. One ■ powerful and£7.00distinctive Augthe13most19.15(21.05) (£5.00) voices of contemporary British folk/blues. ! ■ DEAF Talented band who set thebodhran musical and spiritstunning of Scotland aglow withSHEPHERD pipes, fiddles,(£5.00) guitar, bouzouki, vocals. j Aug 13,28 21.45 whistles, (23.30) £7.00 ■Opera OPERA A SHOESTRING Bite at Themorsels Opera.byAward-winning on Puccini. a ON Shoestring presents choiceA operatic Mozart, Rossini, Verdi and Aug 14-16,21 -23,28-31 12.00 (13.00) £6.00 (£4.00) ■Scottish JIM MALCOLM' S ROHALLION Songs that manage to be peculiarly well(23.30) as timeless, Aug 14 as21.45 £7.00funny, (£5.00)tender, magical and universal. Not to be missed; ■ BLAZIN' FIDDLES featuring six of the ofHighlands' mostdistinct promising young talents, Blazin' Fiddles is a celebration the various voices ofAugthe15,22 Highland fiddle. 19.15 (21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) ■ THEcrits... MCCALMANS Scottish folk song at its best.Evening New albumgreat sell-outs(23.30) last year - 'a must see' Edinburgh News. Aug Aug 15,22 16,23 21.45 19.15 (21.05) £7.00 (£5.00)

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■a refreshing, THE BELLE all-womantraditional ceilidh/dance funkySTAR mix(03.00) ofBAND Scots£7.00andTop,(£5.00) American fiddleband music.plays Aug 15,29 midnight BETWEEN ■andARUN five piece excitingandmixture of Irishinfluences. traditional original- music and band song playing plus Scottish Scandinavian THE LINES Aug 16 19.45 (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00) ■Grouse LINEHouse! DANCING An international Rhinestones Bar.dancing party, late night at The Famous A BACKSTAGE Aug 16,23,30 midnight (03.00)optional. £7.00 (£5.00) MUSICAL COMEDY ■in Scotland, LORRAINE JORDAN bornasofa Irish parents presently Lorraine is £7.00 aptlyWelsh described creative Celticandmelting pot.settled Aug 18 19.15(21.05) (£5.00) ■ JACKIE LEVEN aacknowledged brutal and compelling vision1 Mq/o. Accomplished storyteller Jackie Aug 19Leven21.45is widely (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00) as a live act of power and intensity. ■dynamic IVANofDREVER DUNCANbetterCHISHOLM these fine&musicians, known as theEnjoy frontthelinewarm of Celtic supergroup Wolfstone. Aug 20 19.15 (21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) ■dancer TRI XTRI Poet Angus PeterbyCampbell, sculptor singers, LyndsayChristine CampbellPrimrose, and Keri Simpson are joined threeandrenowned Kenna Campbell and Mairead Stiubhart, threeextravaganza. famous pipers - the sgoinell! MacDonald brothers of Glenuig for this Celtic Direach Aug 20-22 18.45 (20.15) £8.00 (£6.00) shows you will find ■ THE WRIGLEY SISTERS from Orkney, Jennifer and Hazel bring on the fringe." their brand of£7.00 Scots(£5.00) fiddle, guitar/piano music to the Fringe again. Aug 20infectious 21.45 (23.30) What’s On ■ LORNA BROOKS one of most talented CALLER'S highly20acclaimed peers,Scotland' Lornasmakes a welcomesinger-songwriters, return. Aug midnightamong (02.30)her£7.00 (£5.00) GILDED BALLOON ■outBURACH is one of the best high-energy folk bands to come BACKSTAGE ONE in years.£7.00 No (£5.00) sitting down! August 7-31 Augof21Scotland 21.45 (23.30) @ 3.45pm ■album JUNE'Aleyn' TABOR The ' f irst ladyand of folk' with Huw Warren Markperforming Emerson. material from her latest Aug 24,25 19. 1 5 (21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) in association with ■FromTANmelodic NAS credited towithstrong, bringing Gaelic music into the next Century. THE NEW END THEATRE Aug 24 21.45 laments (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00)rhythmic mouth-music - Outstanding! BARB ■in traditional BACHUEScottish CAFE Corrina Hewat,toDavid use their backgrounds music and createMilligan a beautiful and inspiring sound. Aug 24,25 midnight (02.30) £7.00jazz(£5.00) JUNGR ■OFTHE ROWANSongs TREEofCOMPANY WITH THE MAISTERSINGERS SEX, RELIGION AIKWOOD The Ettrick Shepherd: a celebration of James Hogg's & POLITICS contribution to Scotland' s £7.00 music. Aug 25,26 21.45 (23.30) (£5.00) Cabaret with ■categorization. URSULA BURNSethereal, Belfast'ssurreal contemporary muscle Sc voice - above all,singer/songwriter original. A harpistandwhoharpist is hip.defies Aug 26 19.15 Comic (21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) ■songwriters MICHAEL MARRA acknowledgedreturns as thetocream a brilliant pack of'emthein Scottish again. Aug 27 19.1and 5 (21.05) £7.00performer (£5.00) ■a distinctive SIN E 'BestbeatTraditional Act' at the Irish World Awards: Sin 'music£7.00 rooted(£5.00) in tradition but multicultural' Q.E pound Aug 27 21,45 (23.30) ■Battlefield TONY Band) MCMANUS & IAIN(exMCDONALD Ossian, and McManus everyone else) -McDonald traditional(exmusic - pipes, flute, guitar, surprises! Aug 27 midnight (02.30) £7,00 (£5.00) ■musicianship STEPDANCE CONCERT Amy Geddes JohnandSikorski combine "This rare & exotic traditional stepdance - dance,andtunes just plain fun! quality Aug 30 19.15with(21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) evening will go down a storm." ■ GREEN Johnvocal Mitchell (guitar)complete and ClaretheLindley (fiddle,is Green. viola) - combining two talents blend that What's On Aug distinctive 30 21.45 (23.30) £7,00 to(£5.00) ■singer TABACHE Fiddle-player AidanRossO'RMartin.Traditional ourke, flute, fiddle,andwhistle-player andmusic. Claire Mann, plus£7.00 guitarist original Celtic CALLER'S GILDED Aug 3 I 19,15(21.05) (£5.00) BALLOON 2 DOWNSTAIRS ■ JENNY'S CHICKENS A heady and imaginative mix of folk and jazz August 7-31 music combining excellent traditional instruments and the art ofAug improvisation. Enjoy!£7.00musicianship, @ 8.00pm 3 I 21.45 (23.30) (£5.00) THE WILDCATS OF KILKENNY Fronted by a sprinting, fiddling CALDER'S GILDED BALLOON ■madman, this sensational Aug 3 I midnight (03.00) band £7.00promise (£5.00) to blow the roof off the venue! 0131 226 2151 53

Music FLUTE MOSAIC OOO© Venue 6 - Nicolson Square Methodist Church, 25 Nicholson Square LI2 ■quartet FLOTE MOSAIC - byFLUTES ENSchumann, VACANCES The Edinburgh fluteothers, perform works Telemann, Casterede, Mozart and demonstrating the capacity of the flute to portray a wide range of colours and moods. A captivating performance Aug 00 (13.00) Free by four fine flautists. Aug 27-29 29 19.312.0 (20.30) FLUX FESTIVAL, EDINBURGH OO©© After oneback!of Winners the mostofsuccessful debutsCritics in theAward historyfor of1997, the the Edinburgh Festival, Flux is the Scottish festival from with shows, risks, venues and unique events. goes Furtherstrength namestotostrength be announced. Venue 72 - The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 N13 SPIRITUALIZED/STEVE MARTLAND (SUPPORT BEN NEILL) Adifferent unique musical collaboration between two of the most original voices in two Flux II. open An awesome Aug 14,IS 20.00worlds (23.00) launches £12.50 Doors 19.30 spectacle. KEN KESEY/KEN BABBS AKA THE MERRY Flew Over the Edinburgh Festival-influenced the multi-media GratefulPRANKSTERS Dead...one ofTHEOnegreat American literary(23.00) voices performance. Aug 16 20.00 £ 11.in 0a0 once Doorsonlyopenlive19.30 NICK CAVE plus support DIRTY THREE Expect The original Bad Seed in a project for Flux utter£12.50 joy,THE never the unexpected. Aug 21,22 20.00- an(23.00) Doorsto beopenrepeated. 19.30 JOHN ZORNThey + MASADA GREG COHEN DAVE DOUGLAS) said itall-star would(JOEY neverBARRON, happen...Zorn created the NY+ downtown scene with THE Knitting Aug 28- tonight 20.00 (23.00) £10.00 Doors openFactory 19.30 line-up. Only UK appearance. THE CREATURES A Flux finalefirstwithtimeflourish Rockin Legends & Budgie - the Banshees EVER- live Scotland.Siouxsie Aug 29 20.00 (23.00) £ -12.for50theDoors open 19.30 Venue 7 - Jaffa Cake, 28 King Stables Rd. Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 K9 JESUS AND MARY CHAIN For the first time inatten years - the triumphal return of the Mary Chain launches Flux Jaffa Cake. The live experience. Aug ultimate 16,17 20.30 (23.00) £10.00 Doors open 20.00 JET' A IME, GAINSBOURG (WITHs vocalist JERRY come BURNS) A hostto ofpayScotland' finest musicians with Craigsongwriting, Armstrong' together tribute s toAugthe18king20.30of 60'(23.00) s French Serge Gainsbourg. £8.00 Doors open 20.00 THE BATHERS/PEARL FISHERS/THE SWISS Scottish triple bill including of DannyFAMILY Wilson andORBISON Deacon Blue -Aug all of21Scottish music is£8.00 hereformer for onemembers 20.30 (23.00) Doors opennight20.00only. Special guest tbc. THE NECTARINE NOthe9, future + 2 BANDS The second Flux Scottish triple bill -Aug already legendary of music 22 20.30 (23.00)- see£8.00 Doors open 20.00now. YO LA THOMAS AND- David TWOThomas PALErevolutionised BOYS YLT are TENGO/DAVID onewithof Pere the best bands in America the world Ubu. Buy tickets immediately. Aug 23 20.30 (23.00) £9.00 Doors open 20.00 P J HARVEY From the darkest corners one of25the20.30 greatest ever see. of20.00rock comes 50ft Queenie... Aug (23.00)gigs£ you 10.00willDoors open FRANTIC REDHEAD PRODUCTIONS ®0©0 Venue 55 - Randolph Studio, Inst. Francais d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph Cres. Tlx 225 5366 H8 ■andFIDDLING AROUND ON THEof theFRINGE Ans evening of toe-tapping spirit-soaring music with some Highland' best balladeers and fiddlers. The Ness LassiesAugust and Feisty Besom' s August 7-9, Fringe nightcap. The 14-16.(£4.00) Delightfully Scottish Aug Inverness 7-9,14-16Fiddlers 19.40 (21.20) £6.00 ! CALDER'S GILDED BALLOON Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 THE GADFLYS Theymix are ofbackoriginal and they' re better ever. Storming the Mick Studio with an eclectic material from than their Phil, and player£7.00 Andy(£6.00) Lewis are The Gadfiys, and latest they'ralbum. e gorgeous Auglegendary 7-31 01.00bass(04.00) ■performs RICKYwith ROSS CONCERT Theguitar voiceandandpiano. soul Catch of Deacon Blue rawSOLO basics - INhissongs voice,from acoustic thealbums man atAughis 11,18,25 most emotive, featuring Deacon Blue and his two solo 22.45 (23.45) £10.00 (£8.00) 54

qwA CALDER'S GILDED BALLOON w Venue AT THE PALLADIUM 26 - Calder' s Gilded Balloon at the Palladium, Broughton PI Tlx 226OO0© 2151 GI4 ■andCAPERCAILLIE Scotland' s favourite experimentalists, infusing traditional very modern sounds, return for 2 rare Fringe performances. Sept 1,2 22.00 (23.00) £ 12.00 (£ 10.00) ■ DONOVAN The Songsmith FringeCatch debutthewithWind, 4 special featuring all theUniversal favourites, Hurdymakes Gurdya Man, Jennifershows Juniper, Mellow Yellow, Soldier. Aug 20-23 23.30 (00.30) £ 10.00 (£8.00) SUNDAY NIGHTS AT THE PALLADIUM WITH HORSEwithAfter year' s triumphant sell-out shows, Horsemaking returns to thenights Fringe threelast uniqueonly shows featuring guest players Sunday at the Palladium the place to be. Aug 23.30(23.15) (01.00) £ 11.00 (£9.00) Aug 9,16 23 22.00 GRAFFITI ©O©© Venue 90 - Graffiti, Corner Broughton and East London Streets Tickets 557 8330 GI3 ■eccentric GRANDspectacular GRAFFITI EXTRAVAGANZA Nine lavish, wild, celebrations of music from all over the world. 1 'Pure, ineluctable Scotsman Aug 22.30 (03.00)magic£I10.00 Aug 814,15,21,22,28-3 23.45(£8.00) (03.30) ■club.CLUB GRAFFITI Firmly established asCool Edinburgh' s mostLivecivilised eccentric Week days include Amsterdam' s NewLounge Collective, Jukebox and D.Js. Fridays, Midnight Blue, Saturdays, Lizzard as usual. See press for details. Aug 9-13,16-20,23-27,30,31 midnight (03.00) £3.00 Aug 14,21,28 midnight midnight (03.00) (03.00) £7.00 £6.00 (£6.00) (£5.00) Aug 15,22,29 ■exciting NEWmixCOOL COLLECTIVE Amsterdam' finestlatinexponents of(03.00) highly £danceable soul/jazz spicedswith flavours.of the latest Aug 8 22.30 10. 0 0 (£8.00) Aug midnight Aug 9,10,12,13 14,15 midnight (03.00)(03.00) £ 10.00£3.00 (£8.00) ■andDESTINO TANGO Sensational Dutch maestros SextetoCodega Canyengue dancers Club Tango 5 return with Argentinians and Esteban Moreno to present wonderful nights of pureClaudia unrestrained melancholy, romance and passion. ' T he real thing' Scotsman. Aug 12-17,19-22,28-31 19. 2 0 (20.30) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 23,24,26,27 midnight (01.30) £8.50 (£7.50) ■or TANGO Learn tomusic danceof Sexteto with the best international teachers just29,30 enjoy14.SALON the15 spectacular Aug (16.15) £10.00 (£8.00) Canyengue.

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■Flamenco FLAMENCO PURO ALsANDALUZ DiegoandMora' s brilliant gypsy guitar...Tote Conte' furious elegance sensual fire' (12th-16th) Scotsman combine with new musicians and special guest Rosario Serrano toAugcreate another legendary sell-out sensation. HOWS Aug 9,10,12-14,17,19,20,23-27,30,31 15,16,21,22,28,29 15.30 (16.30) 19.15 (20.15) £7.50 (£6.50) ■dancer FLAMENCO RosarioandSerrano, acclaimed andpassionate teacherMASTERCLASS initiates, demonstrates inspires internationally whilst performing this PRESLEy complex, dance. Aug 12-15 17.45 (18.45) £7.50 (£6.50) ■Branco FADOandRising icon of Portugese traditional gorgeousrenditions. vocalist Cristina Mutiny on the her plangent deliver(£6.50) theirblues, passionate Aug 12-22 (not 18) 20.45guitar (21.45)duo £7.50 bontepi ■BobDEMarley, K BAND New York finestown. bring you lounge music of choice. Radiohead, DylanCity' ands their Aus 7- 30 Aug 9,10,12-17,19,20,23,24,26-31 22.00 (midnight) £3.00 (not 17,18) Aug 21,22 20.30 (22.00) EAST Graffiti a fantastic of music from thefolk at 4pm far flungWINDS corners the oldpresents empire andprogramme beyond. toTu classical, gypsy,ofklezmer andRussian the extraordinary throat From singingtraditional of Huun Huur from Tuva. £5 (£4) Various dates. See following entries for details. ■300LOYKO:THE RUSSIAN GYPSY BAND Direct with descendants offiddles, a yearandoldthegypsydramatic tradition...wild and glorious...armed only twoscarcely acovers guitar haunting power of their singing virtuoso Aug 9-31it' Independent (notTues) (London). 20.55 (22.05) £8.50 (£7.50) ■convey TEREM QUARTET Internationally acclaimed virtuosi from St. Petersburg through their extraordinary repertoire ofvast classical/folk/world every conceivable emotion; joy, sadness, laughter, landscapes, entiremusic, histories wonderfully unforgettable. Aug 23,24,26,27 9,10,12-17,19-22,28-31 Aug 19.20 (20.30)17.45 (18.55) £8.50 (£7.50) ■incredible HUUNthroat HUURTU Rich piercingly musical universe these singing musicians fromevocative Tuva,thewhere meets ofouterMongolia...bizarre, bewitching and beautiful; mostSiberia other-worldly music you' l l ever hear. Aug 9-31 (notTues) 22.35 (23.45) £8.50 (£7.50) ■Quartet COLALAILA Wonderful, wild celebration music. led by 'Queen of Klezmer' Irith Gabriely,of traditional clarinettistJewish extraordinaire. THE STAND COMEDY CLUB PRESENTS Dancing compulsory! Aug 25 19. 2 0 (20.30) £8.50 (£7.50) (£5.00)(£8.00) nr nisht ^J Aug Aug 26-30 28,29,3020.3023.45(22.00) (03.30)£6.00£ 10.00 ■provide M YLLARIT This six piece dynamic folk bandinfrom North West Russia joyful exotic dance music every evening the garden. Aug 9,10,12-17,19-24,26-3 I 19. 0 0 (20.15) £3.00 Aug 25 21.00 (22.30) £8.50 (£7.50) YURI repertoire. ZUZIN Wonderfully classical guitarist VERY BEST ■changing Once heard,accomplished understanding of£5.00guitar(£4.00) musicplaying changesa vast, forever.everAug 9,10,12-17,19-24,26-28,31 14. 0 0 (15.00) Aus 7 - 30 ■ IRAKLY AVALIANI From Scarlatti to Sciabine, Romanticism to OT contemporary gifted pianist covers the whole spectrum.compositions, Brilliant! this exceptionally Aug 9,10,12-17,19-24,26-28,31 12.30 (13.30) £5.00 (£4.00) ■hourNOTTING HILL CARNIVAL INTERNATIONAL - pure magic of Caribbean Carnival, spirit of freedom. Carnival Join us andhappyjam! 10-29 17.30 (19.00) £5.00 (£3.50) sconiSH Aug ■HillMIDNIGHT CARNIVAL WEEKEND Graffiti hosts Carnival International Roadshow. ExploreGrand the sensuous magic Netting and mystery of Carnival. Aug 21,22 23.45 (03.30) £ 10.00 (£8.00) GREYFRIARS KIRK PROMOTIONS OO©© £5 (£4) Venue COMEDY! 131 - Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 1900 K11 ■varied LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALS Local and visiting organists play programmes on the 1990 PeterGiles); CollinsAugorgan: Three or more of the best Scots on the Armstrong; Aug 12 Michael Harris 17 DrAugAug John10 31Andrew Kitchen; Aug 24 live circuit featuring Frankie Boyle, John Walker (Dunkeld);Aug 26(14.00) Jane(StGamble (Memphis); John Young. Aug 10,12,17,24,26,31 13.10 £5.00 (£4.00) Joon Broon, John Gillick, Kenny Harris, ■a varied LUNCHTIME INSTRUMENTAL RECITAL Come,inrelax and enjoy Vladimir McTavish, Susan Morrison, programme of classical andKirk, popular music played themusicians; magnificent surroundings of historic Greyfriars by accomplished local Bruce Morton, Parrot and special Malcolm (guitar),£5.00Lucy(£4.00) Cartledge (flutes) and Robin Mason (cello). Aug 19 Watson 13.10(14.00) star guests. THE STAND COMEDY CLUB, 5 YORK PLACE ^ 558 7272 Beware of imitations! 55

PAUL HEYMAN OOOO Venue 181 - Elim Pentecostal Church, 26 George IV Bridge Tickets 554 5701 Kl I ■ ISRAEL'album S PASSION Electricfeaturing violinist Jewish, Paul Heyman performs from and his highly | acclaimed ' I srael' s Passion' Gospel, Latin, ballads, rave styles. 'AsGuest sizzlingappearance as ever, a maestro of technique and interpretation’ Crossonly). Rhythms. by Solo Plus Theatre Company (afternoons HARPSICHORDS AT ST CECILIA S HALL OO©© Aug Preview (21.00) 10-15Aug23.00 17.90019.00 (18.15) £5.00Free(£3.00) Venue 31 - St Cecilia's Hall, cnr Niddry Street & Cowgate Tickets 229 8018 Kl 3 Aug 10-15 (midnight) ■celebrations. HARPSICHORDS AT ST instrument CECILIA'Scollection HALL 30th Antique openAnniversary in theinmornings HIGHLY RECOMMENDED OO©© to 12.30) and inakeyboard chance of thehall.instruments a series of(10.30 afternoon recitals Scotland'tos hear oldestsome concert Venue 90 - Graffiti,Corner Broughton and East London Streets Tickets 557 8330 GI3 ■BachDAVID POLLOCK plays Suites by Louis and Francois Couperin, ■ HERBIE FLOWERS -THE EDINBURGH FLOWERS SHOW and Handel on the famous 1764/83 Goermans/Taskin harpsichord. The legendary ' S ky' bassist who makes you feel it' s great to be alive. Aug 13 15.00 (16.30) £6.00 (£4.00) Crazy anecdotes, terrificwillmusic. Even people daft enough to imagine it's something be made most(£5.00) welcome, www.zahzah.com. ■contemporaries ORGAN SYMPOSIUM PERFORMANCE Music of Handel and his Aug 16-31 horticultural (not 25) 13.30 (14.30) £6.00 demonstrated by John Kitchen on newly-restored ' H andel' c.Aug1765ISenharmonic ■HANGLIDER) MIKE HATCHARD 18Hatchard' MINUTES OF MARVIN 15.00 (16.30)organ. £6.00 (£4.00) 1997said.we(INCLUDING attempted tonokillflyers. s alter-ego. Don't come, not entertaining, we No posters, Result? Complete ■andMUSIC' S PERFECT MASTER Stunning all-Bach programme. McDonald Sowww.cyperpoint.co.uk.marvin. he's back, but temporally rationed. Otherwise, music and poetrysell-out. rule, Ward play Stanesby oboe (after Reid Collection) and 1769 Taskin harpsichord. Aug 18 15.00 (16.30) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 16-20,22-24,29-31 Aug 26-28 20.45 (21.45) 12.00 (13.00) £5.00 ■French MUSIC FOR ANNA MAGDALENA BACH Lucy Carolan plays two other£6.00 Bach(£4.00) pieces on the 1764 Hass harpsichord. ■manyTINA MAY' Ss leading MUSICsinger, ANDthisMISCHIEF For'official' severalthisyearsyearregarded Aug 20Suites 15.00and(16.30) as the UK' fact became when Tinaby received the BT British Jazz Vocalist Award. Two five star reviews in 1997, ■woodwind, CANTARE-SONARE Bach, Handel and Telemann Cantatas with aAug truly16-22 classy17.show. Cheneryjohn Kitchen, Gerry McDonald. 45 (18.45) £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 22 15.performed 00 (16.30) by£6.00Sandy (£4.00) Aug 23-25,29-3 20.45 (21.45) ■by HARPSICHORD DUETS Lucy Carolan and John Kitchen play music Aug 26-28 12.00I (13.00) Couperin, Bach and Le Roux on Kirckman and Falkener harpsichords. ■BREAKING HAZEL O'GLASS CONNOR AND CORMAC DEjourney BARRAin the- BEYOND Aug 25 15.00 (16.30) £6.00 (£4.00) AAmsterdam songwriter' sthrough turbulentovernight world of rock, ■Miithel, CLAVICHORD DUETS Susan Alexander-Max and Derek Adlam play from teenage runaway in occult movie CPE and J C Bach on 1763 Hass and 1896 Dolmetsch clavichords. ' B reaking Glass' to Celtic rediscovery, told through voice and harp. Aug 27 15.00 (16.30) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 2116-2012.00midnight (01.15) £6.00 (£5.00) ■ CLAVICHORD WEEKEND PERFORMANCES Saturday andtheSunday Aug Aug 23-31 17.(13.00) 45 (18.45) afternoon recitals and evening recitals on antique clavichords from Russell Collection. Aug (16.30) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 29-30 29-30 15.19.0000 (21.00) Music

Music Brand JAMES GRANT, KAREN MATHESON AND THE BT ENSEMBLE OOO© Venue 72 - The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 N13 ■ENSEMBLE JAMES GRANT, KAREN MATHESON AND THE BT SCOTTISH A unique concert featuring the creme of Scotland' s musicians. James Love Karen Matheson (Capercaillie), an all-star band 27andGrant the (exUK' s finest&£ 12.Money), string Aug 20.00 (21.50) 00 andensemble. £ 10.00 Gig of the year! JAPAN EXPERIENCE OO©© Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St Tickets 2219009 K9 ■3-stringed CHIKUZAN Evocative music from the master of tsugaru shamisen, the zither. Her haunting voice and ' i mprovisations of such vitality, grace and fire' allures you first before she 'undertakes a Hendrix-style test to demolition the limits Aug 16-31 exploration 18.45 (19.45)of £6.00 (£5.00)of her instrument' Scotsman. ■bornYAMATO TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DRUMS PowerfulAnrhythms fromalive the-today. earth and sheer reverberating the souls of mankind. tradition, The energy isintoastonishing. One cannot helpancient but be drawn into the hypnotizing beats. A cathartic unforgettable experience. Aug 9-3 I 16.00 (17.00) £8.00 (£7.00) ■ MARI ITSUKI 'OrientalloveDream' aandvocalsoftfantasy. A petite transparent voice singing ballads,romantic jazz. Relax at theladyendwithof athesweet day over 9-22 a drink23.15 listening to her£5.00 sensual Aug (midnight) (£4.00) songs that ends with a lullaby. PHILIP JEAYS ©O©© Venue 47 -The Cafe Royal, l7West Register Street Tickets 556 2549 112 STILLs takePLAYING THE performed FOOL Songs born of experience, expressing one man' on the world, with humour and acerbic wit. Philip Jeays isheard a singer real showmanship. 'The finest new songwriter I've forAug 10songwriter years' Tomwith Robinson. Preview 6 21.45 (22.45) Free £5.00 Aug 7-31 (not 18,25) 21.45 (22.45) KENNY YOUNG AND THE EGGPLANTS: TOXIC SWAMP & OTHER LOVE SONGS OO©© Venue 87 - The Famous Spiegeltent,Top of Waverley Centre, Princes St. Tix 558 8010 J12 ■surreal KENNY YOUNG AND THE EGGPLANTS New CD! New Tour! Truly pop' . List ' A wonderful weird band ...inventive, endearing, very funny.' ScotsmanStandard 'Explore'Bsuch important issuesoddball as giantBrooklyn squirrelspop' and Radio dinnerForth with Elvis.' Evening rilliant semi-acoustic Aug 18-22,25-29 19. 3 0 (20.30) £6.00 (£4.00) (Spiegel Marquee) Aug 23,30 22.15 (23.15) - (Spiegel Tent)

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THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OO©© Venue 100 - Central Hall, West Tollcross Tickets 229 7937 L8 ■orchestras 19TH FESTIVAL OF BRITISH YOUTH ORCHESTRAS Top youth play classical/ contemporary, baroque/ band music. Children, students, disabled, unemployed, FREE. ■Amnesty. EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL YOUTH aid of Conductor: Christopher Adey. Walk to theORCHESTRA Paradise Garden;In Delius. Sea Pictures: Elgar. Symphony No I: Mahler. Aug 15 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■ STOCKHOLM YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Willi Italien: Sundling. The Prodigal Son:Alfven. Macabre: Saint-Saens. Capriccio Tchaikovsky. NoDanse 8:(£3.50 Dvorak. Aug 17 19.30Symphony (21.30) £7.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■ENSEMBLES CAMBRIDGESHIRE Wind OctetCOUNTY in Eb K375:YOUTH Mozart. ORCHESTRA String Quartet Op33: Haydn. Percussion Quartet:Westlake. Aug 18 12.30 (13.30) £4.00 (£2.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■David CAMBRIDGESHIRE YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Angus.Symphony OvertureNoNo8:COUNTY 2:Tormis. Symphonies for Wind Instruments: Stravinsky. Aug 18 19.30 (21.30) £7.00Dvorak. (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Fernandez. GLASGOW ORCHESTRA Conductor:Britten. Elaine HolbergSCHOOLS Suite/ElegiacSTRING Melodies: Grieg. Simple Symphony: Guitar Concerto:Wilson.Threnody 2: Simon. Aug 19 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Medieval DURHAMRenaissance EARLY MUSIC CONSORT Director: Peterinstruments. Wilkie. Aug 20 and 12.30 (13.30) £4.00music(£2.00played OAPonandreplicas Young ofScot)original (Free SUDC) ■ DURHAM COUNTY YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Following the visit to thecontinues International Festivalcelebrations. ofYouth Orchestras in Banff, Canada, the orchestra its Jubilee Aug 20 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■ LONDON TRIOEdward (ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC) Scheldt arr DanielTROMBONE Speer, Bryan Kelly, Harold(Free Walters, AugFetter, 22 12.30 (13.30) £4.00 (£2.00 OAP andWatson, Young Scot) SUDC)Fritz Paver. ■ LEICESTERSHIRE YOUTH Conductor: Parry. Academic Festival Overture: Brahms.ORCHESTRA Dances of Galanta: Kodaly.Russell Our Town: Copland. Symphony No 8: Dvorak. Aug 22 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC)

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Venue 43 - Royal Museum, Chambers Street Tickets 247 4219 K12 ■ LEICESTERSHIRE YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Russell Parry. Academic Festival Overture: Brahms. Dances of Galanta: Kodaly. Excerpts; Symphony 8: Dvorak.FreePomp and Circumstance No I: Elgar. Aug 23 14.No30 (15.30) Venue 100 - Central Hall,WestTollcross Tickets 229 7937 L8 ■ORCHESTRAS WEST GLAMORGAN YOUTH STRINGA varied AND programme SYMPHONIC WIND Conductor: Phillip Emanuel. of classical, film music.£4.00 (£2.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) Augand24 popular 12.30 (13.30) ■Durrant. RSAMDOverture, JUNIOROberon: ACADEMY ORCHESTRA Conductor: Weber. Concerto for 2 Violins: Bach. AnJames American inAugParis:24 Gershwin. Symphony No 2: Arnold. 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Callaghan. EDINBURGH SCHOOLS WIND Conductor: JubileeF:Overture: Sparke. Four ENSEMBLE Character Sketches: Binney.Stephen Second25 Suite Holst.£4.00 Illyrian Aug 12.30in(13.30) (£2.00Dances: OAP Woolfenden. and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Maynes. DUNDEE SCHOOLS SYMPHONY Conductor: Academic Festival Overture: Brahms.ORCHESTRA Clarinet Concerto: Mozart. Charles Adagio for Strings: Barber. Symphony No 8: Dvorak. Aug 25 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■longest FIFErunning YOUTHbigJAZZ Director: Richard Michael.The band£4.00 inORCHESTRA the(£2.00 country over 80Scot) players FYJO 1,2 and 3. Aug 26 12.30 (13.30) OAP with and Young (Free inSUDC) ■Conductor: EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ORCHESTRA George London Symphony No 5:Tchaikovsky. Aug 26 19.30 (21.30)Kelly.£7.00 (£3.50Suite:OAPCoates. and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Ingram. SOUTHAMPTON SINFONIETTA Conductor: Paul Overture,Field. MarriageUNIVERSITY of Figaro: Mozart.Trumpet Concerto: Hummel. Pastiche: Idyll:OAP Wagner. Symphony Mozart. Aug 27 Daniel 12.30 (13.30) Siegfried £4.00 (£2.00 and Young Scot) No(Free32:SUDC) ■WIND WESTORCHESTRAS GLAMORGANConductor: YOUTH, Phillip STRING ANDA SYMPHONIC Emanuel. varied programme ofAugclassical, film and popular music. 27 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■2 Suites FRETSTOP GUITARandENSEMBLE - Atmospheres Moonlight, It'sConductor: a Rainy Day,Roger ChillingMontgomery. Out, Life in the AugFast 28 Lane: 12.30 Roger (13.30)Montgomery. £4.00 (£2.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Ingram. SOUTHAMPTON Conductor: Symphony NoNo32:8:UNIVERSITY Mozart.TrumpetSINFONIETTA Concerto: Hummel, SiegfriedPaulIdyll: Wagner. Symphony Beethoven. Aug 28 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■FreshEDINBURGH SCHOOLS Jim O'Malley. fromtheMontreux playsJAZZ swing,ORCHESTRA jazz/rock and LatinDirector: styles from the 90s. ESJO Aug40s29 to12.30 (13.30) £4.00 (£2.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Overture, EAST SUSSEX ORCHESTRA Conductor: Colin Nights: Metters. PortsmouthYOUTH Point: Walton. Orchestral Fantasy, Wagner Holloway. Symphony No 3 ' E spansiva' : Nielsen. Aug 29 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) Venue 187 - St Giles Cathedral, High Street, Royal Mile J12 ■Conductor: SCOTTISH BORDERS CHAMBER & WIND ORCHESTRAS Kevin Price. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Mozart. Cajun Folksongs: Tichelli. Strauss,Freedel Borgo, Huggens, Copland arr Grundman. Aug 30 Albinoni, 18.00 (19.00) Venue 100 - Central Hall,West Tollcross Tickets 229 7937 L8 ■NigelWEST OF SCOTLAND SCHOOLS CONCERT BAND Conductor: Boddice. 3 Amazing Perils of Grace: Man: Fraser.Tichelli. Africa: Smith. I Am: Boysen. West Side Story:3112.30 Bernstein.(13.30) Aug £4.00 (£2.00arrOAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Conway. WESTEnigma OF SCOTLAND SCHOOLS ORCHESTRA Conductor:William Variations: Elgar. Orkney Wedding, Maxwell Davies. Aug 3 I 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young with Scot) Sunrise: (Free SUDC) ■Journey: HIGHLAND WIND BAND Conductor: Nigel Boddice. Caledonian Fernie. Rhapsody for Flute:Hae:Bulla. Mazama: Chattaway. Zoological Expedition: Sept I 12.3Curnow. 0 (13.30) Scots £4.00Wha' (£2.00 OAPFraser. and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Schubert. THE KELVIN Conductor: GarryNoWalker. Symphony No 5: Mozart aENSEMBLE la Haydn: Schnittke. 7:(Free Beethoven. Sept I 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP Symphony and Young Scot) SUDC) ■Percussion PERTH and YOUTH ORCHESTRA CHAMBER ENSEMBLES Brass, Woodwind Ensembles and String Quartet. Sept 2 12.30 (13.30) £4.00 (£2.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH ORCHESTRAS continues over 59

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH ORCHESTRAS continued ■Espagnol: PERTHRimsky-Korsakov. YOUTH ORCHESTRA D Eoin Bennet.Mozart, Capriccio Greek Suite:Conductor: Goldschmidt. McCunn, Mussorgsky, Sept 2 19.30Platts, (21.30)Bruch. £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■ENSEMBLE FIFE YOUTH STRINGDawn ORCHESTRA PERCUSSION Conductors: Aird, RebeccaAND Paterson. Warlock, Holst, Fraser, Gauger, Paine, Brown. Sept 3 12.30 (13.30) £4.00 (£2.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■La FIFE YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Graeme Wilson. Overture: ForzaArnold, del Destine:Verdi. for Orchestra: Bernstein.Thorpe Davie, Brahms.£7.00 Divertimento Sept 3 19.30 (21.30) (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Conductor: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA Garry Walker. Pulcinella:CHAMBER Stravinsky. Symphony No 99: Haydn. Symphony No 2: Beethoven. Sept 4 19.30 (21.30) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) ■Espana: LOTHIAN ORCHESTRA Conductor:William Conway. Chabrier.SCHOOLS Five Klee Pictures: Maxwell Davies. & juliet:Tchaikovsky. The Williams. inRomeo Paris: SeptSLark19.Ascending: 30 (21.30)Vaughan £7.00 (£3.50 OAPAnandAmerican Young Scot) (FreeGershwin. SUDC) NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL INTERNATIONAL ROADSHOW ©O©© Venue 50 - Circus of Horrors Big Top, Leith Links Tickets 554 3031 / 226 2428 D20 ■andNOTTING HILLs Big CARNIVAL INTERNATIONAL ROADSHOW at Gerry Cottle' Top! The Magic of Carnival The Spirit of Freedom' London' s TopDJ Steel Orchestra, Soca Band,vibrant, Costumed Mas Dancers, Monarchs, Sound Systems -ting' 50 artists, colourful, dynamicCalypso world music theatre ' c arnival Is we . Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27 22.00 (23.30) £ 10. 0 0 (£8.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28,29 22.00 (23.30) £ 12.00 (£9.00) OLD ST PAUL'S MUSIC 98 OO©© Venue 45 - Old St. Paul's Church & Hall, Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476 J13 ■mystery FESTIVAL HIGH MASSES Soaring music performed amid the magic and of the liturgy in a gloriously gothic setting. Durufle: Missa Cum Jubilo Haydn: Saint Nicholas Mass (23rd), Haydn: Paukenmesse (30th). '(16th), A sensuous The Scotsman. Aug 16,23,30miasma' 10.30 (12.15) Free ■ HILDEGARD OF BINGEN Celebrate thespiritual 900th anniversary ofandthe greatest Abbess, passionate mystical(medieval writings.with Fourher angelic voices plainchant, from CappellaMcDougal Nova,symphonies joined by William Taylor harp and symphony) and Gillean (reader). Aug Aug 17,18 17,18 14.16.0055 (15.00) (17.00) £6.00 (£4.00) ■entertainment FACADE William Walton and EdithofSitwell' s sparklingly delicious performed by members the orchestra of Old St. Paul's, directed Shankland. Aug 20 by20.15Leslie(21.30) £6.00 (£4.00) ■candlelight, FAREWELL s Farewell Symphony, performed by formsSYMPHONY the centre pieceHaydn' inofaOldprogramme ofconducted classic and early romantic music, performed by the orchestra St. Paul' s , by Robert Dick. Aug 27 20.15 (22.00) £6.00 (£4.00) OUT OF OBLIVION OO©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ■groups OUTaround, OF OBLIVION One of the most entertaining and mould-breaking the Oxford Concert Party return following last year' s success with theirofexuberant, offbeat musical cabaret from Baroque to Tango. 'A bunch superb musicians' Telegraph. Aug 19,20,23,24,26,27 17.30 Daily (18.35) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 21,22,28-31 17.30 (18.35) £8.00 (£7.00) Venue 87 - The Famous Spiegeltentjop ofWaverley Centre, Princes St. Tix 558 8010 j 12 ■AugOUT 25 OF 19.00OBLIVION (20.10) £7.00 (£6.00) PHILOMUSICA OF EDINBURGH OO©© Venue 91 - St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place J7 ®BachBACH Bach violin concerto in E, Albrechtsberger trombone concerto, Cantata no 56, Bach 2 violin concerto in D min. Aug 9 20.00 (21.40) £6.50 (£5.00) ■Sammartini BAROQUE Concerti;Vivaldioboe; 3 violin, violin & cello,Telemann viola, Aug IS 20.00recorder, (21.40) Marcello £6.50 (£5.00) Boccherini & Mozart. ■Concertino, CLASSICAL Handel, Mozart (flute Sinfonia Concertante, Donizzeti Cor Anglais Antique Aug 22 20.00Rutter (21.40)Suite£6.50 (£5.00) & harpsichord), Holst St.Paul's Suite 60

■& Vivaldi VIVALDI/CHORAL Vivaldi 4 conducted Seasons (soloby Alison violin David Hume) Gloria(21.40) (Opera£6.50 Camarata Rushworth). Aug 27 20.00 (£5.00) Venue 125 - St Mark's Unitarian Church, Castle Terrace J9 ■ VIOLA overlooked EXTRAVAGANZA Andrew Leesfromandthefriends featuretothethe bizarre. sometimes viola in music ranging traditional Aug 16.30 (17.30) £5.00 Aug 29I 1,13,18,20,25,27 20.00 (21.45) £6.00 ■harpischord BAROQUE DavidMozart, Humealternate violin & Mark Owen play MASTERPIECES Tartini.Wanhall, Handel, programmes. Aug 10,17,24,31 16.30 (17.30) £5.00 ■& piano MARYincluding YOUNGSchubert, & NELDA J HARDIE perform songs for soprano Aug 13 19.30 (21.00) £6.00Brahms, Wolf, Dvorak. ■ CELLO & PIANO RECITAL RobinHindemith Mason &andMichael Lester-Cribb galvanised Britten, Liszt, Lester-Cribb. Aug 14 14.by00Beethoven, (15.30) £6.00 ■soprano A CENTURY OF AMERICAN LOVE SONGS Victoria Cox Buresch Aug IS sings 20.00 Ives, (21.30)Barber, £6.00Gershwin, Ellington, Kern & others. ■(Praeludium DAVID HUME & NELDA Violin and gemsDeby Falla, Kreisler j & Allegro), BeethovenJ HARDIE (Spring Sonata), Blochpiano (Nigun), Milhaud & Copland. Aug 16,30 20.00 (21.30) £6.00 ■ ARIETTE delightful blend of classical arias, romantic flamenco | songs and guitarITALIANS highlights byA Antonella Aug 17,19,21,22 20.00 (21.30) £6.00 Neri soprano & LucaVillani guitar. ■ KANTARO play a fascinating range of regions differentofrhythms style, using instruments mystical the Andesin aincontemporary South America, i Aug 18,20,23,31 20.00from (21.30)the£6.00 ■Heather THE COATES DUO Songs of Love & Nature from Schubert to Copland. soprano£5.00& Leon Coates piano. Aug 19 Coates 18.00 (19.00) j ■classical FRANCIS MARTINEAU Pianothein anunpredictable original stylelinemixing jazz &form influences, delights in riding between &Augimprovisation. He has22.00performed world-wide. 20,21,23,24,25 (23.00) £5.00 ■contralto PHILLIDA BANNISTER & WILLIAM ALEXANDER Songs for and pianoWilliams. by Faure, Mahler, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Stanford, Quilter & Vaughan Aug 22 15.00 (16.30) £6.00 ■Satie,SONGS FOR& Faure. A SUMMER' S EVENING Alison Walker soprano Debussy, Stephen Strauss, DoughtyMozart, piano. Aug 24Donizetti 20.00 (21.30) £6.00 ■medieval RUDSAMBEE Ear-opening unaccompanied songs from all over the world, j modern,(21.30) weddings Aug 25,26to 20.00 £6.00to wakes, by a group of 16 singers. ■of LIGHT AND delights DARK Janet deVignetitbits& Simon Marlow 2 recitals Mediterranean & teutonic including Berliozpresent Les Nuits d'Ete, (26th) and Wagner Wesedonck Lieder, (29th). Aug 26,29 18.00 (19.00) £5.00 ■ CAROLYN JOHNplusMOORE perform French, and English songsCHADWICK for soprano &&piano, first performance of workSpanish by Georgi Mintchev (Bulgaria). Aug 27 13.00 (14.00) £5.00 ■combining CAMEOmusic 'An evening with'..skilful George & Ira Gershwin'. Costumed entertainment readings, Aug 27,28 20.00&(21.30) £6.00 blend of words & music' Scotsman. ■ PIANO FAVOURITES minor Toccata & Schumann, Fugue. Beethoven William Eb sonataAlexander op31/3 & plays popularBach-Busoni pieces by DMozart, Schubert, Aug 29 15.00 (16.30)Debussy, £6.00 Rachmaninov, Chopin & Liszt. ■ guitar PHILLIDA BANNISTER &ALPIN SMART perform songs for contralto &Aug 30 by15.00Castelnuovo-Tedesco, (16.30) £6.00 Dessau, Eisler, Rodrigo & Weill. ■piano. TAKE ME&TO YOUR LIEDER Graham mezzo, Stuart Montgomery ! SongsWolf, poems MarsParker & Sheila Venus) Schubert, Rorem,(from Dorothy etc. on the problems of love. Brahms, Aug 30 18.00 (19.00) £5.00 JONATHAN PRAG ©O©© Venue 47 - The Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street Tickets 556 2549 112 ■thisCLASSICAL GUITAR FEAST Relax, let the beguiling sensuousness of potent instrument delight you. From a vigorous Bach to a vivid evocation of 'Spain. 'Prag has an lovers' impressive command...' Glasgow Herald. AAug guaranteed dream'technical The Scotsman. 8-31 (notguitar 16) 14.05 (14.55) £5.00 (£4.00)

ROBIN LAING & JIM MALCOLM 0Q©0 Venue 102 - Scotch Malt Whisky Society,The Vaults, 87 Giles St Leith Info 554 3451 BI9 WHISKY, WOMEN AND SONG Scotsmen like two things naked and one' s whisky. Witty Scottish songsters Robin Laing & Jim Malcolm celebrate whisky and women in a dram!! lovely venue, well stacked with delicious rare Malts. Price 10-12,17-19 includes one 20.00 free Aug (22.00) £ 12.50 (£ 10.00) ST ANDREW S & ST GEORGE'S AT FESTIVAL TIME oo@© Venue 111 - St Andrew's & St George's Church, 13 George Street Tickets 225 3847 H11 ■entireA very warmSituated welcomein the awaitsNewyouTown, at theSt Andrew' venue where you could spend your Festival! s and St George' s Church offers an ambient atmosphere in which to listen to stunning music programmes. ■ ORGAN19:RECITALS 12: ChristophSweelink, LorenzBach. - Mendelssohn, Parry,Wilson Widor.Aug JohnMozart. KitchenAug- Praetorius, Aug 26: George - Buxtehude, Aug 12,19,26Bach, 12.30 (13.30) Free ■(piano) SONG RECITAL Festival veterans John Cox (tenor) and Leon Coates Schubert' Aug 12 perform 14.30(16.15) £6.00s sublime (£5.00) song cycle 'Die Winterreise'. ■piano). MENAGEMendelssohn Antonella Aloigi, Martinu.A Katharine Wake and ofMark Owenrepertoire. (violin, flute, selection exciting Aug 12Bach, 19.30(21.15) £6.00and(£5.00) ■baroque CRICHTON ENSEMBLE A lively variedandprogramme flute, violin,andcello piano. ranging from Aug 13 to12.30contemporary (13.30) £5.00for(£4.00) ■conquest FIRES from OF LOVE presentSpain, Music at the Alhambra. Songs of passion and 16th century Aug 13 14.30(16.15) £6.00 (£5.00)on period instruments. ■Schubert, PETRADebussy, CASEN Swedish-born pianist offers a kaleidoscope of music. Scarlatti, Aug 13 19.30(21.15)Bartok, £6.00Chopin, (£5.00)'...simply entralled the audience' L'estVaudois. ■andMENAGE Katharine OwenMozart (flute, piano). A water nymph differentFreeinWake worksandbyMark Reinecke, and others. Augsomething 14 12.30 (13.30) ■by MACDIARMID ANDIanSOME FRIENDS songs performed (reader), Ainsworth (singer)Poems and AlanandGraham (pianist). AugJohn14 Fleming 14.30(16.15) £6.00 (£5.00) ■Bach'GUITAR RECITAL Malcolm Watson plays popular classics including s Suiteandin Ponce' E, Britten's Nocturnal, Granados' Vaises Poeticos, Sor's Mozart Variations Aug 14 19.30(21.15)s Sonatina. £6.00 (£5.00) ■Swedish-born PETRA CASEN Music by Bach, and Brahms playedBathby Chronicle. pianist. ' S trength, colourMozart and exquisite phrasing' Aug 15 12.30 (13.30) £5.00 (£4.00) ■a fullASevening OTHERS SEE USofFestival regularsScottish Quernstane with 18th century wordsreturn and music. Aug 15 19.30programme (21.30) £6.00 (£5.00) ■BrianGIRLKellock POWER Here'women s what composers you really, really KatietoWylie and celebrate from want. Schumann Simone. Aug 16 19.30(21.15) £6.00 (£5.00) ■ ANDREW LEES - VIOLAfeaturing A few the highlights from of seven viola. to pique your curiosity, Aug a17set12.30 (13.30)concerts Free ■Britten MARKWILDE AND ALAN naturally and expressive tenor' LES. Britten CanticlesJACQUES (with SandyA Chenary) Finzi's Young Man' s Exhortation. Aug 17 14.30(16.15) £6.00 (£5.00) ■Gareth THREE' S COMPANY Anna Franchi (soprano),Janet Clemson (piano). Bergerettes, Pastourelles, Five EarlyAnnand Songs (harp), (Clemson), traditional songs.(13.30) Aug 18 12.30 £5.00 (£4.00) ■ SAXOPHONE CLASSIQUE GreeneGal(saxophone), !Lester-Cribb (piano). Includes sonatasPhilip by Hans and BernhardMichael Heiden, Concertino by Jacques Ibert. Aug 18 14.30(16.15) £6.00 (£5.00) IBCooper THE TRUTH ABOUT(sopranos), LOVE from Purcell to Porter, laid bare by Frances Lois Johnston Aug 19 and14.30(16.15) £6.00 (£5.00) with Richard Lewis (piano). 0 Bpresented FASCINATING unearthed musical Sonata, history by JohnPrelude RileyDISCOVERIES (piano), includingRecently Beethoven' s International ISAugBach' s London and Fugue. 20 12.30 (13.30) £5.00 (£4.00) ■of VIVIEN LIU Soprano from Geneva performs another ravishing selection lieder i Aug 20 by14.30Rachmaninov, (16.15) £6.00Strauss, (£5.00)Schubert and Faure. Mack Sawyer (piano). ■Victorian TAKE TWO Arias andRathie duets(tenor) from theandworld of opera(bass). and the StuartFree Nick Perfect i Aug 21 12.Parlour. 30 (13.30) ■Songs JUSTfromFANCY 'unusualNantucket and ambitious programme' OrkneyAnother to Kirkcaldy, to Tennessee. JenniferHerald Logan97. and Alan Jacques. | Aug 21 14.30(16.15) £6.00 (£5.00)

Music ■Bach'STs ANDREW’S & STandGEORGE' CHOIRIreland, ANDLeighton ORCHESTRA Cantataconducts. WachetAuf music bySVivaldi, and Howells. Leon Coates Aug 22 12.30 (13.30) Free ■(counter-tenor). EDINBURGHOnlyBAROCK (period instruments) James Huwopera Jeffriesarias this festival! Handel'ands spectacular plus instrumental pieces.appearance Aug 23 14.30 (16.15) £7.00 (£5.00) ■LeonTHECoates FELSENTRIO Heather (soprano), LornaBrahms Holl (clarinet) and musicCoates by Schubert, Cooke, and McCabe. Aug 23 19.30(piano) (21.15)perform £6.00 (£5.00) ■Spring VIOLIN ANDsonatas PIANObyLawrence Alan Jacques play Beethoven Bach and Dunn KennethandLeighton. Aug 24Sonata 12.30and(13.30) £5.00 (£4.00) ■andBEETHOVEN, BRAHMS & BAIRNRHYMES Grown-up(baritone) emotions childhoodBallexperiences. performed by Ian Ainsworth and (piano).£5.00Songs AugPatricia 25 12.30 (13.30) (£4.00) ■ PIANO RECITAL Michael Lester-Cribb performsby Bach Beethoven' major work piano Diabelli £6.00 Variations. Also compositions and thes lastrecitalist. Aug 25for 14.30 (16.15) (£5.00) ■Dancer CELLO ANDin major PIANOrepertoire Captivating duo Ronen Kory (cello) and Geoffrey Aug 27 (piano) 12.30 (13.30) £5.00 (£4.00) works by Beethoven and Faure. ■Geoffrey PIANODancer RECITAL For hisbyEdinburgh recital thisandyear,Schubert. inspirational pianist plays £5.00 music Mozart, Beethoven Aug 28 12.30 (13.30) (£4.00) ■Coates MERLYNTRIO Godson Hair (cello), and Leon PianoDaphne trios Dvorak(violin), (F minor)Patricia and Brahms (B major). Aug 28 (piano). 14.30 (16.15) £6.00by(£5.00) ■ ORGANgalore. SPECTACULAR Maestro Alberto Massimo guarantees thrills and More £5.00 amazing(£4.00) arrangements of stage and screen favourites. Augspills 29 12.30 (13.30) ■David CLARINET AND PIANO Festivalby debut for established Gareth£6.00 Hunt.(£5.00) Works Brahms,recital Lutoslawski, Poulencduoand Finzi. Aug 29Kirby14.3and 0 (16.15) ■pianist AN -AFTERNOON HOROWITZ Favourites of theplayed legendary includes works(piano). byWITH Rachmaninov, Schumann and Scarlatti by Margaret Jaffrey-Smith Aug 30 14.30 (16.15) £6.00 (£5.00) ■ ENSEMBLE Scenes fromfrom operas, operettas and musicals by the popular ten accompanist Augsingers 30 19.and 30 (21.30) £6.00 (£5.00)Fife in this delightful concert. ■explains, FORBIDDEN SONGS OF RUSSIA Elenaformerly - Countesssuppressed Domozhirova plays and sings rediscovered folk songs by thecommunist Aug 31 12.30revolution. (13.30) £5.00 (£4.00) ■by BRAHMS AND ofLISZT An romanticism, entrancing programme of pianoWarzycki. works giants German(£5.00) played by Stefan Augthese 3 I two 19.30(21.15) £6.00 ■music SOLOJ VIOLIN RECITAL BY CLAIRE DOCHERTY to include S Bach, Sept Iby12.30 (13.30)Eugene £5.00Ysaye (£4.00)and Fritz Kreisler. ■Soprano/mezzo KATRINE TOWNHILL ANDandLYNN duets by Brahms Dvorak.HARVEY-ALLAN French, Russian and Polish songs. Songs by Handel, Sibelius. Sept I 19.30 (21.30) £6.00 (£5.00) ■piano FRENCHfrom IMPRESSIONthrough Stefan Warzycki traces the evolution of French Sept 2music 12.30 (13.30)Saint-Saens £5.00 (£4.00) Faure to Ravel and Debussy.

ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL ®0©@ Venue 91 - St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place J7 ■16th:CATHEDRAL FESTIVAL CHORAL SUNDAY SERVICES Messe 10.30 Eucharist: Mozart: Missa Brevis 23rd: 10.30 Eucharist:Vierne: Solennelle 15.30Evensong: Evensong:Tallis 30th: 10.30 Eucharist:Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor 15.30 Aug 16,23,30 30 (11.45)Harris. Aug 23,30 15.310.0 (16.30) FreeFree (Retiring collection to Cathedral Music) ■sungCATHEDRAL FESTIVAL CHORAL EVENSONG ON WEEKDAYS by theliveinternationally renowned Cathedral Choir. Wednesday Aug 19, broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 16.00 (doors close 15.45). Saturday Choristors' Valedictory (nb. no17.30choral evensong on Aug 20,22,27). Aug 29 Aug 17-18,21,24-26,28,29 (18.15) Free Aug 19 16.00 (17.00) Free (Retiring collection to Cathedral Music) ■Father ORGAN RECITALS evening concerts onAssistant) the celebrated Willis instrument.3.I.Tuesday Peter Nicholson Backhouse (FormerAssistant) 2.Michael Mark1879 Pacoe (Oundle award-winner) Stuart (Acting 4. Harris (St Giles' (Organist Aug 4,1 1,Cathedral) 18,25, Sept5. IDennis 20.00 Townhill (21.30) £6.00 (£3.00)Emeritus). ■ LATEgives NIGHT MESSIAEN ORGAN CYCLES Organists organ TimothycyclesByramWigfield performances of 4composer' of the acclaimed composer' this the 90th anniversary of the s birth. 5th: La Nativite du Seigneur,in 12th: L' A scension, 19th: Messe de la Pentecote, 26th: Les corps glorieux. Aug 5,12,19,26 22.30 (23.15) £3.00 ■Hall,LUNCH HOUR RECITALS IN THEviolin, SONGNeilSCHOOL Access:Walpole Chester St.Kitchen, Monday: Melissa Forshaw, Metcalfe, pianoforte. Tuesday: John harpsichord.Wednesday: RupertMeiras, Waddington, violoncello, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, pianoforte. Thursday: Isobel clarsach. Friday: Mark Wood, baritone,Timothy Byram-Wigfield, pianoforte. Aug 10-14 13. 1 0 (13.50) Free (Retiring collection to the Song School Restoration Fund) ■Monday: LUNCH HOUR RECITALS IN ST MARY' S CATHEDRAL Lindsay George Thomson' s 'OriginalCuthbert, Scottish Airs' Tuesday: Lay ClerksSinclair ofpianoforte, the& friends, Cathedral Choir,Alexander Wednesday: flute,, Graeme McNaught, Thursday: Hall,David organ, Friday:The London Trombone Trio. Aug 13.10(13.50) FreeSchool Restoration Fund) (Retiring17-21collection to the Song ■fromLATE NIGHT LASSUS PALESTRINA Two the finesttheMass settings the Highmagnificence. Renaissance20th: sung&Lassus: by theMissa Cathedral Choirofaltera, against neo-Gothic Bel'amfitrit 27th: backdrop Palestrina:of Missa Papae Marcelli. Aug 20,27 22.30 (23.00) £3.00 ■harp.STBritten: MARY'Rejoice S CATHEDRAL CHOIR Five CONCERT with LucyfromWakeford, the Lamb.Tippett: Negro bySpirituals 'A Child ofandourVaughan time'.Williams. Bernstein:in Chichester Psalms and works Leighton, Walton Aug 21 19.30 (21.00) £6.00 (£3.00) ■chamber B MINOR MASSand- choir, LUDUS BAROQUE, Scotland’s orchestra continue theirsetting. festival traditionacclaimed with thisperiod highly charged account of J. S . Bach' s magnificent ' P urposeful performances with great vigour and intelligence' Mary Miller, The Scotsman. Aug 14 19.30 (21.30) £7.50 (£5.00) ■Walpole PHOEBE SONG SCHOOL MURALS Access:and Hall, ANNATRAQUAIR Chester St. illustrate Painted between s acclaimed recently restored MuralsRosetti the canticlel888-l892,Traquair' 'Bareenedicite omniaexpression opera'.They show the influence of Blake, and Botticelli and a moving of faith. Aug 8-23 10.00 (17.00) Free ■conducted CADENZA - FAURE REQUIEM Choirof and Orchestra, byJeanGraham Lovett, perform aCadenza programme Faure - Requiem Cantique de Racine and the second performance of ' T hree Choralesandof Struggle' by Eddie McGuire, Aug 16 20.00 (22.00) £7.00 commissioned (£5.00) by Cadenza earlier this year. ST MICHAEL & ALL SAINTS CHURCH OO©© Venue 95 - St Michael and All Saints' Church, Brougham Street L9 ■music MUSIC ATsetting ST MICHAEL &ALL SAINTS Come and hear glorious sacred in the of high mass for which it was written: Heiligmesse, Haydn (16th 16,23,30 with orchestra); Missa Brevis, Aug I 1.00 (12.30) Free Kodaly (23rd); Missa Brevis, Leighton (30th). SINFONIA PLAYS MAHLER Venue 131 - Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 1900 Kl I ■'Death MAHLER SYMPHONY NO 5 INof hisC#most MINOR Usedsymphonies. by Visconti Don' in hist film in Venice' , Mahler' s fifth is one powerful miss the hearing it LIVE£7.00played(£6.00) by this(C £4.00) exciting orchestra under Neil Mantle. Septthrill5,6 of17.00(18.15) 62

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t- THE SPIEGELTENT ©O©© Tfrgai!#i Venue 87 - The Famous Spiegeltentjop ofWaverley Centre, Princes StTix 558 8010 J12 SPIEGEL MUJIK The ultimate, global music deli.THE SPIEGEL MUSIC FESTIVAL. Music to thenotes,ears.eccentric A World Music showcase: dancebands, cabaret, blue noteswonderful and bent concerts, days, wicked nights.ensembles, potent performers, spell binding ■Premier THE Jazz EDINBURGH venueINTERNATIONAL and club - 'Blue NoteJAZZ Cafe',FESTIVAL concerts, workshops, showcases andFestival dance Aug 1-9 12.00 (03.00)palace. (See jazz and venue programme). ■- savvy FRUIT S piece acoustic,spunk, funk/electric, jive chutzpah. band. Eclectic and original lyrics17.30 with(19.00) upfront energy and Aug 3-8 £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 28-31 14.30 (16.00) ■ WASHBOARD HANK Hank is aband. master children' s entertainer. See his Quirky solo kidsCanadian show aswith well crazy as hissongs, fiery acoustic Aug Aug 7-12 10-12 14.00 19.00(15.00) (20.30) £3.00 £7.00 (£5.00) ■Shuttleworth BOUM! 'Bunder rel triestherapinfluence in a Michel LegrandMingus. mood,Brilliant.' performedSunday like John of Charles Telegraph. Aug 7-13 19.30 (20.30) £6.00 (£4.00) ■diverse LYNN4-piece HAZELTON AND DESERT CHILD From outback Australia; combine flavoursguitars. of contemporary folk, country, R & B, jazz soulful harmonies and acoustic Aug 23-31 i 0-15 17.18.0000 (18.30) Aug (19.00) £6.00 (£4.00) FISHING INdualAMERICA An inspiring mix ofRock musicianship andI TROUT humour-impeccable lead vocals...Folk and Blues, and Reggae. Aug 10,12,14 22.30 (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug Aug 1315,16midnight 19.00 (01.00) (20.30) SAM' SCut BAND Jivein totheSoul.This Big Swing lateI FAT night arse!22.30 the rugJumplate, 'Spiegel Easy' ! band kicks Aug i 1,13 (midnight) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug (01.30)(01.30) Sept 141,4 23.45 midnight ■ THE WELL SISTERS Cowgirls with attitude! Womad and Spiegel I. favourites.They' rOILED e sassy, sexy and take 1,12 midnight (01.30) £7.00 (£5.00)no prisoners. Good times guaranteed! , Aug Aug I14,17 19.00 (20.30) I EDINBURGH SHOWCASE NEW MUSIC CLUB I Top unplugged acts,SONGWRITERS open mic,part.CD launches. Changes nightly. Call 0131 228 8245 to take ) Aug 7-31 22.45 (01.00) £3.50 (£2.50) HOUSE Sell-out inScotsman. 96/97, this is the year of Blue House. J1 Aug 'BIeg,BLUE borrow or steal a (22.30) ticket'hitsThe£7.00 7-10,13-16 21.00 (£5.00) \! Aug 17-22 22.30 (23.30) Aug 24,26,28,30 midnight (01.00) ON THE VERGE Edinburgh-based songwriters Polly Phillips, .11‘ Aug HollyWOMEN Tomas, Woodstock Taylor perform coffee-house 11,12,18,19,25,26 21.00 (22.30) £6.00 (£4.00) music from their new CDs. ■ NICK HARPER Top London acoustic performer from world tour with Nifty (£4.00) tunes by bloke with 'ofresh wn' brain. Aug Difford 14,15 19.and30Tilbrook. (20.40) £6.00 CEOLBEG Well-known but not often heard Scottish six-piece folk band take the Augstage.Wonderful 13 19.00 (20.30)instrumentals, £7.00 (£5.00)evocative singing. Only Fringe appearance. TAM WHITE' CELTIC BLUES living legend and funk, S(02.00) blues, jazz£8.00band you'llCONNECTION hear - anywhere! AAcooking outfit! Augthe16-22best23.45 (£6.00) MOSE SCARLETT First time on the Fringe. Scarlett could croon the an armadillo. Stirs...the Augscales 13-22off18.00 (19.00) £6.00 (£4.00)heart of the blues. PAUL KELLY 1997 Australian artistsofHalltheofyear. singer the best. isongwriter, platinum album, music' FameAcclaimed - quite simply Aug 17.00triple(18.30) Aug 2123,24,27,31 19.30£7.00 (20.30)(£5.00) DICK GAUGHAN Now hear this!Power, Umpteenth Fringe performance by the greatest Scottish Aug 18,19living19.00 (20.30)singer/guitarist. £8.00 (£6.00) passion, tenderness...it's all there. THEgrade POOZIES All-tooandraresingers. Fringe appearance from this all female quartet lof|Augtop UK musicians 20-22 19.00(20.30) £8.00 (£6.00) First Scottish appearance since new CD. I RORY MCLEOD Sell out last year. Rory is a one-off-brilliant multilliinstrumentalist, original,£7.00 powerful, Aug 24 19.00 (20.30) (£5.00)political and unmissable! Fringe favourite! RENEE GEYER The undisputed described Blues, soul,23.45dance(01.30) - vocal£7.00 power to melt'voice' cold- steel. Love asher!a National Treasure. Aug 23 (£5.00) Aug Aug 2426 22.30 19.00 (23.30) (20.30)

Music ■Featuring SEELYHOO MightilySisters' talentedandyoung Scottish 'Theshow. Wrigley Sandy6-piece Brechin.contemporary Gaelic and English songs.band. Only Fringe Aug 25 23.45 (02.00) £7.00 (£5.00) ■singer-songwriters. TYMPANALI Annual conteststudio to findrecording, 1998s hottest Prizes: original BBC livesong sessions, gigs and more. Details:10,17,24 0131 22822.458245. Aug (01.00) £3.50 (£2.50) Aug 27 21.00 (22.30) ■songs, COLIN HAYtales The voiceconsummate of 'Men at Work' will charm you with his killer hysterical Aug 28,29 19.00 (20.30)and £8.00 (£6.00) guitar. ■ THE OLD BLIND band. DOGSDance A Fringe first appearance for this top-quality Aberdeen Scottish Aug 27 23.45 (01.00)folk£7.00 (£5.00) ya sporran off! ■ RUBYroots,FRUIT JUNGLE 'Intoxicating, World dance grooves, powerfulexhilarating, pop songs.distinctive' We promiseScotsman, the dance97. ofAugyour22-31life! 17.sharp 00 (18.30) £7.00 (£6.00) ■ THE OYSTERBAND Political songs and furious folk, rock anthems, pioneers ofAug roots-rock crossover,The 30 19.00 (20.30) £7.00 Oysters (£5.00) are legend. A class act on any occasion. ■multi-instrumental MAKVIRAG Direct fromyouBudapest, Hungary,andthispersuasive multi-talented, trio bring the sensuous songs and rhythms Europe. Aug 28,29of Eastern 21.00 (22.30) £6.00 (£4.00) ■highTHE VAST MAJORITY Four of the tunes best Scottish and powerful reflective - a rare folk treat!musicians Septoctane 2 19.00reels (20.30) £7.00 (£5.00) HOTviolinist CLUBAlex WITH NIGELandCLARK Hot Grappelli/Reinhardt Jazz of■SeptTHE Paris4 with 19.00(20.30) £7.00Yellowlees (£5.00) virtuoso guitarist Nigel Clark. ■butLEONARDO' S BRIDEsense'Bleeding Stone), emotional tough - an22.30irreverent of(£5.00) cool.Divine' Great (Rolling new band, nottender, to be missed! Sept 2,4,5 (23.30) £7.00 Sept 3 17.00 (18.30) Looking for a harp concert? St. John's Church (Venue #127) August 15 5:00pm August 17 5:00pm August 18 7:30pm August 19 7:30pm New York Flute & Harp Project £5.50 (£3.50) West End and Princes St. ^.Because y, %,/%ds st«#'

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PARK STICKNEY OO©© Venue 127 - St John's Church, West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 ■limitNEWYORK FLUTE & HARP PROJECT Within spitting distance to the of musical good taste (somehow their ' F rankenstein Sonata' and ' K lezmer Schubert' madePiazzolla... the canon!), Immanuel Davis and Park Stickney also play Bach, haven' Damase,t yet Faure, Aug (18.00) £5.50 (£3.50) Aug 15,17 18,19 19.17.3000 (20.30) ■passion PARKsweat HARP JAZZMiles TRIOStingharpVianbassSatie, drumsHitchcock jazz swingandblues bop joyVillage, Ellington Greenwich delicious musical tightrope-walking and torch-juggling. Aug 20 22.0019.30(23.00) Aug (20.30)£5.50 (£3.50) Aug 21,24 22 17.00 (18.00) SWEET SOUL SISTERS 00©0 Venue 126 - St John's Church Hall, West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 ■experience. NAKEDAnVOICES can' t missfrom this extraordinary hour ofYou popjustandRadio passion the acappella 90s. 'Brilliantly versatile with fabulous voices' 4, 'Crystaltheclear50sandto hauntingly beautiful' Vancouver Sun. Sold out ' 9 6 Fringe. Aug 16-22 20.30 (21.30) £6.50 (£5.00) THE TASS OO©© Venue 30 - The Netherbow Theatre, 43 High Street Tickets 556 9579 J13 ■of TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF SCOTLAND Experience the living stream tradition. Gaelic songs from the Wetern Isles, classic ballads and Scottish airs. Enjoy an sevening session ofandgenuine traditional music performed by some of Scotland' sangters. Aug 10-30finest (not musicians 16,23) 22.00 (23.15) £8.00

TRON CEILIDH HOUSE OO©© Venue 9 - Tron Ceilidh House, 9 Hunter Square, High St. Tickets 226 0931 K12 ■Scottish THE folk CEILIDH HOUSE SESSIONS Feature the best in live traditional played isinalla you traditional s history,offineScotland. ales and good food,music, the music need topub.soakWithup theTron' the atmosphere ■Songs SONGS OF SCOTLAND TOM SPIERS & ARTHUR WATSON fromfinetheentertainers. rich traditionTomof and northeast and whistle from two ArthurScotland hark backplustofiddle the glory days of their legendary band(21.20) The Gaugers. Aug 9,10,11 20.00 £5.00 (£4.00) ■Foundry SONGSBar OF Ex-frontman with the and legendary BandSCOTLAND presents songs- JIM frominREID Perthshire, Dundee, Angus One of the country' s top songwriters a traditional vein, he mixes theFife. old with Aug self-penned 12,13,14,18favourites. 20.00 (21.20) £5.00 (£4.00) ■some SONGS SCOTLAND MACKENZIE provides of theofOF most evocative and -beautiful Scottish- The songs.Gaelic Thisalivetradition vocal triomaterial - Fiona Mackenzie the band Seelyhoo and her sisters brings it with from their stunning new album. Aug 15,16,17 20.00 (21.20) £5.00 (£4.00) ■Scotland' SONGS SCOTLAND - ADAM MCNAUGHTON An icon of s folkofOFGlasgow, music scene, master humouristandMcNaughton sings songs his native city.songwriter A hugely and entertaining rousing act. Witty and wickedly clever. Aug 19,20,21 20.00 (21.20) £5.00 (£4.00) ■ScotsSONGS OF SCOTLAND - BRIAN MCNEILL emigrant plus isdazzling fiddles most musicmeaningful from his new album.TheSongs formerof the Battlefield Band man 'SAcotland' contemporary songwriter' , says The Scotsman. master of songs in the tradition. Aug 22,23,24 20.00 (21.20) £5.00 (£4.00) VALVONA & CROLLA OO©© Venue 67 - Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, top of Leith Walk Tickets 556 6066 GI5 ■clarinet, ANNEbassEVANS &flute, DICKrecorders, LEE Twosaxophones.Tuneful performers, eight music instruments: piano,sides | clarinet, from both of the13,14,21 jazz/classical15.00divide Satie(£5.00) to Scott Joplin, Benny Goodman and beyond. Aug (16.15)- Eric£7.00 Aug 17 17. 3 0 (18.45) Aug i Aug 2425,2613.0019.(14.15) 45 (21.00)

■ ARBOREA ENSEMBLE acclaimed period instrument group...don' tcontemporaries. missMUSICA/LOKI them' The Scotsman. ProgrammeThe changes daily - Bach,Vivaldi, Handel and ' B reathtaking...pure delight' The Scotsman. Aug 10-14,18-22,24-26,29,3 Aug 45 (21.00) I ,Sept I 10.30 (11.45) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 2815,1715.019.0 (16.15) ■perform CANZONI D'Afrom MOREtheAntonella Neri (soprano) love songs delicate Italian renaissanceandto LucaVillani the charming(guitar) flamenco, through famous arias and guitar solos. Aug 10-12 19.45 (21.00) £7.00 (£5.00) ■sparkling ITALIAN/EDINBURGH YOUTH WINDandQUARTET Play Rossini's four quartetstalented, for flute, oboe, clarinet horn. An exciting programme Aug 15,17 by10.30four(11.45) £7.00young (£5.00)musicians. ■programmes SEEK OUTfeaturing THE HAYDN PLACEHaydn. The Edinburgh Quartet present fourto works of Joseph A bright,salue fresh anddernier lively way start your festival day ' u n tonnere d' a ppaudissements le accord' L'AugOrient27,28, du Jour, SeptBeirut. 2,3 10.30 (11.45) £ 10.00 (£8.00) ■Crolla SONGS OFall-new ITALYshow ANDof favourite NAPLESarias PhilipandContini returns with an songs, and tellsThetoValvona stories of&wine, sunshine, laughter and love ' s ings with passion and sentiment' Scotsman. Aug 13,14,20-22,27-29 19.45 (20.55) £7.00 (£5.00) WHISTLEBINKIES OOO© Venue 111 - St Andrew's & St George's Church, 13 George Street Tickets 225 3847 HI I IImusic WHISTLEBINKIES One of Scotland' s longest established traditional groups Scottish music oldbagpipes, and newclarsach, in a wonderful acoustic setting: Gaelic perform and Scots Lowland flute, fiddle, viola, concertinas, 'Wsongs, anton Aug 29 19.30drums. (21.30)CD£6.00 (£5.00)Fling' (Greentrax); new one due Autumn 1998. THE WHITBURN BAND OOOO Venue 72 - The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 N13 ■Musician DEFINITELY NOT BRASSEDextraordinaire OFF!!! featuring theSpillett, 1998 BBC Young of the Year, percussionist Adrian in concert with Scotland'swith award-winning WhitburnCo.Band (conductor Major Peter Parkes), in association Aug 13 19.45 (22.00)Punter £ 10.Southall 00 £7.00 &£5.00

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BETWEEN THE LINES Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 ■PaulBETWEEN THEbackstage LINES Edinburgh premiereLifeofandAlanartAyckbourn and Todd' s romantic musical comedy. intertwine two actors rehearse for sa On. new musical. 'One of the finest shows you willas find on the Fringe' What' ®o©o Aug 7-31 15.45 (17.00) £7.00 (£6.00) ABBOTSFORD SCOTT Venue 103 - Abbotsford Scott, 18 Morningside Road Tickets 447 1122 BUNBURY & CO ■of JOCHANAAN Third Rail Company and death Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 John theWestBaptist. 'BAward-winning etter than Godspell' FFP,surprise 'as goodpackage' assingthetheScotsman. biglifemoneyspinning THE ZOO without Gilbert!aAsimple romantic tenorandapothecary with a Aug 3-22 (notEndSuns)musicals' 20.00 Festival (21.30) Times, £5.00'a(£4.00) suicide wish,inSullivan a nobleman in disguise, soprano her hard-hearted father meet London Zoo the ingredients for a light-hearted tilt at the AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLTHEATRE FESTIVAL^o Aug conventions of grand opera. 8-17 20.15 (21.05) £6.50 (£5.00) 06 Venue 137 - Church Hil Theatre, Morningside Road CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ADC ■ i HEAR AMERICA SINGING A-wonderfully entertaining musicalofhistory tour across 20th Century USA (1920 1990s). An exciting production song, Venue 37 - George Square Theatre, George Square Tickets 662 8740 dance, narration and multimedia, the American story unfolds through the most ■Riding INTOHood THEmeets WOODS Sondheim' s meet astounding fairytale fusion,discover whereglass Red popular16 music our time. t miss it! Rapunzel, witches wolves, and giants Aug 12.20 of(13.30) £3.00Don' (£2.00) slippers. But will it be happily ever after? From the people behind I996' s Aug 17 22.20 (23.30) Chicago s Company, both ***** Scotsman. Aug 14.20 (21.30) (15.30) Aug 8-30and(not1997'17,24) 18.00 (19.40) £8.00The(£6.00) Aug 2021 20.20 ■average YOU'day RE inAtheGOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN This musical follows an C-NRG PRODUCTIONS lifemusical of Peanuts comicwithstripshort characters Charliewill Brown MI2, friends. It alternates numbers scenes that delightandbothhis Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 young and old. ■musical RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET ...Theandspectacular Rock Aug 16 14.16.0055 (15.50) (17.50) £3.00 (£2.00) that' s out of this world!! Join Captain Tempest his crew as they Aug 18 blast throughWipeout, the galaxyMonster on a cosmic evening entertainment!! Aug (19.50) Hits include: Mash,(22.00) Johnny £7.00 BofGoode... Aug 2022 18.12.0055 (13.50) Aug 5,6,9-11,13,16-19,23-26 20.20 (£5.50) A... MY NAME ISnotch ALICEcomedy This slick andlyricists lively musical revue created by Aug 7,8,14,15,21,22,28-30 20.20 (22.00) £7.50 (£6.00) a■a wide variety of top writers, and composers offers marvellous of contemporary women. Fast-paced, sophisticated, CRAIGMOUNT YOUTH THEATRE OO© hilarious: seeingkaleidoscope is believing. Venue 120 - Inverleith Church Hall, Ferry Road (opp Granton Road) Info 447 6603 Aug 1718,2118.15(19.45) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 16.15(17.45) ■ SHOWSTOPPERS THE MOVIES Following tremendous local success, Aug 22 14.15 (15.45) now youthetoogreatest can experience Showstoppers.Join us onfavourites a magicalisjourney through hits of the movies. One of your bound . ■musical WESTto the SIDEworld' STORY Talented American young people bring this classic toAugbe20-29 there.(not Please23)bring19.1your own popcorn! s stage with superb singing and exciting choreography, 5 (22.05) £5.00 allforwrapped in gorgeous costumes and evocative scenery. Great entertainment Aug 22,29 14.15 (17.05) the17,19 entire16.family - Don't miss it! Aug Aug 20,22 20.0505 (17.55) (21.55) £3.00 (£2.00) DEMARCO EUROPEAN ART FOUNDATION OOO© Venue 128-Youth International at St Oswald's, Montpelier Park Info/Tix 346 1405/229 5562 N6 Venue 164 - New Parliament House, Regent Road Tickets 661 3088 JI5 ■characters, INTO THE WOODS bringing to musical life well known fairytale THE MINISTER BY ROGER SCRUTON A onewho act opera thatlovers recently reflects the complications of living in modern society and the caught the critics eye.The tale of a Cabinet Minister sacrifices difficult choicesenough we encounter.Witty enough to make old stories fresh for and principles byTimes. amibition, 'a disarmingly unpretentious and often artful piece adults, lovely to enchant youngsters. of writing' Aug 16,21 20.05 (21.55) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 24-29The17.30 (18.45) £15.00 (£12.00) Aug 18 16. 0 5 (17.55) Aug 22 22.05 (23.55) OOO©! DEMONTFORTTHEATRE COMPANY ★ ■ PEACOCKS &thePEANUTS istheatre. an originalDiscovering musical.Atheruthless Venue 79 - The Subway, 69 Cowgate attempts todead destroy last standing CEOto isCEO the son of the director, the residing ghosts collaborate in order awaken CABARET Come to the Cabaret, a musical encapsulating all the fantasy his suppressed love of art. suspense musical genre. ride on awithroller-coaster of emotion, clubofand style Aug 1718 20.15 (21.45) £3.00 (£2.00) dancing andinof the memorable tunes Ainterlaced the difficulties and trauma Aug 22.15 (23.45) surviving I930' s Berlin. Aug Aug 28,29 12.15 (13.45) £4.50 (£3.50) Aug 2122 16.15(17.45) 14.15 (15.45) ANGELIC VOICES Need more information? Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 KI0 Ring the Fringe on 0131-226 5257 9Inn!ROBERT STOLZ Take a ticket to Vienna, Hollywood, and the White Horse From romance and Oscars to daring wartime exploits, the fantastic true story of theAndrew last great waltz'4king. internationally-acclaimed Marie Hayward Segal and McNeill. stars.From Excellent!' Scotsman. Aug 5 (11.55) £5.50 (£4.50) The National Music Double6-3BiI l (not with Suns) Come On,10.4Everybody Sing! (Music) £7.00 (£5.00) Supported byYouth Andrew Lloyd WebberTheatre ANTIC DISPOSITION Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 Ktstimj-Datuz ★Central ■ FALL FOR MEIt isNot your average funked-up musical tale ofthat alienbrought lust! Park 1967. the Summer of Love...From the company you First winnerMusicians Saucy Jackand&Martians. The Space Vixens: now Shakespeare's DreamFringe Aug 6-31crawling (not 18)with22.30 (midnight) £7.00 (£5.00) THE APOSTLE PLAYERS OOO© Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 ★performed WAITING FOR AN ANSWER A musical story of our time, written and by an established West Midlands Company. we asking the wrongbequestions or not recognising the Touring right answers? ThisAreis Josie' s story -Aug it could yours. 24-29 18.30 (19.45) £4.00 (£3.00) 66

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DIABOLICAL PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 K11 ★house FAUST TheIf you' Devilrehasgoodgotwith lost directions in Edinburgh(oronwanthis towayseefromhowChris Evans' to Hell. he and his minions10-23cope(notin the17) most musical ever), join us. Aug 22.20innovative (23.50) £4.00 (£3.00) EDINBURGH ACTING SCHOOL OOOO Venue 177 -YMCA.73 Ferry Road 556 0007/0385 726095 BI7 ■ BYEpopular, BYE BIRDIE A parody of'Rthe Elvis popfeelphenomenon, setwillinentertain the widely hip gyrating Rock' n oll era.This good show allPerformed ages. Wonderful costumes, terrific singing, dancing and acting. 14 years - adults. Aug 10-15 by19.00(21.15) £6.00 (£4.50) EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY SAVOY OPERA GROUP ®Q©0 Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LIZ TRIAL BY JURY Mewsflash! Angelina sues Edwin for breach of marriage promise come and hear the judge' s verdict. Gilbert and Sullivan' s musical courtroom - a realin gem. Presented by EUSOG - awarded 5 stars for urder18.comedy at4the Savoy' Aug'M8-18 5 (19.30) £5.001996. (£4.00) EDINBURGH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE OO©© Venue 117 - Viewforth Centre, 104 Gilmore Place Tickets 229 7659/ 336 1081 M6 ■storyGREYFRIARS BOBBY An exciting new musical telling the familiar of the Skyeof terrier and his Aloyaltuneful 14 year amongst the and characters old Edinburgh. and vigil. livelySetproduction fromchildren an award-winning Aug 17-22 18.company. 15 (19.45) £5.00 (£4.00) ■London. CAPTAIN STIRRICK grippingpickpocket and dramatic tale set inthe19thrichcentury Ned Stirrick and hisofApuppet infant gang plunder With the colourful world shows and ballads of old London.to survive. AAugFringe classic. 24-29 19.30 (21.45) £5.50 (£4.50) HAILEYBURY OOOO Venue 167 - Moray House Theatre, Canongate/St John's Street Tickets 6672212 KI4 ★ ■ THE YEAR OF THE PIG (World Premiere). A 'pig, princess and the. animals of the Chinese horoscope are swept up in the G reat Revolution' Aunforgettable magical lovemusic. story Oink!-Oink! combining dazzling physical theatre (a giant pig!) and Aug 9-15 16.00 (17.45) £5.50 (£4.50) LEICESTERSHIRE YOUTH ARTS OO©© Venue 65 - StAnn's Community Centre,South Gray's Close, Cowgate Tickets 557 0469 KI3 THE WIZ Dorothy and friends ease on down the Yellow Brick Road toRossa Wizard of OzJackson who REALLY rocks! The musical madenotfamous by Diana and live on(13.00) stage...We' definitely in Kansas anymore! AugMichael 17-29 (not 23) - 12.00 £4.50re(£3.50) LITTLEbutSHOP OF HORRORS Skid Can RowlifeSeymour isworse? madly You in lovebet...And with Audrey sheI shakes doesn' titsknow heandexists. get any when Audrey leaves screams ' F EED ME!' , you better listen..! Aug 17-29 (not 23) 20.00 (21.15) £4.50 (£3.50) MORE PRODUCTIONS 00©0 * Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 KI3 ★ PORTRAIT OF ANa solar UNKNOWN WOMAN Strangers meetmillennium, in the :i desert in 1999, hoping eclipse will bring them a happy new Sun, sex andexplicit songs meet inAdults a creative dramatic and moving show. i Contains Aug 11-19 (not 16)language. 23.15 (00.45)only. £6.50 (£4.50) OOOO NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 THE KISSING-DANCE or She Stoops to Conquer Sparkling new musical by(TheCharles Hart ofMrtheBean) Opera,based Aspects of Love) and Howardcomedy. Goodall Hiredstylish Man,and(Phantom Blackadder, on Goldsmith' s famous Spirited, witty burlesque. Preview Aug 10-13Aug18.18.9000018.00 (20.40)(20.40) £9.50£7.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15 (20.40) £10.50 (£8.00) I NENA PRODUCTIONS Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 HI0 ■ HAIRthrough The breakthrough rockofmusical from the 60'Americans s which laughs, sings and lljif] shaggy dances the perspective a group of young whose hair and embodied 23.55 the revolutionary Aug 7-30lifestyles (not 12,19,26) (01.30) £7.00essence (£5.00) of a generation.

Musicals and Opera NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY PLAYERS, USA OOOO Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 LI3 ■thatBLACK BROADWAY RHYTHMS A finger-popping rollercoaster celebrates the creative genius of the African-American contribution to musical theatre. Fun, with genuine low-down blues. Broadway hits frivolity deliveredandwithlaughter powerseasoned by this African-American company from Virginia. Aug 10-15 22.15 (23.45) £5.00 (£4.00) NORTH BERWICK YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE OG©0 Venue 127 - St John's Church, West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 ■localGODSPELL Don't miss this memorable show performedanimated by lively, talented youth. ' E nthralling...superb...almost psychadelic...skillful choreography...first class performance...a show Courier. of which any adult company would have been justifiably proud' East Lothian Aug Aug 10-14 17 19.3017.15(18.45) (21.00) £5.50 (£3.50) PATCHWORK THEATRE OO©© Venue 167 - Moray House Theatre, Canongate/St John's Street Tickets 667 2212 K14 ★ ■ TRASH by Chris Annetts. With the award winninghomelessness PALACE YOUTH THEATRE, KILMARNOCK. A gripping story of teenage combines with a strongMusical scoreStages. to produce a riveting new musical, '...original, ground breaking..' Supported Aug 9-15 14.30 (15.30) £5.00 (£4.00)by East Ayrshire Council. ★For■Kevin TARTAN Homeandruleveryfor personal. Scotland?Past A historical question relevantin toa highly us all. it'smusical current and present interweave topical new from this vibrant young company. Written Aug 16-29and 14.directed 30 (15.30)by Chris £5.00Annetts. (£4.00) PLEASANCE FESTIVAL OF THEATRE 98 OO©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ★ ■ GANGSTA RAPTURE This hard-hitting new musical,violent set inascityits club-land, is as spectacular, dangerous, bloody and thrillingly Shakespearean source material.There is a distinct feel to the language and the17-20,23,24,26,27 music features soul,18.1ragga, gangsta-rap, funk'street' and swing. Aug 5 (19.25) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 21,22,28-3 I 18.15 (19.25) £7.50 (£5.50) THE REALISTIC THEATRE COMPANY OF EDINBURGH OO©© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ■of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN Take a magical journey back to the days steam. ' L othian' s brightest Youth Theatre Company' celebrates its fifth with a musical adaptation of Edith Nesbit's best loved story. Aanniversary day (not out forSuns) all the16.00family. Auggreat10-29 (17.50) £7.00 (£5.00) RIPLEYTHEATRE ®0©0 Venue 13 - Harry Younger Hall.Lochend Close, Canongate 07050 161320 JI5 ★DOLLY ■ THETelevision, JOLLY FOLLY OF POLLY THE SCOTTISH TROLLEY film and National Theatre actress Lowri Mae is Polly in fourteen of musical showstoppers 'Him in 23C and 'L7-22 ivingminutes like See mayhem. also(£0.50) Ripley'Featuring s Theatrethelisting. Aug 16.25Lesbians' (16.40) . £1.00

Musicals and Opera ROYAL HOLLOWAY MTS & FIRSTBUSH ARTISTS LTD ©o©o MI2 Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 ★story■ LIFTS a new musical. Enter the world of the spirit... Start your first liftand and reveal a Pandora' s Box of ambition, deceit, rivalry, unrequited love mystery you hurtle towards Aug 6-22as 22.25 (midnight) £6.50a startling (£5.00) climax... 'exceptional score' The Stage. SHOULDER AND NECKTIE ARTS OOO© Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Victoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 J11 ★only■ rival THEin MEDIEVAL MUSICAL MELEE Funny as hell! Monty Python' s a dose ofMisfits nonstop music, See the unique roll call ofyouMedieval fight for thecomedy Princess.andBemovement. ready to sing-along, but beware, up on£4.00 stage.(£2.00) Aug 24-29 12.may45end (14.15) SHREWSBURY SCHOOL OOO© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 22 i 2 M12 JEKYLL! Fringe First winners return with 'a ofVictorian towering example ofandyouth musical' The Scotsmon.Visit the murky world London experience the transforming power of theatre. 'My favourite moment of Fringe Aug 24-2995' 18.The05 New (19.50)Statesman. £7.00 (£5.00) STAGE BY STAGE OOO© Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St.Tickets 667 2212 U3 ■of CABARET by Kander & Ebb. There was a cabaret, and there was a Master Ceremonies in a city called Berlin in a country called Germany. It was the end of24,26,28,30 the world, and16.0I0was dancing Sally Bowles.... Aug (17.30) £6.00with(£5.00) ■a rare PIPPIN Stephen Schwartz and Bob Fosse' s legendary show receives revival byquest the South West's happiness most adventurous stage school. Follow Prince Pippin' s for ultimate in life: will it lead to self-fulfilment orAugself-destruction? and dance explosion! 25,27,29,31 16.A0song 0 (17.30) £6.00 (£5.00)

STAGE 84 OOOO Venue 93 - James Gil espie’s High School, Lauderdale Street Tickets 0385 244984 N8 ■StageFIDDLER ONa THE ROOF 8thdairyman year at theTevyeFringe - theforaward winning 84 present musical story of looking husbands for his daughters and the importance Aug 19.15(21.45) £7.00 (£5.00)of beliefs, tradition, family and love. Aug I15MS14.15(16.45) TEMPO MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS OOO© Venue 137 - Church Hil Theatre, Morningside Road Tickets 476 6471 06 ■Based THEY' R E PLAYING OUR SONG Neil Simon' s witty comedy musical. on Marvin Hamlisch' s wacky affair with Carole Bayer Sager. Award-winning composer meets zany lyricist. 20 singers and dancers, live 12 piece Aug 24-29band.20.00'Superb (22.15)voices! £8.00Excellent (£6.50) band!' NEWS 'Outstanding' Scotsman. THEATRE VIVANT OOO© Venue 128 - Youth International at St Oswald's, Montpelier Park Info/Tix 346 1405/ 229 5562 N6 ■stepdaughter, SALOME and explores the psychosexual relationship between Herod and Vivant his thecompany horriblespecialising consequences of their debauchery.Theatre isAuga dynamic young in dance and physical theatre. 24-29 19.30 (20.45) £4.00 (£2.00) THE U NIKITSKIKHVOROTTHEATRE MOSCOW, RUSSIA OO©© Venue 127 - St John's Church, West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19; THE STORY OF A HORSE by Leo Tolstoy. Play, music, production bytheatre Markmasterpiece. Rosovsky.ThePerformed most famous of all Russian musicals, a real Russian on Broadway and the National Theatre, London.10-16,18-22,24-30 Performers play horses. Aug 14.00 (16.15) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 17 22.00 (00.15) Aug 23 20.00 (22.15) VENUE I 3:THE HARRY YOUNGER HALL OOO© Venue 13 - Harry Younger Hall, Lochend Close, Canongate 07050 161320 J!1 ■Millennium PIERROTEnsemble LUNAIRE OP2I by Arnold Schoenberg. Performed by the ofofW.C.M.D. Conducted by Julian Jacobson. Powerful bizarre and tragic tale Commedia dell' a rte figure.The ' S olar Plexus' of twentieth music.£7.00 (£5.00) Aug 27-29 19.century 45 (20.25) OOO© WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 MI2S THE BOYFRIEND Sandy Wilson' s evergreen musical comedy of the 1920sgirl, aHannah spectacular production involving a cast of 60 and starring local Edinburgh McPake. Unforgettable tunes,artistic nostalgia, family entertainment. A ripping success... with exceptional standards! Aug 25-27a school 14.00 (15.45) £6.00 (£5.00) WUNDERKINDERGARTEN OOO© Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 ★ UNCLEfriends BOBBY' S CROFT Aevening funky and funny new musical university sharing their lastinherited together facingabout the real5 world) inYoung a remote croft recently by one of(before the party. ByAugJustin and Neil Armstrong. 25-31 16.15 (17.45) £6.00 (£4.00) ®OOC ZOO THEATRE COMPANY Venue 167 - Moray House Theatre, Canongate/St John's Street Tickets 667 2212 ■performers, LITTLE aSHOP OF HORRORS By Zoo TC, who are regular Fringe withinaevery big castcapacity-emphasis auditioned from allon over Britain.newThedance-based Scotsman professional-absolute said,production 'professional excellence...magnificently must' . Aug 6-15 18.45 (20.05) £7.00 (£5.50) ZTHEATRE COMPANY Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St Tickets 667 2212 Uj THREEPENNY OPERA bydebauchery. Bertolt Brecht. Music by Kurt Weill. Enter aofTHE world of crime, poverty, love and This is the criminal underworld s EastTues) End and16.30the(18.30) domain£6.00 of Mac(£4.50) the Knife. AugLondon' 6-22 (not Want to buy tickets in person? < Come to the Fringe Box Office on the High Street or visit one of our three satellites. Details on page three |

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Talks and Events ADELPHI WHISKY & HERBIE'S CHEESE G9 Venue 116 - The Adelphi Tent, 3 Gloucester Lane Tickets 226 6670 ■Adelphi THE Distillery SENSORYandSECRETS OF MALT WHISKY AND CHEESE Edinburgh a tasting ofgarden, the finest Scottish foods singleHerbie cask ofwhiskies, setde laincombine a quietinpicturesque amongst willowandsculptures Serena£20.00 Hay. Aug 6-15,17-20,24-31 17.30from(18.30) ARCHITECTURE ON THE FRINGE 00©0 Venue 132 - Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland, Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate KI5 THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION -competition MINDS MEETINGS Illustrated discussions issues relating to theand for a newbodies Scottish Parliament, ledExhibition byon competing practices the many interesting and individuals. of competing designs also daily (11.00 16.00). Free Aug open 12,14,19,21 17.30- (19.00) BODY & SOUL HEALTH FAIR OO©© Venue 69 - Broughton High School, I Carrington Rd, Stockbridge Tickets 226 3066 E7 ■bookshop MIND, celebrates BODY, SPIRIT HEALTH FAIR Scotland' s foremost new-age its 10th birthday with three weekend fairs featuring complementary health therapists tastervegetarian/vegan sensations and cafe. consultations; tarot readers; crafts; talks;offering live music; Phone15,16,22,23,29,30 for dailynew-age programme. Aug 10.00 (18.00) £1.00 (£0.50) BURNS ATTHE NETHERBOW ©O©© Venue 30 - The NetherbowTheatre,43 High Street Tickets 556 9579 JI3 SUPPER WITHBurns.Tickets BURNS Traditional ScottishNeeps fare with music, song andwiththe story of Robert include Haggis, and Tatties supper Cruachan.A of Scottish in the company of Burns. Aug 3-31 (notfeast9,16,23) 18.00hospitality (19.30) £9.50 CALEDON: COMMUNITY, CULTURE, AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION CENTRE OOO© Venue 141 - Caledon House, 32 Gil espie Road, Colinton Tickets 441 5592 PI Outer ■ CALEDON MATSURI (FESTIVAL) CaledontoMatsuri isgroups. a Japan/Scotland festival that provides a fun intercultural experience all age Craft music and dance workshops, storytelling, tea ceremony and karaoke are juststalls, some at Caledon. Aug 30of the13.0Festival 0 (17.00)Fun£2.00 (£1.00) DEMARCO EUROPEAN ART FOUNDATION OOOO Venue 164 - New Parliament House, Regent Road Tickets 661 3088 J15 CONVERSATIONS ArielandDorfman, distinguished Professor atLooking Duke North, University; author of Death the Maiden and Heading South, personifies the contemporary as political activist. 'At home' in conversation guests in£7.00 thewriter Debating Aug 10-15 13.with30 (15.00) (£5.00) Chamber of New Parliament House. EUROPE TOWARDS THE MILLENNIUM Representing twenty-eight nationalities,The European Youth presents aI programme of opera, orchestral and ofchoral music, theatreParliament andTelephone cabaret from I am to midnight, from ten days festival masterclasses. for programme details. resulting Aug 10-15 I 1.00 (midnight) £5.00 (£3.00) THE EDINBURGH BAVARIAN BEER FEST ®©@© Venue 112 - Princes Street Gardens West J9 THE EDINBURGH BAVARIAN BEER FESTtheThe only trueGerman must stein, see' event at this year' s Fringe: try your wits against notorious join 1500 band like minded as we raise a riot with the Bavarian Oompah 2.00beer am.£5.00stompers Food(£4.00) available. Aug 7-23 12.00'till(02.00) EDINBURGH FESTIVAL VOLUNTARY GUIDES ASSOCIATION OO©©JI0 Venue 165 - Cannonbal l House,Castle Hil , Royal Mile ■intrigue, ROYALwizardry MILE and HISTORICAL WALKS With us you hear tales of murder, Explorelivedsecret spookyandcloses. See famous where lords, thievesroyalandromances. grave robbers on thegardens, same street where the are buried.Weekly illustrated talks. Aug 10-Sept 5 Tours last approximately 2 hours Free Tours start at 14.100min intervals between 10.00 & I 1.00 and between (Sundays between014.& 015.0 &0015.00 only) 70

EDINBURGH INTERFAITH ASSOCIATION oo©o Venue 187 - St Giles Cathedral, High Street, Royal Mile JI2 ■ A TIME FOR REST AND SILENCE You are invited to join a group from different faith traditions who are meeting together for silence. Suggestions for silent reflection or meditation from the various traditions will be available for those who wish Aug 17-21 17.30them. (18.30) Free FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER. Venue 18 - Edinburgh Buddhist Centre, 55a Grange Road Tickets 662 4945 ■ BUDDHIST MEDITATION on the Inprinciple of mindfulness; full awareness centred on immediateis based experience. the simple techniques that teach, qualities such as concentration, calm and emotional warmth can bewedeveloped. Aug (not 24,26,28) 11.19.0015(12.30) Aug 9-31 10,13,17,20,24,27,31 (20.45) £4.00 (£2.50) FRINGE AGM oo©o Venue 2 - Fringe Club, Parliament Square JI2' FRINGE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Fringe Society's directors review the last 12 months, stand for re-election and hear the opinions, comments ideas of Fringe performers. 0131served. 226 5257 for Society membershipandinformation. Tea, coffee and lightCallbuffet Aug 22 11.00 (14.00) Free FRINGE SUNDAY oo@o; Venue 10 - Holyrood Park, foot of Royal Mile Info 226 5257 ■ FRINGE SUNDAY The highlight of the Fringe! Where else can you get it all - hundreds of Fringe performers, music, comedy, circus and theatre. Non-stopsentertainment, The Place. Freegreat food and fresh air. Laze, graze and be amazed. Aug Park' 16 11.the00 (17.00) INDEPENDENTTHEATRE COUNCIL oo@o Venue 2 - Fringe Club, Parliament Square Jiz; TEN STEPS TO STARTING A THEATRE COMPANY The essential guide to running your own maze.Tips company. ITC reveals the tour-booking, secret of success navigates the management on fundraising, equityand cards,20profit10.0share, ideasFreeand notes to take away. Aug 0 (12.00) Aug 21 14.00 (16.00) INTERNATIONAL CD AND RECORD FAIR oo©@ Venue 39 - Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, 80 High Street Tickets 220 4349 JI3 ■ INTERNATIONAL CD AND RECORD FAIR Now in its 5th year, a must for all music lovers, meet dealers from the UK, Ireland and Europe. Rare andpunk, collectableindies, CDs and records, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, folk, rock, classical, Aug 21-23 11.HM, 00 (19.00) soul. £1.50 (£1.00) LM MAGAZINE OOO© Venue 72 - The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 LIVING DANGEROUSLY Join Edinburgh Fringe's cafe society for roundtable! discussions at whichinoffensive leading commentators debate:correctness counsellingandculture; Dome-mongering; comedy; emotional cyber-caution. Discussions followed by stand-up from the Fringe' s most daring comics. Aug 24-27 15.00 (17.30) £7.00 (£5.00) 1-30 August 1 am - 4pm, every day admission free

ROYAL FINE ARTfor SCOTLAND COMMISSION Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DD

The Scottish Parliament Architectural Competition Anthe exhibition of modelsattracted and drawings highlighting international by the competition to design a new talent Scottish Parliament Minds 12, 14,Meetings 19 Free & 21 August, 5.30pm - 7pm Admission Architecture on the FRINGE

THE MALT MASTERCLASS OO©© Venue 173 - The Old Chain Pier Bar,Trinity Crescent Tickets 226 5138 All Outer THE MALT MASTERCLASS WHISKY TASTING Systematic sensuality: what to look for in Scotch whisky and how to look for it. A tutored tasting ofandtheenlightenment. finest malts, led by experts from the whisky industry. A session of drams Aug 11 -14,18-21,25-28 14.30 (16.00) £ 15.00 (£ 12.00) HOWARD MARKS ©Q©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 AN EVENING WITHex-MI6 HOWARD MARKS Folllowing thessuccess of his sell-out London shows, agent and formerly the world' biggest dope-dealer, reads from best-selling autobiography Niceisandtheanswers audience questions. 'A manhis most wanted... his one-manMrshow biggest draw in town' Independent Previews Aug 5,6 22.30 (midnight) £4.00 Aug 78-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 22.30 (midnight) £4.00 22.30 (midnight) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug Aug 14,15,21,22 22.30 (midnight) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 28-3 I 22.30 (midnight) £9.00 (£8.00) ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE STUDIO OO©© Venue 2 - Fringe Club, Parliament Square J12 STUDIO AT THE FRINGE A programme of workshops and masterclasses for theatre practitioners, led by a team from the Studio. Additional information available from the the Royal Fringe Office onTheatre 0131 226Foundation. 5257 from mid-July. Sponsored Aug 15-23 by10.00 (18.00)National Free : THE SANCTUARY COLLECTIVE &THE SALISBURY CENTRE OO©© Venue 46 -The Salisbury Centre,2 Salisbury Road Tickets 667 5438 PI4 ■ FESTIVAL OF HEALING Qualified therapists offering Aromatherapy, I Colour Therapy, Crystal Healing, Intuitive Art, Kinesiology, Reflexology, Reiki, J1 Relaxation, Shiatsu on a donation basis. Sale of crystals, relaxation music and holistic10-31 goods.1.Come and unwind r Aug 00 (19.00) £2.00 (£from 1.00) the stress of the Festival, £10 unlimitedI entry 1

SCOTTISH POETRY LIBRARY OO©© Venue 31 - St Cecilia's Hall, cnr Niddry Street & Cowgate Tickets 2298018 KI3 ■Fransesc POETRY CATALONIA/CALEDONIA Distinguished Catalonian poets Parcerisas and Maria read theirChristopher poems in Catalan translations. Alsoandfeaturing GaelicMerce poetMar?al and translator Whyte.with Songs14in Scots Catalan Aug 14.30 (16.30) £6.00presented (£3.50) by expert folk singer Sheena Wellington. Venue 56 - Scottish Poetry Library,Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street Info 557 2876 KI3 ■in the COURTYARD READINGS Free, poems, international, opena dance to all daily, open. Read your own or others' following performance inspired byDay' early makarsButohDancedancing in the Queen's1,3). Chamber (week 2) and AugChris 10-29 (nots Jetzt, Suns) 14.00 (15.30) (weeks Free # THE SPIEGELTENT ©O©© myatiS Venue 87 - The Famous Spiegeltent,Top of Waverley Centre, Princes St.Tlx 558 8010 J12 ■Experience THE REFRESHING ROOM cultured needing relaxation? the Refreshing Room - Over massage, tarot,andreflexology, kinesiology. Music8-Sept and dedicated Aug 5 11.00 team (17.00)of healers.

TRAQUAIR FAIR Saturday I st & Sunday 2nd August 11 am - 6pm THEATRE • MUSIC • EXHIBITIONS STORYTELLING • CRAFTS CHILDREN’S SHOWS & WORKSHOPS COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE TRAQUAIR FAIR ALE Tickets available from Fringe Office or Traquair House ENQUIRIES 01896 830323

Talks and Events THEATRE WORKSHOP OO©© Venue 20 - Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Place Tickets 226 5425 F9 ■Georgian BUCKAROO BOUDOIR Hedonistic mix of Persian Boudoir and Coffee House. Live music (traditional and jazz) from Tim O' L eary, Edinburgh' s leading tofiddler - wild videos from Delta masses of classic games from backgammon buckarooL.The chill and out zone! Aug 12-16,19-23,26-31 23.00 (02.00) ultimate £5.00 (£2.00) TRAQUAIR FAIR Venue 118 - Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire Tix 01896 830323 PIS Outer ■Scotland' TRAQUAIR FAIR A feast of family entertainment in thes magical setting of s oldest inhabited house. Outdoor theatre, children' shows, workshops, music Celtic inrockthetoeighteenth classical &century blues. Crafts, complementary &Aug fair alefrombrewed camping therapies please. 00 (18.00)£22.00£ 10.00 (£5.00), £9.00 brewery. (£4.00) inNO advance Family1,2ticket11.£25.00, in advance THEYOGA CENTRE OO©© Venue 198 - The Yoga Centre, 16 Canning Street Tickets 221 9697 J8 Come and practice the ancient and contemporary body-mind culture ofVinyasa Yoga (breath synchronised movement). Please phone for festival details. Classes: Monday - Friday covering absolute beginners guided Mysore style. Pay at door - price& Sunday, scale £3.50 (50 minutes), £6.00 (90 tominutes). ★ ■power NATURALIGHT Strangers behaving'Tstrangely a quest love and the change theirSite-specific. lives. Innovative heatre ofonBeing' withforimprovised drama,18-23,25-30 danceto and music. Aug 16.00 (17.00) £5.00Cast (£3.00)changes daily. Expect the unexpected! PERFORMING AS MEDITATION WORKSHOP Shape your role fromFun,thechallenging, insideARTS outcollaborative. with improvised dialogue, dance, story-telling andetc.own music. Bring masks, instruments, puppets, Led by15,22,29 Lee Gershuny for all levels experience and ability. Aug 12.30 (14.30) £4.00 of(£2.00) ★One-woman-show. ■ C.I.C: CONTRADICTORY IDENTITY CONTRADICTIONS Journeyidentity. through a young Southreveal Asianthewoman' ofMuherHicuhybrid East-West Watch Ruchika realitiess exploration of her Hural existence. Post-performance discussion. Aug 10-16 16.00 (16.40) £4.00 (£3.50) Edinburgh International Film Festival 16-30 August 1998 at every cinema in town for 3 movies your starter for ten 3 movies for £10 from a selection of over 60 Specifically chosen to introduce you to the new wonders in cinema See the Box Office at the Filmhouse for details YOUR STARTER FOR 10 A great way to get into the Film Festival 7 /Guardian The Observer 71

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ABBOTSFORD SCOTT ®0@© Venue 103 - Abbotsford Scott, 18 Morningside Road Tickets 447 1122 06 EDUCATING RITA Louise Kelly is Rita, Paul Meadows is Frank in Willy Russell'Rail, s sadwinners happy offunny entertaining educating play presented by Third the16.serious Evening Aug 10-29 (not Suns) 30 (18.00)News£5.00Capital (£4.00)Award for Excellence. ★residents THE BROTHERS ANGELO Angelo Productions.The go lucky ofdistasteful a Florentinepirate piazzakinghave their peace shattered byhappy the shocking arrival of a and his dreadful crew. Award-winning farce from an enthusiastic new company. Aug 24-29 20.00 (22.00) £5.00 (£4.00) ENDGAME man can't stand, one can't sit and two live in dustbins.byIfSamuel you areBeckett. familiar One withyou the have absurd Thumb' not, to!you will come to Wax Aug 3-15s successful (not 9) 18.production. 30 (20.00) If£6.00 (£4.00) ★ JOYThepresented by Stutter S.This darkdiscovers futuristic Atlas thrillerat takes you onofthethe run from Panel; hides you inabout Headspace; the tick? centre world and reveals the truth The Joyous. Is this your last Aug 10-22 (not 16) 12.00 (13.45) £4.00 (£3.50) 1 r MnrtPf ONCE A CATHOLIC Edward' s Theatre Company present Mary O' M alley' s hilarious comedy,of being takingaanCatholic irreverent look atinadolescence and theyouthful confusions Cambridge University ADC J; and difficulties schoolgirl the 50s. A lively, production the easily£5.00offended. Aug 10-15 not14.0for0 (15.45) (£4.00) A-BIT-OF-ROUGH THEATRE COMPANY ®0@© "iDTTO T5I Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 HOOPS" ★ TAMAGOTCHI HEAVEN is a her quirky,cyberpet. sexy andStrictly deliciously wicked tragi-comic tale about a woman and adults only. A musical by Stephen Sondheim 'will Remarkable . . raw and uncompromising . . its originality and freshness cut through everything else'Time 16.Out.35 (17.55) £6.50 (£5.50) Aug 8th - 30th August 6pm Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 16.35 (17.55) £7.50 (£6.50) ABLAZE THEATRE COMPANY 00©0 Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 LI I August 26th - 30th at 8.30pm Extra Show! 29th August-midnight RUPERT STREET LONELY HEARTS CLUB by Jonathan Harvey, the acclaimed author of Beautiful Thing and Bob/es. Welcome to Rupert Street where Dean,experience Jack Daniels,loveMarti, lang, Shaun, Joan Crawford, and and kddesire this bittersweet play. Clarine AugGeorge 10-22 (not 16) 22.15 (23.45) £6.00in(£4.00) ABSOLUTE BANANA THEATRE COMPANY 00©0 Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 K13 BEAUTIFUL THING Jonathan Harvey' steenage feel-goodboyscomedy, recently a hitandfilm,wit. treats the story of first love between two with compassion AAugmodern-day fairytale both £6.00 hilarious(£4.00) and moving. 'Infectiously funny' Variety. 9-22 (noturban 16) 13.15(14.45) Venue 117 -Viewforth Centre, 104 Gilmore Place Tickets 229 7659 M6 DOCTOR FAUSTUS Kicking Marlowe into the chemical generation, bored student Faustus sells his soul for forbidden knowledge and sensual pleasure. The student loan. Student be hell. Seven deadly sins. One ultimate hour pay. life£5.00can(£4.00) Aug 10-22to(notlive.16)And 14.hell00to(15.45) ACTIVATED IMAGE 00©0 Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 LI I THE TEMPEST The Bard goes drum and bass.Video, lightshows and the political structure of pre-millennial Britaintheatre. put TheDiCaprio Tempest ain' backt thewhere belongs the heart of contemporary onlyitone shakin'10-22 up- atShakespeare. Aug (not 16) 00.20 (01.50) £5.00 (£4.00) ACTIVE PERFORMANCE PRODUCTIONS ®Q©© Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 ★ PLANET EXepisodes. - THE Forget SITCOM Unique Fringe experience! Three different spleen-splitting Friends, move over Men Behaving Badly, see Martinintoandtheir Esther a flat andKeyworth. the excruciating curse of continually bumping ex'sshare . By Stephen Aug 5,8,11,14,17,20,23,26,29 17.30 (18.20) £5.'H0ilarious, 1 (£4.01)gripping' Scotsman Aug Aug 6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30 7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28,31 17.17.3030(18.20) (18.20) £5.02 £5.03(£4.02) (£4.03) Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 KIO A TRUSTING LIARSIan,byClive Tom doesn' Cooke.t understand Bob's a cop,Bob. Ian'sIna the thug,inexorable Clive's a psychiatrist. Bob hates search for the truth, twisting plots, twisted minds, love, hate and revenge combine. mpressive, mesmeric' Aug 6-31 'I(not 18) 20.40 (21.30)Mancunian. £5.00 (£4.00) 72

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NEW COMEDY AWARDS George Square Theatre Venue 37 George Square Edinburgh Box Office Et Information: From 20th July: C. Office Hours Only From 8th August: 12 noon until last performance

AcX THEATRE oooo Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 LI3 ★created ■ TOILETS Inspiration T. S . Eliot. AcX Theatre' s unique theatrical style has a humorous and poignant ' p lay' . The commonplace meets the absurd... Atandtimes bizarre.The'Hilarious into the lives of people...intelligent, amusing Mail, £3.50 Febinsight 98(£2.50) Augwell 9-15acted.' 15.00 (15.45) AFG (CUTTING EDGE THEATRE COMPANY) OOOO Venue 181 - Elim Pentecostal Church, 26 George IV Bridge Tickets 554 5701 Kl I ★twoGLENCOE LAMENT Scottish 17th century Romeo and Juliet story of MacDonaldswhere and Campbells apartdoes by a forgiveness massacre. Inreally anclans, age ofthereconciliation genocide who is nowareantorn atrocity, matter? Aug 10-15 19.30 (21.00) £5.00 (£3.00) AFRICA DREAM THEATRE OO©© Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 ★ ■ THE DREAM CATCHER is a magical, mythical, musical lookandatmusic. the forces of good and evil which are explored through drama, dance This is an enticing andscore. enchanting dark comedy, featuring a brilliant original Zimbabwean musical Aug 18-24 16. 1 5 (17.45) Aug 26-3 I 10.15(11.45) £6.00 (£4.00) AGRIDULCE OOO© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KI0 ■liberation, BLOODtoldWEDDING A tale of conflict and passion, entrapment and through music, movement and verse.This production explores the rhythms of life and death in Ted Hughes' raw and moving translation ofAugLorca' 25-28s great 14.3play. 0 (15.45) £5.00 (£4.00) ALL NEWYORK Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 ★poetry LIT. class 305 byexplodes Ralph Hunt.The seemingly familiar worldhumour, of thisprovocative professor's with Los frustration pain.Logue Bitter verse envelope yetProfessional shatter. AngelesandDrama Awards: Best Actor, Director, Writing. production. Preview Aug 8-31Aug (not7 19)14.15(15.05) 14.15(15.05)£5.00£7.00 (£5.50) well spent? ,'ritten & performed by Mike Timms a satirical look at the english public school” thursday 20th monday 31st august at 5•00pm

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Theatre ALTERNATE SHADOWS 00©0 Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 K13 ★Explores THE FLOWERS IN THE PARK Innovative drama for 14 years plus. the personal feelings of individuals at the death of Princess Diana. Haunted by curse,ofconscience or calamity, offering light relief the grief.a thought provoking experience Aug 17-22moments 16.45 (17.45) £6.00 to(£5.00) AMBERTHEATRE COMPANY OO©© Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House,Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I ★of the PORTRAIT Brother, wife, friend and son attempt to paint a portrait in words man who dominates their lives. But have you ever tried to tell someone else' story?I (not 'Humanity austerity£5.00 and (£4.00) split-second timing' Oxford Mail. Augs 18-3 24) 15.from 10 (15.50) AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLTHEATRE FESTIVAL oo©o Venue 137 - Church Hil Theatre, Morningside Road 06 ■of AtheDON NIGROrelationships MONTAGE A character-rich and complex exploration convoluted between men and women, parents and children, and passingofstrangers as seen through the eyes of Don Nigro, a talented new playwright wit(21.55) and imagination. Aug 16 20.05 Aug 05 (19.55)£3.00 (£2.00) Aug 2118,1912.018.5 (13.55) ■ SEMINOLE Set in looks the aftermath of a battle Florida's Second SeminoleonWOMEN War, thispastsdrama at the women who during have survived asInspired they reflect theirThe andWoman. contemplate their futures. by Euripides' Trojan Aug 16 18.055 (19.55) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug (13.55) Aug 1718,2012.022.05 (23.55) ■Hoggard FEIFFER' S PEOPLE AND MCINTYRE' S PEOPLE Wilmington, Theatre presents the funny yet ascerbic peopleof of1998. Jule' s Feiffer'funny, s NCs American pre-sixties and Lucile McIntyre' s Americans Honest, touchable. For all ages... Aug (23.40) Aug 161819 22.20 20.20 (21.40) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 14.20 (19.40) (15.40) Aug 22 18.20 AAmerican CHORUS LINEtheatre. Nothing as exciting aswas'A Chorus happenedthat to■defines musical 'Amore Chorus Line'realized and is theLine'than touchstone the glittering promise, often in legend in reality ofAugthe16Broadway theatre.£3.00 (£2.00) 14. 0 5 (15.50) Aug 18 12.16.0055 (17.50) (13.50) Aug Aug 2021 22.05 (23.50) ■onstage. THE ACTOR' AnWhat accountant findsis the himself He'attending s told StoNIGHTMARE 'go on’rehearsals! for the star. are histosomehow lines? What PLAY?results. He can' t recall any But he' s willing wing it, with hilarious Aug 17,21 14.30(13.30) (15.30) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 19 12.30 Aug 22 22.30 (23.30) THE CRUCIBLE grippingparable tale ofofbigotry and deceitAmerican set during the Puritan purge of witchcraft isThisabytimely contemporary society.This powerful performance a group of young American artists is not to be missed. Aug (21.30) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 202117 20.30 12.30 (13.30) Aug 18.30 (19.30) Aug 22 16.30 (17.30) Venue 128 - Youth International at St Oswald's, Montpelier Park Info/Tix 346 1405/229 5562 N6 ■ ALL- and IN THE TIMING revealworldtheofblack white shades of playwright' gray -Hilarious of living inone-act theagical timecomedies conscious the and 90s. 'Aug puts the play back in Time, ' m and funny' NY Times. 1617,2016.122.15 5 (17.45) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug (23.45) Aug 18 20.15 (21.45) ■ Aawarded CLOUDplayOFabout WITNESSES square onthea universal splintery floor, this theofseige andLively fallfiery ofas the Alamodancing - andand cost of freedom denudes history myth with choral sound inventive staging. Aug 16,21 22.15 (23.45) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 20,22 16.15 (17.45) MEDEA Euripides' timeless abandonednewwifelifeandintoherthisjustice fused with vengence. Milwaukee School ofstory the ofArtsanpsychological, breathes ambition, justice and revenge. Sensual, passionate - nottaleto ofbepassion, missed! Aug 17,19 16.15(17.45) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 20,22 20.15 (21.45) 73

ARMES PRODUCTION TROUPE OOOO Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KI0 ★ SHAKESPEARE! D' G OOD STUFF! Two punk kids from d' s treets J ofperformers NYC present re favourite of Shakespeare. With a troupe i d'pairde' interrupt and bits inturpert classic presentation of d'gofood12 stuff from MacBeth and THE AMSTERDAM PARADE OO©© Aug 10-15Shrew, 16.15(17.10) £4.00Romeo (£3.50)and Juliet. Fun for all! Venue 90 - Graffiti,Corner Broughton and East London Streets Tickets 557 8330 GI3 ■ THEoffers AMSTERDAM PARADE World's oneof theandDutch only mobile theatre ARNOLD LODGE YOUTH THEATRE OOOO festival the nine favourite performances audience. Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St. Tickets 221 9009 K9 Athisfascinating mixture of theatre, music and spectacular shows. Experience ★ NEPHELOKOKKUGIA (CLOUDCUCKOOLAND) Not justsatire for on turbulent event which will take place non-stop in various theatre tents. birdbrains, a zany adaptation by Paul Wignall of Aristophanes' surreal ★ ■ CHARLIE' S ANGELS-.THE TRUE STORY Once time,away there stupidity. Masks and movement. NOH music hall. Godot with beaks. East meets were who went Academy. But Iupon tookathem West and ends14.30(15.15) up in the air.£5.00 (£2.50) from allthree thatlittle and45girls now they£3.00 worktofortheme.Police My name is...Charlie.' Aug 10-14 Aug 21-25 16. (17.15) Aug 23-25 17.45 (18.15) ARTCORE ©O©© ★ ■ ladies SISTERCARE Ittakeis impossible imagine lifetheirtoday without ourwillnon-natives. 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110: Two and anewmanhousemate, pleasure intofurnishing garage which serve as a Venue home for their a person who has just arrived in their country... ■ RAT IN THE SKULL Kicked in, banged up an IRA terrorist and an RUC Aug 26-31 16. 4 5 (17.15) £3.00 detective play cat and mouse beneath a London police station. Explosive Aug 26,27 17.45 (18.15) dialogue'Aand brutal jolt humoura play' combine in Ron Hutchinson's passionate political Evening Standard. ★ The ■ BINGO An opportunity to win lots of money!FlintAfterinvitea storming success thriller. Aug 5-31 n 16.electric 45 (17.55) of£5.50 (£4.50) inBingo Netherlands, theatre group De Gebroeders you to their Palace inTime Edinburgh. 'Bingo is like the best episode of Fawlty Towers SEXUAL INdoesCHICAGO Ever do it in a plane? with Ever flares, you Out. £7.50 doplatforms it underandPERVERSITY water? ittrack, normally anymore! Augever 21-31saw'20.30 (22.30) a funkyNobody retroandsound David Mamet'sComplete sex-crazed comedy is hilariously quick-witted compellingly fast paced. ★ ■ FALSE WALTZDance, A 20 aminute music production without words and Aug 5-31 18.30 (20.00) £6.00 (£5.00) on the Apache a man leads and atowoman. Abased passionate andApache intriguing loveviolent story dance which for gradually the sensual ★brew? ■ LIZTheAND LEANNEarrival Men,ofmothers, sex, life, fancy rhythm of the Dance. afor unexpected a longbehind lostsanity, mother bringsliving...anyone rude awakenings Aug 23,30 17. 0 0 (17.22) £4.00 her daughters. Daggers are drawn the tea cups in this new, painfully Aug 21,23,25,28,30 30 (19.52) and 20.30 (20.52) funny, tragi-comedy. Aug 22,24,27,29 22.0019.(22.22) Aug 23-31 19.10 (20.30) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 22,29 23.00 (23.22) ■ KVETCH byand Steven Berkoff. Aterror cartoonof pain visionandofguilt. our waking nightmares. ★production, ■ THE ESSENTIAL MUSIC In this fascinating and imaginative Fantasies of sex murder.The All revealed Beppe Costa recreates the way in result which ismusic camehighly-inspired into being, in a grotesque fashion. ' A work of genius' Guardian. sticking to its origins as much as possible.The a pure, From5-31 199722.25 Fringe(23.40) First Winning Director. and personal with world-class highlights. Aug £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 2424 20.30 19.30production (20.05) £4.00 Aug (21.05) Aug 22.00 (22.35) Aug 23,26,28,31 28 23.00 (23.35) ★still■need THEtoSOUND MAN befores new the premiere, themakemusic and sound beman.added to FransOneandhedayGerard' film. 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Theatre THE OBSERVER ASSEMBLY continued THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC COMPLETE DISASTER) A★havebrilliant, masterly farce withhumour.This an important(Acrazy difference, Kesselofski and Fiskefrom a serious base for their theatrical journey moves historical fact to hysterical fiction, the perfect antidote to the Hollywood hype. Aug Aug 7-13,16-20 14,15,21,22 15.15.2200(16.35) (16.35) £8.00 £9.00(£7.00) (£8.00) ★ WAITERS bypartners Stephen -Chifunyise. Zimbabwe' comedy. Three restaurant brown, white andkitchen blacks hugely - they try topopular forget their racial differences and make an honest profit. In the are letting off steam. 'Aug Ground-breaking' Zimbabwe Independent. Aug 7-13,16-20 14,15,21,22 11.11.0000(12.55) (12.55) £8.00 £9.00(£7.00) (£8.00) ARCHES THEATRE COMPANY - I LICKED A SLAG'S DEODORANT bycompelling Jim Cartwright. A crack-addicted streetwalker desperateandman intimacy awayList,from theirwatchable brutal lives;production' 'vand ivid aimagery sharpsalvage a dialogue...excellentThe ' A very The Herald. Aug 7-13,16,18-20,23,25-27,31,Sept 1-5 15.10(16.00) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-30 15.10 (16.00) £8.00 (£7.00) ★of freedom CITIZENunder by Andrew young funny woman puts male delusions the lashsWhaley. in this Asavagely of lewd manhood and First-winning Zimbabwe' flea-bitten democracy.examination Brimming with hope, from a Fringe playwright. Aug 7-13,16-20 16. 2 5 (17.35) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,21,22 16.25 (17.35) £9.00 (£8.00) RODNEY BEWES -Likely THREELadMEN IN A BOAT SAY NOTHING OF THEK Jerome' DOG) returns his solo(TO adaptation Jerome sThetimeless comic novel. with 'A performance bursting ofwith life and vitality' Evening News. ' W ONDERFUL show' The People. Aug Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27,31 14,15,21,22,28-30 17.00 (18.15) £9.00,Sept (£8.00)2-5 17.00 (18.15) £8.00 (£7.00) ★ ALL STRANGE AWAYs -controversial ASYLUM THEATRE COMPANY European ofconstrained, Samuel Beckett' An obsessional imagining ofPremiere bodies tenderplay.cruelty. Sexually explicit. Aug 30-Sept 5 15.00 vulnerability (16.00) £7.50and(£6.50) ★ LETTER A DAUGHTER by Arnold Wesker. Everything you’vewitever wanted to tellTOyour child or hear your mother say, with songs,composes, wisdom, and six brilliant live musicians. Julie Clare performs, Ben Till Arnold Wesker directs. Aug 14.15 (15.45) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 8-13,16-20,24-27,31 14,15,21,22,28,29,30-Sept 14.155 (15.45) £9.00 (£8.00) ★autobiographical URSULA MARTINEZ PRESENTS A FAMILY OUTING Anof real ingenuous show aboutcabaret, the realstand-up, stories chat and real relationships people. Ursula Martinez combines show and performance, with guest appearances from Mila and Arthur, alias Mum and Dad. Aug -Sept(21.25) 5 20.10£9.00 (21.25)(£8.00)£8.00 (£7.00) Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27,31 14,15,21,22,28-30 20.10 ★A play MEDEA:A WORLD APART GEORGIAN ACTORS' STUDIO of loss - oflosshome, family andto hope. identity.A blend WomenofFILM betrayed exiled, lamenting their and moving. clinging classical andandmodern, passionate, relevant and (Performed in Georgian). Sept 1-3 16.20 (17.50) £8.00 (£7.00) AVALON PLAYERS OO©© Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 K11 LA BETE (THE FOOL) A fast paced, naughty comedy pitches a champion ofThisartistic integrity against the irreverent wit of a streetwise fool. whirlwind comedy performedofwith enormous fun and exuberance! Voted Best Play 91 andis £7.00 Comedy Aug 18-23 18.3in0 (19.45) (£6.00)the Year in 92. The Studio @ The Gilded Balloon (venue 38) BADAPPLE THEATRE COMPANY OO©© Venue 55 - Randolph Studio, Inst Francais d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph Cres. Tix 225 5366 H8 10.45pm Aug 7 - 31 (not 11,18, 25) ★for■herAMY JOHNSON By Helen Cate.The I930' s , the age of flight. Famous flight to Australia, Amytofights for hero, acceptance. Follow Amy' s intriguing dual life; vivacious young girl national her exhaustive career, turbulent Tickets: 0131 226 2151 marriage, Aug 16-31and(notmysterious 24) 14.15death. (15.45) £6.50 (£4.50) BARE AND RAGGED THEATRE OO©© Extra shows due to public demand Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 KI3 The Palladium (venue 26) ■of THE PICTURE OFoutDORIAN GRAY Wilde' s tragedy ofyeartheitworship Aug 28, 29, 30 the senses' has sold at the Fringe for three years. This returns (via London' Cafe(14.50) Royal) and advice can only be to book early. http://www.johnnyvegas.co.uk Aug 17-22 s13.10 £6.00our(£4.00) EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY Martin Skellern' s comedy/drama explores spiritual Approaching death, Harry''truth' s lastis wish friends reveal stane ranger toHowhimcanthebeliefs. secrets of their diaries.The his finalis that gift histo them. they refuse? Aug 17-22 15.00 (15.50) £4.00 (£3.00) 76

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■ A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Shakespeare' s comedyforces has always laughs,newbutproduction lurking within the forest' sfunny, foliageenergetic dangerous are atAproduced work...This promises to be and accessible. cast with music£6.00 (Mendelssohn Auglarge17-22 16.00 live (17.45) (£4.00) of course!) await... ★ THE BIG CRUNCHNeilARhodes' darkly moving setoninthea fictitious American dictatorship. play police tellscomedy of- how eve ofina South U.S. invasion, the dictator meets a victim of his secret with one request mind... Aug 17-22 18.00 (19.20) £5.00 (£3.50) THEBrown. ART OF CRUELTYplay1998concerning sees the return of the lifehighlyandsuccessful play by Tom A biographical work of29,Artaud. 'Heated...dynamic...an talentedthecast'eruptive The Scotsmon, August 1997. Aug 17-22 21.05 (22.25)exceptionally £5.00 (£3.50) THE DUMBWAITER Pinter on the Fringe two men in a basement waiting. Who comes are theyfrom waiting for?...who arewaiter?...who they?...are theyor what what isthey seem?...what within the dumb communicating them?...£4.00 (£3.00) Aug 17-22 22.35with(23.30) Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 ■between WIDOWS The first aioopportunity to witness this stunningscollaboration Ariel Dorfman ind Tony Kushner since the Traverse' production (1997). A fresh andisappeared' vigorous treatment of this smouldering allegory, dramatising the Augplight 17-23of 12.the50'd(14.20) £6.00. (£4.00) BATH UNIVERSITY STUDENT THEATRE OOO© Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 LI I ★onlyTHE ANGEL ARK Jon Thrower' s darkest tale yet.True claustrophobia strikes when you realise there really is no way out. Deep underground asaying concrete provides their one hope. But someone's dead. And no one's who bunker did22.15it. (23.50) Aug 24-29 £5.00 (£3.50) BEYOND PRODUCTIONS Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 ★Desdemona, SHAKESPEARE' S and WOMEN bychat Barbara Lewis. Eavesdrop as Juliet, love Cleopatra Beatrice about their men, sex, violence, and playfulconfrontation dissection of the female psyche, ancient and modern, which endslife.5-3 in aAI tense Aug 11.15(12.05) £5.00with (£4.00)Shakespeare himself. BIG SPIRIT THEATRE COMPANY OOOO Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 Kl I ■in aHAMLET PRINCE OF DENMARK Shakespeare' s greatest play new, classic production that will appeal to everyone. Big Spirit specialise in exciting and visually stunning presentations ofAug their10-15audience. Fringe for that an 8thcapture year. the imagination 18.00 Now (19.30)back£6.00at the (£5.00) THE BIG TOP ON THE MEADOWS OO©© Venue 189 - The Meadows Theatre Big Top,The Meadows, Melvil e Drive Tickets 667 0202 N12 RUSSIAN FOLK CIRCUS A excitement spectacular -recreation of the circus of■starsTHE theinRussian Tsars.masterpiece Comedy, thrills featuring Russian Circus a timeless of BigCAIandTopMagazine. artistry. 'An unforgettable evening ofAugwonder and enchantment' Editor, 14-18,22,23,29,30 14. 3 0 (16.00) Aug 17.00Centre (18.30)Tier £8.00 (£6.00) Side Tier £7.00 (£4.00) Ringside15,16,19-29 £12.50 (£8.00) ■ THE LADY BOYS OF BANGKOK Pulsating, exotic glamour of Thailand's hottest nightdance, spot.cabaret Sixteenandstunning transvestites in a You' unique show,look combining comedyThai- with a difference! ll never atAugthe14-29 opposite sex(21.45) the same again! 20.15 Stageside tables £ 12.50 (£ 10.00) Tiered seats £ 10.00 (£8.00) BIG WORD PERFORMANCE POETRY ©O©© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ■verse-phobic' BIG WORDScotsman. PERFORMANCE POETRY The ultimate cure for the Britain' s leading poetry cabaret presents a three-act showcase of rap,billcomedy, dramauperb' & testimony.This alive. Different each week. The List. is poetry most electrically Aug 6-31 19.00 (20.00) £5.50 'S(£4.00) BIJOU THEATRE PRODUCTIONS OOOO Venue 181 - Elim Pentecostal Church,26 George IV Bridge Tickets 554 5701 Kl I MRS MOSES Packing for the final journey to The Promised Land, Zipporah, wife of Moses, relates with gossipy humour and tender recollection the whole story, from aglow. woman's point of view. Tears of laughter - tears of tenderness but a 10-15 warm Aug 11.00 (13.00) £5.00 (£3.00)

Theatre BLURRED CLARITY THEATRE COMPANY OO©© Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I ★ THEapart.Trying HOME Three people, trapped upin the home.Trying not around to tear them. each other not to be swallowed by the violent space The contains bold actions, dark humour and a stifling sense of danger. Step Home inside... Aug 10-31 (not 17,24) 19.50 (21.20) £5.00 (£4.00) OO©© B.O.B. Kl I Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 ★andODD DEATH In a mad world there are mad crimes! Policemen Harris Lard are on the case, though they can' t make sense of it.They' r e searching for truth(not behind shocking do they deserve to succeed? Augthe18-31 24) a 18.10 (19.10)murder, £5.00but(£4.00) BONDAGE Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60 The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 BONDAGE David Hines' searing exposeto ofEdinburgh.' a night in...theshocking, life of apainful London prostitute.The international hit returns and outrageously funny; the laughs are for real. And so are the tears.' William Cook - Midweek. 18.15 (19.30) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 6-10,12-13,16-20,23-27 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 18.15 (19.30) £9.00 (£8.00) THE BONGO CLUB OO©© Venue 143 - The Bongo Club, out of the blue, 14 New Street (off Royal Mile) Tix 558 7604 J14 ■bound THEtoBONGO CLUB CABARET Artistic acts of strange entertainment arouse confusion. Withcost exquisite spots andtreat sets onfromastonishment, live bandshysteria till theandweeprofound small hours, the most effective thetopFringe. Aug 10-13,17-20,24-27,31 23.00 (05.00) £5.00 (£4.00) ★ CERBERUS DANCETHE ALONE Dark,production lyrical, deeply moving account of-YOU one man' s journeyonintoSWORDS loss.This long awaited forms a grimly humorous meditation power, control and command. Savage10-22 and touching, unforgettable, Aug (not 16) SWORDS 20.15 (22.00)is an£8.00 (£6.00) heartbreaking experience. BRAHMA KUMARIS ©OOO Venue 45 - Old St. Paul's Church & Hall, Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476 J13 ★theatre. ■ ANGELS EVERYWHERE The Light Company presents interactive Everyman has(annonymous) murdered his- way to death-row. After 14anyears he receives a parcel a biography on becoming angel.isolation, As death approaches, becomes wonderful. Aug 6-8 19.life00 (20.45) £4.00 (£2.00)SONG, DANCE AND NATURAL COMEDY. BRILLIANT OO©© Venue 152 - AugustinTRACES e's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 K11 ★ XANADU Brilliant new and play.visuals A sensory feastdance- combining theatre and movement with the sounds of the club scene. A Canterbury Tales for the nineties - the pilgrimage of faith replaced by the backpacker's nomadic Aug 10-23search. (not 17) 19.15 (20.45) £4.00 (£3.00)

THE BROKEN DREAM THEATRE COMPANY ©O©© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 K10 I CAN'T Batman, EVEN THINK STRAIGHT by Gavinsimilar Armstrong. Sixmeaningful foot, blue-eyed into Abba and Ab Fab, seeks Robin for relationship' .TC meets the personal ads. She's expecting her ideal man.Trouble is, so'Steve s £5.00 he...through Aug 6-31 22.40 (23.20) (£4.00) HARVEY FIERSITEIN’S TORCHButSONG beenA beautiful. And Godwinning knows I've beenA Tony young. never theTRILOGY twain And haveTvethe met.' of the Fringe company. Award winning writer. storySpirit of Arnold, cabaret Aug 6-31artiste 23.30extraordinaire... (01.00) £5.50 (£4.50) ★ DRAG KING Sarah-LouiseYoung. 'It's not I'm and a convincing man onbystage: it'sensational, s almost thethepoint thatimportant I'mbutnot.' Sitthatman back experience the risque, the debonair daring of fantasy and Augfantasies... 6-31 01.00Includes (01.50)free£5.00vodka. (£4.00) BRUNTON THEATRE COMPANY OO©© Venue 191 -The BruntonTheatre, High Street, Musselburgh Tickets 665 2240 K22 Outer ★and■innovative CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER by James Hogg. A i adaptation of this chilling,17thclassic Scottish novel.leaving Hogg'as trail new extraordinary ' s inner' strides through century Scotland of macabre bizarre crimes. Radical and£7.50witty...rivettingly original' Scotsman. Aug 13-29and(not Aug 22,26 14.30Suns) (16.45)19.30 £4.50(21.45) (£3.50) (£3.50) BURNS ATTHE NETHERBOW ©O©© Venue 30 - The Netherbow Theatre, 43 High Street Tickets 556 9579 JI3? THE ROBERT BURNS TOUR Explore the hidden Edinburgh of Robert Burns asin the he reveals the loves and passions which inspired his works. He will lead you steps ofWallace, Bruce, Mary, bringing Scotland's past to life. Aug 13.00Knox (14.00)and£6.00 Aug 3-31 3-31 (not (not 9,16,23) 9,16,23) 15.30 (16.30) BUTG OOO© Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 Kl I * THE COMEDY OF ERRORS A dynamic and dark interpretation oftheShakespeare' s classic comedy. BUTG explore the madness within this intense, and contemporary production. Augmirth 25-31in 20.05 (22.05) physical £5.00 (£3.00)

BYTE 2 INFINITYTHEATRE COMPANY Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 KIO GASPING by Ben Elton. From the for author of Popcorn andDesigner Blackadder, 'Suck and Blow' the marketing phenomenon the millennium! air! Perrier for ) the nostrils! The hysterical comedy that will make Edinburgh gasp. Prior to international tour.(01.15) 'Explosive' Aug 6-27 23.50 £5.50Studio (£4.50)Group Magazine. 'Brilliantly funny' Today. I*comedy CONNERTY FOR LUNCH Digestexciting a doublenewhelping of outstanding one Two of Manchester' a FREE coffee andfrom donut! darkly comicofs most Pinteresque plays writers explore over the tensions, paranoia and selective ignorance the 90s. Aug 6-22 (not 16) 12.00(13.15) £5.00 (£4.00) DEATH ANDofDANCING Dowie's only duologue. Athrough lively the eyes, yI confrontation sexual organs roles Claire andof social earskicks and other sensory bawdystereotypes anarchists. 'Sviewed he makes you laugh as j: she you in the teeth' Guardian. Aug 6-22 (not 16) 13.30 (14.30) £5.00 (£4.00) > c ©o@© Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 I Cutting-edge new writing. Crazy colourful physical theatre. Cult hitvisual musicals. Corking contemporary classics. Cracking dance. Classy arts. Clued-up comedy. smashingsection. shows in our sassy seventh season - check out C j and C tooSeein sixty the venues III ■of SHAKESPEARE FOR Six angry characters in search some answers...this time start it'BREAKFAST s personal. Comedy, culture, and FREE coffee .1, Jj and croissants! The perfect to an Edinburgh day, whether you know Shakespeare forwards, backwards or not at all. 4 Aug 5-31 10.00 (11.00) £5.00 (£4.00) including breakfast Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 KIO ★ ORION' S BUCKLE - HAILSTONE PRODUCTIONS It's 00.theCaroline end of the millennium. The computer clocks are ticking towards the year notices Janek notices anyone6-15Janek. noticed Orion'£5.50 sCaroline.Tim lost(£4.50) the bucklenotices from Caroline his belt? with Janek. But has Aug 17.45that (19.00) CALIFORNIA TRAVEL TROUPE @ SAN FRANCISCO oo©@ 1 Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 K13 !★TheEVERYONE IN THIS HOUSE ' N o one in this house is innocent’. lines between the roles of perpetrator and victim are often separated by threads that forare children. invisible for the Turners; the audience serves as horrified witnesses. Aug 10-23Not (not 16) 11.50 (12.50) £5.00 (£4.00)

Theatre CALLIOPE'S UMBRA OG©0 Venue 117 -Viewforth Centre, 104 Gilmore Place Tickets 229 7659 M6 ★by APOCALYPSE NOT NOW, I HAVE A HEADACHE An original piece fiveofyoung women detailing intimacies of everyday life duringeverything heightenedfrom times war.toEpisodic, using lunar slides, music and poetry, involving corset-tying the16)hope landings. Aug 10-22 (not 20.00of (21.30) £5.00 (£3.00) CAMBRIDGE MUMMERS ©O©© Venue 34 - The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St. Tickets 220 5606 K12 ★ SWEETHEART FirmlyMummers establishedintroduce at the forefront of newpsychological writing, the award-winning Cambridge their gripping thriller exploringastheBeckett. powerControversial and danger ofasintimate friendship. Warped as Se7en. Claustrophobic Shopping Aug 7-30 (not 9,17,24) 15.00 (16.00) £7.00 (£5.00) and F***ing. Unmissable. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ADC ©O©© Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 ★as they ■ NIGHT TOWN is on edge. Follow its residents' nocturnal interactions collude and collide, seduce and coerce in their attempts to be understood.andDevised by 'a talented ensemble-committed to experimenting with The List. Aug text 5-31 (notperformance' 12,19,26) 20.45 (21.45) £5.50 (£4.50) Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 KIO ★ space, ■ TICKLEBANG byof Dylan Ritson. AInternational comic, bittersweet taleDrama of aliens lost inand from winners 1997 Guardian Student Award NSDFSunday awards for'Awriting, directing acting. 'D'welectable' Scotsman, 'Aug A gem' real theatre'and£6.00 Guardian, 6-31 (not Times, 13,18,25)t last19.30(21.00) (£5.00) atch' Guardian. CAMEO PRODUCTIONS OOO© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KIO ★to AtakeNICE DAY FOR THE MILLENNIUM In the new Millennium a package all the horrors out of the traditional wedding. Mum, Gran and Bride have their to the£5.00 celebration Aug 24-31 say.15.Come 00 (16.00) (£4.00) and collect your cake at the door!

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CAVEAT THEATRE ®0©0 Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 : ★ THEintoOPEN HAUND by lawGavinandBolus. Both hypocracy. sides of theOne French Revolution come conflict with Scots Edinburgh man can save ‘ another is, should he? f RUDY Aug 8-18from (nota dreadful 16) 21.50fate.The (23.10) question £6.00 (£4.00) CHEADLE HULME SCHOOL COBli THE THEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 167 - Moray House Theatre, Canongate/St John's Street Tickets 667 2212 KI4 , DIRECT FROM HOLLYWOOD THE S HOUSE A woman with atime? secretWhat whichabout couldthedestroy a family. Why MAGICIAN FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE AwasDOLL' it so wrong? A woman out of her children? This is a MAGIC WITH CYBERPUNK, RETRO, SCI-FI thought provoking and passionate production of one of Ibsen's greatest plays. THEATRE-OF-THE-ABSURD ROUTINES Aug 24-31 16.00 (18.00) £5.00 (£4.00) 'QUITE SIMPLY, ROPY'S SHOW IS A TRIUMPH Of THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS OO©© THE IMAGINATION THAT ONE MUST SEE |N Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Victoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 ]l I ; ORPER TO PEIEVE/'. rolling stone magaiine A WIFE Both OUTChronicle. OF FLOWERS 'Well-crafted celebration of rich Celticretold in tradition' Haunting tale from ancient Welsh mythology innovative production. EclecticIrishweave of narration, song, music. harpist, (ALDER'S GILDED BALLOON compelling narator,bodhran. thrilling vocalist. Electro-acoustic harp, Brilliant harmonium, AT the PALLADIUM keyboards, pipe, Aug 17-29 (not Suns) 18.00 (19.45) £6.00 (£4.00) PROUGHTON PLACE YENOE 26 10 AVG - S SEPT COMPANY THEATRE ©O©© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge. 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KIO; ADOLF ' I f you only see one show on the Fringe, see Pip Utton as Adolf Radio 1. 4, Kaleidoscope. Winner of the ' S pirit of the Fringe' Drama Award. ' U nashamedly Fred MacAulay theatre with a(21.40) vengeance... tour de force' The Stage. Aug 7-31with(nota message, 12,19) 20.35 £6.00 a(£4.50) Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 L13 One of the most accomplished ★Mandolin". LABELSWhilst by Louis de Bernieres, author of bestseller, "Captain Corelli's raconteurs on the looking for a tin of cassoulet I happened upon rows circuit - The Scotsman and rows ofperforms catfood this withworld beautiful labels. It was love at first sight. Pip Utton Fred’s funny, deep down Aug 7-31 (not 12,19,26) 19.05stage (19.40)premiere. £5.00 (£4.00) funny...leaving your Venue 47 - The Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street Tickets 556 2549 ilr shoulders heaving and your Aseries.The CHIP INstory THEofSUGAR by Alan Bennett.Taken frominhisthe'Talking Heads'and : face flushed - The Herald Graham, Mr Turnbull, the Vicar, Care Community mother.7-31A (not darkly12,16,19) comic suburban tale with£5.00all of(£4.00) Bennett's observation and wit. Aug 15.10(15.55) CONTEMPORARY STAGE COMPANY ©O©© Gaidar’s Gilded Balloon Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 HIO at the Palladium ★ CONVERSATIONS WITHfinds ANhimself EXECUTIONER by asKazimierz Moczarski. Former Polish resistance fighter in the same cell a Nazi general. Broughton Place, Venue 26 Powerful,'Oneat times humourous accountportraits of this extraordinary 20th - 31st August - 7pm drama. of the most astonishing of a Nazi leader.'autobiographical Quinzaine Utteraire. Previews Aug 7,8 15.40 (16.50) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 9-31 (not 19) 15.40 (16.50) £6.50 (£5.50) CORCADORCA ®0©@ Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 DISCO PIGS by Enda Walsh. Pig and Runt go wild in Pork Sity. Corcadorca' Bill Bailey cult hit is back. 'BRILLIANT...get your snout in the trough!' Guardian. 'Powerful,s ' punchy and sparkling with electric ,Sept energy.'2-5The19.Scotsman. The master of musical mirth, surreal ramblings, Aug 00 (20.15)SOS£8.50Critics (£7.50)Award '97. Aug 7-9,11-13,16-18,20,23-27,31 14,15,21,22,28-30 19.00 (20.15) £9.50 (£8.50) fierce intellect and highly shambolic hilarity. CRAZY HORSE THEATRE COMPANY ©O©© Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110! ★Boyzone SOMETHING BLUE by Dylan Ritson. Noisy sex, silent love and a dark, steamy dramaDrama with a surrealwinners. twist fromnspired' NSDFIndependent. and ...rendered me asthmatic with great Guardian inInternational waves of hysteria - The Scotsman 'Highly original' Scotsman.Student 'Ritson is yourAward man to watch''IGuardian. A three toque gourmet feast of a show - Aug 5-31 (not 13,18,25) 15.15 (16.30) £5.50 (£4.50) The Sunday Times CROSSFIRE THEATRE COMPANY ®G©® Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 HIO! Calder’s Gilded Balloon ★ QUICKSILVER! AN IMPRESSION OF ROBERT LOUIS writer. STEVENSONIl! Fictional and real-life characters swirl around this great Scottish at the Palladium A dream-like Hunt for the mercurial RLS. Cross the oceans into Broughton Place Venue 26 the depthsAug of Treasure a7,8fevered imagination.Yo-ho-ho! Previews 16. 4 5 (17.45) 15-22 August, 10pm Aug 9-31 (not 19) 16.45 (17.45) £3.00 £6.00 (£4.00)

CRUMPET THEATRE COMPANY 00©0 Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 6672212 LI3 GASPING Ben Elton'demand s sharp designer witted satire on advertising andair.The marketrichforces. It'ands 1990 and yuppies everything, including ' i nhale' the poor gasp as ourappearance. last natural resource is exploited. Don't miss Crumpet' Aug 16-22s 1114.th00Fringe (15.30) £5.00 (£4.00) CUCKOOLAND CLUMP OOO© Venue 45 - Old St. Paul's Church & Hall,Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476 JIB THE GOOD PERSON OFgood SICHUAN Brecht' shood! gods Set seekagainst to justify their existence but their optimum turns to opium a modern musical backdrop this energetic 90 minute production brings out the comedy in this25-30 rare drama. Aug 14.15 (15.45) £5.00 (£3.00) CUTTLEFISH PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 84 - Holyrood Tavern, Holyrood Road Tickets 622 7207 K13 ★comedy. FARLEY & FARLEY' S BED & BREAKFAST VACANCIES Two man Confusion and confession, insomnia and betrayal in a Southampton guest house when a singing, dancing gent becomes unexpectedly involved in a brotherly play, £5.00 newcitycompany, Aug 14-16,18-31dispute. 16.00New (16.50) (£3.50) new venue. CYGNET THEATRE OO©© Venue 167 - Moray House Theatre, Canongate/St John's Street Tickets 667 2212 KI4 ■mistaken A MIDSUMMER NIGHT' S DREAM True Shakespeare: magic, mirth, identities. Evocative music, amazing insect masks. Clear and accessible for 8+. Adreams celebration imagination. 'Joyful production... a visual fantasy making come oftrue'theWestern Aug 17,18,21,23,26,27,29-31 12.15Morning (14.15) News. £6.00 (£5.00) LADYof DEADLOCK' SHouse' SECRET Carolinemystery Monk'-sunresolved? adaptation of the dramatic core Dicken' s ' B leak . A murder Aug 19,20,22,25,28 12.15 (14.15) £6.00 (£5.00) ■depth MICHAEL ACTING WORKSHOP Exciting and demanding inpreparationCHEKHOV for performance character Aug 18,20,23,26,28,29 10.45 (11.45)and £4.00 (£3.50)work, led by professional actors.

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Theatre CZECHERED PLATE PRODUCTIONS OOO© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ★of ■lifeVANEK Fresh from its Oxford success,Vanek satirises the absurdities in communist Czechoslavakia.This talented dynamic group provide an accessible, funny playthewritten by once dissident, now president Vaclav Havel.relevant, Czech Aug 23-31 17.Sponsored 15 (18.45)by£5.00 (£4.50)Embassy. DEAD MAN’S TROUSERS OOO© Venue 128 - Youth International at St Oswald's, Montpelier Park Info/Tix 346 1405/229 5562 N6 ■a bittersweet, THE TEMPEST Dead Man' s Trousers Theatre Company swing through bluesy,production film noir 'with Tempest' . Shakespeare rockedto pen off histhypedestal a'Emagical, inspiring side-stitching comedy breath up.in ntertaining, thought-provoking, heart-stirring' Hampshire Chronicle. Aug 24-30 16.00 (18.30) £4.00 (3.00)

I COMPANY OF STRANGERS] a WIFE OUT OF FLOMM Intriguing of passion and betrayal from Celtictalemyth. Intricately woven with live music haunting vocals, electroharp, keyboards, Indian harmonium, pipe and bodhran 'Magnetic... unworldly' Venuealmost Magazine August 17 - 29th • 6pm (NOT SUNDAYS) QUAKER MEETING HOUSE 7 Victoria Terrace (Venue 40) Tickets • £6/£4

DEMARCO EUROPEAN ART FOUNDATION OO©© Venue 164 - New Parliament House, Regent Road Tickets 661 3088 JI5 CYRANO DE BERGERAC Glenalmond College GargolesTheatre Co. Anthony the lively translator of Rostand' CYRANO DE BERGERAC promises Burgess action, this production does snot disappoint.This tragic, flamboyant, probascidian poet is thoroughly entertaining: romance,comic, swordplay, intrigue, a barrel of laughs what panache! Aug 10-15 16.30 (18.45) £5.00 (£3.00) ■FirstRUSSIAN ANGUISH Krasnayasounds Presnya. Scotsman- anstarshourandofFringe award 1997. Russian Anguish veryonFiveofftheputting souls but it hides one of the funniest shows Fringe. Surrealismtortured brought toAuga high degree of gloss. 10,11,14,15,17-22,24,25,27-29 19.45 (20.50) £7.00 (£5.00) ★ ■ PORTRAIT C Artus.onPortrait C isdance, a contemporary baroque mosaic.Your name and face will appear stage with video-computer-art, art and live music. Hungarian and Edinburgh artists co-operate in this uniquefineevent. Aug 10-22 (not 16) 22.00 (23.30) £5.00 (£3.00) DORMdestruction. HOUSE 5AsTheweInpresent Thru ThetheOutdoor Players. Join misfits, us for antrapped evening ofby★ American cynical storyat ofredemption five society values, and their comic attempt in the last hours ofAugthe10-22 planet.(not 16) 17.15(18.45) £6.00 (£5.00) ANDREW DAWSON & GAVIN RODERTSON (Thunderbirds RA.B...Wallace & Gromit Alive on stage...Fantastic Voyage) BEFORE LASAGNE Craigmillar Festival Society. Inspired,fromimprovised, produced by a group of local people, all ages and abilities Edinburgh' s Craigmillar Housing Scheme. It tells of Craigmillar' s history, observes its problems 'solutions' Aug 17-22today; 12.00questions (13.00) £4.00 (£2.00)for its future, in humorous style. FROM SHAKESPEARE TO ROCK' N'ROLL From Croatia'Jagoda s outstanding theatre (The Gavella in Zagreb) threescontrasting Buie's highly acclaimed Richard III,s IvanVidic' new play 'Mproductions: easles' directed by Kresimir Dolencic and Emil Matesic' ' R ock ' n ' R oll.' Aug 17-29 (not 23.00 (midnight) £5.00 (£3.00) Aug 24-29 17.3023)(19.00) THREE LEFT HOURS From Croatia'trained s leading experimental theatre company -andDaska, a (and groupin ofEnglish), Paris andthis Warsaw innovative witty is Stage. a celebration practitioners.Topical, of the last Russian avant-garde group Oberiu. ' R emarkable' The Aug 17-22 13.30 Aug 24-29 19.30 (14.45) (20.45) £5.00 (£3.00) MAGIC's Theatre, S POWER GIMPEL performance of★ Kantor' one AND that tries to reachTeatr deepMist.intoA human nature in- tomemory those interestedtruth. in theFrom humanPoland. state of mind searching for the well known but forgotten Aug 10-22 (not 16) 19.30 (20.30) £5.00 (£3.00) ■ THEchallenge CAFE OF TOMORROWS The for Elements. A manfreedom. and a★woman thebyNO limits of Innovative love in their'Jazzquest truth and Award winning script Leeala. Theatre' with improvised dialogue, dance15.3and music.£5.00 Expect(£3.00) the unexpected. Aug (16.30) Aug 10-15 17-22 21.300 (22.30) ★ ■ THECo.OTHER SIDEme OF CHILEAN MOON Eyes space panorama Theatre "Theynipples, took intoTHE the room naked, the electricWhispering shocks began, the vagina, penis, tongue, brain." Avi Nassa explores displacement, pain tne entire Apollo 11 moon landing in just 26 minutes and loneliness with great verve, wry humour, passion and dream-like beauty. Aug 24-29 21.30 (22.30) £5.00 (£3.00) directed by JOS HOIlbdl (The Right Size & Theatre de Complicity) ★ ■ ofTHE Shibboletheatre A newoaths, production tells the TURNOUT 1798Butrebellion inallUlster. ForeignCompany. spies, secret couragethat 16-30 Aug • 7.20pm & 7.50pm and most of£5.00 a fear Roman Eagle Lodge • Venue 21 Augmassacre. 17-22 20.00 (21.00) (£3.00)or a hope for a new future. All tickets: £4.75 Bookings: 0131 622 7207 THE SEA AND MIRROR commentary on Shakespeare' s 'TheTHE Tempest' by W.H.Scampi Auden.Productions. Directed byANicola Dahlinger. a rare opportunity to see this unique piece From Germany. Aug 10-29 (not 16,23) 21.15 (22.45) £5.00 (£3.00) 82

enSBSEMiMm London Weekend Television’s Comedy Department is once again presenting its UNIQUE PRIZE FOR COMEDY WRITING at the Edinburgh Fringe. THE AWARD: £1000 and a commission to develop a script for television The panel of judges is headed by HUMPHREY BARCLAY, LWT’s Controller of Comedy. The winner will be anounced at THE LWT COMEDY WRITING FORUM on Monday August 31st at 10.30am at Pleasance Over The Road. Join a top team of producers, writers and editors in a lively discussion about future opportunities for comedy writing on TV.

★ ■ CARMINA Tuzla Youthin Theatre. Aofstory of emotional, physical spiritualBURANA changes us.theFortune us, wesalvation areanddreaming and only that whenexist Amour'everyone s Arrow hits heart dopla’wes with find our in love. Aug 10-IS 23.00 (midnight) £5.00 (£3.00) Venue 12 - Demarco European Art Foundation, St Mary’s School,York Ln/Albany St. Tix 556 8409 HI3 ★ OVERTHE EDGE Africa Dream Theatre. Antheatre... original'Aprogramme of oneman plays by Zimbabwe' s Master of minimalist nge! Beast' , 'Easy'DCome, Go,' 'T1. hePlease Mancallin thefor Cupboard' and iary ofEasy a Madman details. , 'Rumours in the Wind' Aug 10-15,24-29 17. 0 0 (19.00) £5.00 (£3.00) Aug 17-22 15.00 (17.00) ★ ■ are LITTLE REQUIEM FORplaying KANTOR Ariel Theatre. To thewho old worked school class coming students actresses, with Kantor, try toyoung preserve and pass ontomusic.Two the youngoldmusicians the ideas of the master who inspired them. Aug 10-22 (not 16) 19.30 (20.30) £5.00 (£3.00) SOLWAY FESTIVAL POETSPoets: ANDDonald THE POETRY STOREB own, ate night poetry with theSaltSolway Festival Adamson, Elspeth John Hudson, Chrys and guests. With readings from the floor, brinj poems, songs10-15 and musical instruments.£3.50 (£2.50) Aug 22.30 (midnight) MRS using BROWN EATS Constance One-woman show events in my DEAD own lifeMICE with that of otherByram womenShaw. known, unknown, allAugdifferent. From Canada. 24-29 12.00 (13.00) £5.00 (£3.00) ★ BLACK BATTLES By Bernar d-Marie 'Koltes. Presented by Trident Theatre Company.WITH 'StrongDOGS performances' Extraordinary' 'Atmospheric' Nottingham Evening Post, 'words areScotsman, like weapons in the handsBBC, ofAug Bernard-Marie Koltes' The Independent. 17-22 17.15 (18.45) £5.00 (£3.00) ★disgraced POETASTER Chickenstudent Shed Productions. Mightrevenge. falls on'FWoolwich. former medical planssquid a hideous riends TheAMovie' opens at cinemas nationwide. A giant attacks the Thames Barrier. AAugmonologue about(16.30) municipal 17-22 15.30 £5.00angst, (£3.00)embalming and kebabs. ROLAND THE BRAVE Progetto Guarda L'Europa. on Chanson Roland, theidealizing legend Roncisvalle between Christians andtheBased Moslems. Starts fromof this epic text, the terrible Crusades. Questions continuing crusades fought by religious fanatics£5.00 the world Aug 17-22 21.30 (22.30) (£3.00)over, asserting their righteousness of faith. DEMONTFORTTHEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 79 - The Subway, 69 Cowgate K12 ROAD Through author Jim Cartwright' s Wideboy Scullery, we are taken on an evening' tour ofwea meet scruffy,thedepressed road in Lancashire. From street corner towretched livingsroom, inhabitants, lives.12.A15 sharp and£4.00 funny play. glimpsing their socially and emotionally Aug 23-27 (13.45) (£3.00) Aug 28,29 10.15 (11.45) DIRTY BIRD PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 84 - HolyroodTavern, Holyrood Road Tickets 622 7207 KI3 ★Eighties AFTER DINNER Goldfish, Divorce, Farts, Joggers, Banks, Fosters, Sex, Rock, Premature-Ejaculation,Valium, Eye-Shadow, Skid-Marks. Friday nightbeers in an Aussie pub, dance 5 desperate singles succumb to cheap wine, too moves.(£5.00) A raucous Australian comedy. Augmany 14-31 (not and 23) dubious 18.40 (19.50) £6.00 THE AWARD WINNING STAGE 84 PRESENTS A Wr

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ta|L Roof The Acclaimed Broadway Musical Director &Musical Choreographer Anthony J. Williams Director at Venue- 93Rino Grice James Gillespies High School Lauderdale Street, Edinburgh 11th to 15th August 7.15pm Saturday 15th Matinee Concessions £5.00 2.15pm BoxAdults Office£7.00 (0385)Children 244984/ Fringe (0131) 2265138

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DIVERSE ATTRACTIONS OO©© Venue 11 - Diverse Attractions, Riddles Court, off Lawnmarket Tickets 225 8961 J11 DIVERSE ATTRACTIONS Edinburgh' s unique award-winning community venue. Between the sponsored polishis ofa venue the Assembly and theprevails. dire risks ofOpen the 9am commercialised there whereandreason to midnight.Fringe, Cafe, theatre, music, poetry dance. ★ ■ BLACK CONFETTI Theatreof the Company. Marriage! Childbirth! All this Jolly and 'tRoger he running bulls!' inLove! the Lust! Black Betrayal! Confetti. Written Paul Jensen. Aug 17-29by (not 23) 15.45 (17.15) £6.00 (£4.00) ★ SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE Bliss Theatre. Difference, indifference and on Bliss Auginvisibility 10-12 16.00 (16.45)Housing £4.00 Estate (£2.00)makes us mad, creative and hysterical!!! ATandWORK Baggy Breeks. Bum cleavage and banter on the building site. 'MEN Witty10-12 Kelmanesque' Aug 17.30 (18.30) The £4.00Scotsman (£2.00) (C'96.£0.50) ★ megalomania LUNATICS attempt LIKE YOUtranfer AND human I Kaschperlprod.The scientists ofAug 10-12 19.30 (21.00)to£4.00 (£2.00) (£0.50creativity C) to a computer. MULTIPLE Bash. In thebyfactory no one questions until love opens their eyes to17.30 aDIVISION divided Directed Theatre-du-Pif. Aug 13-15 (18.30)city.£4.00 (£2.00) (£0.50 C) METAMORPHOSIS MovingParts Parts.perform. Berkoff'Hmeets Wester Hailes. Theatre-du-Pif direct, Moving urry toKafkaseeviaTheatre-duPif...brilliantly atmospheric' Evening(£2.00) News.(C £0.50) Aug 13-15 19.30 (21.00) £4.00 THE KNOT The RonaWeekend Munro, Fiona Knowles. Brilliant new comedyGRANNY drama.Fringe Nominated for Misfits. the London Television Award. Outstanding. ' 9 7. Aug 17-22 19.45 (21.00) £5.50 (£3.50) ★bawdy ■ THEcomedy BIG STINKforbyFringe Richard'98.Spence,Tell-Tale aAug It's a blast! Productions presents 17-22 21.45fresh (23.00) £4.50 (£3.50) ★ TALESCompany. FROM New THEworks WOMEN' S LOCKER Senga Womens Theatre by Scottish womenROOM playwrights. Meet a clairvoyant and a lizard lady! Aug 17-20,24-29 20.00(21.00) £5.00 (£4.00) ■'Festival CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Refresh yourthinking spirit from Fatigue' SELF-DISCOVERY with inner innovations through meditation, positive & creative Kumaris. Aug 10-22spirituality. (not 16) Brahma 13.45(15.15) Free

I A GLAMOUR ISLANDSandTweed Theatr. A and musical journey the OF Scottish Aug 17-22exploring 18.00 (19.00) £4.00Isles (£3.50) their scatteed cJ ★ words ■ NO and SPRING CHICKENS sisters harj will del/ with a collage ofAug enhanced by theTwohighland 12.music 00 (13.00) Aug 10-15 14-15 20.00 (21.00) £4.50 £5.00 (£3.00) (£3.50) DOUBLE J.M.Barrie SCOTCH TheAlanMercators 'Double Scfi' P'3/8 by Scottish playwrights Richardson. Aug 25-29 19.45 (21.20)and £5.00 (£4.00) Ma azine POETRY, PROSE AND from PLAYSthe Understan/ 2 to- Readings of poetry, triblJtors prose and plays by people floor and/ Understanding Magazine, Dionysia Press. Aug 21,22 21.45 (23.15) £5.00 (£4.50) ★by THE HUMOUR Lavery, IS ON ME NOW /humour ker of t eof ear Belfast-man h y Ireland - explored Aug 10-15 21.45James (23.15) £5.00after-dinner/ (£4.00) preseriLi i- Poec- BDy Edinburgh author Fiqr>-.> deeply moving20.00 tribute toirnival Scotland' Aug 10-13 (21.00) £5.00 (£4.s gre;-' 00, G Chameleon ^ ' ★ WHO'LWorld L COME INTO OURar‘eirE RiNl read. Company. War I evacuees y acceptance^J^ children who came to join them. Aug 17-22 17.45 (19.15) £5.00 (£i CHOPPED OFF MARY QUEEN OFA SCOTS Northern vis'frpro L; Jucj of Liz Lochhead's acclaimed play. Aug 24-29Exposure. 19.45 (21.15)fresh,_)0C iLES cc PRi=r ipi iccc 7.CULES year's success, 6 by 9 ■Theatre PRECIEUSES 'dap^jon Following s little-known masterpiece. Qf Moliere'last Aug 24-29present 13.45an(I ongi S.Of3^0 nm TH^ the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 by Venue 4 - C too, St Colu_' : — AN A am imma^TE MISCONCEPTION Thrills, spillspill,andCarlpills' *wThe■■Times. . , id ^inventor of the the cfemale contraceptive Ptaywng^ h ce scientific discovery of ICSI. takes on an Djerassi s brave n<, m: any mess'* '3.50 (15.05) £6.00 (£5.00)

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Dumped by Daragh Carville If you can’t get your girl back...get your own back. A black comedy about love, sex and skip-hoking PLEASANCE TWO 0131 556 6550 5-16 August (no pert Tue 11 Aug) 6.15pm

Kissing Angels A new devised play by Maggie Kinloch, Peter Collins and The NYT Company At the point of crisis there is nobody but angels to help you break free CHAPLAINCY CENTRE 0131 662 8882 21-31 August 6.30pm

Theatre ®o©o DOLPHIN Venue 41 - Hil StreetTKaTÊ Tl^r 5t Tickets 226 6522 AT THE INLAND A EcWrd Bond' s ' A t The Inland Sea' direct, challenging and extraordinary.The is the driving force of the story. Dolphin Theatre captivjimartmagmation ng jerformance of Bond's most disturbing work. Aug 7-18delivers 13.45 a(14.45) 6.5(^£5.00) DOUBLE EDGE I„ 1A Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The flei n pickets 556 6550 ★('Fringe ■ GOGOL' S GAMBLEsXdiscovers new versionthisbycomic Joe Spence. Doublein Edge Favourites masterpiece which aofgroup ofParticularly travellers settle dov^for \cvinj0y a| seemingly straightforward game cards. suitable ars p u s Preview Aug 9 11.45(13.06) £30(a 3 r Aug I I1 ^.50 Aug 11,13,17,19,21,27 15,23,29,31 11.45 (13.00) 'V50)(£4.50)’ ★tfeionships SHORT STRAW Bruce hostages Mickii V,ôwerfu| .new p|aney focusing on the between three re]gn pr ison 0 must die for ofPreview/P qu^,ers to16 8°Scotsman). ^ree' ( H°w long since Y,\ng p|aywrjght reached this level Auh io6 22iTi# ™1 ML4S*26(l30H«(I3.00) °) £300 £=.* Auf Aug 16,22,28,30 45(13 00) £6.50 (£5.9^ Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nico,.,n Street Tick^s'^= ★ THEunder DANCING 1,^ idy||uric '|xifepeV \—l t r and—— hls dancer lov UsmS the medlums terrifyingSTICK stress ' ^ er ofcomes dance and traditional theatre,fromChrisan W«odlaM'^s lffer' new la has a evocative and haunting beauty. P / “ Preview Aug 9 17.10 (18.50) £3 00 £5.50 (£4.50) Aug 11,13,15,17,19,21 17.10(18.50) OTHELLO: ShakespeareOthello, with integrity.This highlytheirV accV] Stssful,udent Z C mpany breathtaking following from ofperform Hamleta and Macbeth. 100 minutes of rawonemotion an£ Prodl°ict'01 performance. Suitable for 13 years plus Tpvative studio Preview Aug 8 17.10(18.50) £3.00 Aug 10,12,14,16,18,20,22 17.10 (18.50) £5.50 (£4.50) DRACO oo@o Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 0 I f death and rebirthJOURNEYS Native American mythicofthe\ life in an autobiographical presentation saA °n’ nf,!™ rrparinn and song from desert Vision Quest experiences. Shaman undergA " dJ Ut of reality to heal, divmate, or entertain. Performed by Mary LeahV Aug 10-16 14.45 (15.45) £6.00 (£5.00) ^ ^ n' ECHOES THEATRE COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION OUDS Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100WITH Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 T EE DE RS VotUr0, Bom Kilkrs meets Wild at mn from fmmÂLA s trash h ^ Heart.whoA couplV run culture come face to face with another live itA theH r 0 Writer Nathan ParkerViolent and Ce^tlficate^' wNâyr(01.25) ^ £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 5-31 (notFREE' 18) midnight EDINBURGH ACTING SCHOOL oof Venue 177 -YMCA,73 Ferry Road 556 0007/0385 726095 C LE ritten by Arthur Miller as a bh^ ^man contem or Ikch S symbol for the McCarthy \ the century' P f >’ nght POW rful and friP htenin 7 cast ! r f i. and^ intelligently il ^ ^directed g ary references g. performedby byarguably a well-trained casV Beautifully Aug 18-22 19.00 (21.45) £6.00 (£4.50)

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PIGS by Enda Walsh Following a sell-out season at the Traverse Theatre last year Corcadorca's award-winning production returns to Edinburgh before a National tour "BRILLIANT. Get your snout in the trough." The Guardian "A TOUR DE FORCE" The Independent on Sunday "DAZZLING... powerful, punchy and sparkling with ELECTRIC ENERGY... A SMASH HIT" t The Scotsman "FIZZING...with energy to burn...it has CULT HIT written all over it" The Glasgow Herald "the HOTTEST, SWEETEST ticket... audiences come out whooping" The Guardian "TRIUMPHANT" The Independent "STUNNING... erupts like a volcano... a THRILLING debut" The Sunday Times

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Theatre THE EDINBURGH LITERARY PUBTOL Venue 178 - Outside the Beehive Inn, Grassmarket Tickets 2216665/ KIO THE EDINBURGH LITERARY PUB TOUR V'iOO^^of inn/°f theScottish ’97 Scottish j Thistle Award for Arts and Tourism! Walk through literary fof Burns, Scott— and history. and fiction, -StevensonFun,-18.tofact00present day. combined with the la ~ ° Aug Aug 7-31 7-31 20.30 (20.00) (22.30) £6.00 (£5.00) EDINBURGH PEOPLE'STHEAT! Venue 17 - St Peter's Church Hall, Lutton Place Laughs galoi . ★Cochrane' ■ HATCHES MATCHES AND s new comedy tedy, a sequel tostilllastDISP^J yer/J^cissful 1 afrer the production. Set in 1924 just before a wedding, feelings run/ amalgamation of Leith and Edinburgh. Directed by the Auth/ Aug 7-22 (not Suns) 19. 4 5 (22.00) £5.50/ Aug 8,15,22 14.30 (16.45) d f lan ■ TABLE MANNERS makescollective up one1'TheNorm ° K\ Ayckbourn an ont ue stssuperb comic trilogy of plays known ffectlve u 5 ? j This beautifully written comedywith is equtltfler ® two- whether performed1/ alone or played in conjunction . Aug 45 (22.00) £5.50 Aug 25-29 29 14.319.0 (16.45) FOR DONALD areAWAKE interrupted ins their evilinfamou^®,"®!^ workBie , kn"^ nl2' tale of Edinburgh' most atAugthe25-29 Scottish22.30Community (23.15) / 'f>a' oo@o IC,0 ..EDINBURGH _...... _ takeS ik Road laCe Ticketsin the 553 liV1549 Venue 71 - St Nimans, Come_ ng r C ,m beh nd Fe X A KlfF ujana Prn |9|0 Three' un|jkely ° i guests' are !'invited ■ MYTHRFF MY THREE ANGJtcTspend Christmas F^ithd the Dulay family’culminating in an interesting , Efi21 ill)“oo,£s.oo) Aue 15,22 14.40 (

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1157 PERFORMANCE C l ®o@o Venue 34 - The Famous Grouse House\5 Cham ^dd'ANSMISSION New workrechallN attitudes towards AIDS. Part I in this thek’ P®™5bp\L0rtunities to express 1 de 3ate willis have dates) criticalAudiences * ' ^ a'mostTOC to be theatre. Part 2themselves (even ELLE M THEATRE COMPANY^ Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row ★aliveNEVERTRUST ANYONE V/EARS S s and she’sfootwear beautiful! ’She’thisalsoaWHO tells lies. Original 1EtwSH!cks1°E Ehm' ;s ot ate and, on :ts feet outrageous make comic night out wh\’ , Aug 25-31 21.00 (22.15) £6.00 (£4.00) \^' ' ' EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE THEATER ®oo© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 ★ ■ THE SUBSTANCE OF struggles FIRE IsaacwithGeldhart, a reft ontro1 of his Europe now living in New York, his children now crumbling publishing empire. ' Aug 5-15,23-31 12.15 (13.35) £5.00 (£4.00) ^ i-m] AT ItN (I ClOCIfi prompi WHICH Hill Street atre Admission £7.00 (J LIBERTY OF ^ INDIFFERENCE

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ENCORE PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 90 - Graffiti, Corner Broughton and East London Streets Tickets 557 8330 G13 ★ THE KING' S NEW CLOTHES Smashing through preconceptions that Damien Hirst has new ideas, this show reveals the man who invented 'sensational : Marcel Duchamp.for Come and see a .comic tribute toAug the12-16,19-23,26-30 avantsculpture' garde artist, best his '(£4.00) readymades' 15.00known (16.00) £5.00 ESKMOUTH THEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 191 -The BruntonTheatre,High Street,Musselburgh Tickets 665 2240 K22 Outer THE MATCHMAKER Comedy, romance and style intertwine in Thornton Wilder' s classic, farcical adventure.When a rich merchant decides to marry hires Dolly 'make- book me aearly. match' Levi, and meets his match. Sheer entertainment!he Make it a date Aug 19.30 (22.00) Sept 31-Sept 4,5 19.303 (22.00) £6.00 £6.00 (£4.50) ETCETERA THEATRE COMPANY ©O©® Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 2255105 KI0 STILL LIFE Mesmerising one-person play about a woman who never moves and howinsheLondon cameandto stop.This Guinness award-winning piece packed houses Fringe First Ingenuity winning company. 'Spellbinding' Sunday6-31Telegraph, Australia.Sydney. 'Moving, intriguing, profound' Time Out. Aug (not Suns) 11.30(12.10) £5.00 (£4.00) EXACTING THEATRE COMPANY OO©© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 EXACTING THEATRE students fromprogramme. all over Exeter University, Exacting COMPANY returns for theConsisting sixth yearofwith a packed ■ STORIES OFShipwrecks! ODYSSEYMonsters! Sensationally retold for children. Magical voyage of★ sounds Aug 10-15& images. 10.00 (10.45) £4.50 (£3.00) Potions! All told from a suitcase. SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGOcomplex by Davidsingles Mamet.The between and lust on the scene. thin line Aug 10-15love14.00(15.10) £4.50emotionally (£3.50) THE PITCHFORK DISNEY bysordid Philip and Ridley.gruesome Chocaholic agoraphobics Presley and Hayley real world. Until now. Aug 17-22 have 11.00escaped (12.00) the£4.50sick,(£3.50) Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 L13 ★ GOD HEAD Jacob Boehme was toa man with a dream. It was about shoes and golden buckets. Now he' s about die. Aug 24-30 10.00 (10.50) £4.50 (£3.50) Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 MI2 SHAKERS by John Godber. Cocktails, girls, barstools a humourous glimpse atAugfour24-30 women10.30working a hideously (11.50)in £4.50 (£3.50) average cocktail bar. Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 L13 ★law.LEFTOVER WEASEL Smile!Literary BecauseSociety you'rePrize. happy? No! Because it's the Winner of the 1998 Exeter Aug 24-30 11.00 (12.00) £4.50 (£3.50) TORCH SONG TRILOGY The International Stud'. Drag acts can only hide soAugmuch the 'mask 24-30when13.00stripped (13.50)of£4.50 (£3.50)by love. ★ButFOOLS John Culliford: Singer,- tragically Drinker, Sailor this24-30year'GOLD to be(£3.50) veryPirate, different different.and... happy! Aug 14.s voyage 00 (15.00)was £4.50 HER ACHING HEART by Bryony Lavery. Fast, funny and foxy - a fantastical tale disastrous Augof24-30 15.00 desire. (15.50) £4.50 (£3.50)

Theatre EXILE INTERNATIONAL THEATRE COMPANY OO©© Venue 39 - Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, 80 High Street Tickets 220 4349 J13 THE PROMISE An ensemble piece following three livesandfated to converge, which offers a personalised angle on the effects of war, the endurance ofriveting memory and friendship.andAn wicked intimatehumour. performance space intensifies the cast's characterisations Aug 9,11-16,18-23,25-27,29,30 14.15 (15.40) £5.00 (£4.00) eX nihilo THEATRE OO©© Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 Kl I LORENZACCIO Debauchery. Corruption.Tyranny.Why does Lorenzo want toDangerous kill his cousin de Medici? Whattragedy is theinmalevolent Cardinal plotting? LiaisonsAlexander meets Shakespearean The world premiere ofSta Lorenzo new adaptation of Musset' s renaissance masterpiece.Florence. Aug 10 15.15(17.15) Day special £4.50 Aug I 1-31 (not 17,24) 15.15(17.15) £6.00 (£4.50) FACTION/THEATRE EDIBLE ©©©© Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ★ MRS S DENTURES Something with Frederick is have very been wrong hismysteriously job? HisDENCH' engagement? Or that, while asleep, his healthy teeth with persons unknown? A tasty tale of a chewy predicament inswapped one bite-sized theatrical nugget. Aug 7,8,10,12,14,17,19,21,24,26,28,31 16.00 (17.00) £5.50 (£4.50) THE MISANTHROPE Philip tohatesbe ignored confrontation. Ronald hates Celine hates commitment. Drew hates - Alceste hates allbush ofcriticism. them. Moliere trapped with Kafka in the lift of a tall office building in a prickly of a comedy. Aug 9,11,13,15,16,18,20,22,23,25,27,29,30 16.00 (17.00) £5.50 (£4.50) THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE - SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS... ©©©© Venue 34 - The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St. Tickets 220 5606 KI2 ■adults TALES OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Storytelling theatre forSharazad everyone too! Hear Abu Hassan' s world breaking f**t! Will beautiful lose her head directed or live tobytellaward-winning another tale?Andy Adapted by Communicado's Gerry Mulgrew, Mackie. Aug 7-16 16.45 (18.00) £6.00 (£4.00) ■ POLITICS IN THE PARK Eighty-Ate present Heggie' s Jinty Scottish comic masterpiece. ShareTheatre a onhilarious afternoon in thelainpark with and Effie proclaiming their thoughts everything from homebaking and politics19-30 to farting more.(£4.00) Aug 17.00 and (17.45)much£6.00 ★people' PIATRA NEAMTZ, ROMANIA The Door' byfear thisand famous young s theatre is acowardice. study in violence: How Closed violence begetsaddition indifference begets AHouse 'stop press' programme please see the Famous Grouse brochure for full details. Aug 19-28 18.45 (21.15) £8.00 (£6.00) LOSINGMan,VENICE Grads provideis atwar,hislust, poetry hein John Clifford' drama. the Duke bestwit in and battle. wrestDuchess. the citys from its geriatric Doge?proclaims, Perhaps more easily than bed hisCanreluctant Aug 7-16 18.45 (19.50) £8.00 (£6.00) ■delightful A CELEBRATION OF GRAND MUSICALS selection oftantalise scenes fromimagination. opera,OPERA operettaAND and GREAT music theatre to arouseA your emotions Aug 8,9 22.15 and (23.45) £7.00your (£5.00) ★ SEX THE together? Youliescan'andt dosubterfuge that! Whoforsays?Deek The manON who putFawltyesque theDOLE SS intoLivingDSS. So it'Justs sex, and Emma in this comedy. don' t mention the chilli. Aug 7-16 20.20 (21.30) £8.00 (£6.00) THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE... continues over the page

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FEVERED SLEEP/ STATE OF EMERGENCY ®Q©0 Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 L13 ★How■ Tdo- you STATE OFstoryEMERGENCY What' s wrong withSoEbeing here now? tell a to someone who won’t listen? grabs your THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE... continued attention. Exploding TVs, real drowning men and stunning visual theatre. THEATRE BABEL' S DONdrama, JUANpresents Scotland' s Theatre Babel, renowned for Aug 9-1 1,15-17,20,21 19.00 (19.50) £5.00 (£3.00) reinterpretation of classical lain Heggie' s in-your-face version ★ stunning ■ STILLshow, MATTER In Fevered the future,Sleep' theshuman longer exist. of'Foul-mouthed 'Don Juan'. Moliere'fascinating, s outrageousfurious sex comedy refreshed and revitalised. Aexplosive featuring chaoticbody blendwill of nodreamlike nineties isfantasia' Scotsman. physicality and charming realism. Compelling, provocative andimages, funny. Aug 24-30 19.and 00 (20.30) £8.00a (£6.00) Don' t miss it (bring your body!). Aug 8,12-14,18,19,22 19.00 (19.50) £5.00 (£4.00) ★include VERY,Reservoir VERY TASTY Enter a clown restaurant where the lunchtime specials Hotdogs, Just Deserts, Hearts and with Brokena side Crockery. Lowsultry in cholesterol, high in- thecomedy, pathosSmashed and entertainment order FIREFLY PRODUCTIONS ®GOO ofAug tunes Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KI0 7-16flamenco 13.15(14.00) £6.00 Reprobates. (£4.00) ★ ■ WHEREVER YOU MAY BE TONIGHT It' s no ordinary morning. THE CHEMISTRY OF LOVE...& LUST The physics of faking, science Thepulse...or butler'stea.been97:stabbed, the gardener's moving' grown a tongue, and nobody has ofshowscoring and ornithology orgasm.aphrodisiacs Drs Koch and and licking...Come Libido's taboo-shattering 'eStage. nergetic...raw...quite lays bare the facts of ofarousal, see it and acommands respect' Light(£4.00) lunch included. Scotsman, 'sincerity that you' l l come again! Aug 7-15 12. 1 5 (14.00) £5.00 Aug 20-23,26-30 23.00 (midnight) £6.00 (£4.00) ★ MIRAGETHEATRE ,a double bill FIRST AMONG SEQUELS OO©® addressing the dynamics ofCOMPANY Irish family life.presents 'Rtriangle, elative'RelativeValues' Infidelity' hilariously M12 ' the dysfunction of a father/mother/daughter 'Relatively Speaking'depicts movingly Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 depicts marital breakdown asking whether relationships can be rehabilitated. FEINTmixTRACES OFandANUFOs. ALIEN BEING.... byshocked Jenny Wafer & PeterwithYates. Aug 7-16 14.40(16.10) £7.00 (£5.00) A'★Oheady of art, sex The writers who audiences ut of Time' are at it again: a darkly comic drama - not for the faint-hearted. fecund THEATRE OO©© Aug 16-31 (not 20) 14.00 (15.40) £5.00 (£4.00) Venue 20 - Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Place Tickets 226 5425 F9 CATHERINE FITHIAN ®Q©© ★ FASCINATIONS 1997' s Totalstories. TheatreUrban Awardcharacters, winners Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 KI0 premier new piece byFROMTHE Johnexhilarating Keates.CROWD CityandLife.utterly Bizarre fecund ' h ighly theatrical, wonderous' Guardian, fecund SHIRLEY VALENTINE by Willy Russell.Trapped in a thankless relationship, promising one of ' 9 8' s most exceptional small scale theatre events. Mrs Joe Bradshaw longs to become the girl she was before marriage and Aug 10-15,24-31 19.30 (20.45) £7.00 (£5.00) children engulfed her. 'A captivating performance' San Mateo Times. 'Fithian I Aug 17-22 21.30 (22.45) mesmerised Pacifica£6.00 Tribune. Aug 6-31 (notthe16)filled14.house' 45 (16.30) (£5.00) FETTESATTHE FRINGE OOO® Venue 124 - Fettes Concert Hall, Fettes College, E. Fettes Avenue Tickets 332 2281 D7 ■a family METAMORPHOSIS Steven Berkoffs hauntingly disturbing parable of smashed apart whentheatre their son transformed Daringly acrobatic physical whichfindswillhimself also tickle your brainintocellsa beetle. from Fettes'24-29 Capital Aug 19.award-winning 35 (20.45) £5.00company. (£2.00)

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MICHAEL FORRESTER ©0©0 Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 HI0 ★attempts TEN SECONDS OF LIFE This solo performance follows a poet' s to live hisverselife inforantenuncomfortable seconds without fear, judgement or inhibition. Narrative Aug 7-18 meets 17.10(18.05) £5.00 (£3.50) intellectual and spiritual encounter. FORTH CHILDRENS THEATRE ®QOO Venue 120 - Inverleith Church Hall, Ferry Road (opp Granton Road) Tickets 538 6077 A9 THE RAGGED CHILDtheir Edinburgh' most exciting andof this innovative theatre company present brand snew dramaticyoung musical play. 'Young actorscelebrate triumph 20th in musical tale'theproduction Scotsman. Multiple Award winners inAugSCDA Festival year on Fringe. 7-15 (not 9) 19.30 (21.45) £5.50 (£4.50) Aug 8,15 14.30 (16.45) FOUR FORTY FOUR OOO© Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I ★prepare ■ A LABYRINTH OF IRON Venice. 1700s.An all female orchestra to give a concert conducted by Antonio Vivaldi... a concert that thrilling world premiere. Celebrate the Festival will Augchange 25-3 I their 13.55lives (15.10)forever. £5.00A (£4.50) with Waterstone’s of George Street FOXTROT OSCAR THEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 13 - Harry Younger Hall, Lochend Close, Canongate 07050 161320 / 0411 140692 JI5 ★woman ■ RUTH ELLIS The passionate and hedonistic lifestyle of this troubled led to her piece inclusion in the her history as the lastandwoman Author readings toAugbe24-29 hanged.This explores daringbooks individuality shockingin Britain life. 18. 0 0 (18.45) £4.00 (£2.00) Regular Fringe-linked events Extensive range of imports THE FLYING PIC THEATRE COMPANY Late night opening Free parking after 6pm For full details contact Waterstone’s George Street | Also at 128 Princes Street, Edinburgh (Telephone 0131 226 2666) and 13-14 Princes Street, Edinburgh (Telephone 0131 556 3034)

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FRACTURED ATLAS PRODUCTIONS OOO© Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St Tickets 221 9009 K9 ★These PUMPKIN PIE SHOW Kamikaze storytelling and live musical assault! touching talestheoffaint-hearted. perversion, depravity prepubescents coming of ageperformers are not forwith Laugh, cry,andpuke...experience it; then pelt the raw pumpkin meat. Aug 23-3 I 23.15 (00.15) £5.00 (£4.00) FRANTIC REDHEAD PRODUCTIONS ®G©© Venue 55 - Randolph Studio, Inst Francais d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph Cres. Tix 225 5366 H8 ★Based ■ BIG MARY New play by Mark Medoff, author of Children of a Lesser God. on the true story of a circus elephant' s untimely death, the play' s delightfully whimsical to thoughtful material is for children and (especially) their elders.approach Aug 7-15 11.00(12.15) £4.00 (£3.00) PORT AND LEMONmystery by John behind Cargill Thompson. Hudson exposes Moriarty shocked! andMrs Watson solved. Or is all.it? John Shedden starsThe in Fringe First winner.Holmes 'Devilishly clever' The Guardian. 'Aug Shedden' s marvellous, sinister performance' The Scotsman. Aug 8-15 16-31 16.15(17.15) 11.15(12.15) £5.00 (£3.00) POSTMAN’S KNOCK! s funniest letters,Groucho in performance.A mailbag bursting withdelivery laughter. A littleWorld' girlA Splinters writes toProduction. God. writesandtoperformed everyone. First-class guaranteed! Devised byAug John8-31Shedden, Finlay McLean and Rose McBain. 12.45 (13.45) £5.00 (£3.00) ANTIGONE Sophocles' tragedy set in Ravensbrook Camp, prison for dissenters. One young woman, to faceWork deathsavagery for hera Nazi inpretense a higheroflaw, defiesorder. an egomaniacal rulerwilling who rationalizes onbeliefs the creating Aug 7-15 14.20 (15.45) £5.00 (£3.00) SARAH (Bernhardt): 'Conniesilken-voiced Clark as Sarah Bernhardt achieves the impossible... she captures the legendary goddess ofthetheperformance 19th century' Scotsman. 'Five Intimate and warm, the energy quite breathtaking, mesmerising, Stars' Evening News. ' E nthralling...joyous' The Stage. Aug 17-29 (not 23) 16.05 (17.45) £6.50 (£5.00) T.R.A.M. TOP football WITH THE TARTAN Exploits ofDIRECT the cope? TartanOVERTHE Armytheyof ambassadors Scottish supporters. HowARMY domusic, their awives and girlfriends Are for Scotland? Humour, wry insight to Scotland as a nation. Aug 18-22,25-29 19.45 (21.20) £6.00 (£4.00)

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★ MOSCOW Salamone/Maury R. McIntyre) Trapped inanSartre-esque existential limboof(Nick in'Tahedeserted theatre,. 'Ethree gay menflight mount impromptu musical version Three Sisters' xhilarating of theatrical fancy' Frontiers. ' H auntingly beautiful songs...superb' Los Angeles Times. Aug 7-22 (not 12) 21.35 (23.25) £6.50 (£5.00) Venue 99 - Greyfriars Kirk Yard - Main Gates, Greyfriars PI, Candlemaker Row Tix 225 5366 Kl I MACBETH throughraces the tomazefulfillof the ancient wyndsunearthly and closes offpredictions. Edinburgh'A sFollow Royal the Mileactors as Macbeth Witches' unique theatrical walkingStates. excursion performed by professional actors from Scotland and the United Aug 7-15 18.30 (19.50) £5.00 (£4.00) FRESH BLOOD THEATRE OO©© Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 K11 ★MR.■ PUNCH (THE TRAGICAL COMEDY ORoldest, COMICAL TRAGEDY OF)see the Roll up for the greatest, wisest play there is, and freaks of the Punch andyoung Judychildren. show come to life in true commedia tradition. Warning: Aug 10-23may(notdisturb 17) 15.45 (17.15) £5.50 (£4.50) FRESH MILK ©O©© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KI0 ★'trueTHEto theHOLE A modern version of Notes from the Underground, spirit of Dostoevsky' , Son Francisco Ray Guardian. A lonely man loudly indulges his angst, upstairsNews.neighbour Liza down into his world. 'Striking and visceral' , Sondrawing Jose22.00 Mercury Aug 7-9,12-16,19-23,26-30 (23.00) £5.00 (£4.00) FROM HELL SHE CAME ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 FROM HELL SHE CAME Cooking, Cleaning, Human Sacrifice . . It' s toughthe being a mother! Following its sell-out season at London' s Freedom Theatre, camp gore-fest tribute sinksTimeits talons 'Trash6-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 theatre atB-movie/Stephen its best' Pink Paper.King'I17.30 rresistible!' Out.(£6.00)into Edinburgh. Aug (19.00) £7.00 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 17.30 (19.00) £8.00 (£7.00) | CALDER'S GILDED BALLOON < r Venue 38 - Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 ★Bourdages.This FLYING MACHINE PRESENTS ISO CIGARETTES by Michael new woman play takesarrives placetoonredeem Death aRow in DeepbutSouth Georgia. A younggutsy Scottish murderer, how much isAugshe7-3prepared to sacrifice? Powerful stuff. I 13.00 (15.00) £7.00 (£6.00)

★ ROMANTIC FRICTION Acerbic, Irish comedy about romance writer stalked by her creations. 'A rollocking parodya love-lorn of pulp novels' Irish Aug Independent. 17-31 15.00 (16.15) £6.50 (£5.50) comedians a foul all calledandDave... aTAKE girl.TheTWO wit ofTwoFry(exit andpursued Laurie...andbythechicken). punchtempered of a Smithchicken, and Wesson a stageand direction reading Aug 7-3 I 15.30 (16.45) £6.50 (£5.50) Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon I , People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151 K12 THE GOOD FIGHT finds a mistress, his wife finds God. Their son dresses as ElvisA£7.50 =husband a domestic Aug 7-31 14.15(15.45) (£6.00) Holy war. Hilarious. FLYERTHEATRE PRESENTS A CATartON HEATthrough Tiffany relationships, Whittome's dramatic comedy follows three London graduates art and sexuality. Aug 22-31 13.15 (14.15) £6.00 (£5.00) THE DUMBWAITER HAROLD PINTER Twowithgunmen await the arrival of oftheira cafe nextupstairs victimBYand find themselves the bizarre demands -Scotsman. classic dark comedy.dealing 'A masterpiece of British post-war theatre-uplifting' Aug 7-31 15.45 (16.45) £6.50 (£5.50) ★Doon EMMA Cult Scottish novelist Miller andadaptation award-winning MacKichan collaborate onAusten anMartin exceptional of Janeandactress Austen' masterpiece, Emma. Meet Jane and her voracious neices let thems take an anarchic of love, lust and revolution. Aug you 7-21on17.00 (18.30) journey £9.50 (£8.50) ★ TALESCompany. FROM New THEcomedies WOMEN’S LOCKER ROOM Women's Theatre by Scottish women. MeetSenga a clairvoyant and lizard15.lady.45 (16.45) Auga7-16 £6.00 (£5.00) by Venue 38 Meeting point at bottom of Guthrie StTickets 226 2151 KI2 HENRY IV (PART ONE) Hal Hotspur and Falstaff retrace a pattern of rebellion Aug 8-27inVolteface' 19.30 (21.00)s street-theatre £6.00 (£5.00)adaptation. Fast, furious...a moving history.

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Songs born of experience, expressing one man’s take on the world, performed with humour and acerbic wit. Passionate, sardonic and bittersweet, Philip Jeays is a singer songwriter with real showmanship. Witty and unpredictable - Chanson “The finest new meets the millennium. songwriter I’ve heard for 10 years”. Piano: David Harrod Guitar: William George Q TOM ROBINSON Cello: Kari Hide-Prince Flute: Lowdy Brabyn “Philip Jeays real find.you’re Just thealways Thurs 6th AUG - FREE sort ofis adiscovery Fri 7th AUG - Mon 31st AUG hoping to make Edinburgh and rarelyindo”. ONLY £5.00 CHARLES SPENCER, (not Tue l|th or Tue 25th) Daily Telegraph fep: 9.4! “Thesealmost songsacted, are with Ca al Venue 47 delivered, a great voice... Jeays is a great 17 S1 Register Street talent”. THE GEORGIA Venue^ Tice: 0131-556 2549 STRAIGHT, Vancouver Photos: Jake Gavin

j TARGET PRACTICE TARGET PRACTICE consists of two monologues about obsession starring actor Andy Stanson. In ‘DEAR PRUDENCE’ Micky, a hopeless “could’a been” finally sets the Beatles’ record straight. In ‘TRAFFIC’ we see a bleak portrayal of a man intensely obsessed with one prostitute. NB: There is a short interval between the two plays. ABOUT “A“Glorious joy” ■ THE Thefodder...superb ListSHOW: ”■ Glasgow Herald Thurs 6th AUG - FREE Fri 7th AUG - Mon 31st AUG “Catch these while you can” ■ The Independen ONLY £5.00 ABOUT ACTOR “A great ANDY naturalSTANSON, talent-should be seen at (Not Tue 18th or Tue 25th) all costs” The List Time: 2.45pm “Mesmerisingperformance”- Glasgow Heral PLAYWRIGHT Cafe Royal, Venue 47 ABOUT “WritingRICHARD with heart,HOPE, acuity and Thewit” Independer 17 West Register St “Hope shines with welcome -originality... Venue Box Office: 0131-556 2549 sharply sardonic” - The Stage

Theatre CALDER'S GILDED BALLOON W AT THE PALLADIUM Venue 26 - Calder's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium, Broughton Place Tickets 226 2151 GI4 AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WITH hisHENRY ROLLINS Taking time offatfronting his forrocktheWORD band, tofirstunleash hardeffortlessly hitting brandbetters of observations the Fringe very time, Rollins the stand-ups he viciously mauls. Sept 3-5 22.00 (23.00) £ 10.00 (£8.00) GOAL OOO© Venue 151 - Meadowbank Sports Centre, 139 London Road Tickets 661 5351 JI9 ★and■moving GOALimages Riverdance with studs. A thrilling combination of dance, music byandfootball. is a match winnerforforextra all ages is destined top (21.15) theinspired league£7.00 leave itsCOAL audience desperate time.and Aug 24-30 to19.30 (£4.00) GOD HELPTHE LITTLE MAN OO©© Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 K13 ★girl.They SOMETIMES AN ANGEL A romantic comedy with a twist. Boy meets talk.They argue. familiar? And if it's not quite what they expect...Hey - anyone can Sound make Aug 17-31 (not 23) 20.00 (20.50)a mistake. £5.00 (£3.50) GREAT LIVES THEATRE ®0@© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 K10 ★ Afunniest DAY INandTHE STUDIO WITH J.M.W.TURNER A comedy. Oneshit!ofHe the most gentle of men. He was a lying, conniving, talented could paint a masterpiece in 30(£4.00) minutes. Gary Taylor directed by Phillip Hitchens. Aug 7-15 00 (12.00) £5.00 Aug 16-23I 11.20.40 11.30 (12.30) Aug 24-3 (21.40) GREAT WESTERN YOUTH THEATRE OOOO Venue 128 - Youth International at St Oswald's, Montpelier Park Info/Tix 346 1405/229 5562 N6 ★stories COURTING CONFLICT Drama from Verona to the Falls Road; love for all time andandevery place. Abypowerful pastiche of comedy,young tragedycompany. and rock music, this vibrant, award-winning Aug 10-15 written 16.30 (17.30)performed £4.00 (£2.00) GRESHAM S YOUTH THEATRE OOOO Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St. Tickets 221 9009 K9 Aof MIDSUMMER NIGHT' S DREAM Awake from your slumbers! No chance daydreaming here fairy frolics, twilight lovers' liaisons and the Mechanicals' Masterpiece. GYT returnstheirfollowing last year's 4 star success... 'great theatrical verve...maturity Aug 10-14 12.0mocks 0 (13.15) £5.00comparitive (£2.50) youth' The Scotsman. GRID IRON ©O©© Venue Tickets61226- The5138Underbelly - beneath Central Library, George IV Bridge, entrance on Victoria St. Kll ★ ■TheGARGANTUA me. Carnival, FromLithe the music, award-winning creators ofCelebrating Bloodypleasures Chamber,ofaEateating, laboratory of theof1998. senses. tasty text.riot comedy bodily functions. Rabelasian of the theatrical. Promenade, site-specific. ' E lectrifying' /ndependent.Tempting? Previews 20.00 (21.15) £5.00 £ 10.00 (£7.00) Aug 10-31Aug (not6-89,16,23) 20.00 (21.15) GRINNING GARGOYLE THEATRE COMPANY ©O©© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 2255105 KIO ★ ■ STEALING THELouvre SMILE August,Who1911.The Mona LisaSubversive vanishesartist or overnight from Paris' museum. is responsible? crusading nationalist?and A dark tale of art,Western anarchyMorning and abduction. playing6-31is compelling exemplary' News. 'Their ensemble Aug 18.15(19.15) £6.00 (£5.00) GRITTHEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KIO ★rightSHIVA A gripping piece of theatre that hits it' s subject, domestic violence, in the groin. Grit use verse, movement, sound and visual images to portray what abuseWomens meansAid. to them. 'Powerful... absorbing... innovative... excellent...' Aug 24-31 Welsh 18.15 (19.00) £4.00 (£3.50)

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GUY MASTERSON PRODUCTIONS ®0@© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 ★bestseller.The A SOLDIER'Falklands S SONGwasGuya well-kept Mastersonsecret adapts/performs Ken Lukowiak' s but one paratrooper remembers all; the death, fear, blackbrutal, humour...a worldlanguage whereof'there aren't no ten commandments' (Kipling).The demotic the battlefield. 'Preview Evocative...unmissable' Times. Director; Tony Boncza. Aug 8 11.30 (13.00) £5.00 30 (13.00) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug Aug 9-13,18-20,23-25,27,31-Sept 14,15,21,22,28-30 11.30 (13.00)5 11.£9.00 (£8.00) SHYLOCK The Archer' s Sean, Gareth Armstrong' s intelligent,creation. dramatic, actedliterate, studyhistorical, of Shakespeare' s most controversial Apeerlessly deliriously knowledgeable, clever, poignant and witty evocation ofandpride, prejudice and 400 turbulent years of controversy, barbarism anti-Semitism. Director: Frank Barrie. Preview Aug 7 13.20 (14.50) £5.00 Aug Aug 9-13,17,19,20,23-27,3 14,15,21,22,29-30 13.I2-Sept 0 (14.50)5 13.20 £9.00(14.50) (£8.00) £8.00 (£7.00) ★happened HOLLYWOOD SCREAMS TURKEYS Whatever 1 to 'TheinDevil Girl three FromTOO Mars' -orTALKIN' 'Fire-Maidens From Outer Space ? Michael Roberts, glorious dimensions and painstakingly restored colour, leaves no turn unstoned in a merciless, affectionate swipe at the turkeys which made Hollywood scream. Director: Guy Masterson. Preview Aug 7 18.00(19.10) £5.005 18.00(19.10) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug Aug 8-13,16-18,20,23-27,31-Sept 14,15,21,22,28-30 18.00 (19.10) £9.00 (£8.00) HANKY MAN ®0@© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 ★murder...A HANKYnewMAN is on the line but he' s not talking dirty, he' s talking playshowfromcontains Gill Adams - Winner Fringe First of Firsts 1997. WARNING:This material mayof the offend. Aug ,Sept£9.50 2-5that(£8.50) 18.40 (19.45) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 7-9,11-13,16-18,20,23-27,31 14,15,21,22,28-30 18.40 (19.45)

INCARNATES ©O©© Points of departure phone 0956 572 546 ★and■scenes AND YET BUT STILL JUST THIS A lamp shines its last light on objects hidden ofin fullpsychotic view astenderness. it is taken through nearby streets.Curious. Gently intimate walkabout theatre ' A mess' The Guardian. Aug 8-10,12-14,16-18,20-23 22.30 (midnight) £4.00 (£2.40) HARLAND HAMSTRINGS THEATRE COMPANY oo©o INFLATE OOOO Venue 79 - The Subway, 69 Cowgate K12 Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St Tickets 667 2212 LI3 ★Elwood THE hadBLUES SISTERS Comedy musical. Did you know that Jake and ★ ■ SPINBACK In an original multi-media production, Inflate turn the tables sisters? They' r e on a mission from god! See seven dynamic soul back to 1988 and follow the rapid growth of dance culture through its first decade. sisters re-tell- we70'sneed classics in theiryou.own'Fatnistac' inimitable(Dyslexic style. 'EReview) verybody needs Featuring somebody' Aug 9-15comic 20.30physical (21.30) performance, £4.50 (£3.50)video interviews and live, experimental DJ. Aug 9-22 (not Weds)you,14.00you,(15.45) £4.00 (£3.00) APRIL PARIS Bet- except and Albloody win a weekend in Paris. 'Whattwocanhander you getfrom in Paris IN HUMAN FORM 00©0 you tINgets John in HullGodber. Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 Hull can' Truck' 'Better thanindigestion?' the wet(£3.00) fishHilarious shop queue' - Cod Times. Aug 9-22 (not Weds) 16.00 (17.45) £4.00 ★elite,■ the STATE Exam results don' t make the grade.The highly trained academic Ideal Teachers, canA improve standards, at what cost? of TEECHERS fifteen and fedactors up. JohnplayGodber' s (well hilarious insight into a school; state a nation. comi-tragedy aboutbutbureaucracy and State idealism, what it's reallyThey' like atre school.Three millions nearly) oflaugh, school commended byofNSDF 1997.£5.00 characters.You' l l recognise theriTall. ' S top running Simon Patterson Aug 16-22 14.00 (15.30) (£4.00) I nearly9-22did'(not- Undertaker' s Gazette. Aug Weds) 18.00 (19.45) £4.00 (£3.00) IN MEDIAS RES THEATRE COMPANY ®Q©© ★hitting, GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Everyandnightliveandsession every band. day now? 110 raw edged drama. Six actors A their lookNewchips? at lifework;fromhard Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 children' s party to when the stakes get high. Who cashes in MEASURE FORbare MEASURE 'Yieldof upsleaze, thy body to myandwill...' Shakespeare' s Over9-22 sixteen' classic is stripped and a world seduction sexual politics Aug (nots only. Weds) 20.00 (21.45) £4.00 (£3.00) exposed. Following phenomenal success last IMR areTheback! 'Their performance demands admiration and year, applause' Scotsman. HOT HOUSE THEATRE OO©© Aug 5-3 I (not 16) 15.45(17.15) £5.50 (£4.50) Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 KM IN-SITUTHEATRE COMPANY ©O©© JANE EYREmusic, Charlotte Bronte it on paper,pacey, Hot House Theatre bringis itset Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 H10 toin one life with passion anddistinctive highputdrama.This faithfulensemble adaptation of Edinburgh' s most churches. Powerful work ★ WHATEVER IT TAKES: OL ZIMMER Alzheimer' s is the not dying a laughing -Aug a memorable evening. matter.Js it? An Alzheimer sufferer' s last comic rage against of the... 18-23 19.50 (21.50) £6.50 (£5.00) Aprobably memorymet.play rooted in the unreal dreams of a woman you know or have 7-31 (not 19) 18.15(19.00) £5.50 (£4.50) HOULSTON PRODUCTIONS ®G©© Aug Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 Double Bil Price (with Whatever it Takes: Methinks) £8.00 (£6.00) ★ WHATEVER TAKES:andMETHINKS Alex is dying,Terry is an alcoholic, ANDTHE DEMON Peterexploration Harness.Austria, 1783. Michelle theITstreets, the...policeman a terribleandsecret. In★ the hisMESSERSCHMIDT studio Court'WSculptor awaitspassion, a ghoul. Abysubtle of madness Adisadvantaged modernworks Northern industrial Breughel where hides the disparate inabsorbing...a Age ofthe Reason. ritten with incisively performed, utterly do whatever it takes to survive. good writer indeed.' Scotsman Aug 15 (20.00)it Takes: £5.50Ol(£4.50) Aug 5-31 13.very 15 (15.00) £5.50 (£4.50) Double7-31Bil (not Price 19)(with19.Whatever Zimmer) £8.00 (£6.00) HULLTRUCKTHEATRE COMPANY ©O©© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 ★ ■ UNLEASHED byUnleashed. John Godber. RepeatonFringe First dash winnerto Amsterdam John Godber' s latest play is Four blokes a Dutch for a weekendcompany' of football!Kaleidoscope. Tales of liberty, lager and lust! 'Hull Truck a remarkable Aug 7-9,11-13 15.30 (17.00)£9.50£8.50 (£7.50) Aug 14,15 15.30 (17.00) (£8.50) Aug 18-20,25,26 16. 2 0 (17.50) £8.50 Aug 16,21-23,27-29 16.20 (17.50) £9.50(£7.50) (£8.50) by John Godber.They' re 21know today,theandscore, they've come back to■on BOUNCERS play. Hardcore dancefloor, this feisty four door.The boys back in£8.50 town(£7.50) and your name is on back the list!for more, Augthe19-20,25-26 20.00are(21.10) ICE COLD DRAMA SOCIETY OO©© Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I ★ ■beginning? NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR 1984: has the year passed or ispersonified the future just Orwell' s terrifying vision of post-apocalyptic Europe through isolatedtheloner Winston s tragic struggle against Big Brother, Newspeak Police.Smith' Enter Aug 18-31 and (not 24)Thought 21.45 (23.20) £5.00 Room (£4.00) 101. ICON THEATRE COMPANY ©GOO Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 K10 ★entertainment.This ■ ICON Glamourproduction + Explosiveis anPopinteractive Culture =multimedia 45 minutesfusion of unashamed of sheer physical energy that explores shame Believe lurking the behind toAug aspire others.the(£4.00) ICON. hype.individuals' compulsion 7-15to11.the00 ideals (11.45)of £5.00 ILLYRIA OOO© Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 UI THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Illyria return to tickle everyone' s fancies with a gender-swapping, guitar-smashing performance of Shakespeare' s comedy. 'Not 5 stars' Scotsman, 1996. 'Illyria - where the Shakespearian nuts come from. to25-29 beThemissed' Cornishman Aug 20.05 (22.50) £7.001997. (£5.00) 96

INYOUR SPACE PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 45 - Old St Paul's Church & Hall,Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476 J13 ★In this FAUSTUS A deranged battle for a man' s soul. Whose side are you on? conflict, no one is a bystander. The war continues, as good and evil struggle in a new£6.00re-working Aug 17-29for victory, 12.20 (13.45) (£4.00) of Marlowe's classic tragedy. ★POPERA ■ LASTOriginal NIGHThilarious A BOYmodern BANDdaySAVED LIFE -boy A ROCK fairytaleMY featuring band sensation 'bogus Thrust'rock' . Cann'rBarry Fernando' s Europop heritage stay the urban sprawl metropolis? riotous party... do tuck in. of the Aug 10-22 (notoll 16) midnightEvery (01.30)night' £5.00s a (£3.50) IT'S GRIMEY UP NORTH 00©0 Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 WAITING FORageGODOT Beckett' shands allegory nowhere challenges gender role and boundary in the of thisofongoing lively Northwestenrich company. Strong female leadsSponsored and a 'Three Stooges' attack the- humour the immovable feast. by Advertising and Design Manchester. Aug 16-22 13.30 (15.40) £5.00 (£4.00) Etcetera Theatre Company Danusia Iwaszko’s Still Life Directed by Mehmet Ergen A mesmerising one-person play about a woman who never moves and how she came to stop ‘Moving, intriguing, profound’ time c evenue4 by thElu5105 ca“tale 6-31 225 11 '30amAugust kJ

Myra ^ Me / a New Play by Diane Dubois FROM AN ORIGINAL IDEA BY RICHARD F GREEN

JOANNE JOSEPH ACTOR/POET OO©© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 6227207 KIO ★Shakespeare' ■ SHAKESPEARE' S MUMS Actor/poet Joanne Joseph romps through s plays looking for mothers: poignant, silly, vicious, desperate, et al. AsShakespeare needed, she does other as well. Bulletin: Americans now can do best£5.00 ofcharacters them. Aug 16-23 18.with15 the (19.05) (£4.00) DAVID WW JOHNSTONE OO0O Venue 11 - Diverse Attractions, Riddles Court, off Lawnmarket Tickets 225 8961 J11 ■funny GARGOYLE JAM Inspired by Poe' s The Imp of the Perverse’, a wickedly the spooky'lcaverns of the'exquisite soul. Fringe veteran Johnstone returnsjourney with hisintofreewheeling azzi' style... comedy' Scotsman, 'highly amusing Aug 17-22collage.-.endearingly 12.30 (13.20) £4.00quirky' (£3.00)Stage. BARB JUNGR ©O©© Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon I , People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151 K12 ■hitsBARB JUNGR: SEX,provocative, RELIGIONacclaimed AND POLITICS Perrier-winning diva Edinburgh with her new show. Cabaret muscle and voice - evening monologues (Weldon, Isitt), songs (Brecht, Gershwin). 'Twith his rare and exotic will go down a storm' What' s On. Aug 7-31 20.00 (21.15) £8.00 (£7.00)

Thirty years on... no easy answers! Where youthful ambition wastes away as the dark shadows of the past foretell the end of Calder’s Gilded Balloon 11 Venue 36 7th - 3 I st August at 4.15pm Box Office 0131 226 2151

LEGENDARY JAPANESE ACTRESS

One of Japan’s leading theatre stars appears AT THE FESTIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME “OVERFLOWING WITH TALENT” ■

“UNUSUAL MIX OF SONGS, MOVEMENT AND MIME” “A RARE CHANCE TO DISCOVER A JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ARTIST” Venue 62 Continental Shifts at St Bride’s 10 Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh, EH11 2DY | 9 PERFORMANCES ONLY 6-15 Aug 1998 | 8.30pm ] BOX OFFICE: 01313461405 i.

KAOS THEATRE UK OO©© Venue 20 - Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Place Tickets 226 5425 F9 ★Kaos■ THE KAOS MASTER AND MARGARITA Internationally acclaimed Theatre UK presents a twisted cacophony of satanic madness. Athatspectacular adaptation of Bulgakov' s classic novel.This is the kind of KAOS only the19.30 Devil can bring. 'Groundbreaking' The Big Issue Aug 17-22 (21.00) £7.50 (£4.50) Aug 24-29 21.30 (23.00) KCSTHEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 KIO SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME Chained to a wall in a cell in Beirut three hostages searchthree for comfort. The result is pain, laughter, love and hate. KCSTC returnss profoundly after consecutive Frank23-31 McGuinness' moving play. Edinburgh five-star reviews with Aug 12.00 (14.30) £6.00 (£5.00) K.486 ©O©© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 KIO ■court MACBETH Change blastedFuseheathvoodoo to fettered jungle. Clashsamba Portuguese with Brazilian cauldron. ritual, explosive rhythm, intoxicating dance1997,' and sink insidePhysical the occult worldTheofLiMacbeth. Total Theatre Award Aug 6-3Winners I (not 8,20) 16.Extreme 30 (18.00) £7.00Theatre' (£5.00) st. Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 ★ NIGHT ON THE TILES From Fringeyou'First winnersright?1997.Pulses No more waiting for the ideal man. Take a risk fun while r e young, quicken, the beat getsCompetition faster - perfect date turns Nineties nightmare. Winner Manchester Playwrights' Aug 5-31 (not 13,20) 23.451998.(00.55) £5.00 (£4.00) ★ CHASING TALES room. Audience. Caughtin ina world the same every day - chasing tails.AA'Inventive, comic Characters. quest for tales and tragedy whichstate seems to be losing both. challenging theatre from North-West Playwrighting The Mancunian. Aug 5-31 (notfinalists' 16) 12.15(13.05) £5.00 (£4.00) KING'S COLLEGE LONDON PRODUCTIONS OOO© Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St. Tickets 221 9009 K9 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTwithSex,itsliesspecially and cucumbers have hitmusical Nottingham and London as this production, commissioned blends- Thehysterical up-front 90s comedy with a style that is simply 'Wilde'23-3 . score, 'HIilarious' London Aug 12.15(13.45) £4.50 Student. (£3.50) KIRKCALDY HIGH SCHOOLTHEATRE OOOO Venue 128 - Youth International at St Oswald's, Montpelier Park Info/Tix 346 1405/229 5562 N6 ■ THE LARK Anouilh.Teenage Joan ofchurch Arc's tragic questauthorities. for France and God leadsjourney, tobyrebellion corrupt and state Her atmospheric spiritual trial andagainst execution are powerfully portrayed in this vibrant and production. Aug 10-15 14.00 (15.30) £4.00 (£3.00) 97

Theatre KRAPP'S LAST TAPE ®0©@ Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 111 KRAPP' S LAST TAPE Edward Petherbridge stars in The Royal Shakespeare Company' s first production of Samuel Beckett' s ingenious play. ' A work of peculiar inbeauty' Daily after Telegraph. A magnificent performance' Sunday Arrives Edinburgh sell-out seasons New York.Times. Aug 7-10 16.14.3030(17.30) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 12,in 1London 3 14.30and (15.30) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 14,15 (15.30) £ 10. 0 0 (£9.00) Aug 17-20,23-27 12. 0 0 (13.00) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 21,22,28-30 £ 10.00(£8.00) (£9.00) Aug 31, Sept 2-5 12.20.3000 (13.00) (21.30) £9.00 THE LABORATORY ®0@© Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 LI3 Slip on your white coats for the Fringe' s most experimental venue not much apparatus, but protective goggles recommended! ★ ■ physicality, RIPE Foursensuality, young vibrant womenandpresent raw extravaganza, bursting with personality shamelessness. Blush, laugh or cry -Aug must10-15 be brave. 10.00 (10.50) £4.00 (£3.50) ★Free■ airONandTHEno answers INSIDE What occurs in the midst of your mind? At death? at performances. Aug 17-22 10.00 (10.50) provided £4.00 (£3.50) ★ ■ SLEEP WITH (DREAMS) Nightly a thief steals a third of your life and you toUSa more Augtransports 24-30 10.00(10.50) £4.00dreamy (£3.50)reality. Fair? ★ ACCUSTOMED TO return HER FACE by Johns lesbian Binnie.love Afterstory. last year's success Behind with Binnie' Aug 6-22Closed 11.00Doors (12.00)TC£4.00 (£3.00) ★Packett KINGcheats, OF THE HALLS: A RAGS STORY Porn star Rose way toTO top DRAG - as a man. Aug 9-31 14.00boozes, (14.50)tarts £5.00her(£4.50) PRESENTS Two Productions.

All the way from Amsterdam, world’s ooe am only mobile theatre festival with nine theatre performances the Dutch audience likes best tUrbulEimt Dliipn eiuterta| \mE»tDINI]U FALSE WALTZ THE ADVENTURES OF RATTLING SIKI HE SOUND MAH HENDRICK-JAN THE STUNT MAN a dAnGfRoES STMJnTS THE ESSENTIAL MUSIC THE LIVING JUKE-DUX CHARLIES ANGELS

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DID YOU TIMES: A Streetcar Named Desire So, Mr. Brecht, What Did You Think of America? 4:00-5:40 p.m. THE CHAPLAINCY CENTRE ’ BOX OFFICE > 662-8882

21-31 auyust nonstop programme from ODACCIII 15.00 until 24.00 hrs. UlUirni Fringe box office 0131 226 5138 Graffiti box Office 0131 557 8330 •m!i://www.niiliilearls.iil

AN EVENING WITH HOWARD

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“A folk legend...he sounds like Richard Burton and looks like a Rolling Stone” At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to fifty | tons of marijuana and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6, | the CIA, the IRA and the Mafia. Following a worldwide operation by | the Drugs Enforcement Agency, he was busted and sentenced to 25 years in America’s toughest prison. Come and meet him. You’ll like him. LIVE AT THE PLEASANCE August 5th - 31st at 10.30pm (Except 11th and 25th) Box Office: 0131 556 6550

Theatre INSTANTS Explores mentalthehealth a personal of★ schizophrenia life under 'Careissues in thethrough Community' system.experience Aug 10-22 15.10and(15.50) £4.00 (£3.00) THE DOC One-act comedy very unsuccessful Morganhall and equallyBRIEF unlucky Fowle.-(£3.50) Gentle, witty and barrister, deeply ironic. Augan23-26,28-31 15.00murderer, (15.50) £4.00 ★long3 delay EVESinbytheir Haidee Harrison.Three and philosophical ladies explain breasts getting(£3.50) back tonakednormal. Aug 24-30 16.00 (16.50) £4.00 CODSWALLOP 'God madetoday me meddle intomorrow. mucky minxy bedroom romps' says Heir the Throne. Aug 15-31to(not 16,23) Heir 17.00 (17.50)- Goon £5.00 (£4.00) ★recounts AN AUDIENCE WITHlusts,DON JUANwithRake, libertine, bounder, life, loves '...enjoy abandon' Scotsman, 97. cad Aug 16-22his 18.00 (18.50)and£5.00 (£4.00) ★Remould! DISORDER YourBeatbody'yours metamorphosing out ofit'control. s a sin.splurge! s lustful spread, s bloating,Eating' glorified Aug 24-30Reassert! 11.00 (12.00) £4.00body' (£3.50) ★ DREAMING supposed aboutactress two people their dreams against"It'seach other toandbethea comedy world." The said, "let'whos justpit try and entertain". Aug 8-25 20.00(20.50) £4.00 (£3.00) ★ THE PIERandTwo friends- adiscover how they have changed with time. Team paranoia Aug 9-3workI (not Weds) 22.00deadly (22.50)combination. £4.50 (£4.00) ★ NOT IFchoice? YOU WERE THEanswer. LAST COMIC ON EARTH Too many flyers? Too much This is the Aug 7-3 I 19.00 (19.50) £4.00 (£3.00) LADS OOOO Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 Li I DEATH by Woody Allen. Nightime. Forbidding city streets.There' s a maniac oncomic the murder-mystery. loose. Eccentric Ancharacters and fantastic events combine in this darkly energetic award-winning production. 'Weird and wonderful' Scot. £5.00 Aug 10-15 Northern 16.30 (17.30) (£4.00) LEICESTERSHIRE YOUTH ARTS OO©© Venue 65 - St Ann's Community Centre, South Gray's Close, Cowgate Tickets 557 0469 KI3 Asparkling MIDSUMMER NIGHT' S DREAM Shakespeare’s best loved and most comedy.Three love stories interweave withby Leicestershire the world of fairy magic and am-drams at their hilarious worst! Presented Schools Theatre national tour. Aug 17-29Company (not 23)after18.a00record (19.00)breaking £4.50 (£3.50) CIDER WITH ROSIE Laurie Lee'tos timeless tale ofwith his Cotswold boyhood. A boyhood which leads inevitably his encounter a cider flagon andgolden the alluring Rosie, under a haycart...A heartwarming evocation of the endless summer of childhood. Aug 24-29 16.00 (17.00) £4.50 (£3.50) LEITHEATRE ®0©0 Venue 83 - St Serfs Church Hall, Clark Road, Goldenacre Al2 TORWATLETIE A lively piece of Scottish theatre by Robert McLellan. In 1716, the Laird, toinvolves spite hisan Calvanistic harbours a Jacobitespyrefugee. Episcopaliansister, Curate, a Presbyterian and aCounter-scheming local8-22smuggler. Laughter19.3assured! Aug (not Suns) 0 (22.00) £6.00 (£5.00) LEITH GALLERY PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 179 - The Leith Gallery, 65 The Shore B19 ★ ■ DECO DIVAGirl'Kara Wilson, actress and ofpainter, follows hertalks,1997singsFringe success, ' G lasgow , with another portrait an artist. Kara and Tamara De Lempicka, the glamorous and decadent legend of Art Decopaints Paris.as(not Aug 10-29 Suns) 19.00 (20.00) £7.00 (£5.00) THE LEMMING IN THE LIFEBELT OOOO Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 K13 ★manners, THE LEMMING INandTHE LIFEBELT Cracking comedy of contemporary conjugations capercaillies. By Kevin Madley. (Of 1994' s Drilling for Happiness, 'Go along forBrilliant. a laugh' Scotsman,not'Csuitable lever comedy crackles and pops' Stoge).10-15 Warm-hearted. for children. Aug 18.20 (19.25) £5.00Possibly (£3.00) 99

Theatre LEMON TREE PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 LI I ★a different SHERLOCK HOLMES IN BEDLAM The great detective tackles everyasdayheofexplores the week,theinvolving plans, England, sinister leagues, GOAl snakes and case vampires horrors stolen ofVictorian in these new adaptations of Conan10.30Doyle' s stories. Aug 10-29 (not Suns) (11.30) £3.50 (£3.00) LIGHTBULBTHEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 K13 ★ LOVE AND ROCKCAKES Madcap comedy about gonks,totrekkie fanshouse... and the vampire-dentist from hell. For anyone who has ever tried share a and Augfailed. 24-29 16.50 (17.50) £5.00 (£4.00) LOCUS THEATRE COMPANY 00©0 Venue 12 - Moray House Institute, Holyrood Road Tickets 558 6218 K14 ★ ■ ACTS OF UNION Follow a again band the of Eighteenth Century Players, plucked from their own time...once grounds of old Moray House will Augplay10-22host(notto turmoil, 16) 20.00intrigue, (22.00)corruption, £8.00 (£5.00)riots and ghostly tales! LAWRENCE LONG OO©© Venue 84 - Holyrood Tavern, Holyrood Road Tickets 622 7207 KI3 ★Poetry HEARTS Start your day with sex, love, death and football. And dolphins. and song from Lawrence Long. Aug 14-23 12.45 (14.00) £4.50 (£3.50) A MAMELODI THEATRE ORGANISATION OO©© Venue 143 - The Bongo Club, out of the blue, 14 New Street (off Royal Mile) Tix 558 7604 J14 celebration ★ ■ HALLO, MISSAfricans SOUTHasleep.The AFRICAdisadvantaged The transition in South Africa has caught a lot of South off fast, a Sangoma thinks he can stop it. community has come of the Augworst.Time 9-31 18.30is(19.30) £8.00 (£6.00) MERLIN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE, BUDAPEST ©o©o people’s game Venue 34 - The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St. Tickets 220 5606 K12 ★mysterious ■ BLUEBEARD' S CASTLE Visually stunning interpretation of the seducer-murderer legend made famous by Bartok' s astounding opera.Theunlocked castle doors, of the secretsEnglish of Bluebeard' s soul are tragically by hismetaphors bride...Tour-de-force language theatre from Hungary. UK premiere. Aug 7-16 19.00 (20.20) £6.00 (£4.00) MEADOWBANK MOLIERE FOR LUNCH OQ©0 Hall 1 Venue 45 - Old St Paul’s Church & Hall, Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476 J13 ■company MOLIERE' S ' P RECIEUSES RIDICULES' Internationally acclaimed venue 151 returns with exuberant satirical classic,du double-billed with UK English premiere of traditional masked farce, Barbouille' synopses provided. 'Tremendous comic'Jalousie force' Dauphine. 'You. InneedFrench; no French from atAugall *****' Scotsman. 10-22 (not 16) 20.15 (22.00) £5.00 (£4.50) Monday 24 August MOPATHEATRE COMPANY OO0O Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 LI3 at 7.30pm ★(MOPA) WHENspecialists THE BOUGH BREAKS Theman'UK's struggle s Methodto ofremain PhysicalsaneAction liveworld. theTerrifying story of one in anAug uncompromising and pitiful. A provocative new play. 16-22 16.00 (16.50) £5.00 (£4.00) Tickets £7.00 (£4.00) MORAL HORSE PRODUCTIONS ®0@© Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 LI3 ELEKTRA' S His BROTHER toga orwhore, tunic:butonlykilling incest,herpower-politics and aup?eunuch. mother wasNoGod atights, murdering broke the law: give Elektra wants a fight; help them are they wrong Fringe Office 0131 226 5138 Aug 8-31 (not 13,16,20,27) 12.00 (13.00) £4.00 (£3.00) or right? Box Office 0131 661 5351 MUNICIPAL THEATRE COMPANY OF KERATSINI OOO© Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 L13 Producer: Susan Crowther Artistic Director: Kerri Jeffrey ★Red■ Riding WALKING IN THE FOREST AFrogbrilliant game through fairy tales.up! Set and Projection Design: Lome Christie Technical Director: Ross Gerry | Hood, Snow White and the Prince meet and get mixed Musical Score: Digital Music Design Atheirperformance the actors journey to26where innocence. ComeFreebecome along! children to seduce you through Preview Aug 10. 2 0 (11.45) Aug 27-31 10.20 (11.45) £5.00 (£3.00) i oo

HUNGARY’S FIRST EVER ENGLISH LANGUAGE THEATRE

BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE

Visually stunning theatre inspired by the mysterious seducer-murder legend made famous by Bartok’s astounding opera. The UK premiere of this European tour-de-force of physical theatre, language and music. Bluebeard’s new bride, Judith, unlocks the secrets of his soul with tragic consequences...

.... Start of Fringe Only Fri 7 - Sun 16 Aug , 17pm (8.20pm) £8 (£6) Venue 34, Tel: 0131 220 5606 / www.wonder.co.uk/merlin/ /

First ever visit to the UK of this award-winning Gypsy music group who’ve topped World Music charts and spread their fantastically frenetic folklore throughout Europe. Compared to The Gypsy Kings and Loyko, ANDO DROM excel in vocal acrobatics and ecstatic rhythms. ... Six Performances Only.... Sat 8 - Fri 14 Aug (not Tue) Sat 8 Aug 9.45pm (11.30pm) £7 (£5) Famous Grouse Sun 9 & Mon 10, Wed 12 - Fri 14, U House g 11pm (midnight) £6 (£4) Venue 34, Tel: 0131 220 5606 ■ rM www.wonder.co.uk/andodrom/

NAKED FLAME OO©© Venue 84 - HolyroodTavern, Holyrood Road Tickets 6211201 KI3 ★issues LA-MOR An intense and thought-provoking new drama which explores the of love14.15(15.10) and death through three characters and the ghosts of their pasts. Aug 17-30 £4.00 (£3.50) NATIONAL STUDENT THEATRE COMPANY ®0©@ Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 661 2212 1412 ★manipulation DESPERATE REMEDIES Hardy' s firsthorror novelandis atwisted sinisterpassion tale of are sexualvividly and bloody intrigue. Gothic portrayed in writer this newforadaptation by SundayRobert TimesShearman. Playwriting Award winner (and regular Alan Ayckbourn) Preview Aug 9-22Aug (not6-812) 14.14.0505(15.45) (15.45)£5.50 £6.50(£3.50) (£4.50) Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ★1998STAND by Student David Bown. Multi-award winning Outstanding Production, National Drama Festival. A tragic comedy of manners (or lack of), set at the match and down the pub. 'engaged us imaginatively and emotionally...masterly precision...most important production' Aug 14.50(£5.50) (16.10) £6.00 (£5.00) Sunday Times. Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23 14,15,21,22 14.50 (16.10) £7.00 ★ THE STORYTELLER adapted fromand Jit Murat' Malaysian musical. A tale so entwined with mystery, sorcery, humour tragedys and thatcharming the boundary between fantasy and reality dissolves.This delightful performance is6-7a 'beautiful, comical£3.00and amazing experience' Noisesaward-winning Off. Preview Aug 15.25(16.10) Aug 8-3 I (not Mens) 15.25(16.10) £5.00 (£3.50) NATIONAL THEATRE OF BRENT OO©© Venue 3 - Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street Tickets 226 2428 III ★ ■ LOVEcompany UPONreturns THE THRONE Presentedto present by Brighttheir Ltd.The legendary two-man IN ITS ENTIRETY most awesomely challenging and personal oeuvre - 1-5Charles Diana - the Truth! Aug 30and(18.00) Aug 13,16,18-20,23,25-27,Sept 14,15,21,22,28-30 16.30 (18.00) 16.£9.50 (£8.50) £8.50 (£7.50) NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN ©O©© Venue 37 - George Square Theatre, George Square Tickets 662 8740 Ml I DANCING AT LUGHNASA This multi-award winning play is a beautiful drama set in 1936 Donegal during the harvest festival.The sparse existence five unmarried sistersin the is interrupted by music on the radio, their only link toofPreview romance and8 hope world. Aug 15. 0 0 (17.00) £5.00 Aug 9-30 15.00 (17.00) £8.00 (£6.00) Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 ★ ■very KISSING ANGELS Ateach the point ofthata crisis, life is about painful choices. Five different characters learn life is about making lonely decisions with21nobody the angels to help them break free. Preview 18.30but(19.40) Aug 22-31Aug18.30 (19.40) £6.50 £5.00 (£5.00) MARI NATSUKI ©GOO Venue 62 - Continental Shifts at St Bride's, 10 Orwell Terr. Tickets 346 1405 K5 ■('OTHE IMPRESSIONIST Legendary Japanese actress Mari Natsuki verflowing with talent' Steven Berkoff) explores every aspect of theatre song, mime a- Japanese through works by Brecht/Weill, and Nyman. 'A raremovement chance toanddiscover contemporary artist'-LePiafFigaro. Aug Aug 6,7 8-15preview (not 9) 20.30 20.30 (22.00) (22.00) £5.00 £7.00 (£3.00) (£5.00) NEGATIVE EQUITY OO©© Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 LI I ★ WUTHERING HEIGHTS A dark violent exploration of passion and revenge.This ' i nspired' company Scotsman, fuse music, verse and movement tospiralhighlight the sensualityselfanddestruction. brutality of the characters, drawing you into a of obsession Aug 17-29 (not 23)and16.20 (17.45) £6.00 (£4.00) NEWBURY YOUTH THEATRE OOOO Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Victoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 J11 DRINKTHE MERCURY By David Holman, music by Joji Hirota. Human suffering and legal wrangling continues 40 years after the Minamota Pollution Incident-images of Japan, influenced by Noh and Kabuki, act as powerful metaphors Aug 10-15 for15.30contemporary (16.45) £5.00environmental (£4.00) issues. 101

NOVA PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 ★ BAGMcGuinness' LADY 'Tells me my name. Is itjourney a good- name? Is for it a the girl'struth name?'of Frank powerful, lyrical a search fractured childhoodTribune. memories. with Chicago tensile precision...effectively directed' Chicago 'Poetry'Pinlayed motion' Reader. NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITYTHEATRE SOCIETY (NUTS) (DO©© Aug 16-31 18.10 (19.00) £5.50 (£4.50) Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ONE-MAN HAMLET OOO© ★ urban SLAGSyouth A hard-hitting of 90sof the club20th life taking holds barred KIO atcontains culture atand theexpose tab end century.a noWarning: this playlook Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 strong language imagery that may offend. ★ ■ ONE-MAN HAMLET Clayton Jevne' s tour de force has captivated Aug 5-15,23-30 23.10 (00.25) £5.00 (£3.50) Canadian audiences for seven years. A melange of performance styles creates Aug 16-22 01.10 (02.25) £5.00 (£3.50) anEdmonton audacious yet deeply movingnotpresentation, Journal, 'astonishing, to be missed''amazing, Winnipeginnovative, Free Press.superb' NORTHERN THEATRE COMPANY ®0@© Aug 25-31 19.15 (20.15) £6.00 (£5.00) Venue 36 - Calder's Gilded Balloon I , People's Palace, Old Fishmarket Close Tix 226 2151 K12 ON ITS WAY PRODUCTIONS OO©© ★ MYRAplay.AND Theatre Company premiere brave,their morally Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St.Tickets 667 2212 LI3 sensitive Set ME in Ambition, theNorthern present-day, fivepassion, young people intendnothistoanswers, make mark on the world. secrets, cruelty, love: ★ A HARD MIDSUMMER NIGHT' S DREAM Debuting at the Fringe, noAugcertainties, only echoes and shadows... On Its Way Productions presents a new comedy by Paul Finn. A sprinkling of 7-31 (not I 1,25) 16.15 (17.45) £6.50 (£5.50) fairy dust transports Mick'ass weannual birthday bash into a strange twilight world. It's Shakespeare, but not Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Virtoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 J11 Aug 17-30 20.00(21.40) £6.00 know (£5.00)it! ★of hisBLUE SKIES A vicious mugging leaves John Newton blinded.The story journeyhetowards the people, inept touching, social workers OPEN EYE PRODUCTIONS ©O©© tothought-provoking' Oedipus, meetsDailyonindependence the way. Dark,andcynical humour.from'Human, Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 l Oj Mail. Aug 10-22 (not 16) 13.05 (14.35) £5.50 (£4.50) ★ ■ THEclinic.DAYHe OF THEbeDEAD A patient lies dead in a Mexican plasticsurgery cannot identified. Beside him is a briefcase containing black(£4.00) comedy - unmissable! NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OOO© 2Augmillion 5-31dollars (not 16)in cash. 12.30Fast-paced (13.45) £5.00 Venue 70 - Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row FIO ★Women' MOREdescribed LIGHT inNorth London' s second Fringe visit 1996 ' T he Phoenician Times Education 'impressive' with 'icourtesans ntensity of feeling' Now BryonyEmperor' Lavery'ssbody challenging play as'More Light'.Twenty buried . OXFORD BROOKES STUDENT UNION DRAMA with construct Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 Ml2' Aug their 25-29 14.00 (16.00) £3.00 (£2.00)a world - ancient taboos are broken. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN Paulina ' p uts on trial' the doctor who tortured THE B FILE In The B File five different actresses play Beatrice. Different her during former dictatorship.drama Will justice prevail or will her husband, Gerado, women but you the want same things preoccupations.The feeling thwart her the plans? A psychological that questions of knowing to be differentplay but investigates not knowingthehowfamiliar to make Aug 17-31 (not 20,27) 20.10 (21.50) £6.00 (£4.00) our concept of justice. the things you want happen. Aug 25-29 17.30 (18.20) £2.00 (£1.00) TEN TIMESmeetings. TABLEInMassacres. Battlefields. s only spirit the through committee a desperate attempt toBloodshed.That' rekindle community aAug historical pageant, tension builds and patience fails.Will history repeat itself? 5-15 20.10 (21.50) £6.00 (£4.50) - what are you good at ?

i will arise and go now and go to innisfree an the woods are lovely dark and deep but i have VENUE 41 HILL STREET THEATRE that 14:15 (15:05) 8-31 AUG (not 19 AUG) Tickets 7/5.5 PREVIEW 7-ALG Tic kets @5 good box office 0131 226 6522 AN ALL NEW YORK PRODUCTION night I true but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you

OXFORD NEW WRITING FESTIVAL Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 Th ea trp ★NSDF. ■ THE SQUARE ROOT OF MINUS ONE Winner best new playscript, Intrigue leads a tortured mathematical genius into a compelling world ofandadolescent power games inblurred. 1950s America. boundary between victim is dangerously ContainsThenudity. 'Staggering maturity.' The aggressor Oxford Student. PLEASANCE FESTIVAL OF THEATRE 98 ®0©@ Aug 5-31 21.15 (22.20) £6.00 (£5.00) Venue 33 - Pleasance, 60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ■ RICHARD III ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (ONE) Bald,to PENN THEATRE ENSEMBLE 00©0 fatpower and and threethemonths old, our barbaric baby Richard will manipulate his way English bythrone fromBogdanov the sanctuary ofa highly his bouncy castle. Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I Adapted and directed this is play. provocative, THE LADY American IN QUESTION Charles Busch' s Above hilariousSuspicion.The comedy salutes physical interpretation of Malachi Shakespeare' s bloodiest such beloved movies as Notorious and play Preview Aug 8 12.30 (14.00) £5.00 isin aa tour-de-force, as six actors create thirteen marvellous characters Aug delightfully Aug 9-14,17-21 15,16,22,23 12.12.3300(14.00) (14.00) £7.00 £8.00(£5.00) (£6.00) Aug 18-22 11.50clever (13.00)plot.£3.00 ★(ONE) YOUNG PLEASANCE PRESENTS PLACKETS ANDreallyPOCKETS Wicked Restoration romp with women behaving badly...Nell PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ©GOO Gwynn is queen of a disreputable band real ofOranges tarts, fops and downright rascals Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 'Preview this remarkable company' BBC Scotland. will be sold. Aug 7 16. 3 5 (17.55) £4.50 PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY This Malibu company returns for their 10th Aug 8-14,17-21 16. 3 5 (17.55) £6.50 (£5.00) year at the Fringe withcentenary a classic ofbyBertolt Tennessee Williams British50 year Premiere Aug 15,16,22 16.35 (17.55) £7.00 (£5.50) commemorating Brecht' sCommittee. birthandanda the anniversary of thetheHouse Un-American Activities ★ ■ ONCE Production, - DEREVOEdinburgh (ONE) Total Theatre for Mime Most Innovative of theAward London Festival turkeys '98, ★ SO, MR BRECHT, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF AMERICA? Brecht’s International returns with a new show: 'The In a ListFestival'97,ofhitscams, stunts and hype-stuffed poems, scenes from plays, songs and statements, interspersed with his Derevo are the real deal.’ appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, are presented Preview Aug 13 23.15 (00.25) £5.00 in Brecht' theatrical Multimedia Aug 28-31 16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27 Aug 8-15s(not 9) 16.style. 00 (17.40) £5.00 illustrates (£3.00) the relevancy to today. Aug 23.15 (00.25) £8.5023.15 (£7.50)(00.25) £7.50 (£6.50) Aproduction STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Following their critically acclaimed SHOESTRING PLAYERS SCAPIN (TWO) 94 Fringe Firstandwinners Suddenly Williams' Last SummerA Streetcar in the 1996 Fringe, Pepperdine University in Moliere's frantic farce of conniving parents, desperate scheming returns withtheofTennessee Named Desire.TNs production servants. Modern ensembleFortheatre meetsfromcommedia dell'lovers artepension and explodes celebrates 50th anniversary of the opening of this classic play. into action and laughter! audiences short pants to plans. Aug 8-15 (not 9) 12.30 (15.00) £5.00 (£3.00) Aug 11 -14,18-21,25-28 12.25 (13.25) £6.00 (£5.00) ★ ■ LOOKOUT THEATRE COMPANY TRANSATLANTIC PERFORMANCE EXCHANGE OOO© Destination: America.Three travellers on the journey of a lifetime. (TWO) Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Victoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 j 11 The critically acclaimedby LookOut returns with'Onethisofpowerful, stylish snewhottest play devised and directed Nicola McCartney. Scottish theatre' ★ ■ CLYTEMNESTRA Her daughter sacrificed; her theheroreturn husband sacking tickets.' The Scotsman Troy; Queen Clytemnestra plotting her revenge awaits of Preview Aug 8 13.50 (15.00) £3.00 Agamemmnon.Visually stunning tale of love;in grief; and death. Aug 0 (15.00)£7.50 £6.50(£6.50) (£5.50) AAugfeast24-29 of sound movement - spoken Englishrevenge and Japanese. Aug 9-13,16-20 14,15,21 13.5013.5(15.00) 20.30and(21.35) £5.50 (£4.00) ■apartment HONESTLY HOIPOLLOI (TWO) A young hemantriesmoves intohisan room blockhe fullgets.ofFunny, loopy frantically residents. The to find the more lost absurd,harder sinister and disturbing. 'Preview Snortingly funny physical comedy' Independent Aug 8,9 15.25 (16.35) 15.£4.00 Aug 25 (16.35) £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 10-13,16-20,23,24,26,27 14,15,21,22,28-31 15.25 (16.35) £7.00 (£6.00) ★ DUMPED NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE Francohelp has been KRAPP’S dumped by hisLizwoman and with revenge on hiscomedian mind,(TWO) he enlists ROYAL gorgeous stand-up with a the new mission, SHAKESPEARE toofPreview reuniteAug with5 hisand18.15(19.30) lostNick.loveFranco - or£5.00dieis atrying. COMPANY Aug 6-16 (not II) 18.15(19.30) £7.00 (£5.00) LAST TAPE JORDAN (TWO) Anna- Reynolds Moirajudgement, Buffini. Shirley Jonesherstands accused ofthrilling killing her&bydefiantly child while she&awaits she tells tale. by Samuel Beckett 'Haunting, dignified' Sunday Times 'Exquisitely written... deeply compassionate... and at times very funny. See it' Independent. Preview Aug 7 19.50(21.10) £4.00 performed by Aug 8-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27 19.50 (21.10) £8.00 (£7.00) 14,15,21,22,28-31 19.50 (21.10) £9.00 (£8.00) Edward Petherbridge Aug ★ ■ THE THREE BONAZZI variety (ABOVE)performance. The FamousComedy, Bonazzi vaudeville, present their COMPLETELY UNPROTECTED and music hall directed by Josfunny Houben. 'a..high clowning comedy of the bestcircus sort' The Independent ' . .delightfully and joy to watch' The Scotsman. “A MAGNIFICENT Aug 10-14,18-21,25-28 12.10 (13.10) £6.00 (£4.00) 15,16,22,23,29-31 12.10 (13.10) £7.00 (£5.00) PERFORMANCE” Aug ★ ■ STEPHEN TOOLED UP (ABOVE) funny, Sunday Times provocative story ofPOWELL hisdodgy father;-character. East End Gangster tearaway, ex mod,Powell' exandcon,sUmberto builder, Eco sailor, show jumper, all round Chekhov meets The Krays. ' H ilarious Hancock-like charm' Total Theatre “A RIVETING Aug Preview Aug 6 13.30 (14.45) £5.00 7-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 13.30 (14.45) £6.50 (£5.50) PRODUCTION” Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 13.30 (14.45) £7.50 (£6.50) AND SNAKES (CAVERN) music, movement and comedy Daily Telegraph APPLES from thenight,essential newto voices spokenandPoetry, word performance. A different line-up every brought you by ofTime Apples Snakes, premier promoters ofAug'London' s sharpest cabaret' Out. 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 23.40 (00.40) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 23.40 (00.40) £6.00 (£5.00) ★ THEa sport WRESTLING (OTR 2) Amillions. former GoldenNagasaki, Belt champion Haystacks, reveals all about thatDavies once enthralled Big Daddy, Dickie - the true story at Kendo last. As featured inGiant the book The Wrestling: ' B rilliant.' Independent Preview Aug 7 12.10 (13.10) 12.10 £5.00(13.10) £6.00 (£5.00) ftSSEIHLY BMLNIIM Aug 8,9,11-13,16-20,23-27 tut 5. SOT S • Hi HHE 0131221 »a Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 12.10 (13.10) £7.00 (£6.00) PLEASANCE FESTIVAL OF THEATRE ’98 continues over the page 103

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■AJ ★A new PLAYWISTY FOR ME:THE LIFE OF PETER COOK (BELOW) payingexamining an unflinching but and affectionate tributetheir to Peter Cook and Dudley play Moore, theirBeyond lives work through comedy characters, four decades after the Fringe. Preview Aug 14 11.30(12.15) £4.00 £5.00 (£4.00) Aug (12.15) Aug 16-20,23,24,26,27 15,21,22,28-31 11.311.30 0 (12.15) £6.00 (£5.00) ★ ■assortment THE WILD PARTYguests - MOUSE PEOPLE (BELOW) Brooklyn. 1926. An of oddball gather foronaanight of puremoredebauchery. But as the temperature rises, the revelling takes distinctly sinister tone. ’Go and be dazzled' Time Out. Preview Aug 7 12.45 (13.45) £4.00 Aug 12.45 (13.45) £6.50 (£5.50) Aug 8,9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 12.45 (13.45) £7.50 (£6.50) ★(BELOW) CLAIRE'Claire DOWIE PERFORMS EASY ACCESS (SOLO REMIX) Dowie' s powerful,Shattering.' shocking Glasgow new drama. The'Rmost disturbing theatrical climax I can remember. Herald emarkable -Compelling.' a contemporary Greek tragedy about the living legacy of child abuse. Guardian Preview Aug 6 14.00(15.10) £5.00 Aug 14.00 (15.10) £6.50 (£5.00) Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 14.00 (15.10) £7.50 (£6.00) ★In a■lateFRAN LANDESMAN’S FORBIDDEN (CABARET bar,sparkles the customers dreamtheof GAMES re-awakening their stillBAR) Alegendary timelessnight storypianothat darklyandthrough wit, song andSimon poetryWallace. oflives. lyricist Fran Landesman leading jazz composer Preview Aug 5 19.00 (19.45) £5.00 Aug 19.00 £6.50 (19.45)(£5.50) £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 6-10,12,13,16 14,15 19.00 (19.45) THE STAGE SEMINARS In association The Stage,The Theatre Designers and the Tarlolawyer Lyons, a serieswith of discussions on theSociety role ofoftheBritish designer, and Aug 26-29the 11.critic 00 (12.00) Free in the theatre of today. ANGELA PLEASENCE ©O©© Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ★ THEFringe LAST95OBIT PleasenceLastat theObitPleasance.***** andPleasence nominatedmajor best actress The Stage.The combines Angela the unique comicSalt. writing of Peter Tinniswood ofleague Uncleacting Mort).with Directed by Chrys Surreal.Touching. Funny. (creator Preview Aug 7,8 14. 5 0 (16.00) £4.00 Aug 50 (16.00) Aug 9,10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 14.50 (16.00)14.£7.00 (£6.00)£6.00 (£5.00) POOR PLAYERS OO©© Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 K11 ★rivalry, THErevelry CANTERBURY TALES Step back in time for sixty minutes of romance.inChaucer' s enduring tales are woven together with musicwomen, andandimagination this accessible men and human(£4.00) lifeproduction. is here! Comedy and tragedy, Aug 18-31 (not 24)old and 13.40young (14.45)- all£6.00 PORTABLE PRODUCTIONS ®Q©0 Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 ★ MY LIFE IN ART Noisesdrama. Off meets 42nd Street in Andrew Cowie'- and s sex hilarious backstage comedy Life imitates art during rehearsals and Auglies, 5-22jealousy 19.10 and (20.30)ambition £5.50 spill (£4.50)over from fiction to reality. 'Superb' Scotsman.

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PORTRAIT PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 11 - Diverse Attractions, Riddles Court, off Lawnmarket Tickets 225 8961 J11 THE LAST MAN INOwen EUROPE Michael McEvoy' s one-man 'A Portrait of★Edinburgh Vincent' ('sell-out Devastating' Dudley-Edwards, ' B rilliant' Festival Times) was an success. looks 10-15 set to 11.35(13.15) repeatandthisworld-wide achievement. Don'tThis missnew it! portrait of George Orwell Aug £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 10-15 21.45 (23.25) £7.50 (£5.50) Aug 17-22 11.10.3450 (13.15) (12.20) £7.00 £7.00 (£5.00) (£5.00) Aug 24-29 POUNDS, DOLLARS & CENTS ®0©@ Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 6227207 KI0 ★theHITCHCOCK' S BOLLOCKS A cynical yet vicious black comedy about arrogance of youth, ' R ope' , death, blood, violence, haemophilia, blood, Hitchcock,dramatic syringes,group obsession and blood, set against the backdrop of an amateur performing Aug 7-23 20.30 (21.35) £4.00 (£3.50)at the Edinburgh Festival. PRAXIS THEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 11 - Diverse Attractions, Riddles Court, off Lawnmarket Tickets 225 8961 Jl I THE CRUCIBLE The devil is loose in Salem! or is he? Could the incredible fear and paranoia be the work of children.This classicwasparable is re-enacted in McCarthy' when communism the work of the devil! Aug 24-29s 50s 21.30America, (23.30) the£5.50time(£3.50) PRIMARY COLOURS OOO© Venue 79 - The Subway, 69 Cowgate K12 ★It follows MORTMort, TerryaPratchett' s acclaimed best seller adapted by Margaret Ray. simpleandlad Death who becomes Reality working fails, a princess is in trouble, would likeDeath' a news apprentice. career, preferably with Aug cats 25-29or flowers. 14.45 (16.15) £5.00 (£3.00) PRIME PRODUCTIONS ®0@© Venue 55 - Randolph Studio, Inst. Francais d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph Cres. Tix 225 5366 H8 *happens ■ FROM WHERE I' M STANDING A passionate affair hits the rocks what when theyof meet twenty playofbytwelve. John Ringham 'Herr £6.00 Bach (£4.00) andyearsMr. after? Handel'A )fascinating, .Two actorsintriguing with a cast Aug 8-31(author 18.00 (19.30) PUNTER PRODUCTIONS OOO© Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St.Tickets 667 2212 LI3 ■drunk LOUNGE-ROOM LIZARDS It' s the millennium but the TV' s bust. Jack' s still and what's OscarflyWilde TimeOxford loses meaning asAugcross-cultural in thisdoing brashin the newdrinks comedycabinet? from top talent. 23-31 14.15sparks (15.30) £5.50 (£4.50) PURPLE THEATRE COMPANY ®0©0 Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 H10 ★EnjoyTHEexamining LIBERTY OF INDIFFERENCE Amused by others' misfortune? tortured and perverse relationships? Thenone-upmanship. revel in this spectacle of moral asiffriends deadly New 7-18 comedy scorruption, a 'must£7.00see'(£5.00) tragedyindulge of maninamuses! Aug 22.05that'(23.25) QMWTHEATRE COMPANY 00©0 Venue 45 - Old St. Paul’s Church & Hall, Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476 J13 ★ brought GRANDMA' S HOLIDAY by Alan Fentiman.This hilariousof urban myth isconfusion. ingeniously to the stage in a slick one act comedy chaos and A theatrical Shorts. treat from the writer of 1997s 'absolutely excellent' Scotsman Aug 10-22Two(notPairs16)of 14.30 (15.30) £5.00 (£3.00) DECADENCE by StevensexBerkoff.An eveningAsoftheheadonism laced with black humour, and champagne. evening ofandturn twodebauchery, striving for love, wears on, appearances crumble and thoughts tocouples, murder.both Aug 10-22 (not 16) 16.00 (17.30) £5.00 (£3.00) ★ police ■ WILDVIEW 2 Did youin getriot-torn dressedLondon. this morning wasyou? it a disguise? Athe officer is murdered Whereorwere Sex, bombs & police£5.00 investigation Augmedia 10-22get(notcaught 16) up18.in00the(19.30) (£3.00) exploding across space & time. QUADRANT PRODUCTIONS ®G©© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 2255105 KI0 * ■son.Vyvyan BORN TOHolland.This BE WILDEacclaimed The life new and times ofdiscovers Oscar Wilde, as told by hisand show the child in Wilde, uncovers the untold truth of a forgotten father. Direct from a North American Aug 6-31 tour. (not 16) 12.20 (13.35) £5.50 (£4.50) 106

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THE RIOT GROUP OO©© Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St. Tickets 2219009 K9 ★landscape WHY asI WANT TO SHOOT THE PRESIDENT The perverse American through the eyesinjury of a would Presidential Foursexual Americanseenactors serious to bringbe you this radicalassassin. avant-fable ofAug andriskviolence. 9-29obsession 20.00 (21.30) £5.00 (£4.00) RIPLEYTHEATRE OO©© Venue 13 - Harry Younger Hall, Lochend Close, Canongate 07050 161320 J15 ★ EGGPLANT Ripley' s 7thdifferent consecutive Edinburgh Fringe features a newstory. play about two cousins, two very fathers and two sides to the same the- The writing and directing team responsible for 'Diary of a Welshcake' (5Fromstars16-22 Scotsman). Aug 15.20 (16.15) £5.00 (£3.00) Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I ★glammed-up, ■ AL'RIGHT LUV? Things to do: stop sobbing, eat, drink, sew, get an award-winning sweet-smelling play. See thoughts20-something and fantasiesentertainment. in progress. One 25-31 hour of13.write interactive Aug 45 (14.45)multi-media £5.00 (£3.50) RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO ®0@© Venue 5 - The Stand Comedy Club, 5 York Place Tickets 558 7272 H12 RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO ' G lorious.Jt' s passionate, honest, funny. It's brilliant and it's Bradford shocking'comedy Guardian.isAfter and UK tour, the award-winning back. ''9P7ickFringe of thesell-out day-challenging and brilliant-leave at the door'£5.00 Scotsman. Aug 8-30 (notthe17)kids14.15(15.40) (£4.00)

RED TAPE THEATRE OOO© Venue 11 - Diverse Attractions, Riddles Court, off Lawnmarket Tickets 225 8961 J11 ★soup,WHY ARE WE WAITING? A criminal misunderstanding with a can of and a chilling encounter in a hospital, make connections across boundaries ofprize-winning age, class andwriter the mysterious. Modern Scottish comedy and drama from Anne £6.00 Stenhouse. Aug 24-29 18.00 (19.15) (£5.00) REGINA THEATRE COMPANY ©OOO Venue 126 - St John's Church Hall, West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 NORTHERN LIGHTS Three ’honeys’ from Hull come to work in a fishplant Iceland the livin'humour, ain't easy and thenboss only thinks about one nthing. Howin doAug they5-15where cope? With lager' n rock' roll mixed with volcanoes' snow. (not 9) 20.15 (21.45) £6.50 (£5.50) THE RICH AND FAMOUSTHEATRE COMPANY OO©© Venue 126 - St John's Church Hall, West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 ★ COLLIDE ne'erdowellsallflung in a room one night. Some want love. Somea fight.The wantFivefreedom.They wanttogether thethemoney. Butbegins. it won' t be relinquished THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY without tragedy starts where comedy Aug 10-29 (not Suns) 17.45(19.15) £5.00 (£4.00) STUDENT DRAMA CLUB ©OOO Venue 126 - St John’s Church Hall, West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 ★ WHIGS tragedy today. In theoil near an independant Scotland facesA aGreek civil war with forEngland rights.future Scotland' is lowly7,8student Fiona McLaren when sheoveraccidently joins the reals onlytartanhopearmy. Aug 18.00(19.15) £5.00 (£3.50) BBC Talent 2000 presents the BBS NEW COMEDY AWARDS Stand Up Award National Final

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THE SALTIRE SOCIETY ©O©© Venue 30 - The NetherbowTheatre,43 High Street Tickets S56 9579 JI3 ★TheFREE ROPE A trilogy of promenade dramas: ' E nough to Hang Ourselves' Darien debacle and Daniel Defoe; ' P ikes and Patsies' A Scottish Revolution informed from America; ' S altire on the Summit' An Everest expedition celebrating Scottish Independence?! Performances in John(Enough) Knox House. Aug 8,12,15,19,22,26,29 18.30 &&20.30 Aug 10,13,17,20,24,27,30 18.30(19.15) (19.15) 20.30(21.15) (21.15) (Pikes) Aug I 1, 14,18,21,25,28,31 18.30 (19.15) & 20.30 (21.15) (Saltire) £6.00 (£4.00) for one play, £ 11.00 (£7.00) for 2 plays, £ 15 (£ 10) for 3 plays SAN DIEGO SISTER CITY PRODUCTIONS ©O©© Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 HI0 ★Reality THEandTWO CHARACTER PLAY Two character play seldom by Tennessee Williams. fentasy interweave with terrifying power in this seen American masterpiece. Williams incestuously called it his most beautiful play since Brother/sister, in a world of theirSTREETCAR. own creation. Aug 7-31 (notego/id, 19) 21.35 (22.50) trapped £6.50 (£5.00) ★hasn'VIGIL ' B rilliant black comedy' Los Angeles Times. A letter from aunt; for 30 years; s dying? The and ensuing andhisbizarre eventst seen see touch anherunstable man, ashe'lonely woman, totalhilarious misunderstanding which will your hearts. Aug 7-31 (not 19) 20.00 (21.25) £7.00 (£5.00) SAUCY HORSE ©OOO Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 6672212 MI2 ★language. FREAKHowever SHOWit AwillPG.challenge It may contain some sexy scenes and strong your senses, question your ideals and raise anAugeyebrow at your(15.30) misconceptions. 8-13 14.30 £5.00 (£4.00)Step into the centre ring if you dare! SAWSTON PLAYERS 00©0 Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ★surprises ■ THEandREDmesmerises. DRESS Whether Rudolph Valentino knew how! The Red Dress dazzles, you love it or hate it, you can never ignore it.The16-22 Red Dress a symbol Stella's dreams and desires. Aug 13.00 is(13.50) £5.00of (£4.00)

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Theatre SEASONAL PRODUCTIONS ®0©@ Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KIO ■of the DEATH AND THE MAIDEN ' A quest for truth amid the horror past is the theme of Ariel Dorfman' s searing modern play. Outstanding performancesDevastating' turn the political and unnerving production. Walsall drama Observer.into 16.a mesmerising Aug 8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30 15 (18.00) £5.00 (£4.00) ■ GOOD Following the success of 'Death ofandbarbarism, the Maiden', Ian and Holm'sexs student theatre company explore further questions in their probing and provocative treatment ofscenes). C P Taylor's gruellingethics contemporary classic (Warning: contains disturbing Aug 7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31 16.15 (18.00) £5.00 (£4.00) SHAKERS AND MOVERS OOOO Venue 137 - Church Hil Theatre, Morningside Road 06 ■It isNOaboutSEXPrincess IN PARADISE Multicultural drama of rhythms and dance. Alice who has a HOT relationship with powerful Prince Owen, posing thesurvive? question whether LOVE that does not face the power ofTRUTH Aug 9,10 can 19.30 (21.30) £5.00 (£3.00) SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITYTHEATRE COMPANY00©0 Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St Tickets 667 2212 LI3 SAVED Family hostilities become gripping in this exploration of urban violence, as theto see playEdward lurches Bond' from scomedy to disturbing horror. A rare opportunity controversial in the16-22 abolition theatre censorship in the 1960s.drama, instrumental Aug 22.15of (midnight) £4.00 (£3.00) SILVER LINING THEATRE COMPANY ® O©© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KIO ★ ■ POPE-AFLOAT In Jonmessengers Groom's newconverge comedytoagloriously full cast ofdevestating yachtists, walking magnets and celestial consquences. 'mordant zing, imaginative soAug young. such innovative comedywackiness writing isquite rare'terrifying Scotsman.from one 7-23 Indeed, 19.15 (20.15) £5.00 (£4.00)

SISTER MARY ENIGMA PROUDLY PRESENTS OO©© Venue 84 - Holyrood Tavern, Holyrood Road Tickets 622 7207 KI3'j ★ AN AVERAGE ANGELchip An angel escapes to earth - tinymusic, wings,a touch, big ambitions and a planet-sized on her shoulder. Comedy, ofPreview Tom Jones; you'll17.15(18.15) believe in miracles For babysitters, everywhere. £3.00 too. Aug 15-31Aug(not14 17,24) 17.15(18.15) £4.00 (£3.00) SOCIETY ANONIME Venue 45 - Old St. Paul’s Church & Hall, Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476 ■dirty.LIVEIn Arthur BED SHOW A man, aCash woman, doublerompbed...warm, Smith' scups comedy, and aMaria through wry' aloving, tusslemoist, of love, sheets, wet spots andcondoms! of tea. 'Poignant, hilarious, intensely The Guardian. Free Preview Aug 7,8 22.15 (midnight) £4.00 (£3.00) Aug 9-29 (not 17,24) 22.15 (midnight) £6.00 (£4.00) THE SOCIETY THEATRE COMPANY ®OOQ Venue 126 - St John’s Church Hall,West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 AIRBASE Drugged up with patriotism and more, a group of USAF pilots struggle survive inso,a time of extreme Cold WarNottension. atPreview times todisturbingly and always controversial. to beEnthralling, missed. Aug 7 15.00 (16.45) £1.00 (Free) Aug 10-15 15.00 (16.45) £5.00 (£3.00) SOLAR STAGE Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 THE CASE OF THE CORPSE by Uwe Meyer A'★filmhilarious whodunnit fromWANDERING Canada. Solar Stage' s Toronto smash hitguaranteed is ~part noir' , part ' s oap' , part ' H itchcock homage' . This campy spoof is toAugkeep20-31you 22.00 guessing and guffawing! (23.30) £6.50 (£5.00) SOLO PLUS THEATRE COMPANY OOO Venue 181 - Elim Pentecostal Church, 26 George IV Bridge Tickets 554 5701 ★people HADASSAH One woman, a virtualanti-Semitism, prisoner in aabuse foreign land, saves her from extermination. A story as history repeats itself. Featuring Paul ofHeyman, electric violinist.andA injustice celebration for Israel' s 50th year. Preview Aug 9 19.00 (20.15) Free Aug 15.00 (22.45) (16.15) £5.00 (£3.00) Aug 10-15 10-15 21.30 Pleasence at The Pleasance Angela Pleasence in $ The Last Obit a new play by Peter Tinniswood directed by Chrys Salt

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SOLSTICE PRODUCTIONS OO0© Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St. Tickets 2219009 K9 ★So MORGAN' S BOYS by Martin Kochanski.Andy is straight, so why is he selling? is Richard, so what' s he buying? A savagely unsentimental play about guilt and isolation, friendship and redemption, the love of women and the joy of revenge. Preview Aug 10-31Aug19.94519.45(21.15) (21.15) £5.50£4.50 (£4.50) SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY BLOW-UP THEATRE GROUP OO©© Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I THE REAL THING by Tom Stoppard. A distinctly Stoppardian romantic comedy, where the elusive concerns of truth and illusion merge with more traditional on passion, deceit and pop music! Aug 10-23 comments (not 17) 20.15 (22.00)politics, £4.00 (£3.00) SOUTHERN LIGHT DRAMA 00©0 Venue ackball St Columba's Church Hall, MuirdaleTerr. Queensferry Road, Blackball Cl Outer Tickets68337- Bl7727 THE HOLLOW Agatha Christie createsNearly an unhappy gamehas ofa motive romanticto 'wish follow my leader' whichmost explodes intoopportunity. murder. everyone the victim dead; had the Who dunnit? Enter. Inspector Colquhoun Aug 17-22 and19.30Sergeant (22.00) Penny! £5.00 STRAY DOGS OO©© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 2255105 KIO ★ BEING SELLERS Peter Sellers was revered for his ability to transform into characters, from Clouseau to Chance the Gardener. But who was he? What was the personal cost of his comic genius? The hilarious, confronting unmasking Aug 16-31 of17.a 4tortured 5 (19.00) Goon. £6.00 (£5.00) STUDENT THEATRE AT GLASGOW (STAG) OOO© Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 KI3 ★Glasgow THE WHITE ROOM Following seven months of theatrical exploration,of University' s brightest talent present a visually stunning explosion issues facing a generation approaching the millennium.The result is provocative and multi-media, Aughumorous, 24-29 23.00incorporating (midnight) £5.00 (£2.50) dance, narrative and top class sounds. TAGUS THEATRE OG©0 Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Victoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 JH ★William WAKING THOUGHTS The story of the strange romance between Beckford and Gregorio Franchi. Lisbon 1787. English Milord meets local choirboy. Piqued by ostracism Beckford builds towering folly, Fonthill Abbey. Can their survive? Fonthill' Aug 10-22relationship (not 16) 20.30 (21.30) £5.00s tower (£3.50)didn't. TALL STORIES ( Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105

Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 VMW - VIRGIN MOTHER WHORE 'Iis'mitajustchild,maleI’m wishful a mother,thinking? I'm a lover... 'A★Can a woman be all these to one man or new dark comedy from Toby Mitchell (***** £6.00 Scotsman Augprovocative 6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30 20.00 (21.00) (£5.00)1997). ★doubt X 'Wherhen- barring I was young, my mother told me about true love. I' d noex-girlfriends... reason to myofparents' divorce.Then I met- Bridget Brian...Jones and hiswith 'Aug A heart warming tale murder and monogamy teeth. 5,7,9,1 1, 13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31 20.00 (21.00) £6.00 (£5.00) TENTH PLANET PRODUCTIONS OO©© Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 LI I ★ MATCHSTALK MAN Only theof7-1contemporary I escaped thedrug inferno. A gruesome, comic play set against the backdrop culture focusing on thedrugrelationships, breach of trust, kindereggs and eventual demise of a small time operation. Aug 10-29pushing (not Suns) 18.15(19.45) £6.00 (£4.00) TESTTUBE OO©© Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 H10 THE DUMBWAITER Ben and Gus are hit men. In a basement room they await instruction. It' s quiet, it' s empty, but what' s upstairs and who controls the Two hit£6.00 men. Who' AugDumb 20-31Waiter? 13.00 (14.00) (£4.50)s it going to be? THEATRE ALBA/ MPRTHEATRE STUDIO ©O©© Venue 30 - The NetherbowTheatre,43 High Street Tickets 556 9579 JI3 ★hilarious WALLACE' S WOMEN a cross between Thewomen' Steamies perspective. and The Crucible, aScots romp.The Braveheart story from the Earthy banter and pagan ritual.The same creative team as The Bruce and The the Princess. Aug Puddock 7-30 19.and 45 (21.00) £7.00 (£5.00) ★household GOOD MORNING MRherBURNS by Donald in athe dominated by Burnsbrings idolizing father,Mackenzie. Lorna is anReared expert man. But, her version of events an entirely new approach to theon life and times of Scotland' s greatest poet. Aug 10-30 18.00 (19.10) £6.00 (£4.00) THE SHEPHERD Against magnificent backdrop of Kirk Duddingston Lochother - aBEGUILED magical intohistheFaery the Revd goes overThetoScotsman. the side tojourney search for deadLand wife,when 'a triumph for Scottish theatre' Aug 20-23,27-30 20.00 (21.45) £7.00 (£5.00) THEATRE DU SYCOMORE OO©© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 ■text,LEthisROInewLEAR Kids but certainly no kids play; from an abridged Shakespeare French translation isperform sincere and Avignon-hardened cast, experienced to livedynamic. music.With A mustan for one and all. Aug these 16,18,20,22 10.45teenagers (12.00) £5.00 (£4.00) ■actors MACBETH As if all evil comes in threes, this fresh young cast of French have created Ladymusic Macbeths andscenes give three interpretations ofAugthe17,19,21,23 same play. Live10.three original sets the of destruction. 45 (12.00) £5.00 (£4.00)

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THEATRE 28 OO©© Venue 49 - Bedlam Theatre, I lb Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 LHj ★8 men LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! Terrence McNally' s Tony winning play. J| tackling relationships, Swan Lake, AIDS, and skinny-dipping in a celebration ofNYcontemporary gaybylife.Stephen 'Solid,Henry. seriousWarning: comedyNudity Broadway hasn'tLanguage. seen in years..' I / Explicit AugTimes. 10-29Directed (not Suns) 12.15(15.15) £8.00 (£7.50) THEATRE WORKSHOP OO©© Venue 20 - Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Place Tickets 226 5425 F9 | The pulseinnovative of the Fringe in thefromheartDublin of theto New Town. An awardtowinning venue I including theatre Japan to Liverpool Spain to Glasgow..| Cafe/Bar open all day - introducing late night experiences of a different kind. ★ I'M NOTjourney FINISHED...YET! - ELIZABETH PUGH Premiere). Astonishing of one girl's search forherfreedom from for the(UKtriumph. Altered States I ofCRITICALLY America where only her dreams keep alive, fighting ACCLAIMED NYC and Dublin. Aug 17-31 (not 23) 16.00 (17.10) £5.00 (£3.00) MISERY OFTHETHIRD REICH - THEATRE WORKSin the |8 AsFEAR the AND Nazisof Brecht' rise to spower, private 'lifeTheatre of theWorks Master headlights dazzlingtheintellect. hasRacebuiltis upcaught a formidable! reputation' The Herald. Aug 17-31 (not 23) 12.00 (13.30) £6.00 (£5.00) ★ ■ GENESIS - COLLUSION (Premiere).withMoving, gripping, visual theatre.s Exciting newDecameron). Scottish company inabout collusion Romanian actors (Puracaret' Danaides, A show love, about loss, about orphans, about confronting Passionate. Aug 17-31 (not 23)our14.fears. 00 (15.05) £6.00Uplifting. (£5.00) Precedes Romanian tour. § ★ENTERPRISES ELISE AND MECarolANDBoyd,THELyndaPRICE OF FAME - BUNYCRAI Snell from R4'thes The Archers, Elise in MarkLamarais Bunyan' s new play. Pat is touring her show about glamorous but where' s the glamour in Pat' s life? Aug 10-16 16.00 (17.30) £7.00 (£4.00) RUMmoment AND VODKA - LUCID(Evening PRODUCTIONS (UKPromising premiere).Playwright Flavour J} of★1997) the Conor McPherson Standard Mostthat 'dTribune. etails with appalling attention every single'sevent befalls The his everyman" Sunday Performed by Alexander Downes imply mesmeric' Irish World! Aug 10-31 (not 16,23) 20.00 (21.30) £7.00 (£5.00)

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DRACULA Once again haunting the Fringe, Paul O'-AHBALLOONATICS anrahan invitesbutyoutheTHEATRE tochemistry succumb toofCO.the bloodsucking artistry ofevery the night. Count. familiar story, fresh bodies will be different Dress16,23) Code: 18.00 strictly(19.30) Transylvanian. Aug 10-31 (not £6.00 (£4.00) ★life?■OrCONTRACTS OUTHOUSE PRODUCTIONS Dothewecontracts? choose our does life choose us? Love, sex and actors committed gay and bisexual telldeath. it Workshop. allWho fromwrites the heart. AYoung collaboration between Stonewall and Theatre Aug 10-15 17.30 (18.45) £5.00 (£3.50) THE WOMAN WHO COOKED HER comedy HUSBAND - HERETIC THEATRE Isitt'sonce deliciously deceit and jealousyhisDebbie thatstomach. proves and fordark all that the wayof adultery, to a man'lies, s heart iAug s through 24-31 (not 30) 17.30 (19.00) £6.50 (£3.00) ★ THATthe GOLDEN MOMENT NYEUSI THEATRE CO. Many never ghetto. Franklin' s foundCompany a- way. ByNyeusi exploiting hisBrookside nephew Boomer, aescape boxing sensation. Black Theatre and writer Maurice10-15Bessman a hardboiled Aug 13.30 present (14.45) £5.00 (£3.00) and passionate story. ★en ■el HAMLET IN THE MIRROR - hisMANUEL DIONIS-BAYER Espejo) actor andSex youngreligion disciple. 'Topath be ortonotbe(Hamlet to be' isAugthe10-15 lesson21.30 toA middle-aged be(22.40) taught and learnt. and is the travelled. £6.50 (£4.50) ■ THEhoned, OPIUM EATERScomedy - BROUHAHA in thesweetness decadent forI920’s,this finely insanely bears all theSet'Ibitter which Brouhaha hasgoons' becomeTimefunny internationally renowned. like their style. They' re not afraid to be Out. Aug 17-31 (not 23) 15.30 (16.45) £6.50 (£3.00) THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HEhut,WAS TOname,DIEa suitcase - MASSand PRODUCTIONS Imagineexciting a beachand a manGOING with noman Death. Enter I998' s most ambitious one show. Hilarious, frantic, thought15.3provoking theatre...with Aug 0 (16.40) £6.50 (£3.50) dinosaurs. Aug 10-16 17-22 17.30(18.40) ★ ■ MONKEYinsideBUSINESS ACTIVATEmovie! THEATRE the extraordinary, storydrums of a -Hollywood Be drawnCO. intoRelive theof life. jungle atmosphere, where tribal re-create the mysterious rhythm Guaranteed the noisiest Aug 17-22 to13.30be (14.45) £5.00show (£3.00)on the Fringe! 11®

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Theatre THEATRUM BOTANICUM ©O©© Venue 193 - Royal Boanic Garden, Inverleith Row D11 LINNAEUS PRINCE OF FLOWERS Fringe First Award Winner. Discover the sex life of plants in a spectacular torchlit adventure with a surprise at every turn. theatrical experience of a lifetime. 'An orgy for the senses and a riot for theThemind' Time Out. Previews July 31-Aug 6 19.(21.30) 30 (21.30) £5.00 Aug 9-26 (not 14) £9.00Caesar) (£5.00) £ 12.00 (£8.00) Double Bil Price (with19.30 The African Julius ★Book■ THE AFRICAN JULIUS CAESAR Thewithgreatest of all time! ringside seats for corruption, a rumble in civil the jungle Malawi'fight s national company. Assassination, war. A Shakespearian coup in dance the Gardens, Africa style. 21.45 (23.00) £5.00 Aug 9-13,15-26,29-31 Double Bil Price (with Linnaeus - Prince of Flowers) £ 12.00 (£8.00) THROAT OO©© Venue 34 - The Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St. Tickets 220 5606 KI2 ★ five GREAT MONSTERS OFinto WESTERN STREETwhen Thethehardcore world ofcome desperate citizens goes Gothic overdrive avenging dead knocking for flesh.- f****d Sexy, queer, brutal and bloody - a genre bending shocker19-30 for our Aug 22.00Ouija (23.40) £7.00nineties. (£5.00) Adults only. MIKETIMMS OO©© Venue 41 - Hil Street Theatre, 19 Hil Street Tickets 226 6522 HI0 ★Public ■ AYOUTH WELL SPENT? Mike Timms' one man show on English Schools what was it like on the inside? Laugh (or cry) as you meet the up (or£6.00 didn'(£4.00) t) to make Britain 'great' (or not). Augchaps 20-31who17.grew 00 (18.00)

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TOMEE THEATRE 00©0; Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St Tickets 221 9009 a ■exploring ANTIGONE A modern visual production from Greece. A new adaptation the mostandwellModern known Ancient Greek Drama by Sophocles. Performed b inAugEnglish, 16-22Ancient 11.00 (13.00) £7.00Greek. (£5.00) THE TOTALLY PORTABLE THEATRE COMPANY Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KlCj, ★notCLOSET LAND UK premiere a tense and terrifying two-hander, for the faintdemanding hearted! Asubmission. woman arrested ofin the the most middleuncompromising of the night anplaysinterrogator on the(not Fringe23)this22.00 year.(23.10) £7.00One(£5.00) Aug 17-30 Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Victoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 Jill ★based THEonGLACE BAYFolk MINERS MUSEUM Touching andargaret' tragics memory plays the Maritime Story that inspired the film ' M Museum' . Nominated for the Governors General Award for Playwriting - the UK PREMIERE best new Aug 17-29 of(notone23)of Canada' 15.00 (17.00) £7.00plays. (£5.00) TRAVELLING VIRAL JAM OOO© Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St Tickets 221 9009 K? jl ★premillennial THE GENERAL-C PRINCIPLE Our ensemble (fiercely committed to attention) presents 'The General-C Principle' .'Acclaimed bya Joyce ?; !|:: Carol Oates as ' a n amazing and surreal roller coaster' our P rinciple' is back-alley modern Aug 23-31brawl 17.30with (18.30) £4.00medicine,TV-power, and the myth of Cinderella. ?

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TRAVERSE THEATRE ©03© Venue 15 - Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, off Lothian Road Tickets 228 1404 J9 TRAVERSE THEATRE Scotland' s world famous New Writing Theatre erupts with 14 unmissable shows almost every one a Premiere! Get to the centre of(andthemost actionof atthethenight). legendary Traverse Bar Cafe serving food and drink all day ★COMPANY KILL THE(World OLD Premiere) TORTUREUrban THEIR YOUNG from TRAVERSE tragi-comedy KNIVESTHEATRE IN HENS writer DavidAugHarrower. Previews 9 19. 0 0 (20.30) Aug 11 14.00 (15.30) £7.50 (£4.00)£ 12.00 (£7.50) Aug 12 19.00 (20.30) Aug 15,20,25,29,Sept 3 14.15(15.45) Aug 16,21,26,30,Sept1,5 4 20.30 17.45(22.00) (19.15) Aug Aug 18,22,27,Sept 19,23,28,Sept 2 11.00 (12.30) PERFECT DAYS TRAVERSE COMPANY (Worldas Premiere) Liz★ ■Lochhead' s new romantic comedyTHEATRE starring Siobhan Redmond a thirtysomething celebrity hairdresser. Previews Aug 7,8,11 19.00 (21.15) Aug 12 14. 0 0 (16.15) £7.50 (£4.00) Aug 15,20,25,29,Sept 43 11.00 19.30 (13.15) (21.45) £ 12.00 (£7.50) Aug 16,21,26,30,Sept Aug (16.00) Aug 18,22,27,Sept 19,23,28,Sept 21,516.13.45 15 (18.30) ★Premiere) FIRE INFunny, THEferocious BASEMENT COMMUNICADO (Scotland) by(British exploration of innocence corrupted power wielded from behind a saviour' s uniform. Preview Aug 13 19.00 (20.45) £7.50 (£4.00) Aug 15,20,25,29,Sept 34 20.15 16.45 (18.30) Aug 16,21,26,30,Sept (22.00) £ 12.00 (£7.50) Aug 18,22,27,Sept 1,5 11.00 (12.45) Aug 19,23,28,Sept 2 13.30 (15.15) ★Exploration CRAVE PAINES PLOUGH ANDlossBRIGHT LTDBy(England) (World Premiere) of the nature of love, and desire. Sarah Kane, director Vicky Featherstone. Preview Aug 11 15.00 (16.30) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 12,16,21,26,30,Sept 4 20.00 17.30(21.30) (19.00) £9.00 (£6.00) Aug 13,18,22,27,Sept 1,512.30 Aug 14,19,23,28,Sept 2 (14.00) Aug 15,20,25,29,Sept 3 15.00 (16.30) ★(World DEATH IN NEW ORLEANS ONEYELLOW RABBIT (Canada) Premiere) Canadians absorb the US (and vice-versa). John Murrell' s 25anthropological comedy. Preview Aug 12.30 (14.15) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 26,30,Sept 4 17.30(19.15) 15.00 (16.45) £9.00 (£6.00) Aug 27,Sept 21,520.00 Aug (21.45) Aug 28,Sept 29,Sept 3 12.30(14.15) ★(Scotland) EMPTY(World JESTERS MARKHilarious MCDONNELL STEVEN Premiere) comedy&about HarlinMCNICOLL and Bailey, Hollywood' s forgotten heroes. Aug 25-Sept 5 (not Mons) 22.30 (23.45) £9.00 (£6.00) ■(Scottish HYMNPremiere) TO LOVE: HOMAGE translated TO PIAF songs THE DRILL HALLMansfield' (England)s Thirteen in Elizabeth exploration of Piafs life. 23.00newly Aug 18-30 (not Mons) (00.15) £ 12.00 (£7.50) ★ ■ MONTE-CRISTO JEFF LEYTON/ PARAGON / TOMMY SMITH GROUP (Scotland) (World Premiere) Thrilling ENSEMBLE musical journey featuring words by Edwin Morgan. Sept 1-4 23.00 (00.15) £ 10.00 (£6.00) ★(World BRUCE MORTON BELOW THEindependence, WINDOW morality, (Scotland)hospitals Premiere) A showBLOOD about aspirations, and fly. Mons) Aughow I 1-23to (not 22.30 (23.45) £9.00 (£6.00)

PRINCESS SCARLET THEATRE (Scottish Premiere) Study of cruelSHARON mimicry touched off with brilliant(England) choreography. After Gombrowicz' s Princess Ivona. Preview Aug II20.0017.30(2 i(18.50) (£4.00) Aug 12,16,21 .20) £9.00£6.00(£6.00) Aug 13,18,22 12.30 (13.50) Aug 14,19,23 15.00 (16.20) Aug 15,20 17.30 (18.50) ★ ■ MR PUNTILA AND HISNewMAN MATTI THEs finest RIGHTcomedy. SIZE WITH THE ALMEIDA THEATRE (England) twist on Brecht' Preview Aug 14 20.15 (22.30) Aug IS 11.00(13.15) £7.50 (£4.00) Aug 16,21,26,30,Sept 350 (19.30) (16.45) £ 12.00 (£7.50) Aug 18,22,27,Sept 1,5,19.4 17.414.5 1(22.00) Aug 19,23,28,Sept 2 Aug 20,25,29,Sept 3 11.00 (13.15) ★(European SKINTIGHT (NewPassion Zealand) GUY MASTERSON Premiere) of enduring love... played PRODUCTIONS out, laid bare. Beautiful, sensual, powerful. Aug 25,29,Sept 3 17.30 (18.35) £9.00 (£6.00) Aug 26,30,Sept 4 20.00 (21.05) Aug 0 (13.35) Aug 27, 28, Sept Sept 21,515.12.003(16.05) ★ SOLDIERS GRASSMARKET PROJECTto(Scotland) (World Premiere) Cast ofI 1,15,20,25,29,Sept combat THE veterans explore what a man when he kills. Aug 3 20.00 (21.45)happens £9.00 (£6.00) Aug 12,16,21,26,30,Sept 4 12.30(14.15) Aug (16.45) Aug 13,18,22,27,Sept 14,19,23,28,Sept 21,517.15.00 30 (19.15) ★Premiere) ■ THEInWATER JUGGLER MOUTHPEACE a water deserted land, rediscover the(South mysteryAfrica) of our(European most essential element. Preview Aug 1115.0012.30(16.20) (13.50)£9.00£6.00(£6.00) (£4.00) Aug 12,16,21 Aug 13,18,22 20.00 17.30 (21.20) (18.50) Aug Aug 14,19,23 15,20 12.30 (13.50) TRESTLE THEATRE COMPANY ®0©@ Venue 33 - Pleasance,60The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 LI4 ■andBEGGARS BELIEF One dark stormy night, two blind men seek shelter offer their puppet show for their keep.The puppets move with lifelike grace, butpuppets their masters seem produce more than mere travelling Masks, imagery.players. Preview Aug 7,8and14.live30 music (16.00) £4.50 dark14.visual Aug 9,10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27 3 0 (16.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 14.30 (16.00) £8.00 (£6.00) £7.00 (£5.00) TRIANGLE PRODUCTIONS OO©® Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 K11 ★AnWHY CRY WHEN YOU CAN DIE? An empty bottle of paracetamol. irate wife, a nervous friend, an angel of mercy, a comatose teacher and a man wanting an off-switch. The redemptive Aug 18-23,25-31 17.55 (19.15) £6.00 (£5.00)powers of poetry, and plenty of tea. TRIM THEATRE COMPANY OG©0 Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St Tickets 221 9009 K9 ★in rural SWEET CHALYBETE UK Premiere. Compassionate one woman play set America.Touching, uncompromising look at one woman' s desperation born out of loveafor'refreshing her daughter. Award-winning director. Columbus Alive calls Ellen 9-22 McKeown Aug 17.25 (18.10) £3.50surprise' (£2.50). Not for children.

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UGLY THEATRE OO©© Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square Tickets 662 8882 LI2 ★at the THEFringe. CLUBPowerful The 'stunningly athletic' (The Stoge) Touched Theatre are back we journey through club culture. A drama chemicalcombined hit settingwithmeexhilarating free, the firstdance trueasescape. The Aug Club 21-31- come 22.15 with (23.45)me.£5.00 (£3.50) Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 MI2 ★ 3FTabout?" OFF THE GROUND "If ofyouseeing. were Beblindawakened, from birthshocked what would you dream Explore a new way and stunned into silence experience world from a totally new perspective. Aug 16-31 as14.you 15 (15.30) £4.00the(£3.00) UNDECIDED THEATRE COMPANY OOO© Venue 152 - Augustine's, George IV Bridge Tickets 225 6575 K11 ★recreational ABOUTTIME Sex and drugs and rock' n ' r oll... Paris, 1727. A new drug takes users back to their past lives, and the religious strife of working century Aug 25-31 class, 16.00eighteenth (16.50) £4.00 (£3.00)France. VALVONA & CROLLA OO©© Venue 67 -Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, top of Leith Walk Tickets 556 6066 GI5 ★village THE- 1,397,652 SECRETbottles OF SANTA VITTORIA Somewhere in Italy, near a hilltop of very strong, hiddenMikein anMaran ancient cellar fromContini. the German occupying forces.dark Comeredandwinefindareit with and Philip Aug 10-15 13.00 (14.15) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 18-22,25-29 17.30 (18.45) ■'AnSURELY YOU' RE JOKING MR FEYNMAN Sambaof and engaging introduction to the The most brilliant physicist ourThescience. time'Scotsman. South China Morning Post. ' S uperb drumming' Stage. ' W holly enjoyable' 'Aug No knowledge of science required' Mike Maran. 17.30 (18.45) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 10-15 18-22,25-29 13.00(14.15) ★theFUR COAT AND NAE - the contradictions, hypocrisy - the crime andDRAWERS the passion - Edinburgh' all laid bares soul by Robin Laing and Gill Bowman. Aug 10-12,18-20 15.00 (16.15) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 17 13.00(14.15)

VENUE 123 Venue 123 - South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street Tickets 558 9991 ★Dolores FILTHY LIES, CLEAN BREASTS Charles tells lies.champagne See Charles' hascollide breasts. Seeover Dolores' breasts. Wit,romp glamour, andee lies. glorious ei' innuendo in this the top satirical with knobs on. ' S it before V you Augdie!' 10-15Time14.Up.25 (15.35) £5.00 (£3.00) ★media CORPORATE SPIRITS Offeredcompany a deal they cannot sellrefuse bysouls a millionaire s mogul, the Pizazz advertising unwittingly their toat morality consumerism.The Double Ego Company present a darkly comic look marketing in the(£3.00) 80s and 90s. Aug 10-15 and 20.20 (21.20) £5.00 Aug 17-22 15.10(16.10) J ★ STRIPPED Fourevening Leamington blokes.NoOwn hair.Usual Solvent.interests: GSOH.egos, Seeksex, audience for early fun or fight. strings. hang-ups. Promising friendship, fun and commitment. irrelevant. (Discretion not assured - beware!) ps. Bring your ownLooks emotional baggage. Suitable for over 18s. Aug 17-22 18.10 (19.25) £5.00 (£3.00) THE Having in Portsmouth we isthought it onlyTEMPEST fair to letvibrant even morealready peopledazzled on audiences our littles secret. Tempest funniest, and magical ofinShakespeare' plays andThesimply mustthebe seen! :[jn Aug 10-15most16.20 (17.50) £5.00 (£3.00) HAMLETbrought (THE toDITHERING DANE) Another of Shakespeare' s early attempts, lifeby byTheMaster Rosencrantz' s Little Eyases, whose Tempest (1997) was described Scotsman as ' t he best ever...outdoes every performance of Shakespeare at the Fringe' . Suitable for children. Aug 10-31 (not 16,20,23) 19.45 (21.00) £5.00 (£3.00)

VANISHING POINT OO0O Venue 188 - Calton Centre, 121 Montgomery Street H17 ★be THE SIGHTLESS A play in total darkness a hand before the eyes cannot sounds andAscents surround illuminate the imaginationsin this rareseen.Voices, theatrical experience. inventiveto adaptation of Maeterlinck' drama. LastAugperformed at(19.00) BAC.visceral, Preview 16 18. 0 0 £2.00 Aug 1617-2221.0020.00(21.00) (22.00) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug Aug 17-22 22.00(23.00) VELVET JACKET ®0©@ Venue 73 - Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place Tickets 0374 598 336 KI0 ★Where' ■ HOGFATHER BY TERRY PRATCHETT adapted by Adam Speers. s the big fat man? Why' r e stockings being filled by a seven foot skeleton? How many wizards it take open-air to changepremiere, a light bulb? Massive, magical, mesmerising. this does spectacular Aug (notIn 9,17,24) 18.15 (20.10) £7.00 (£5.00)Christmas comes early. Open7-29 air performances CRAZYFACE BYtheCLIVE BARKER is a newlythrough published, disturbingly dark comedy ingreat whichsecret eponymous heroWorld: struggles Elizabethan Flanders with the of the Western chocolate. En route, he' s beset by lesbian bandits,9,17,24) fallen angels Aug (not 21.00 and (23.00)devious £7.00spies. (£5.00)Side-splittingly funny. Open7-29 air performances

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VENUE 13:THE HARRY YOUNGER HALL ®0©0 Venue 13 - Harry Younger Hall, Lochend Close, Canongate 07050 161320 J15 EAST FROM THE GANTRY by Edward Thomas. Bella met Ronnie byTherandom phonecall.Trampas calls himselfTrampas after sixties series Virginian. RonnieTHEshotWORLD. a cat he thought was Martin Bratton. F*** marriage, f*** trust, ...SHAG Aug Aug 7-15 16-22 18.20 11.10(19.45) (12.35) £7.00 (£4.00) ★ ■ SATURDAY NIGHT Roger Williams.The starts Sweatynight loud nightFOREVER clubs a byboyfriend Lifeweekend isoutsweet. But afterhere. Saturday comes Sundayandmorning and toLeediesoonfor. finds nothing lasts forever. Aug 7-15 20.20 (21.30) £6.00 (£5.00) ★music, ■ DOROTHY A new playGlamour by Mark Ryan. Her lifeto Hell. and her performed bySQUIRES Gerri Smith. Previous Equinox Theatre productions: 1991Glitz, (sold out) Jekylland&theHyderoad(1997) Scotsman 'Aug Pick of16-22 the Day' (sold out). 13.30 (14.45) £6.00 (£4.00)

VIADUCT ®0@© Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 K10 THE HOTHOUSE A rare chance to see Pinter' s anarchic ' c omedy of menace' . Chaos reigns in a sinister government psychiatric institution. Absurd humour, intrigue, bureaucracy, terror and insanity 'An unholy alliance(16.00) of Kafka Feydeau' Spectator.collide in this neglected gem. Aug 7-23 14.30 £6.00and(£5.00)

WASTE OFEaglSPACE THEATRE COMPANY OO©© Venue 21 - Roman e Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 K10 ★meditation ■ CRAZYFACE ' A play that is part pageant, part circus and part on the glory of clowns, spiking its high spirit with sudden eruptions of violence and scenes of strange melancholy. I loved£5.00 writing it.' Clive Barker. Aug 10,12,14,18,20,22,24,26,28,30 12.25 (14.05) (£4.00) ★carMY LIFE AS YOU KNOW IT Jodie-Ann Carter awakening fromhisanonly horrific accident discovers her'Alifemnesia, in pieces; her brother arrested, herself alibi. She remembers nothing. what a very good place to start' Laura James. Aug 13,17,21,25,29 12.25 (14.05) £5.00 (£4.00) ★Dissolving MILLENNIUM COMEDOWN After thessuccess of premiering 'Revenge is ata the Tankabout Ornament' ,Tim Ashworth' new play, Fringe, is a Fish comedy theyourstruggle against growing up and the frightening inevitability of turning into parents. Aug I 1,15,19,23,27,31 12.25 (14.05) £5.00 (£4.00) Venue 84 - Holyrood Tavern, Holyrood Road Tickets 6227207 KI3 ★do CHESS Two men meet in a pub. Nothing to do except play chess. But how you BBC.This play it again?Waste Writtenof Space' by Marks third Bishoppremiere. who has since been commissioned by the Aug 18-22,25-29is 20.10 (20.40) £4.00 (£3.00) WAX THEATER PROJECT OG©0 Venue 28 - Greyfriars Kirk House, Candlemaker Row Tickets 225 3626 Kl I ★KentABRAHAM' S OFFERING A challenging play revolving around the 1970 IncidentbyinWax whichTheater four USProject, studentsit explores were shotgenerational during an anti-war protest.StatePresented conflict and re-writing£5.00 of history. Augthe10-16essential 18.20(19.40) (£4.00)

VICIOUS RUMOURS 00©0 Venue 82 - Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 M12 ★throwing SWIMMING IN TREACLE A new piece of writing by Vicious Rumours, the spotlightwhaton lifethreeis really aspiringliketwenty artists onbarely and off stage. behindsomething the curtaincabaret when you’re holding on. Is this23.10 Aug 16,18,20,22 (midnight) £4.00 (£3.50)

WEST END THEATRE COMPANY OOO® Venue 126 - St John's Church Hall,West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 19 NEVILLE' ISLANDFront). FringeExposed sell-outs,West End present a comedy thick fog bymiddle-management Tim FirthS (Preston to intheDerwent elements and each other, inainto 4-man, team shipwrecked Water are sucked aAug whirlpool of recrimination, French cricket and sausages. 24-29 20.15 (21.55) £5.50 (£4.00)

VITAL SPARK PRODUCTIONS ®0@® Venue 30 - The Netherbow Theatre, 43 High Street Tickets 556 9579 J13 ★ SCOTLAN' : KELVIN 417 Theandtriumphs andhistory disasters which havewithshaped Scotland and her people. A musical literary of the nation writers from Barbour to Burns, Marion Angus to Hamish Henderson.The ideas. The restless nation.(17.00) Aug passions. 6-31 (notThe9,16,23) 15.30 £6.00 (£4.00)

WISHFACTORY PRODUCTIONS OOO® Venue 19 - C, Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street Tickets 225 5105 110 INSIGNIFICANCE A News thought-provoking York hotel room incomedy 1953. Naturalism meets surrealism in Terry Johnson' about knowledge, truth, sciencewatch and life.JoeSeeMcCarthy Marilyn prove Monroeneither explainof relativity theory to Albert Einstein, them exists. Aug 23-31and 14.00 (15.30) £5.50 (£4.50)

WALKING THE DOG 00©0 Venue 35 - Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School, 60/64 Spylaw Road 03 ★richWALKING THE DOG A modern theatre piece ' s killfully performed.Jt hasthe moments of quiet beauty when sound, word and movement unite to sense essence20-22 behind20.00the(21.20) everyday£6.50 eventJt Aug (£5.00)is unusually satisfying' The Press, Christchurch. WARWICK UNIVERSITY DRAMA SOCIETY OO©© Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St Tickets 667 2212 LI 3 ALONE 1996 Guardian Award winners return hotoffrom aOURSELVES European tour with a powerful and thought-provoking depiction love, betrayal and the searchandforhighly identity in the Ulster of Troubles in the 1980s. Entertaining, moving topical. Aug 10-30 (not Weds) 12.05 (13.50) £5.50 (£4.00)

THE WITCHERY TOURS ®G©© Venue 110 - TheWitchery Restaurant (outside), 352 Castlehil , Royal Mile Tix 225 6745 JI0 THE WITCHERY GHOST AND GORE TOUR A light-hearted old town walking tour which blends history with humour and ghosts with gore.ghastly Stories ofappearances witchcraft, plague and ofbodysnatching are .enhanced by guaranteed in the form ' J umper Ooters' Aug 6-8,13-15,20-22,27-29 16.00 (17.30) £7.00 (£4.00) WYCLIFFE YOUTH THEATRE ®0©0 Venue 21 - Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 KI0 ★theseONLY ONCE Safe, recovering from various afflictions and abuse, outcasts desperate to make sense of their backgrounds, uncertain of'Chambers' the futuretypical - confront differences and their need for love to survive. affection' Aug 7-22 (not Suns)deftness 14.30and(15.45) £5.00Cheltenham (£3.00) Literature Festival.

THE VERITAS ENSEMBLE ©O©© Venue 4 - C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terrace Tickets 225 5105 K10 Aof strapping PHOENIXyoung TOOmaleFREQUENT Desperate lady-in-waiting in need to relieve her mistress of utmost suffering due to the of her- inbeloved husband. Phoenix is a tragi-comedy about the cyclical naturedeath life, in relationships Aug 6-31of love (not 18)death, 19.15in(20.30) £5.50 (£4.50) and of self.

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ZTHEATRE COMPANY ®G©0 Venue 16 - Southside Courtyard, Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 LI 3 ★lostTHE PLAY' S THE THING Electra and Oedipus are wrecks. Shakespeare' s his will. Chekhov' s searching for a lumberjack, and Pinter is. . . well, pausing. r This irreverent revue reveals all you need to know about theatre in just • J seventy-five Aug 6-22 (notminutes! Tues) 17.00 (18.30) £5.00 (£4.00)

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Visual Art ARTISAN CONTEMPORARY CRAFT FAIR E10 Venue 196 - Edinburgh Inti Conference Centre, Morrison Street

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1x 1 1 AR ^ FROM ALL OVER THE UK AND EUROPE SANj Edinburgh Festival of Contemporary Crafts “Top class contemporary craft in abundance. AU9USt 19*23 Superb. Inspired. A real treat. No praise is too high....” Wed, Thurs, Fri: 11am - 7pm, Sat: 11am - 6pm, Sun: 11am - 5pm This eventofiscontemporary now the BIGGEST BEST collection crafts in &Europe. For information call 0131 225 2059

NEW CLAY '98 AN EXHIBITION OF EXCITING NEW WORK BY: JANET ADAM MICHELE BILLS EMMA GROVE LUCINDA McFERRAN THROWN STONEWARE & PORCELAIN PIECES HANDBUILT & PRESS-MOULDED VESSELS WIDE RANGE OF PRICES ADJOINING WORKSHOPS WELCOME VISITORS 3rd AUGUST - 5th SEPTEMBER MONDAY - SATURDAY : 10am - 6pm ANN RUSSELL IS SLATTERN Venue 76 - Negotiants,45-47 Lothian Street

ARTISAN INACTION LI2 Venue 196 - Edinburgh Inti Conference Centre, Morrison Street

ARCHITECTURE ON THE FRINGE Venue 155 - RIAS Gallery 15 Rutland Square

ART OF MYTH AND MIND J8 Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square

ARCHITECTURE ON THE FRINGE Venue 132 - Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland, Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate

THE BLACKADDER GALLERY K15 Venue 169 - The Blackadder Gallery 5 Raeburn Place

ROYAL FINE ARTfor SCOTLAND COMMISSION Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DD The Scottish Parliament Architectural Competition Anthe exhibition of modelsattracted and drawings highlighting I ArrhitPCturP international by the competition ICC.IUI C to design a new talent Scottish Parliament | 071 V.»H the FRINGE

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AN EXCITING & COLOURFUL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS & CRAFTS Paintings, prints, designer jewellery, ceramics, handmade cards, textiles, toys and much more Monday - Saturday 10 - 5.30pm Sunday 1 - 5pm • Free Admission 5 RAEBURN PLACE 0131-332 4605 3rd - 30th August

COLLECTIVE GALLERY Venue 80 - Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockbum Street Some of this years kissin cousins are: lake and Dinos Chapman Dave Beech Beagles and Ramsay Deborah Holland Moyna Flannigan Chad McCall ^ Clara Ursitti -

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tel/fax 0131 220 1260 Tue - Sun: 1 - 5.30pm !i' Venue 15 - Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, off Lothian Road Dazzle is now jewellery the most exciting and least placeTime to find contemporary in the whole of theexpensive UK. —r Out

EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS Venue 144 - Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop & Gallery 23 Union St CONTEMPORARYPrints September (i8n colAugust laboration wi-th t12he Berkel ey Square Gallery,1998 London) including artists such as Andy Warhol Dine Pri^in Scot nts byklandcontalseomporary artists worki, ng $ JimFrancis on show. All woric is for sale at reasonable prices. am Festival Gallery Hours Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm 23 Union Street (opposite the Playhouse Theatre) EDINBURGH 0131 557 2479 EDINBURGH ZOO Venue 78 - Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road

In its 16th year and a Festival fixture, Dazzle shows again in this spectacular atrium space. 50 top internatiorial designers show jewellery, watches and unique clocks. All 1,000 exhibits are for sale. 13th August - 5th September 10am-midnight ADMISSION FREE Open 7 days a week By the ATRIUM Restaurant & Blue Bar Cafe 1

A Brush with Nature Claire Harkess Artist-in-Residence Edinburgh Zoo 1998 24 July-4 September 1998 Entrance gallery, Admission free Edinburgh Zoo

EDITH SIMON GALLERY K10 Venue 113 - The Merchant Company, 22 Hanover Street FEARLESS VIGOUR: HERIOT-WATT UP The Art of Edith Simon Stanislav Kollbal Often described as a Festival in ASelected celebration of the work of this esteemed Czech sculptor. by the artist in collaboration with the critic and writer Mel Gooding. herself, she has done it again. 9Open - 30 Daily August10am 1998- 5pm Don’t miss the fresh crop of inimitable and vitalising works! Plus various exhibitions and theatre performances 10-30 AUG Lauriston Place,6032Edinburgh EH3 9DF Mon-Sat 10.30-6.00 Tel: 0131 221 Admission Free Admission Free

EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART Venue 73 - Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place

EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Venue 130 - The Photographic Exhibition Centre, 68 Great King Street International Photography 136th annual exhibition : more than 200 prints created by photographers world wide AUGUST 9-30 Presented by THE EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OPEN DAILY:MON-SAT 10am-8pm SUN 1pm-5pm Admission (including catalogue) £1.50 Concessions £1.00 Children under 12 Free (Scottish Charity SCO 17042) Federation Internationale de I'Art Photographique

FRINGE POSTER COMPETITION Venue 73 - Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place FriN8e P°Ster C°l«|petitioN FkH'bitiON This exhibition presents 250 illustrations, specially chosen as examples of the most colourful, inventive, exciting entries submitted for this year’s competition. Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 9th - 28th August 1998,10am - 5pm.

Visual Art GALERIE MIRAGES Venue 149 - Galerie Mirages, 46a Raeburn Place The Art of Adornment A stunning selling exhibition of rare tribal Indian jewellery; unique jewellery from the Sahara; Amber; International Designers; the launch of our Desert Collection. 5th Aug - 16th Sept, Mon - Sat: 10 - 6 (Sun: 12 - 5) GALERIE MIRAGES Venue 149 - Galerie Mirages, 46a Raeburn Place The Berbers A magnificent selling exhibition celebrating the culture of the Berbers of North Africa. Pots from the Rif, textiles from the Atlas, henna decorated lamps, lanterns, painted furniture, ceramics, tiles. 5th Aug - 16th Sept, Mon - Sat: 10 - 6 (Sun: 12 - 5) GALLERY OPPI Venue 108 - Grassmarket No I,

HOLYROOD ART CLUB Venue 157 - The Candlish Hall, First Floor, St George's West, Shandwick Place HOLYROOD ART CLUB Art Exhibition and Sale of Paintings At The Candlish Hall First Floor • St George’s West • Shandwick Place Open Saturday August 8th-29th 1998 ;^r- Mon-Sat 10am-7pm (closes 5.30pm Sat 29th) Admission Free • Cafeteria INHOUSE Venue 174 - Inhouse, 28 Howe Street DESIGNED by ARCHITECTS part 2 Architects have helpedat change from CR Mackintosh the startourofworld the century to Norman Foster at the end - over 30something exhibits,about all in the production reveal authors,today, their clients and the world they inhabit. EXHIBITS - Furniture, Lighting, Glass, Tableware, etc + architectural illustrations. Admission Free August 15th - 31 st Mon ■ Sat 9.30 - 6.00 pm Sundays 23rd & 30th 12.00 - 5.00 pm JAPAN EXPERIENCE - MIEKO NISHIMURA Venue 81 - The Garage Theatre, Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St ‘LOVE GODDESS

GARDEN GALLERY §r pr ROOF GAR Creative colourful images Original paintings, limited edition prints, photographs for sale Aug 1st - 31st 10 am - 6 pm Admission Free Grassmarket No 1 Edinburgh Tel 10131) 624 0092 GRISELDA HILL POTTERY Venue 171 - Griselda Hil Wemyss Pottery, 89 West Bow,Victoria Street The Story of "WEMYSS WARE ’® 1882 to the Millennium OPEN EVERY DAY 10AM 6PM DURING THE FESTIVAL 6RI)E1P?I ‘Mill. P0TTERV * 89 West Bow, Edinburgh, EH1 2JP. Tel. 0131 - 2261479 120

The Garage Theatre Contact Qallerq August. 9'19 11:00a.m.'11:00p.m. admission free TE1.0131-221-9009 KOJIN Venue 119 - Kojin, 49 Bernard Street, Leith KOJIN The Edinburgh Training Gallery AVARIED EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS & CRAFTS Paintings, prints photographs, jewellery, ceramics, cards and metal work. Featuring new work by local artists. liam-6pm Tues - Fri • FREE ADMISSION uam-3.3opm Sat & Sun 49 BERNARD STREET, LEITH • 0131-467 7392 2nd - 31st August, 1998

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MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE Venue 194 - Marie Curie Cancer Care, 29 Albany Street

NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND H13 Venue 63 - National Gallery of Scotland,The Mound Saturday I August to 25 June - 20 September 1998 Saturday 5 September 10.00 am to 5.00pm, EFFIGIES & ECSTASIES Monday to Saturday ROMAN BAROQUE Admission Free SCULPTURE AND DESIGN IN At Marie Curie Cancer Care THE AGE OF BERNINI 29 Albany Street Admission free Edinburgh EH 13QN Open Monday to Saturday ioam-5pm Tel: 0131 478 7050 and Sunday 2-5pm. Extended hours Marie Curie during the Edinburgh Festival Cancer Care REMAINING HUMAN Supported by the Henry Moore Foundation and Banca di Roma Photographs of People with Cancer by Colin Dickson 50 Years of Dedication

MERLIN S PRECINCT OUTLOOK TOWER & CAMERA OBSCURA Venue 23 - Chaplaincy Centre, I Bristo Square LI2 Venue 160 - Outlook Tower & Camera Obscura, Castle Hil , Royal Mile JIO MERLIN & ARTHUR OUTLOOK^TOWER \W AND CAMERA OBSCURA IN SCOTLAND The earliest literary sources (c600AD) locate Merlin and Arthur in what later became the Lowlands of Scotland. An exhibition showing the possible sites of their exploits by Gordon Strachan, David Parker and members of the Scottish Merlin Society. Also ‘New Cosmic Swirls’ paintings by Gordon Strachan. Open Aug. 10-29 : 10am - 5.30pm daily (not Sun). Free. Fridays: Aug. 14 and 21 : 5.30pm - ‘Merlin and Arthur in Scotland’ Lecture by Gordon Strachan. (£2). Friday : Aug. 28 : 5.30pm ‘Morte d’Arthur’ Recitation by Gordon Strachan (£2). Saturday : Aug. 22 Field Trip to Merlin and Arthur Sites (Book in advance). MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY OUT142OF NOMADS COALMINING Venue 161 - Dalkeith ArtsARTISTS' Centre, DalkeithTRIBUTEP15TOOuter Venue - OutTHE of the Nomads Tent, 21 St TENT Leonards Lane Sponsored by Midlothian Council and Dak-r Rcnvney FELINE Midlothian Community Artists’ Tribute to Coalminiir Tigers, Cats and Lions on I Paintings & Drawings Discover the Pao-T\i Tiger I with Musical Interludes of China, the Lion of the Luri and I Dalkeith Arts Centre Qashqai tribes of Iran and I jthe Tiger skin rugs of Tibet in our V warehouse of tribal art I |§‘Saturdays 'till lj :; 11am10am

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The Art of Theodore Roussel 1847-1926 Works on paper and canvas 10th'23rd August 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday 2pm-5pm Sunday Admission Free 65 George Street, Edinburgh 121

Visual Art PORTFOLIO GALLERY Venue 42 - Portfolio Gallery 43 Candlemaker Row PAUL GRAHAM The End of an Age Large-scale colour portraits of young people in late-night bars and clubs by one of Europe's leading contemporary photographic artists. 11-29 August Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30 Admission £1.50 (75p)

THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY Kl I Venue 64 - Royal Scottish Academy The Mound THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

PROVINCIAL BOOKSELLERS FAIRS ASSOCIATION SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART Venue 89 - Roxburghe Hotel, corner George St / Charlotte Sq I Venue 66 - Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Belford Road H5 i August 25 October 1998 Edinburgh Festival MONA HATOUM BOOK FAIR Consort Suite Roxburghe Hotel (George st) August 10th to 5th Sept Admission £2.50, concessions £1.50 Open Monday to Saturday ioam-5pm Daily 10am - 6pm, Mon - Sat and Sunday 2-5pm. Extended hours Sunday's-Noon to 6pm during the Edinburgh Festival Antiquarian & Second-hand books Exhibition sponsored by Maps & Prints: Admission Free BMW Financial Services Group QUAKER FESTIVAL COMMITTEE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY Venue 40 - The Quaker Meeting House,Victoria Terrace Venue 44 - Scottish National Portrait Gallery, I Queen Street L XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX x 17 July - 29 November 1998 xXx LITTLE SPARTA x xx FRIENDS x PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBIN GILLANDERS S xx IN Admission free x xx STITCHES Open Monday to Saturday ioam-5pm and Sunday 2-5pm. Extended hours ; All three weeks Contemporary Quaker Art during the Edinburgh Festival , (not Suns) with an emphasis on stitching; -FREE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY Venue 146 - Sir Jules Thorn Exhibition Hall, 9 Hil Square LI 3 Venue 44 - Scottish National Portrait Gallery, I Queen Street HI2 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 9 Hill Square, Edinburgh EH8 9DR 10 July - 4 October 1998 50 Years of Surgery THE WINTER QUEEN An Exhibition celebrating the -THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH 50th .Anniversary of the OF BOHEMIA National Health Service. jJEfiS Displays show advances in ; Admission £3, concessions £2 Open Monday to Saturday ioam-5pm surgical techniques since the |/%sr ^ <<’ and Sunday 2-5pm. Extended hours foundation of the NHS in 1948. ^ during the Edinburgh Festival 10 - 29 August 1998 10.00 am - 4.00 pm (not Sundays) Admission Free Exhibition sponsored by Baillie Gifford &Co I The College is a Registered Charity 122

Visual Art STAN WILSON - IN THE ROUND Venue 74 - SNP Club, 16 North St Andrew Street

WALPOLE HALL, CHESTER STREET Venue 91 - St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place

CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH SCULPTURE By Stan Wilson In Wood and Stone Presented In The Historic “Roundroom” 15th - 23rd August Inclusive - 10am - 5pm Admission Free STILLS GALLERY Venue 94 - Stil s Gallery, 23 Cockburn Street

INVenue THE- Walpole STEPS OFHall,PHOEBE Cheater ANNA Street, TRAQUAIR Edinburgh 1998 Selling exhibition of workincluding by leading contemporary women artists and craftswomen book-bindinginandScotland, book illustration. painting, textiles, jewellery, enamelling, Admission the recently acclaimed murals by Phoebe Annaincludes Traquairaccess in thetoSong School ofrestored St Mary'ands Cathedral.

WEST END CRAFT AND DESIGN FAIR J12 Venue 127 - St John's Church,West End, Princes Street the canteen cafe bar Stills Gallery + the canteen 23 Cockburn St. tel. 0131 622 6200 open Tue - Sat 10-8pm Sun - Mon 12-5pm

STOCKBRIDGE BOOKSHOP Venue 156 - Stockbridge Bookshop, 26 North West Circus Place COLIN BAXTER S SCOTLAND FROM THE AIR' limited edition prints for sale! STOCKBRIDGE BOOKSHOP 26 N.W. CIRCUS PLACE, EDINBURGH Tel (0131) 225 5355 Sun: 1100-2000/Mon-Sat 0900-2200 August 9th - 30th Admission free TUDIO ONE GALLERY e 129 - Studio One Gallery, 10 Stafford Street the art of the MIRROR An exhibition by contemporary British designers and makers reflecting the mirror as an art form. August 3-30 Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 6 Sunday 12 - 5

WEST END CRAFT AND DESIGN FAIR Mon 3 to Sat 29 August Open Ham—6pm Closed Sundays FREE ADMISSION An absolute must, if you like buying contemporary Work direct from the craftworkers and designer-makers. One of the Festival's liveliest daytime venues.

A WORLD OF COLOUR Venue 29 - Lo Stadio, 75 South Bridge A WORLD OF COLOUR paintings by Jim Sturgeon Venue: Lo Stadio, 75 South Bridge In his first show in Edinburgh this Galloway artist’s distinctive work brings a breath of fresh air to the Fringe. The strong colour and deceptive simplicity of his work shows the influence of the pre-war Scottish Colourists, and his popularity reflects the pleasure they can give. In association with Ottersbum Gallery; Dumfries. THE BONGO CLUB Venue 143 - The Bongo Club, out of the blue, 14 New Street (off Royal Mile) J14 ■MUSEUM NATURETheMORTE AN EXHIBITION FROM THE PRICE&PRICE largest collection yet seen from the Price&Price Museum.The exhibition rare exhibits, such as 'Dustette' - half human, half vacuum cleaner.1-30 includes Aug 13.00 (05.00) Free THE STAND COMEDY COURTYARD Venue 5 - The Stand Comedy Club, 5 York Place H12 ■localCELLARS OF undergraduate ART A diverseartists, exhibition and sale of artwork compiled by graduate and including jewellery, photography, painting. Displayedbein laughed cellars outside the club and on the walls inside. An exhibition Aug 8-30 not12.0to0 (20.00) Freeat. 123

Venues How to Use the Venue Index Use this index to find out what’s on at every Fringe venue. All live performance events are listed alphabetically by artform category and each show has a page number linked to its entry in the main section of the programme.

Need information on access? The Fringe office can provide sections of the Fringe J programme in large print or on audio cassette tape. ^ Contact tel (0131) 226 5257 for further details. The full programme is available on our web site http://wvvw.go-edinburgh.co.uk and can also be provided on disc. A Disability Fact sheet with more information is available from the Fringe Office. E Customers can book tickets or seek information by calling us on our Minicom text phone: (0131) 220 5594. 0The Fringe Box office at 180 High Street is equipped with an induction loop.

Abbotsford Scott 06 Venue 103 I 181.00-20.00 Morningside Road Tickets 447 1122 Box Office: (Info 0378 212369) Abottsford Scott i s set i n its own grounds, quiet, off-road and with some parking space. Theatre cabaretthedownstairs, cafe - eat in or alfresco.upstairs, Craft impromptu/programmed stalls invited. Find us between King's and licensed Churchillbar,theatres. All shows listed below can be found under ABBOTSFORD SCOTT Comedy & Revue Live page 10 • Aug David24-29Drumgold 18.30 (19.45) £5.00 (£4.00) Alusfc • Aug Southern Comfort 10-29 (not Suns) 22.30page(00.4830) £7.50 (£5.50) Musicals/Opera • Jochanaan page 20.00 66 (21.30) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 3-22 (not Suns) Theatre • Aug The 24-29 Brothers page 7200) 20.Rita00Angelo (22.0page 0) £5.00 • Aug Educating 72(18.(£4. 10-29 (not Suns) 16. 3 0 00) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug Endgame 3-15page(not729)page18.7230 (20.00) £6.00 (£4.00) • Joy (not 16) 12.page 00 (13.45) £4.00 (£3.50) • Aug Once10-22 a Catholic Aug 10-15 14.00 (15.45) £5.0072 (£4.00) The Adelphi Tent G9 Venue 116 09.00-18.00 3 Gloucester Lane Tickets 226 6670 Box Office: The sensory secrets whiskyScottish and cheese. Adelphi Distillery and Herbie of Edinburgh combine tastingamongst ofof themaltfinest foodsfrom and single picturesquein agarden, willow sculptures Serenacaskde lwhiskies. a Hay. Set in a quiet Talks <£Sensory EventsSecrets of Malt Whisky and Cheese • The Adelphi page 70 Aug 6-15,Whisky 17-20,2&4-31Herbie' 17.3s0Cheese (18.30) £20.00

in Assembly Rooms Venue 3 54I George Street(Info Tickets 226 2428 Box Office: 1.00-midnight 624 2442) The Observer Assembly - a powerhouse of creative energy - heart runningofforthefour event packed weeks. entertainment, n a gem barbie Aandfeastsix ofhappening spaces. iCall for aoffreea building, brochureat onthe0131 624 2442.Fringe. Bars, Comedy <£ Revue • Alan Davies Urban Alan(£8.Davies Aug 7-13,16-18 21.(22.1515)Trauma (22.£10.00 15) £9.00 00) page 22 Aug 14, 1 5 21. 1 5 (£9. 0 0) • Aug The 30,Great Comedy50)Debate 10.00 (£9.The00)Observer Assembly page 11 30 314.1Alone 116.0 2(15.0 (17. 4James 0) £Holmes • Aug Holmes Venues included in the Fringe programme have provided basic Aug 7-9, 1-13, 12,6-18, 31,5S5)eptpage£9.00 2-52920.(£8.5500)(21.55) £8.00 (£7.00) information on access when available which is printed in the 14,115,and 21,2Pepperdine 28-3020,20.23-27, 55- (21. • Aug Hudson Beaver Pitch! £8.00 The Observer Assembly page 10 venue section. The key to the codes used is shown below: Aug 8-13, Aug Green 14,15,16-20, 21,22,2page 23-27, 8,29,293310-Sept 13.155 (14.13.1350)(14.£9.0030) (£8. 00)(£7.00) • Jeff Aug 21,22,28-30 16-20,23-27 22.00 22.00 (23. (23.000)0) £10.00 £9.00 (£8.(£9.000)0) Key to Disabled Information • JoAug Brand Benefit The Observer Assembly page 11 Ent - Entrance i) distance in yards from road Aug 23 20.10 (21. 4 0) £10.00 ii) number of steps • John Hegley The20)Observer Assembly page 11 Aug 27 20. 1 0 (21. £9.00 (£8. 0 0) iii) style of steps - Str=straight, Sp=spiral, HR=handrail Aug 28,29 20.10 (21.2Clubs 0) £10.00jongleurs (£9.00) Aud- Auditorium i) distance in yards from entrance to steps • Jongleurs Comedy Aug 7-9, 151-13 23.5 (00.15 3(00. 30) £9.00(£9.(£8.00)00)page 30 ii) number of steps and style Aug 14, 1 23. 1 0) £10.00 • Junior Simpson page Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27 21.21.445385 (22.(22.445)5) £9.00 WC (toilet). W (women's). M (men's). Level of WC locations Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-30 £10.00(£8.(£9.00)00) • Just aTickle 2 from' A mnesty International is noted with a WC at the relevant floor. Door width given if Amnesty UK page 10 less than 26". 10of23.aInternational 30 (01.00) £12.50 (£10.00) • Aug Man7-13,16,18-20,23-27 Thousand Heads Kevi3n5)Gildea 23 Aug 19. 3 5 (20. £8.0(£8. 0 (£7.page If possible, phone the venue in advance if you need assistance. 14,Little 15,21,2'S2,pontaneous 28-31 19.35 (20. 35) £9.00 00)00)Little page 32 • Aug Mark Combustion' Mark The Fringe Office holds a list of access contacts for each venue Aug 23-27 22.00 (23.10)10)£9.00£10.00 (£8.0(£9.0) 00) which we can mail to you in various formats. 22,Lou28,2Lou' 9 22.00 • Aug MissObserver s Tap(23.Dancing with Mr Steve The Assembly page 13Extravaganza For further information on access, contact the Lothian Coalition Aug 7-13,16-20 23.23.1155 (00.(00.330)0) £8.00 (£7. 000)0) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2 £9.00 (£8. of Disabled People on (0131) 475 2360 and ask for a copy of • Aug Move23-27,31-Sept over Moriarty Li0 p(16.Service page 31 0) 'Access in Lothian'. Artlink is an organisation in Edinburgh Aug 28-30For 15.Tibet 20 (16.5The315.5)2Observer £9.00 3(£8.5) Assembly 0£8.00 0) (£7.0page which may also be able to help with questions about access • Night on (0131) 229 3555. midnight £9.00 (£7.00) Geoff Boyz11 page 17 • Aug Noise317-13,16,18-20,23-27 and Other(late)Announcements Aug 5 (23.15)15)£9.00 £8.00(£8.(£7.00)00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.22.151(23. 124

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Venues • Aug Krapp'7-10s Last page 98(£8.00) Aug 12,13 14.30 (15.30) £9.00 (£8.00) 16.14.330Tape (17.(15.330)0)£9.00 Aug 14, 1 5 0 (£9.00)(£8.00) Aug 21,22,28-30 17-20,23-27 12.12.0000 (13. (13.£10.00 £9.00 Aug 0300)0)0) £10.00 00) Aug 31, Sept 2-5 20. 3 0 (21. £9.00 (£8.(£9. • Aug Lakeboat The Observer Assembly page00) 75 7-13 13. 0 0 (14. 0 5) £9.00 (£8. 0 0) Aug 14,17-20, 15 213.3-27, 00 (14. 05) £10.00 Aug 21,22,28-30 312.1-Sept 0(£9.(13.00)05)(£9.£9.00 00 (13.5 The 012.5) 0£10.00 00) (£8.00)page 76 • Aug Letter To A Daughter Observer Assembly Aug 8-13, 1 6-20, 2 4-27, 3 1 -Sept 5 14. 1 5 (15. £8.0000)(£7.00) 15,21,the22,2Throne 8,29,30 14.National 15 (15.4Theatre 5) £9.0045)of(£8. • Aug Love14,13,upon Brent page 101 Aug 1 6, 1 8-20, 2 3, 2 5-27, S ept 1-5 16. 3 0 (18. 0 0) 14,Machine 15,21,22,Gunners 28-30 16.-30South (18.00)Tyneside £9.50 (£8.College-Performing 50)£8.50 (£7.50) Arts • Aug The The Assembly 5page14.1075(15.30) £9.00 (£8.00) Aug 21,Observer 17-20, 28,3-27, 2A2,2World 29 14.31-Sept 10 (15.-3Georgian 0) £ 10.00 (£9.00) • Aug Medea: Apart The Observer Assembly page(£7.7600) Film Actors' Studio Sept 1-3 16. 2 0 (17. 5 0) £8.00 • Aug Not 16-20, a Game Boys 5The14.0Observer 23-27,for314.1-Sept 0 (15.4(£8.5) 5Assembly £8.50 (£7.50)page 75 Aug 21,22,28-30 0 0 (15. 4 5) £9.50 0) • Aug OJ/Othello The Observer Assembly page 75 7-11 300)0)£8.00 Aug 12,14,1135 14.12.12.300000(15.(13. £8.00(£7.(£8. (£7.0000)0)0) Aug (13. 0 0) £9.00 • AThePlayObserver on TwoAssembly Chairs - The Corn Exchange Aug 7-10, 12,21,13,22,16,28-30 17,19,12.20,0page 23,(13.24,75020)6,2£9.00 7,31 ,Sept 2-50) 12.00 (13.00) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14, 1 5, 0 (£8.0Say • The Rodney BewesAssembly - Three page Men 76in a Boat (To Nothing of the Dog) Observer Aug 7-10, 12,21,13,22,16,28-30 17,19,17.20,0203,(18.24,125)6,2£9.7,3010,S(£8. ept 02-50) 17.00 (18.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14, 1 5, • Aug Room7-13,16-20,23-27,31-Sept The Observer Assembly5 19.page (21.752(£8. 0) £8.00 (£7.00) 14,1Splits 5,21,22,2The 8-30Observer 19.20 (21.Assembly 20)20£9.00 • Aug Shaved page02-50)75 16.30 (17.30) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 7-10, 1 2, 1 3, 1 6, 1 7, 1 9, 2 0, 2 3, 2 4, 2 6, 2 7, 3 1 ,Sept 14,15,2Guy 1,22,28-30 16.3Productions 0 (17.30) £9.00 (£8.9500) • Aug Shylock Preview Aug 7 13.Masterson 20 (14.50) £5.005 13.20 page Aug 9-13,17,19,20,23-27,31-Sept 0)00)£8.00 (£7.00) 14,Sinking 15,21,2of2,2the 9-30Titanic 13.20 (14.(A5Complete 0) £9.00(14.(£8.5Disaster) • Aug TheObserver The Assembly page 76 Aug 7-13,16-20 000)0) 14,15,2s1,Song 22 15.15.2200Guy(16.(16.3Masterson 35)5) £8.00 £9.00(£7. (£8. • AAug Soldier' Productions page 95 Preview Aug 8 I 1.30 (13.00) £5.005 11.30 (13.00) £8.00 Aug 9-13,18-20,23-25,27,31-Sept (£7.00) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-30 11. 3 0 (13. 0 0) £9.00 (£8. 0 0) • Aug Unleashed Hull15.3Truck Theatre Company page 96 7-9, 1 1-13 0 (17. 0 0) £8.50 (£7. 5 0) Aug 15 215.5,2360 (17. £9.550)0 £8.50 (£8.50)(£7.50) Aug 14,18-20, 216.000)(17. 16,2Martinez 1-23,27-2916.presents 20 (17. 50)Family £9.50 (£8.50) • Aug Ursula A The Observer Assembly page57620.10 (21.Outing Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27,31-Sept 25) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,2The 1,22,Observer 28-30 20.10Assembly (21.25) £9.00 • Waiters page00)76(£8.00) Aug 7-13,16-20 11. 0 0 (12. 5 5) £8.00 (£7. Aug 14,15,21,22 11.00 (12.55) £9.00 (£8.00) Food and Ent: drink:5ydFulI lStr.y licensed barRoom: and cafe5ydalFll aday.t. Ballroom & Music Hall: Lift available. Disabled: Wildman Supper Room: 7yd Flat.WC (adapted ground level). 30yd. Aud: 20yd. Drawing Room: Lift available, 2 str. Edinburgh Suite: Enter by side lane

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Big Top D20 Venue 147 09.00-21.00 Leith Links Tix 0421 565557/8/9 Box Office: The s FinestRussian Circus:style.This unrivallednewin theproduction skil of itsforperformers, of the spectacle and World' its inimitable 1998 bringsthethescaleCompany on a Augustine's kii first-ever visit to the Edinburgh Festival, and is an unmissable treat for young and old alike. I Dance/Physical Venue 152 10.30-22.30 George IV Bridge Tickets Moscow State Circus page 46 BoxnewOffice: 6576)in2251998,6575run by the team behind the successful 0 Aug AGreyfriars andKirk exciting homevenue. for(InfoAugustine' Fringe225drama Aug 22,3118-21,25-28 216.3,249,5 3(18. 0 14.416.5)0405(16.(18.040)5)andand 17.19.0300(19.(21.030)0) House Aug the classic to the contemporary. s presents a stimulating selection of theatre from Ringside 00) Grandstand Side Circle£24.00 £14.00(£16.(£10.00) Rear Circle£20.00 £10.00(£12.00) (£6.00). Party Rates Children' stheShows • Aug Bungle10-15, Clown Foolish Stories Bungle page 7 Food and drink: Circus snack bar, plus licensed bar (applied for). 18-21 11.00 (11.45) £2.00 Disabled: Easy access. Musicals/Opera • Aug Faust10-23Diabolical Blackball St Columba's Church Hall (not IT)Productions 22.20 (23.50)page £4.0067(£3.00) Venue Queensferry Cl Outer Theatre Tickets68337MuirdaleTerr., 7727 Box Office: 19.00-22.00Road, Blackball 0 About Time16.00Undecided Theatre Company page 116 Aug 25-31 (16. 5 0) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) Theatre • The Canterbury Tales 105 0 The Hollow19.30Southern Light Drama page 111 18-31 (not of24)Errors 13.40 (14.Poor 45)Players £6.00page(£4.page Aug 17-22 (22.00) £5.00 • Aug The 25-31 Comedy BUTG 7800) Aug 20. 0 5 (22. 0 5) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) Food and drink: Tea and coffee at interval. • Aug Hamlet Prince of Denmark Bi g Spirit Theatre Company page 77 Disabled: Ent: I lyd + I.Aud:5ydWC. 10-15 30) Theatre £6.00 (£5.page 00) 96 • Jane Eyre 18.19.Hot0500 (19. House Aug 18-23 (21. 5 0) £6.50 (£5. 0 0) The Bongo Club jm • Aug Lorenzaccio TheatreDaypagespecial 89 £4.50 1011-3115.1(not 5 (17.eX17,15)2nihilo St15.Lorenzo Venue 143 12.00-01.00 out of the blue, 14556New Street (off Royal Mile) Tix 558 7604 Aug 4) 1 5 (17. 1 5) £6.00 (£4. 5 0) Box Office: (Info 5204) • (The Tragical Comedypageor93Comical Tragedy of) Mr. Punch Edinburgh' outquirky, of thequintessentially blue artlessly fringes thebreaking Fringe as tables turn and candles ■ Fresh10-23 Blood(notTheatre burn to thes indigenous comfortably Aug 17)You15.4Can 5 (17.Die? 15) £5.50 (£4.5Productions 0) performance and exhibitions. Join us for cocktails,ground karma and chaos.waves of theatre, music, j • Why Cry When Triangle page 115 Aug 18-23,2Brilliant 5-31 17.55 (19.1page 5) £6.00 (£5.00) Comedy <£ Revue • Xanadu Aug 10-23 (not 17)Traces 19.15 (20.45)78£4.00 (£3.00) 0 Aug Show17,Bag - Wonderlust The Bongo Club page 15 9 20.00(22.(21. Aug 19, 223,1,2275,221.00 00)00) £7.00 Food and drink: Hot and cold drinks and snacks available al l day. Disabled: Entrance ramp. Sanctuary: 10 yd Flat. Studio: 30 str HR. Dance/Physical Show17,Bag - Mongrel The Bongo 9 21.00(21.(22. £7.00 Club page 42 BBC Scotland hii 0 Aug Aug 19,Bag-TheVoid 223,1,2275,220.00 00)The00) Bongo Venue 57 Studio One, 5 Queen Street • Show Club page 42 Box Office: 09.00-18.00 (Info 225 3131) Aug 18,22,26,320.00 0 21.00(21.(22. Aug 20,24,28 00)00) £7.00 Comedy <£ Revue 0 Aug Edinburgh Nights Lamarr BBCFree Scotland page 15 Music 18,19,21,Suspects 25,26,2with 8,SeptMark 1,2 22.30 (midnight) • The 0 Arakataca! The(05.Bongo Club(£4.page00) 49 Aug 13,Usual 20,27 22.00 (23.3BBC 0) FreeScotland page 15 Aug 15,29 23.00 0System 0) £6.00 • Messenger Sound Aug 8 23.00 (05. 0 0) £6.00 (£5.(£6.Roots 50)50) for the Festival The Bongo Club page 49 Food and Ent: drink:levelLicensed, snacksdoor.Aud: at time of20ydperformance. Aug 22 23. 0 0 (05. 0 0) £7.00 Disabled: left of main flat.WC adapted. Completely accessible to • out of the16-20, blue23-27, presents The Bongo Club page 49 wheelchairs. Aug 1 23.00 Aug 9-13, 14,223.1 23.00 (05. 03£8.00 0)0,3£7.00 (£5.00)(05. 00) 00) £5.00 (£4.00) 28 0 0 (05. 0 0) (£6. Bedlam Theatre l i i • Aug Show Bag - Brown Venue 49 1109.30-00.30 b Bristo Place Tickets 225 9893 Aug 0 20.00(22.Blush (21.00)00) The £7.00Bongo Club page 49 Box Office: (InfoSociety, 225 9873)Bedlam Aug 20,18,224,2,2286,321.00 Fifriendly ve minutes from the Fringe the Theatre with its distinctive red doors, atmosphere, fully-licensed cafe and exciting programme - is at the very heart Theatre of the Fringe. 0 The Bongo17-20, Club24-27, Cabaret The(05.Bongo Club(£4.page 78 10-13, 31 the23.00Swords 00)Alone £5.00 Theatre • Aug Cerberus-You Dance The00)Bongo Club page 78 0 The Angel Ark Bath University Student Theatre page 77 Aug 10-22 (not 16) 20. 1 5 (22. 0 0) £8.00 (£6. 0 0) 5 (23.9950) £5.00 (£3.50) • Aug Hallo,9-31Miss18.South • Aug Death24-29 Lads16.22.310page 30 (19.3Africa 0) £8.00 Mamelodi (£6.00) Theatre Organisation page 100 10-15 (17.30)University £5.00 (£4.Theatre 00) Company page 88 • Aug Don Juan Edinburgh Food and drink: Available 12.00 until 03.00. (not Compassion! 16) 20.15 (21.30)Theatre £5.00 (£3. • Aug Love!10-22 Valour! 28(£7.50)page 112 Aug 10-29 (not Suns) 12. 1 5 (15. 1 5) £8.00 5 0) • Aug Matchstalk Tenth 111 Bonnington Resource Centre ci6 (notManSuns) 18.Hearts 15Planet (19.45)Productions £6.00Ablaze (£4.00)page Venue 48 200 Bonnington Road Tickets 229 7771 • Aug Rupert10-29 Street Lonely Club Theatre Company pog 10-22 (not 16) 22. 1 5 (23. 4 5) £6.00 (£4. 0 0) Children' s Shows • Sherlock in10.Bedlam Tree Productions page 100 Aug Taming 10-29 Holmes (notofSuns) 30 (11.Il3ly0)riLemon 0 An African FamilycVillage • The the Shrew a£3.50 page(£3.9600) Afridonia - The Aug 25-29 20. 0 5 (22. 5 0) £7.00 (£5. 0 0) Aug 10-29 (not Magi Suns) 20.of Africa 15 (21.Out 45) of£3.00Scotland (£2.00)page 7 • The Tempest Activated Image page 72 Aug 10-22 (not 16) 00.20 (01. 5 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) Food and drink: Cafe. • Aug Wuthering Disabled: Ent: 12yd ramped front & back.Aud: 16 Str HR. Lift.WC adapted. 17-29 (notHeights 23) 16.20Negative (17.45) Equity £6.00 (£4.page00) 101 Food and drink: Cafe, licensed bar al l day. Broughton High School E7 Disabled: Ent: 3yd 2+3 Str WC (+2).Aud: 30yd 2+5 Str. Disabled access & toilets. Venue 69 I10.00-18.00 Carrington(Mon-Sat), Rd, Stockbridge Tickets 226 3066 Box Office: 12.00-17.00 (Sun) is located in Stockbridge.Various buses school:28from Bewley's Cafe 19 Broughton Princes StreetHighand theSchool numberGeorge 80 (westbound), from Frederick Streetpassthethenumber Venue 159 09.00-18.30 South Charlotte Street7222)Tickets 220 1969 (northbound) from StreetRooms the number 20ground (westbound). Box Office: (Info 467 The venue i s only open at weekends. are on floor. Bewley'ands Irish cafein comfortable and restaurantsurroundings. is located just venueandoffers all day food drinkattentive SeatsoffupPrinces to 220.Street.The Full of charm character Talks & Events with friendly, staff. 0 Aug Mind, Fair00) Body 15,Body, 16,22,Spirit 23,29,30Health 10.00 (18. £1.00&(£0.Soul50)Health Fair page 70 Music 0 Aug Maryl22-30Georgi Bewley' s Cafe page 49 Food and drink: Coffee, tea, vegan snacks and home baking. 20.00 (22.00) Seconds £5.00 (£4.00) Disabled: Ent: ramped Carrington Rd entrance. • Aug Sam15-21 Hill and 20.0Vertical 0 (22.00) £5.00 (£4.00)Bewley's Cafe page 49 Food and drink: Available throughout opening hours.

The Brunton Theatre K22 Outer Venue 191 10.00-18.00 High Street,(20.00 Musselburgh Tickets evenings) 665 2240 Box Office: on performance Theatrein fantastic has recently undergoneFacilities a complete refurbishment and now offers ofBrunton thecomfortable Fringe surroundings. bar,thepluspicka very auditorium.There is free parkinginclude for 300a designer cars andrestaurant a bus stopandoutside. Theatre 0 Aug Confessions of a Justified 13-29 (not 19.£4.50 30 (21.Sinner 5)50)£7.50Brunton (£3.50)Theatre Company page 78 22,26 14.30Suns) (16.45)Eskmouth (£3.4Theatre • Aug The Matchmaker Company page 89 Aug 19.3000)(22.£6.00 00) £6.00 (£4.50) Sept 31-Sept 4,5 19.330 (22. Food and drink: Coffees, teasmeals and licensed theatre bar and confectionary kiosk. Restaurant pre-theatre and snacks. Disabled: Fulserving ly accessible; lift; wheelchair gallery; infra-red loop system; tactile signage.

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Inflatable Theatre Edinburgh' s mostclassics, central (not Suns) 20)46£5.00 (£4.0Company 0) page 45 Numb6-31 Camille miss our offshoot venue, Cvenue.Two too... theatres. Gallery. Bar. Stunning castle views! And don't • Aug Aug (not 16)Thoman 16.45 (17.page 35) £5.00 (£4.00) Children' s ShowsAntic Disposition page 7 Music 0 Jabberwocky 0 Aug Come6-31on(notEverybody, 5-31 10.15 (11.0C5) page £5.00 (SUOD £4.00) (C £3.00) Suns) 09.4Sing! 5 (10.35)Angelic £4.00Voices (£3.00) page 48 • Aug The Tin Aug 5-31 Soldier 11.30 (12.20) £5.007(£4.00) (C £3.00) Musicals/Opera 0 Aug Fall 6-31 for Me(not Antic Disposition page£7.0066 (£5.00) Comedy <£ RevuePineapple Show page 37 18)Angelic 22.30 (midnight)page 0 Ballistic 0 Aug Robert 5-31 (notPurple 18) 22.00Cohagan (23.00) £5.50 (£4.50) 6-31Stolz (not Suns) 10.4Voices 5 (11.55) £5.5066 (£4.50) • Aug No Spleen Carolyn page 21 Aug 5-31 (not 20) 23.00 (midnight) £5.50 (£4.50) Theatre 0 Alice7,9and,11,1Mr3,15,Dodgson l 2Stories Dance/Physical 1Stray 7,19,Dogs 21,23,Tal25,page 7,21119,31 page 15.15111(16.15) £6.00 (£5.00) (C £4.00) 0 JoAntParkes Infestation and Other Female Concerns • Aug Being Sellers and Company page 46 16-31 45 (19.0Quadrant 0) £6.00 (£5.Productions 00) page 106 Aug 5-15 14.00 (15.30) £5.50 (£4.50) • Aug Born6-31 to be(not17.Wilde 16)Rush 12.20Theatre (13.35)Company £5.50 (£4.5page 0) 108 Theatre • Aug Bus Stop! The 0 Aug Baglady Nova Productions page 102 Aug 6-31 20.for45 Lunch (21.35) £5.00 (£4. 00) Theatre Company 16-31 18.10 (19. 00) Theatre £5.00 (£4.Company 00) in Association With OUDS page 86 • Connerty Byte 2 Infinity page 79 • Aug The 5-31 Bleeders Echoes 16) 12.00 Byte (13.125)Infinity £5.00 Theatre (£4.00) Company page (not 18)K.Midnight 5) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug Death6-22 and(not Dancing 79 • Aug Chasing Tales 48615 (13. page(01. 972£5.00 Aug 6-22 (not 16) 13. 3 0 (14. 3 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) 5-31 (not 16) 12. 0 5) (£4. 0 0) • Aug Drag6-3101.00 King The(01.Broken Dream Theatre Company page 78 • Aug The 5-31 Day (not of the16)Dead Open Eye Productions page 102 5 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) 12.Chair 30 (13.45) £5.00page(£4.10700) • Gasping Byte (01. 2 Infinity Theatre • Aug Five5-15 by Ives18.10 Red 6-27Fierstein' 23.50 15)Torch £5.50 (£4.5Company 0) page 79 (19.Wishfactory 00) £5.50Players (£4. 50) page 117 • Aug Harvey sTheatre Song Trilogy • Aug Insignificance Productions The Broken Dream Company page 78 23-31 Artcore 14.00 (15.page 30) £5.50 23.30Think (01.00)Straight £5.50 (£4.The 50) Broken • Aug Kvetch 74 (£5.(£4.50) • Aug I Can'6-31 t Even Dream Theatre Company page 78 5-31 22. 2 5 (23. 4 0) £6.00 0 0) r Aug 6-31 22. 4 0 (23. 2 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) • Aug Liz and Leanne Artcore page(£4.0740) • An Immaculate Misconception ' 23-31 19. 1 0 (20. 3 0) £5.00 6-31 (notK.416)86 13.page50 (15. 05) £ Measure for Measure Company page 96 • Aug Macbeth Aug 5-31 (not 16)and15.4the 5 (17.InDemon 1Medias 5) £5.50ResHoulston (£4.Theatre 50) Productions 6-31s Buckle (not 8,2-0)Hailstone 16.3097(18.0Productions 0) £7.00 (£5.00) Messerschmidt page 96 • Aug Orion' Aug 5-31 13. 1 5 (15. 0 0) £5.50 (£4. 5 0) 6-15 17.Too 45 (19." 00) £5.50' (£4.5w0) ' C page 79 My Life in19.Art10 (20.Portable Productions page I OS • AAug Phoenix Aug 5-22 3 0) £5.50 (£4. 5 0) 6-31 (not I Tall Stories page 11 l Night5-31on(not the Tiles20) 23.K.44586(00.page 97 (£4.00) • Aug Rumpelstiltskin Aug 55) £5.00 Aug 6,8,10,12,14,18,20,Catherine 22,24,26,Fithian 28,30 15.page 15 (16.9015) £6.00 (£5.00) (C £4.00) Night5-31Town(not 13,12,Cambridge University ADC page 79 • Shirley Aug 1 9, 2 6) 20. 4 5 (21. 4 5) £5.50 (£4. 5 0) Aug 6-31Valentine (notWho'16)ll 14.Watch 45 (16.Over 30) £6.00 (£5.KCS00)Theatre Planet Ex The Sitcom Active Performance Productions page 72 • Someone Me Company page 97 Aug 5,8,11,14,17,20,23,26,29 17.17.3300 (18. £5.01 (£4. 23-31the12.0Smile 0 (14.30)Grinning £6.00 (£5.Gargoyle 00) Theatre Company Aug 6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30 (18.(18.220)0)20)£5.02 (£4.(£4.001)2)03) • Aug Stealing page 94 Aug 7, 1 0, 1 3, 1 6, 1 9, 2 2, 2 5, 2 8, 3 1 17. 3 0 £5. 0 3 Aug 6-31 18. 1 5 (19. 1 5) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) Rat 5-31 in the16.Skull Artcore page 74 • Aug Still 6-31 Life (notEtcetera Theatre Company page 890) Aug 4 5 (17. 5 5) £5.50 (£4. 5 0) Suns) 11. 3 0 (12. 1 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 Sexual5-31Perversity • Ticklebang Cambridge Aug 18.30for(20.Breakfast 0in0) Chicago £6.00 (£5.C0Artcore 0)page 79 page 74 Aug 6-31 (not 18,25) Performance 19.University 30 (21.00)ADC £6.00page (£5.0790) page 72 Shakespeare • Trusting Liars13,18)Active Productions Aug 5-31 10. 0 0 (11. 0 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) including breakfast Aug 6-31 (not 21. 4 0 (22. 3 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) Shakespeare' s Women£5.00Beyond page 77 Aug 5-31 11.15(12.05) (£4.Theatre 00)Productions Food and 64drink: Licensed serving food alEither l day. Late Something Blue Crazy Horse Company page 80 Disabled: Victoria Terrace4cafe 8 StrandHR.drink Aud: 5yd dogs 4cabaret Stradmitted. HRbar.(unsuitable Aug 5-31 (not 13, 1 8, 2 5) 15. 1 5 (16. 3 0) £5.50 (£4. 5 0) wheelchair users) orwarning 25yd StrEnt:HR200yd (suitable).WC adapted. Guide Help for The 5-31 Square Root of0) Minus One00) Oxford NewWriting Festival page 103 available (advance appreciated). Johnston Terrace Ent: 3yd l i f t 5yd. Aug 21. 1 5 (22. 2 £6.00 (£5. Str HR. Mezzanine Aud: I Str to garden, 20 yd 10 Str HR I yd 8 Str HR I yd.Mainhouse Aud: 6 State In Human Form page 96 Aug 16-22- Virgin 14.00Mother (15.30) £5.00 VMW Whore(£4.0Tal0)l Stories Aug 6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30 20.00 (21.page00) 111£6.00 (£5.00) XAug Tal5,7l ,9Stories page 111 ,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31 20.00 (21.00) £6.00 (£5.00) Food and drink: Licensed cafe-bar food and drinksStrallHR,dayoruntillift late. Non Smoking? Disabled: Front 7ydtoStrAud. 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Cannonball House JIO Venue 165 10.00-11.00 Castle Hill, and Royal14.00-15.00 Mile (Suns 14.00-15.00 only) Box Office: (Messages 226 7647) TalksRoyal <£ Events Mile Historical WalksGuides Association page 10 112 Edinburgh The Cafe Royal Aug 10-SeptFestival 5 ToursVoluntary last approximately 2 hours Free Venue 47 17 West Register Street Tickets 556 2549 Box Office:doubt11.00-00.30 (Info 557new4792)venue on the Fringe'Edinburgh Evening News. Now Thfi Cellar Bor 'into Without theourmostprogramme happening our 11th year for 1998 i s probably our strongest yet.That, along with I IIC V-CIIUI LJUI VenueCellar54 BarI Chambers StreetBistroPhones: 4298 for good quality wines and the venue being fully air conditioned, surely makes this the finest venue on the Fringe. The serves excellent food andInfo isearly well220toknown beers. It' s a very popular and busy spot so get i n enjoy the brilliant jazz vibe. Late Comedy <fi Revue bar, late jazz, great atmosphere! • Andrew Pipe6 19.& 1Carey Marx in Dupe Screaming Blue Murder page 38 Preview Aug 5 (20. 1 5) Free 7-31 (not 18,25) Show...Early 19.15 (20.15) £5.00 Music • Aug Big Value Screaming Blue Murder page 38 • Aug Bill Kyle' Aug 6-31 (notComedy 18,25) Show...Late 20.00 (22.00) £6.00 12-15,s 1Jazz 9-22,2Pool 6-29 22.30page(01.4930) Free • Aug BigValue Comedy Screaming Blue Murder page 38 6-31 (not 18, 2 5) 22.30 (00. 3 0) £6.00 • Citizen Cain6 18.Screaming Murder page 38 Preview Aug 0000)Blue 7-31Pigmen (not 18,of20the 5)0 (19.18.Apocalypse (19.Free00) £5.00page 23 • Aug Four Central Hall 6-31 the(notWidow 12,19) 16.0page 0 (18.00) £5.00 (£4.00) 100 09.30-21.30 WestTollcross Tickets 229 7937 • Aug Kit and Box Office: 12-31 18.with 30 (19.the30)Cosmic £8.00 31Tambourines The Cosmic Tambourines page 21 Venue Central Hallvenue is 106foryearsorchestral old withmusic elegantwhich1930sthisstained and aearly fine music, acoustic.symphonic It is a • Aug Late Night Aug 6-29 23. 1 5 (00. 3 0) £5.00 (£4. 5 0) marvellous year wiglass l include • The LookFourMummy! It's War, Famine, Death and Pestilence classics, jazz, 20th century new commissions and bands. Horsemen page 23 (not- Stand-up 18) 16.45 (17. 5) £6.00Screaming (£4.00) Blue Murder page 31 • Aug Nick6-31Wilty or0) 4Free Hunk? Preview Aug 6 20.30 (21. 3 Aug 7-31 (not 18,25) 20.30 (21.30) £5.00 Alus/c 18 12.30 (13.30)County £4.00 (£2.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SI • Aug Classical Guitar16) Feast • Aug Cambridgeshire Orchestra page 58(Free 8-31 (not 14.05 (14.Jonathan 55) £5.00Prag(£4.0page 0) 60 18 19.Schools 30 (21.30)Symphony £7.00 Youth (£3.50Orchestra OAP and YoungpageScot) SUDC) • Aug Dundee 59 25 19.County 30 (21.3Youth 0) £7.00Chamber (£3.50 OAPOrchestra and Young Scot)page(Free SUDC) • Aug Durham 58 Aug 20 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £7.00 (£3. 5 0 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) Theatre • Aug Durham Consort pageand58Young Scot) (Free SUDC) • AAugChip in(notthe12,Sugar page00)80 12.Early 30 ( 13.Music 30) £4.00 (£2.00 OAP 7-31Practice 16,Screaming 19) Company 15.10 Blue (15.5Theatre 5)Murder £5.00 (£4. • Aug East2026Dunbartonshire Secondary Schools Orchestra page • Target page 109 19.30Youth (21.30)Orchestra £7.00 (£3.50 OAP Young Scot) (Free SUDC)59 Preview • Aug East29Sussex pageandand59Young Aug 7-31Aug(not6 18,14.245)5 (16.14.2455)(16.Free25) £5.00 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP Scot)58(Free SUDC) • Aug Edinburgh International Youth Orchestra Food and Ent: drink:2ydLicensed bistro bar. (W+M) same level. 15 19.30Schools (21.30) Jazz £7.00 Orchestra (£3.50 OAP andpage Young59page Scot) (Free SUDC) Disabled: Aud: 2 Flights.WC • Aug Edinburgh 29 12.30Schools (13.30) Wind £4.00 (£2.00 OAP and page Young59Scot) (Free SUDC) • Edinburgh Ensemble Caledon House pi Outer Aug 25 12.30University (13.30) £4.00Chamber (£2.00 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) Edinburgh 60 SUDC) Venue 141 the32 cityGillespie Road, Colinton Tickets 441 5592only 20 minutes ride from • Sept 4 19.30Jazz (21.3Orchestra 0) £7.00 (£3.50page OAPOrchestra and Young Scot)page(Free Escape from and experience another side of Edinburgh • Fife Youth 59 Princes a Lorimer 26 12.3Orchestra 0 (13.30) £4.00 page (£2.0060OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) interest,Street.The and ColintonCaledon is alsoMatsuri a villagevenue, well worth a visit!house, is of historic and architectural • Aug Fife Youth Sept 3 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £7.00 (£3.50 OAPPercussion and YoungEnsemble Scot) (Free SUDC) Talks <£ Events • Sept Fife Youth String Orchestra and page 60 • Caledon Matsuri (Festival) 3 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) £4.00 (£2. 0 0 OAP and Young Scot) SUDC) Caledon: Community, Culture, and Language Education Centre page 10 • Aug Fretstop Guitar Ensemble page 59and Young Scot)(Free Aug 30 13.00 (17.00) £2.00 (£1.00) 28 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) £4.00 (£2.00 OAP (Free SUDC) • Aug Glasgow Food and Access drink: toFooddisabled and drink stalls.Help and pick-up available, please phone Anne 19 19.Schools 30 (21.3Band 0)String £7.00Orchestra (£3.5590 OAP andpageYoung58 Scot) (Free SUDC) Disabled: toilets. • Highland Wind page McDonald on 441 5592 for details. Sept Kelvin I 12.30 Ensemble (13.30) £4.00 (£2.page00 59OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) • The I 19.30 (21.Youth 30) £7.00Orchestra (£3.50 OAP and Young (Free SUDC) Caledonian Brewery M2 • Sept Leicestershire 58 Scot) Aug 22 19.Trombone 30 (21.30) Trio £7.00(Royal (£3.50 College OAPpage andofYoung Scot) (Free Venue 183 42 Slateford Road • Aug London Music) pageSUDC) 58 22 12.Schools 30 (13.30)Orchestra £4.00 (£2.00page OAP60and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) Mus/c • Lothian • Aug Ceilidhs at the Caley page 49 Sept 5 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £7.00 (£3. 5 0 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) 14,15,21,22,28,29 20.00 (midnight) £6.00 (£5.00) • Sept Perth2 Youth Ensembles 12.30 (13.Orchestra 30) £4.00Chamber (£2.page 00 OAP Young Scot)page(Free59SUDC) • Sept Perth2 Youth Orchestra 60 and Calton Centre 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £7.00 (£3. 5 0 OAP and Young (Free SUDC) • Aug RSAMD Junior Academy Orchestra page 59Scot) Venue 188 I 1211.00-18.00 Montgomery Street 24 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £7.00 (£3. 5 0 OAP and Young Scot) SUDC) Box Office: (during week 2 only) (Info 0141 946 2297) • Aug Southampton page 59Scot) (Free The Caltonalong Centre, 121 Montgomery Street - five minutes walk from Edinburgh 27 12.30 (13.University 30) £4.00 (£2.Sinfonietta 00 OAP and Young (Free SUDC) Playhouse, • Aug Southampton University Sinfonietta page 59 Street via RegentLondon Road. Road or Montgomery Street.Ten minutes walk from Princes 28 19.30Youth (21.30)Orchestra £7.00 (£3.50 OAP Young Scot) (Free SUDC) • Stockholm pageand Theatre Aug 17Glamorgan 19.30 (21.30)Youth £7.00 String (£3.50 OAP and58 Young Wind Scot) (Free SUDC) • The Sightless Vanishing Point£2.00page 116 • West & Symphonic OrchsSUDC) page 59 Preview Aug 16 18. 0 0 (19. 0 0) Aug 24Glamorgan 12.30 (13.30)Youth £4.00 String (£2.00 OAP and Young Wind Scot) (Free Aug 1617-2221.020.0 (22. 00)0£5.00 (£4.00) • West & Symphonic Orchs page 59 Aug 0 0 (21. 0) Aug 27 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young Scot) (Free SUDC) Aug 17-22 22.00 (23.00) • West page Aug 31 ofof12.Scotland 30 (13.30)Schools £4.00 (£2.Concert 00 OAP Band and Young Scot)59(Free SUDC) • West Orchestra page 59Scot) Aug 31 19.Scotland 30 (21.30)Schools £7.00 (£3.50 OAP and Young (Free SUDC) Food and drink: Tea and coffee at evening performances only. Disabled: Enc 2yd 2+7+6 Str HR.Aud: 100yd 8+8 Str HRWC (+5 25"). 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Church Hill Theatre os Venue 137 Morningside Road Children' s Shows Music Now! page 8 • Aug Sounds 21,21,2828Like11.10.11Fun! (11.000)0) £4.00 (£2.50) Aug 55 (12. Aug Aug 21,28 21,28 12.13.1155 (13. (14.000)0) Musicals/Opera • A... My17 18.15(19.45) Name is Alice£3.00American High School Theatre Festival page 66 Aug Aug 18,214.1 116.5 1(15.5 (17. 45) (£2.00) Aug 22 4 5) • Aug I Hear16 America Singing American High School Theatre Festival page 66 (13. Aug 17 22.14.12.222000 (15. (23.3330)0)0) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 20 20 (21.3Our 0) Song Tempo Musical Productions page 68 • Aug They'2124-29 re20.Playing Aug 20.Story 00 (22.American 15) £8.00 (£6. • West Side High050)0)School Theatre Festival page 66 Aug 17,2129 20.16.0055 (17. 555)5) £3.00 (£2. Aug 20, (21. • American You're a Good Man,Theatre Charlie Brown page 66 School Aug 1618 16.14.High 0055 (17. 550)0) £3.00 (£2.Festival 00) Aug (15. Aug (19.550)0) Aug 2022 18.12.0055 (13. Theatre • The s Nightmare Aug 17,Actor' 0 (15.30)30) £3.00American (£2.00) High School Theatre Festival page 73 Aug 19 222.12.1 3314.00 3(13. Aug 22 (23. 3 0) • Aug A Chorus American High School Theatre Festival page 73 1618 14.12.00Line 55 (15. Aug (13.5550)0)0) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 20 16. 0 5 (17. 22.05 (23.American 50) • Aug The 2117Crucible Aug 20.12.3300 (21. 330)0) £3.00 High (£2.0School 0) Theatre Festival page 73 Aug 20 (13. 21 18. 3 0 (19. 3 0) W J Christie's kio Aug AugDon22 16.30(17.30) Venue 106 12.00-01.00 27-31 West Port, Grassmarket Tickets 228 3765 • AAug Nigro Montage American High School Theatre Festival page 73 Box Office: Friendly pub situated just off the Grassmarket. Specialises i n comedy from international to Aug 18,16 120.12.9 0018.55 0(21. 5 (19.555)5)5£3.00 5) (£2.00) Aug 21 (13. lunnatural ocal - fromsorts! stand-ups to musicians from ladies to laddies a comedy explosion of Feiffer's People and Theatre McIntyre'Festival s People It's small, it's intimate, it gives you that Off Broadway atmosphere we love. • American High(23.School Aug 1618 22.20 440)0) £3.00 (£2.00) page 73 Comedy & Revue Aug 20.20 (21. • An Evening with s Comedy Cellar page 19 Aug 2219 18.14.2200 (19. (15.440)0) 8-16,1s8-23, 26-31Brendan 20.30 (21.and 30)Radar £6.00 (£5.Christie' 00)Cellar • Aug Glasgow' Smiles Better Christie' s Comedy page 19 • Aug No Sex in Paradise Shakers(£3.and00)Movers page 110 Aug 16-30 19. 0 0 (20. 0 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) 9,10 19.Women 30 (21.30)American £5.00 • Aug Late6-15,17-22,27-29 Comedy Cellar23.30Christie' • Aug Seminole High School Theatre Festival page 73 (01.£4.00 30)s Comedy £5.00 (£4.Cellar 00) page 19 Aug 16 18. 0 5 (19. 5 5) £3.00 Aug 16, 2 3, 3 0 22.00 (midnight) (£3. 0 0) Aug 55)55) (£2.00) • Aug Lounge Lizards in23,Bogie Nights Christie' s Comedy Cellar page 19 Aug 1718,212.0 22.05 0(13.5 (23. 9-13, 1 6, 1 8-20, 2 5-27, 3 0, 3 1 16. 0 0 (17. 0 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) 14,15,Page 21,22,28,29 16.to0Ask, 0 (17.'0W0)hat£6.00is This (£4.00) • Aug Madison Christie' s ComedyDares Cellar22.00page 190) £6.00 (£5.00)Thing Called Love?' Circus of Horrors Big Top 020 Aug 9-15,17-22,26-30 (23. 0 • Aug More8-1519.00 to Life Than Meaty Eyes Christie's Comedy Cellar page 19 Venue 50 Leith Links Tickets 554 3031/226 2428 (20. 0 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) Box Office: 10.00-21.00 • Aug Still 17-31 Bottom17.3of5 (18. the20)BillFreein a(noOne-Man Show Peter Buckley Hil page 17 The outrageous hit ofproduction the 1996 Festival returns from sellout of politically Europe andincorrect South ticket required) America withthea neon-tube new featuring hair-hanging toplesstours vamps,byArchaos dwarfs andBidon. swallowing wasp-boy, all masterminded creator Food and drink: Snack baskets avai l a bl e bar open from 12. 0 0-03. 0 0. Pierrot Disabled: Guide dogs admitted.Wheel chair access is available; please phone ahead to arrange. Comedy <£Comedy Revue page IS • Aug Big Top 18-30 22.00 (23.30) £9.50 (£7.5210) • The Aug 7,Circus 8,14,16-20, 15,of21,2Horrors 22,28,30,293119.19.3page 030(21.(21.30)30)£ 12.£ 10.000(£9. Aug 9-13, 3-27, 0 (£8.00)00) Bus Information Dance/Physical • Aug Circus12,1Ethiopia page 4226,27,30,31 17.00 (18.20) £ 10.00 (£8.00) | LRT 0131 555 6363 (24 hours) I SMT 0131 663 9233 Aug 14,15,212,5,3,22191,6,2114.2,7,2108,9,0 22(15. 90,217.3,20)204,0£12.00 (18.20) £12.00 (£9.00) Aug Traveline 0131 225 3858 Aug 16,23,30 14.00 (15.20) £10.00 (£9. (£8.000)0) Music • Aug Netting Hill Carnival22.00International Roadshow page 60 Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28,29 22.00 (23. (23.330)0) £10.00 £12.00 (£8. (£9.000)0) Disabled: Full access to all seating areas.

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AAugGlamour of0 Islands 8550) 17-22 (19.00) page £4.00page The Granny18.19.40Knot 85(£3. Aug 17-22 5 (21. 0 0) £5.50 (£3. 0) 85 The 10-15 Humour Now(£4.50page Aug 21.45isin(23.onEurope 1Me 5) £5.00 0) The Last Man Portrait Aug 10-15 10-15 21.11.4355 (13. 15)5) £7.00 (£5. 00)0)Productions page 106 (23. 2 £7.50 (£5. 5 Continental Shifts at St Bride's ks Aug Aug 24-29 17-22 10.11.3450 (13. (12.125)0) £7.00 (£5. Venue 62 1010.00-22.00 Orwell Terr. Tickets 346 1405 £7.00 (£5.00850)0) Box very Office: • Aug Lunatics Like You(21.and I page The best of dance, physical and visual theatre. ' T he best movement based programme Aug 10-12 19. 3 0 0 0) £4.00 (£2. 00) (£0.Chopped 50 C) Off page 85 toA worldwide be seen onreputation the Fringe'forTheexcellence. List. A bit further out - but make it a must, it's worth it. • Aug Mary24-29 Queen19.4of5 (21.Scots 15) 85Got £5.00Her (£3.5Head 0) • Men at Work page 10-12 17.30 (18.30)page£4.00 00) (C £0.50) Dance/Physical • Aug Metamorphosis 85 (£2. • Aug 98.4%10-15DNA14.-30Being Human Desoxy page 43 Aug 13-15 19. 3 0 (21. 0 0) £4.00 (£2. (15. 4 0) £6.00 (£4. 0 0) • Aug Mrs 10-13 Burns20.00page 850) £5.00 (£4.000)0) (C £0.50) 17-29 (not 23)Shamans 20.30 (21.page40)46£7.50 (£5.00) (21. 0 • Aug Rockaby The • Aug Multiple 85 00) (£0.50 C) 10,12,1The 4,17,Shamans 19,21 16.3page 0 (17.30) £6.00 (£4.00) 13-15Division 17.Chickens 30 (18.30)page £4.00 • Aug Rowdies • Aug No Spring page(£2. Aug 11,13,15,Carriers 18,20,22 16.Theatre 30 (17.463Talipot 0) £6.00page (£4.0460) 10-15 12. 0 0 (13. 0 0) £4.50 (£3.85 500)0) • The Water 14-15Prose 20.00and(21.Plays 00) £5.00 page (£3. Aug 7-31 (not 9,16,23) 18.30 (19.45) £7.50 (£6.00) • Aug Poetry, 21,Precieuses 22 21.45 (23. 15) £5.00 (£4.page50)8585 Theatre • Aug Les 24-29 Ridicules • Aug The 6,Impressionist Mari Natsuki page00)101 Aug 13. 4 5 (15. 00) £3.50page (£3.0850) 7 preview 20.30 (22. 0 0) £5.00 (£3. • Split Down16.the00 (16. Middle Aug 8-15 (not 9) 20.30 (22.00) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 10-12 45) £4.00 (£2.00)Room page 85 • Tales from the Women' s Locker Food and Ent:2 drink:1/Licensed bistroAudand15yd bar. flat.WC adapted level access. Aug 17-20, 24-29into 20.0our 0 (21.Wee 00) £5.00 0) 85 Disabled: 2 yd ramped. • Who' l l Come Ring00)(£4.0page Guide dogs admitted, help available, very accessible. Aug 17-22 17.4Waiting? 5 (19.15) £5.00 (£4. • Why Are We Red Tape Theatre Aug 24-29 18.00 (19.15) £6.00 (£5.00) page 107 Demarco European Art Foundation his Food and drink: Cafe all day. Venue 22 StI 1.00-midnight Mary’s School,York Albany St. Tickets 556 8409 Disabled: Ent: 3yd Flat. Aud: 25yd Flat. Box programme Office: (Info 557Lane/ The ofEastern innovative performing and0707) visualYoutharts,Parliament. focused onThisInternational Dr Watt's Library KI3 Networking from Europe with European programme i s i n two venues, New Parliament House for the first time and St Mary's school for the sixth time. Venue 92 3 Robertson's Close, Cowgate Info 557 3768 All shows listed below can be found under DEMARCO EUROPEAN ART FOUNDATION Box Office:Tickets available from 21.00 on door Music Dance/Physical • Aug Cheese • Splendid Isolation page 43(£3.00) 14,15,21,page 22,28,4929 22.00 (03.00) £2.00 Aug 17-22 22.00 (23. 0 0) £5.00 • Still Moving page 43 Food and drink: Meals served all day, bar open until 03.00. Aug Aug 17-22 17-22 12.15.0000 (13. (16.000)0) £5.00 (£3.00) Theatre Duddingston Kirk Manse Garden pi7 Outer • Aug Black17-22 Battles Dogs page00)83 Venue 121 10.00-18.00 Old Church(Netherbow), La., Duddingston Village (venue) Tickets 556 9579 17.15with (18. 5) £5.00 (£3. Box Office: • Aug Little10-22 Requiem for19.4Kantor page 83(£3.00) (not 16) 3 0 (20. 3 0) £5.00 Beautiful garden setting Minister' next to .theCarOldParkKirkoff19.00-20.00 andDuddingston overlookingRoad.Duddingston • Aug Mrs 24-29 Brown12.Eats Dead Mice page 83 famous by ' T he Skating 20 min walkLochfrommadethe J 00 (13.0page 0) £5.00 (£3.00) Commonwealth Pool through Queen's Park. • Over the Edge 83 Aug 10-15, 17.0000)(19.00) £5.00 (£3.00) Theatre 17-22 215.4-2900page(17. • Aug The 20-23,27-30 Shepherd Beguiled • Aug Poetaster 8330) £5.00 (£3.00) 20.00 (21.45)Theatre £7.00 Alba (£5.00)/ MPR Theatre Studio page 111 Aug 17-22 15. 3 0 (16. • Aug Roland17-22The21.Brave page 83 Disabled: Ful l y accessible, disabled toilet on site. 30 (22.Poets 30) £5.00 00) Store page 83 • Aug Solway10-15Festival and£3.50 the(£3.(£2. Poetry 22.30 (midnight) 50) Edinburgh Academy fio Venue 70 4209.00-17.00 Henderson(Messages Row 332 3894) Food and Playground. drink: Bar, food and2cabaret (please enquire). Box Office: Disabled: Ent: lyd Str. A ud: l2yd.WC (unsuitable). Mai n Ent: lyd I Str. A ud: level access. No WC. Aud: 1st Floor Aud: 25yd 30 Str HR. No WC. 2nd Floor Aud: 37yd 60 Theatre Str14ydHR.WC 24". Basement • The B File17.North page 102 wheelchairs, but help available. 18yd 19 Str HR. NoWC.AII levels unsuitable for Aug 25-29 3North 0 (18.2London 0) £2.00Collegiate (£1.00) School • More Light London Collegiate School page 102 Aug 25-29 14. 0 0 (16. 0 0) £3.00 (£2. 0 0) Diverse Attractions j 11 Venue I I Riddles Court, off Lawnmarket Tickets 225 8961 Disabled: Full disabled access. Box Office:s unique 09.30-midnight Edinburgh' award-winning community venue.Fringe, Between theis sponsored polishreason of the Assembly and the dire risks of the commercialised there a venue where The Edinburgh Book Festival H9 prevails. Open 09.00 to midnight. Cafe, theatre, music, poetry and dance. Venue D Charlotte Square Gardens Tickets 624 5050 Box largest Office: 10.00-20.00 (Info 228 5444) All shows listed below can be found under DIVERSE ATTRACTIONS unless otherwise stated The livingevents celebration of theandwritten own uniqueI930's range of author for adults childrenwordunderin Europe, canvas andhosting in theitsbeautiful Children' s Shows page 7 Spiegeltent in Charlotte • Waltzers workshops and wonderfulSquare music.Gardens: . debates, readings, conversation, lectures, Aug 13-15 Matilda 16.00 (16.45) £4.00 (£2.00) All shows listed below can be found under EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL Comedy <& Revue Bablake at Diverse Attractions page 13 • Aug Habeas Music 17-22Corpus 13.30 (15.15) £3.50 • Aug Bert24Jansch 51 (£4.00) 21.30 (23.page 30)& The £6.00 Theatre • Aug Duncan McLean Smoking Band page 51 • The Big Stink page 85 (£3.50) 28,29 21. 3 0 (23. 0 0) £6.00 (£4.00)Stone Aug 17-22 21. 4 5 (23. 0 0) £4.50 • Aug FrannieVerney & The Big Idea page 51 • Aug Black17-29 Confetti page45 85(17.15) £6.00 (£4.00) 16-23 21. 1 5 (23. 1 5) £6.00 (£4. 0 0) (not 23) 15. • Aug Ruby26,27,30 Fruit Jungle 51 (£4.00) • Creative Self-discovery Workshops page 85 21.30 page (23.3page 0)51 £6.00 10-22 (not 16)Praxis13.4Theatre 5 (15. 15)Company Free page • Vast Majority • Aug The 24-29 Crucible 106 Aug 25 21. 3 0 (23. 3 0) £6.00 (£4. 00) Aug 21.30 (23. 3 0) £5.50 (£3. 5 0) • Double 85 (£4.00) 25-29Scotch 19.45 (21. 2page 0)W£5.00 Food and Wheelchair drink: Cafeaccess. and bar,WC10.for00-midnight. • Aug Gargoyle Jam David W Johnstone page 97 Disabled: disabled. Aug 17-22 12.30 (13.20) £4.00 (£3.00)

Edinburgh Buddhist Centre pii VenueEdinburgh 18 55aBuddhist GrangeCentre RoadrunsTickets 662 4945 meditation and Buddhism throughout The classes introducing thelives.year. e aim itos open communicate perspectives and orpractices to helpis needed. individuals transform their TheWcentre to all: no prior knowledge experience Talks <£ Events • Aug Buddhist(not Meditation 11.Friends of the Western Buddhist Order page 70 Aug 9-31 10,13,17,20,24,26,28) 24,27,31 19.0105(12.(20.340)5)£4.00 (£2.50) Food and Good drink:disabled Tea and access. biscuits available. Disabled: Edinburgh College of Art kio Venue 73 Lauriston Place Theatre • Crazyface Clive Jacket(£5.page 7-29 (notbyby9,Terry 17,24)Barker 21.00 (23.Velvet 00) £7.00 00) 116 • Aug Hogfather Aug 7-29 (not 9,17,24)Pratchett 18.15 (20.10)Velvet £7.00Jacket (£5.00)page 116 Food and Fuldrink: Cafe andLilicensed all day Disabled: ly accessible. fts. WC bar adapted. Edinburgh Festival Theatre Li2 Venue 199 Mon-Sat 13-29 Nicolson Street(20.00 Tickets 529 6000 Box Office: 10.00-18.00 on show nights) (Messages 662 1112) Music • Aug Mr Anderson' Fine00)Tunes 26-28 14.0s0 (16. Free BBC Scotland page 49 Food and drink: Cafe and bar open cafe sameandhoursbox-office. as box-officeand auditorium accessible Level entrance theatre, byDisabled: lift. Sennheiser infra-redtosystem in auditorium. Guide dogsBar welcome. Edinburgh Playhouse hm Venue 59 18-22 Greenside 557 2950days) (Info 557 2692) Box Office: 10.00-18.00 (20.00PI.onTickets performance Comedy t£ Julian RevueClary, Phill Jupitus, Bill Bailey & Guests page 30 • JoAugBrand, 29 23. 3 0 (02.00) £14.50 (£13.50) • Sept Lee 4,Evans 5 20.00 (22.page30)23£14.50 (£13.50) Food and Ent: drink:3ydLicensed at time Disabled: 3 Str. Maibarn Aud: Circleof atperformance. street level, stalls down 3 flights. Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School 03 Venue 35 60/64 Spylaw Road Theatre • Walking Aug 20-22the20.00Dog(21.20)page £6.50117(£5.00)

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The Famous Grouse House K12 Venue 34 509.30-midnight Chambers St. Tickets 220 5606 Box Office: From earlya morning until the smallofhours The Famous Grouse House is the place to meet and shows.enjoy Trulygreat great cafe timesbar,in dozens the heart ofperformers the city! (Scottish and international), hundreds of AlINTERNATIONAL l shows listed belowPRESENTS. can be found FAMOUSstatedGROUSE HOUSE - SCOTTISH . unlessunder otherwise Children' s Shows • The Chipolatas 70) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 110.8-2015 (11. 12.010page Aug 10-12, 14-16 5)(13.0Company • The Dance in Education 13-16 I International 1.30 (12.30) £5.00Science (£3.00)Festivalpage 7 page 7 • Aug Edinburgh Aug 7-16 13. 2 0 (14. 0 5) £4.00 • Who' Aug 7-14s Afraid 11.45 of(12.Monsters? 45) £5.00 (£3.Hong 00) Kong Youth Arts Festival page 7 Dance/Physical • Aug Bellydance and Performance page 43 27 11.Workshop 00 (13.00) £6.00 (£4.0430) • Aug Dance8,10,9,1Base Workshops page 1, 1 3, 2 2, 2 3 09.30 (11. 0 0) £2.00 • Aug Dance7,8,10-16 Theatre14.0Impuls 0 (15.10)Ukraine £7.00 (£5.00)pageDance43 Co page 45 • Aug Hysterica Kitty McNamee' s Hysterica 19-30 14. 4 0 (15. 3 0) £7.00 (£5. 00) • Aug Sex 24-30 and the17.0Single 0 From (18.0Dancer 0)the£7.00Streets (£5.page 00) 43page 43 • Sorted Dance 00 (18.00) £7.00 (£5.page 00) 43 • Aug Under7-13,15,16,18-22 and45)17.Under Aug 10-16the22.Kilt15 (23. £7.00the(£5.Stars 00) Music • Anam Aug 7 21.Drom 45page (23.- Authentic 3520) £7.00 (£5.Hungarian 00) • Ando Music page 52 Aug 8 21. 4 5 (23. 30) £7.00 (£5.00)£6.00 (£4.Gypsy Aug 9,10,12-14 23.00 (midnight) 00) • Aug Arun16 19.page 53 45 (23.3page 0) £7.00 (£5.00) • Aug Bachue 24,Belle 25Cafe Midnight (02.3530) page £7.0053(£5.00) • The Star Band 9 Midnight (03. 00)52£7.00 (£5.00) • Aug Blazin'15,15,22Fiddles 2 19.page 15 (21.53 0page 5) £7.00 (£5.00) • Aug Burach Aug 21 21.45page (23.3520) £7.00 (£5.00) • Calluna 8 19.15MacDonald (21.05) £7.00 (£5.page00)52 • Aug Catriona Aug 12, 2 9 19. 15 Marwicks (21.05) £7.00 (£5. • Aug Ceilidhs-The page00)00)52£7.00 (£5.00) ,14,21,Wah 22,28Co-op midnight (03.page Celtic7,12,8Wah 52 00) Elim Pentecostal Church kii • Aug 19,26 Midnight 00) £7.00 • The Chipolata Five(02.(03. page 52 (£5.(£5. Venue 181 10.00-18.00 26 George IV(InfoBridge Tickets 554 5701 Aug I 1, 1 3 midnight 3 0) £7.00 Box Office: 554 5701) • Aug Christine Collister £7.00page(£5.5200) 00) Want to betoentertained? Inspired? ofChallenged? Then come to Elim where we are 13 19.15(21.05) i committed • Aug Corner House page 52(£5.00) comedy, tragedy,presenting drama anda variety music. Bework there!byIt'Christian s new andcompanies. has a future!Shows include 21.45 (23.30) £7.00 • Aug Deaf913,Shepherd page 52 (£5.00) Music 2 8 21. 4 5 (23. 3 0)Sessions £7.00 • Preview Israel's Aug Passion Paul(21.Heyman page 56 • Aug Free7-9,Acoustic Music26-31 9 19. 0 0 0 0) Free 1 2-16, 1 9-23, (02.0page 0) Free52 Aug 17.00 (18. 15) £5.00 (£3.00) • Aug Green30 21.4page 5330) £7.0021.00 Aug 10-15 10-15 23.00 (midnight) 5 (23. (£5. 0 0) • Aug Ishbel10,McAskill Theatre 11 19.1&5 Duncan (21.& Friends 05) £7.00 (£5.page00) 52 page 53 Glencoe Lament AFG (Cutting Edge Theatre Company) page 73 • Aug Ivan20Drever Chisholm \ •• Aug 10-15 19. 3 0 (21. 0 0) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) 19.15 (21.0page 5) £7.00 00) Hadassah page 110 • Jackie 53 (£5. Preview10-15Aug15.9Solo 0Plus0 1(20.5)Theatre 1£5.00 5) FreeCompany Aug 19sLeven 21.Chickens 45 (23.30) £7.00 (£5. 00) Aug 0019.0 (16. (£3. 000)0) • Jenny' page 53 Aug 10-15 21. 3 (22. 4 5) £5.00 (£3. Aug Malcolm' 31 21.45 (23.s Rohallion 30) £7.00 (£5.0page 0) • Aug Mrs 10-15 Moses11.0Bijou • Jim 0 (13.Theatre 00) £5.00Productions (£3.00) page 77 Aug 14Tamson' 21.45 (23. 30) £7.00 (£5. 00)52 52 • Jock s Bairns page '.Disabled: Wheelchair access okay. 3 steps to church, toilets downstairs. Aug 11,Renbourn 23 21.45 (23.& Friends 30) £7.00 (£5.00) • John Aug 7,Tabor 14,21,28 19.page 15 53(21.05) £7.00page(£5.5200) • June 25 19.15 (21.page 05) £7.00 (£5.00) • Aug Line24,16,Dancing Aug 23,30 midnightpage(03.535300) £7.00 (£5.00) • Lorna Brooks Non Smoking? 20 Midnight 0)page£7.0053 (£5.00) • Aug Lorraine Jordan(02.3£7.00 Shows may be held in venues where smoking Aug 18McCalmans 19.15(21.05) • The page£7.00(£5. 52 (£5.00)00) is allowed. Call the venue to check. Aug 15, 2 2 21. 4 5 (23. 3 0) 16,23 19.15 (21.0page 5) • Aug Michael 27 on19.Marra 1a5 Shoestring (21.05) £7.0053(£5.page 00) • Aug Opera Aug 14-16,21-23,28-31 12.00 (13.00)52£6.00 (£4.00) THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE continues over the page 131

Venues THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE continued • Aug Richard page 52 (£5.00) 10,Rowan 18Wood 21.Tree 45 (23.Company 30) £7.00 • The with00)The Maistersingers of Aikwood p Aug 25, 2 6 21. 4 5 (23. 3 0) £7.00 • Aug Sin E27 2I.45J23.30) page 53 £7.00 (£5.(£5. 00) 0P(£5.00) • Aug Tabache page 53 19.15 (21.05) £7.00 (£5.00) • Aug Taiko3112toTabla 21.45page(23.5330)page£7.0052 (£5.00) • Aug Tannas 24McManus 21.45 (23.30) page £7.0052(£5.00) • Tony Aug 9 19. 1 5 (21. 0 5) £7.00 (£5.00) page 53 • Tony & lain McDonald 27McManus Midnight (02. 30) £7.00 (£5.00) • Aug TrixTri page 53 20-22Burns 18.45 (20.page15) 53£8.00 (£6.00) • Aug Ursula 26 19.Before 15 (21.05)Breakfast £7.00 (£5.00)page 52 • Aug Whiskey Aug 9Wildcats midnight of(02.Kilkenny 30) £7.00 (£5.page 00) • The Aug 31Wrigley midnightSisters (03.00) £7.00 (£5.53 00)53 • The page Aug 20 21.45 (23.30) £7.00 (£5.00) Theatre • Aug Bluebeard' International Theatre, Budapest page 100 7-16 19.s00Castle (20.of 2Grand 0) Merlin £6.00Opera (£4. 00)and Great • AAugCelebration 8,Chemistry 9 22.15 (23.of45)Love...& £7.00 (£5.Lust 00) page 90Musicals page 89 • The Aug 20-23,26-30 23. 0 0 (Midnight) £6.00 (£4.Throat 00) page 113 • Great 19-30Monsters 22.00 (23.ofWestern 40) 89£7.00 (£5.Street 00) • Aug Losing Venice page 7-16Theatre 18.45 (19.Company 50) £8.00 (£6.page 00) • Aug Mirage 7-16Neamtz, 14.40 (16.Romania 10) £7.00 (£5.page 00) 8990 • Aug Piatra 19-28in 18.the45Park (21.15) £8.00 (£6.00) • Aug Politics page 89(£4. 19-30the17.Dole 00 (17.45)page£6.00 00) • Aug Sex on 89 7-16 20.20 Cambridge (21.30) £8.00Mummers (£6.00) page 79 • Aug Sweetheart (notArabian 9,17,24) Nights 15.00 (16.00)page£7.0089 (£5.00) • Aug Tales7-30 of the Aug 7-16 16. 4 5 (18. 0 0) £6.00 (£4.page 00) 90 • Aug Theatre Babel' s(20.Don30)Juan 24-30 19. 0 0 £8.00 (£6. 00) • Transmission Performance Aug 7-16 21.Tasty 00 (22.I 15710)page £8.0090 (£6.00)Group page 88 • Very, Very Aug 7-16 13.15 (14.00) £6.00 (£4.00) Food and Entdrink: and cafe 09.to30-02. 30. only. Disabled: : 3 ydBar3 Str.Access cafe/bar Fettes Concert Hall dj Venue 124 09.00-12.00, Fettes College, E. Fettes(Info Avenue Tickets 332 2281 Box Office: 13.00-17.00 332 2925) Close to the city centre, yet setSuperb in 100 views acres of parkland, is a St distinctive unlimitedFettes' parking.gothicBusesarchitecture from Hanover and GeorgeEdinburgh St to Ferrylandmark. Rd/Western General and Hospital. Theatre • Aug Metamorphosis at the(£2.Fringe 24-29 19.35 (20.Fettes 45) £5.00 00) page 90 Disabled: 2 flights of steps. Footlights and Firkin Venue 85 713.00-14.00 Spittal Street Box Office: and 18.00-20.00 (Messages: 229 8368) Comedy <S RevueHill and Some Comedians Peter Buckley Hil • Aug Peter8-31Buckley 21.25 (22.55) Free (no ticket required)

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Fringe Club JI2 Venue 2 Club Parliament Squareto offer Info workshops, 226 5257 masterclasses, trade shows, open The Fringeand moves venues forums networking opportunities for Fringe performers throughout the Fringe. Talks <S Events • Aug Fringe Annual General Meeting Fringe AGM page 70 0 (14.Fringe 00) FreeRoyal • Aug Studio2215-23at11.0the National Theatre Studio page 71 10. 0 0 (18. 0 0) Free • Ten Steps toTheatre Starting a Theatre Independent Council page 70Company Aug 2021 10.14.0000 (12. Aug (16.000)0) Free Disabled: Help always available, please call in advance on 226 5257 The Garage Theatre Venue 81 Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay St. Tickets 221 9009 Box Office: 11.00-23.00 The new international venuebarhosting from Europe, America, Two venues, the first sushi in the artists Fringe, cafe,Nishimura. andand aAsia. galleryFoodwithandanfun. exhibition and workshop of Japanese kites andNdebele lanternsAfrican by Mieko Dance/Physical • Aug Aki Sato 23-31Dance 12.Japan00Company (13.Experience 00) £5.00Japanpage (£4.Experience 00)45 page 45 • Aug Etoko9-22 18. 0 0 (19. 0 0) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) • Aug Gumbo Japan 16-31Yamaguchi 14.30 Experience (15.30)Modern £5.00page (£4. 0450) Company Japan Experience page 45 • Aug Kumiko Dance 23-31 18. 0 0 (19. 0 0) £6.00 (£5. 00) • Aug Woman who Dances with The 9-31 22.00 (23.00) £8.00 (£7.0Wolves 0) Shakti page 46 Music • Aug Chiki16-31 I • Aug Mari9-22Itsuki23.15Japan Experience page00)57 (midnight) £5.00 (£4. • Yamato-Traditional Japanese Aug 9-31 16.00 (17.00) £8.00 (£7.0Drums 0) Japan Experience page 57 Aug 16-22 11.00 (13.Principle 00) £7.00Travelling (£5 The General-C Aug 23-31 17.30 (18.of30)Being £4.00Earnest Viral Jam page 114 The Importance King'23-31 s College12.1London page 97 Aug 5 (13. 45)Productions (£3.50)Gresham' A Midsummer Night' s£4.50 Dream(£2. s Youth Theatre page 94 Aug 10-14 12. 0 0 (13. 1 5) £5.00 5 0) Morgan'Augs Boys Solstice Productions page 111 Preview 9 19. 4 5 (21. 1 5) £4.50 Aug 10-31 19.45 (21.(Cloudcuckooland) 15) £5.50 (£4.50) Arnold Lodge Youth Theatre page 74 Nephelokokkugia Aug 10-14 14. 3 0 (15. 15)Fractured £5.00 (£2.Atlas 50) Productions page 92 Pumpkin Pie15Show Aug 23-31 23. (00. 1 5) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) Sweet9-22Chalybete Theatre 115 Aug 17.25to(18.Shoot 10)Trim£3.50 (£2.50)CompanyThepage Why I Want the President Riot Group page 107 Aug 9-29 20.00 (21.30) £5.00 (£4.00) George Square Theatre Comedy <£ Revue • Aug BBC31New Awards page 13 00Comedy (22.00) Free • Aug Lee 26-30 and20.Herring-This Morning with Richard not Judy page 31 20. 3 0 (22. 1 5) Aug 29 aMidnight (01.page30)41£10.00 • What Gas! Aug 28-30 22.45 (23.45) £9.00 (£8.00) Musicals/Opera • Aug Into8-30 the Woods ADC00) page 66 (not 17,24)Cambridge 18.00 (19.University 40) £8.00 (£6. Theatre • Dancing at Lughnasa 00)National Youth Theatre of Great Britain page 101 Preview £5.00 Aug 9-30Aug15.80015.(17.0000)(17.£8.00 (£6.00) Food and Not drink:accessible Cafe barforopenwheelchairs every day.or those with mobility difficulty. Guide d< Disabled: admitted to auditorium.

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Colder s Gilded Balloon Theatre K12 Venue 38 233 Cowgate(InfoTickets 226 2151 Box Office: 10.00-01.00 226 65S0) e, intriguing, and diverse programme theImagiverynativessence of theinvigorating, Fringe. Soakinternational in the atmosphere in the- acafes, bars andwhich clubs.encapsulates Children' s Shows • Calder' Now that's whatBalloon I call page Magic1 Bob... 13!! Aug 7-17s Gilded 11.00 (12.00) £5.00 (£4.00) Comedy & Revue • Adam Hills18.1-5Life Good Gilded Balloon page 25 Aug 7-31Smart (19.1is5)Dope £6.50 Calder' (£5.Calder' 50)s sGilded • Aug Andy - The Balloon page 25 7-31 14. 1 5 (15. 1 5) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) • Argentina 78-The Director' s 0Cut Calder's Gilded Balloon page 25 Aug 7-1815.00 (16. 0 0) £6.00 (£5. 0) • Ben 7-31 Norris: ' (notYouSitting 17)Think 2i “You're~Funny? • Aug Best7,of8,1So3-15, So You You're Aug 1 9-31 22. 1 5 (23. 3 0) £7.00Ed (£6. 00) Think • Aug Ed Byrne: A Night at22.00the(23.Opera Byrne page 17 7-31 (not 17, 3 0) 0 0) £8.00 (£7.00 • Aug Geraldine McNulty Help50) Calder's Gilded Balloon page 24 8-28of16.Guff 30 (17.- Barry 30)Needs £7.50Murphy (£6. • Aug Geyser s Gilded Balloon page 24 8-30s 19.on45the(20.Roof 45) £7.00 (£6.Again 00)Calder' • Granny' Rack Michael Calder'7-31s Gilded page30)24£7.50 (£6.50) Redmond Aug (notwe' 20)Balloon 21.30 (22. • Aug Hello7-31again, r e the Nualas s Gilded (not 11,Calder' 30) 20.s Gilded 45 (21.4Balloon 5) Calder' £8.00 page (£7. 0240) Balloon page 24 • Aug Hey7-31 Gringo 17. 4 5 (18. 4 5) £7.00 (£6. 0 0) • Aug Hope7-31Springs a Leak Calder'(£5.s0Gilded Balloon page 25 13.15 (14. 5) £6.00 • Janei Anderson in1Lucy Fell25From0) Heaven Calder' s Gilded Balloon page Aug 7-31Butler17.0Drives 0 (18.00)the£6.50Full(£5.Montego 50) Calder's Gilded Balloon page 24 • John Aug 7-AugVegas: 31 17.Selling 15 (18.Out 15) £6.50 (£5.50) page 40 • Johnny JohnnyVegas Aug 7-31 (notTues) 22.45 Cooper (23.45) £8.00 (£7.00) • Just Like That? Tommy Calder'7-31s Gilded Balloon page(£6.24 00)- the early years Aug 15. 3 0 (16. 4 5) £7.00 • The Ladies13.Who Lunch Aug (14. 45) s£7.00 (£6.pageBalloon 00)31 page 24 • Aug Late7-31 'n' Live30 (04. Calder' Gilded 7-3101.00 0 0) £ 10. 5 0 (£8. 50) • Aug Lazio7-31& Parkin s Gilded 25 23.Ribera 30 (00.-Calder' 3'?0)' £6.50 (£5.s Gilded 50)BalloonBalloonpage page • Aug Leandre Calder' 24 24-31 19. 1 5 (20. 3 0) £7.00 (£6. 0 0) • Aug Lynn8-31Ferguson. Frank Calder' s 0)Gilded Balloon page 24 19. 0 0 (20. 0 0) £7.50 (£6. 5 • Aug Michael Smiley Cycling Michael (not 17)in18.Re:30 (19. £8.00 (£7.0Smiley 0)Channelpageon38God's TV • Calder' Mike7-31MacDonald-We are30)the Comedy s Gilded Balloon page 24 Aug 23.Fulcher 15 (00.30) Calder' £8.00 (£7. 00) Balloon page 24 • Aug Mr Ed7-23 s Gilded 7-31Leeand21.00 (22.00)- £7.00 (£6. 00) Calder's Gilded Balloon page 24 • Aug Otis7-31 Crenshaw Model Citizen midnight (01. 0 0) £8.00 (£7. 0) 25 • Aug Phil 7-31 Kay midnight Calder's(01.Gilded Balloon(£8.00page 3 0) £9.00 0) • Aug Raybon Kan Dazed and Confucius 19.30- (20. 30)34£7.00 (£6.00) Calder's Gilded Balloon page 25 • Aug Ross7-31 Noble page 7-31 (not(22.20)320.0) 15 (21.15) £8.00 (£7.00) 20 21.30 • Aug Shelagh Martin and JonReedReed:pageActual Shelagh Martin 38 (£7.Size (not You' 17)and20.Jonre45Funny? (22.00) £8.00 • Aug SoHeatsYou7-31AugThink page 380(£6.0) 00) 9-12,20.416-18 22.5)1£9.00 5 (23.4(£8.5) 0£7.00 Fi n al Aug 30 5 (22. 4 0) • Aug Steve 1Frost' Pub Quiz s Gilded Balloon page 24 6,23 19.ss Celebrity 15 (20.3Allstars 0) £8.50 (£7.Calder' 50)Calder' • Aug Steve9,7,8,10-15,17-22 Frost' Impro s(£7.Gilded Balloon page 24 19. 1 5 (20. 3 0) £8.50 5 0) • Aug Strange Times Calder' s Gilded Balloon page 24 7-17 14. 3 0 (15. 3 0) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) • Aug The 7-31 3 Canadians-The Flat(£6.Calder' Balloon page 24 00) ss Gilded • Aug Tim 10-31 Bray17.12.- 4Me545(19.(14. and00)15)My£7.00 Vice Calder' Gilded £6.50 (£5.50) page 24 Balloon page 24 • Tim Vine 23.Calder' Aug 24-31 15 (00.s 3Gilded 0) £8.00Balloon (£7.00) Dance/Physical • Aug Sadie7-31Potter Calder' s Gilded 17.00 (17.30) £5.00 Balloon page 43 Music • Aug The 7-31 Gadflys s£7.00 Gilded(£6.Balloon 54 01.00SoloCalder' (04.in00)Concert 00) s page • Aug RickyI 1,Ross Calder' Gilded 18,25 22.45 (23.45) £ 10.00 (£8.00) Balloon page 54 Musicals/Opera • Aug Between page(£6.66 00) 7-31 15.the45 Lines (17.00) £7.00

Venues Theatre • Calder' Flying sMachine presentspageI 5093Cigarettes Balloon 7-31 Gilded 13.Friction 00 (15. 00)Calder' £7.00 s(£6.Gilded 00) Balloon page 93 • Aug Romantic 17-31 15.Calder' 00 (16.s 1Gilded 5) £6.50Balloon (£5.50) page • Aug Take Two 93 7-31 15.30The(16.Fl45)ying£6.50 (£5.50) Company • Aug Teleluvvies Pig Theatre page 91 Aug 18-31 14.30 (15.30) £6.00 (£5.00) Food and drink: Licensed bar, snacks and refreshments Disabled: Gallery/box office: 6yd18 flat. MaiPlease n Theatre: Ent boxIalydl day. flat,Audin advance 12yd flat.WC M). Backstage: 20 steps. Studio: steps. ring the office and we(Wwil& do our best to help. Calder's Gilded Balloon II K12 Venue 36 People' s Palace, Old226Fishmarket Close Tickets 226 2151 Box Office: 10.00-01.00 (Info 6550) intriguing, and diverse programme theImaginative, very essence of theinvigorating, Fringe. Soakinternational in the atmosphere in the- acafes, bars andwhich clubs.encapsulates Comedy <£ Revue • Anatomically Correct18.4-5Oxford Revue(£6.Calder' s Gilded Balloon page 25 Aug 7-10,12-24, (19.4s5)Cut£7.00 • Argentina 78152- 6-31 The Director' Calder'00)s Gilded Balloon page 25 Aug 19-21 13. (14. 1 5) £6.00 £5.00 • The Bert22.Fershners 00 (23.00)page£8.Calder' 0150 (£7.s Gilded 00) Balloon page 25 • Aug Boom7-31 Chicago Aug 7-31 (not 17, 2 7) 19. 1 5 (20. 3 0) £8.Brendon 50 (£7.Burns 50) page I 7 • Aug Brendon Burns17) Knows Heaps 7-31 (not 21. 0 0 (22. 0 0) £8.00 (£7. 0 0) • Cambridge Medics Revue - 25Julius Seizure Calder'7-22s Gilded Balloon Aug 18.00 (19. 0Local 0) £6.page 50 (£5.50)Calder's Gilded Balloon page 25 • Colin Campbell' s Aug 22-31 17.of30 Scottish (18.30) £6.Radio 0Calder' 0 (£5.0s0)Gilded Balloon page 25 • The Cream 7-31Williams 22.45 (midnight) £7.50 (£6.5s0)Gilded Balloon page 27 • Aug Dave Caffeine Calder' 7-31Tabatsky 19.45 (20.- True 45) £6.Stories 50 (£5. 50) • Aug David David23-31 Tabatsky page 400) £7.00 (£6.and00) Other Bullshit Aug 18. 0 0 (19. 0 • The Devil12.in00Miss Balloon page 25 7-31 (13.0Jones 0)Again £6.50Calder' (£5.50)s sGilded • Aug Electric Eel14.-30Ride Calder' Gilded Balloon page 25 Aug 17-31 (15. 3 0) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) • Aug Full 7-31 Irish21.30 Breakfast page 25 (22.Hollywood 30) Calder' £7.50 (£6.s Gilded 50) sBalloon • Greetings from Calder' Gilded Balloon page 25 Aug 7-31 17. 0 0 (18. 1 0) £6.50 (£5. 5 0) • John Archer 5 Calder' Gilded(£5.Balloon page 27 Aug 7-31 (23.15)sCalder' £6.50 50) Balloon • Just for the22.23.11Crack! s Gilded page 25 Aug 7-31 5 (00. 4 5) £8. 0 0 (£7. 0 0) • Aug Late7-31Laffs23.3Calder' s0)Gilded Balloon page 27 0 (00. 3 £6.50 (£5. 5 0) • Aug Night7-16of 14.10030Bars page 25 (15.Showing 30)Calder' £6.00Offs(£5.Gilded 00) Balloon • Aug Overtired and Calder' s Gilded Balloon page 25 7-31 14. 3 0 (15. 3 0) £6.50 (£5. 5 0) • Aug The 17-31 Road 15.to4Largs Calder' Gilded 25 5 (16.45)Cheese £5.50 s(£4. 50) Balloon page • Aug Sean7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 Cullen:Wood, & 20.Children! page50 (£6. 38 4 5 (21. 4 5) £7. 14,15,21,22,and 28-31Hurst: 20.45 Critical (21.45) £8.Mass 00 (£7.II -00)Return of50)the Hack • Aug Shuttleworth Ian Shuttleworth Aug 7-31 13.15 (14.ands1Gilded 5)Richard £6.50 Hurst (£5.50) page 29 • Viv Aug &7-31Jill 18.Calder' 30 (19.30) £6.50Balloon (£5.50) page 27 Theatre • Aug Barb7, by Harold, Pinter , • The Dumb15.Waiter Aug 45 (16.s Gilded 45) £6.50 (£5.50)page 93Calder's Gilded Balloon page 93 • Aug Emma7-31 Calder' Balloon 17.00 (18. 30) £9.50A Cat (£8.5on0) Heat Calder's Gilded Balloon page 93 • Aug Flyer7-21Theatre 13.Fight 15Presents (14.Calder' 15) £6.s00Gilded (£5.00)Balloon page 93 • Aug The 22-31 Good 14.Me15 (15.Northern 45) £7.5Theatre 0 (£6.00)Company • Aug Myra7-31 and (not 11,Women' 25) 16.15 (17.45) £6.50 (£5.50)page 102 • Aug Tales7-31 7-16from15.the 45 (16.45) £6.00s Locker (£5.00) Room Calder's Gilded Balloon page 93 Food and Downstairs drink: Licensed bar, snacksRoom and refreshments all day. Disabled: office in advance and we16wisteps; l do Wee our best to 9help.steps; Upstairs 26 steps. Please ring the box

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Venues Gaidar's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium GI4 Venue 26 Broughton Place Tickets 226 2151 Box Office: 10.00-01.00 (Info 557 1854/226 6550) intriguing, and diverse programme theImaginative, very essence of theinvigorating, Fringe. Soakinternational in the atmosphere in the- acafes, bars andwhich clubs.encapsulates Children' s ShowsNight's Dream • ACalder' Midsummer Balloon at the(£5.Palladium Aug 9-22s Gilded 13.30 (15. 30) £6.50 00) page 7 Comedy & Revue • Calder’s Best of the Fest-TheatEarly Edition page 27 Gilded the Palladium Aug 10-14 22.11.0300Balloon (23.030)0) £9.00 £9.00 (£8.000)0) Hosted by Mark Lamarr. Aug 17-19 (13. (£8. • Aug Bill Bailey Calder' s00)Gilded Balloon at the Palladium page 27 15-23 22.00 (23. £9.00 (£8. 0 0) • Aug Bob 24-27, Downe: Million(23.Sellers Bob(£8.Downe 323.00 1 22.30 00) page 22 28-30 (00.Calder' 15)45)s £10.00 • Aug Fred MacAulay Gilded Balloon Aug 20-31Vegas 19.00at(20.The00)Palladium £8.50 (£7.50) pageat30the Palladium page 27 • johnny 20.-1The 5 (21.Coolest 30) £10.00Magician (£8.00) on Earth • Aug Rudy28-30 Coby Calder' s Gilded Balloon at the(£7.Palladium Aug 9-17 20. 1 5 (21. 1 5) £8.00 00) page 27 Aug 18-19, Sept Aug 20-31 17.00 1-5(18.19.00)00 (20.00) Dance/Physical • Aug Cool18-23, Heat Urban31, Sept Beat page 43 Aug 29,30 21.215.5-28, 000 (22. (16.135)5) 2-5 20.15 (21.30) £9.50 (£8.50) Aug 29,30 2 SeptS 17.00(18.15) Music • Sept Capercaillie s£12.00 Gilded(£10.00) Balloon at the Palladium page 54 1,2 22.00Calder' (23.Calder' 0s0)Gilded • Aug Donovan Balloon Palladium page 54 20-23 23.30 (00. 3 0) £10.00 (£8.0atwith 0)the Horse • Sunday NightsBalloon at the atPalladium Calder' s Gilded the Palladium page 54 Aug 23.30(23.(01.15)00) £11.00 (£9.00) Aug 9,231622.00 Theatre • An Evening ofBalloon SpokenatWord with Henry Rollins Calder' the (£8. Palladium Sept 3-5s Gilded 22.00 (23.00) £10.00 00) page 94 Food and drink: Licensed bar, snacks and refreshments all day. Graffiti as Venue 90 Corner Broughton East London Streets Tickets 557 8330 Box last Office: I 1.00-02.00 (Info 557and8003) Our grand celebratory extravaganza this year comprises upstairs' 600 capacity celestial church, downstairs' and300bar.capacity dream rendezvous and outside a fabulous garden tent theatre, tented 'Arestaurant msterdam Parade'.Site extends to playground next door to include eccentric Comedy & Revue • Aug Hendrick-Jan the Stunt Man The Amsterdam Parade page 10 Aug 21-31 21-31 20.21.0000 (20. (21.330)0) £3.00 £3.00 Dance/Physical • Jeepers g Lindy page 45 9-31 Creepers (not 11,a Groovin' 18) 22.Members 15 (23.Members 4of5)the£8.50Jivofin(£7. 5Ji0)vingHoppers • AAug Movin' and the Lindy Hoppers page 45 Aug 10,12-17, Aug 9,29,30 12.0019-28, (13.030)1 15.30 (16.30) £4.50 (£3.50) Music • Colalaila 55(£7.50) Aug 2526-3019.220.0Graffiti (20. 30)0page £8.50 Aug 30 4(22. 0)30)£6.00£10.00 (£5.0(£8.0) 00) Aug 28, 2 9, 3 0 23. 5 (03. • Aug De K9,1Band Graffiti page 55 22.00 0, 1 2-17, 1 9, 2 0, 2 3, 2 4, 2 6-31 21,22Tango 20.30 (22.Graffiti 00) page 54 (midnight) £3.00 • Aug Destine Aug 12-17, 1 9-22, 2 8-31 19.20 (20. 0) £8.50(£7.(£7. 4,26,27 midnight 30) 3£8.50 50) 50) • Aug Fade23,12-222Graffiti page20.5545 (01. Aug (not 18) (21. 4 5) £7.50 (£6. • Aug Flamenco Graffiti(£6.50)page 5550) 12-15 17.Masterclass 45 (18. 4Andaluz 5) £7.50 • Aug Flamenco Puro Al Graffiti 9,15,10,16,12-14, 1 19.15page (20.1555) £7.50 (£6.50) 21,22,17,2Extravaganza 8,129,920,15.23-27, 30 (16.30,330)Graffiti • Aug Grand Graffiti page 54 Aug 0) £10.00 Aug 814,22.15,3201,(03.22,208-31 23.45(£8.(03.030)0) 134

• Highly Hazel Recommended O'Connor and page Cormac De Barra - Beyond Breaking Glass 56 (£5. Aug 16-2012.0midnight (01.15) £6.00 00) Aug 21 0 (13. 0 0) 23-31Flowers 17.45 (18.- The45) Edinburgh Flowers Show • Aug Herbie Highly16-31Recommended ' d| (not 25)Graffiti 13.3page 0 (14.page5630)55£6.00 (£5.00) • Aug Huun9-31 HuurTu Aug (notTues) 22. 3 5 (23. 4 5) £8.50 (£7. 5 0) • Aug Irakly9,1Avaliani Graffiti 0,12-17,Russian 19-24, 2Gypsy 6-28,page 31Band 12.5530 (13. 30) £5.00 (£4.55 00) • Aug Loyko:The 9-31 (notTues) 20. 5 5 (22. 0 5) £8.50Graffiti (£7.page50)page • Aug Midnight Carnival Weekend Graffiti 55 21,22 23.45 (03. 30) £10.0018(£8.Minutes 00) of Marvin • Mike Hatchard (Including Hanglider) Highly Recommended page 56 Aug 16-20, 2 2-24, 2 9-31 12. 0 0 (13. 0 0) £5.00 26-28 20.Graffiti 45 (21.page 45) 55 • Aug Myllarit Aug 9,2510,21.00 12-17,(22.19-24, 2£8.50 6-31 (£7. 19.0500)(20.15) £3.00 Aug 3 0) • Aug New8 Cool Collective Graffiti 22.30 (03. 0 0) £10.00 (£8. 0)page 54 Aug 9,14,10,1512,midnight 13 midnight (03. 00)0£3.00 Aug (03. 0 0) £10.00 (£8.00) • Aug Netting Hill17.3Carnival 10-29Salon 0Graffiti (19.00) International £5.00 (£3.50) Graffiti page 55 • Aug Tango29,30 page 54 14.15 (16.Graffiti 15) £10.00page(£8.5500) • Aug Terem9,10,Quartet 12-17,19-22, 55) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 23,24,26,27 19. 2 028-31 (20.Mischief 30)17.45 (18.Highly • Aug Tina16-22 May’s17.Music and Recommended page 56 4 5 (18. 4 5) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) Aug 23-25, 212.9-3100 (13. 20.4050)(21.45) Aug 26-28 • Yuri page3551 14.00 (15.00) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 9,Zuzin 10,12-17,Graffiti 19-24,26-28, Theatre • The Adventures of00)Battling Siki The Amsterdam Parade page 74 Aug 19.30 (20. I Aug 26,25,26,333110 20.30 (21. 030)0) £4.00 £4.00 Aug 22.00 (22. £4.00 • Aug Bingo21-31The20.Amsterdam Parade page 74 30 (22.30)True £7.50 • Aug Charlie' s Angels:The 21-25 16.17.4455 (17. 115)5) £3.00Story The Amsterdam Parade page 74 Aug 23-25 (18. • The Essential Music The Amsterdam Parade page 74 Aug 19.30 (20. 005)5) £4.00 Aug 2423,24 220.30 (21. £4.00 Aug 6, 2 8, 3 1 22.00 (22. 23.00 (23.The35)Amsterdam £4.0035) £4.00 • Aug False2823,30 Waltz Parade page 74 Aug 17. 0 0 (17. 2 Aug 21,23,25,28,30 19.2)3(22.0£4.00 (19. 5£4.00 2) and 20.30 (20.52) £4.00 Aug 22, 2 4, 2 7, 2 9 22.00 2 2) 22,29Nudity 23.00 (23.Anterior 22) £4.00 page 74 • Aug Internal Aug 9,10,12-15,17,19-22,24,26-29 16.3Productions 0 (17.30) £5.00page(£4.8900) • Aug The 12-16, King's19-23, New26-30 Clothes Encore 15.The00Amsterdam (16. 00) £5.00 (£4.00)page 74 • Aug The 21,22 Living22.00 jukebox Parade (Midnight) £3.00 Aug 23-27 Midnight (03. 0 0) £3.00 • Aug Sistercare16.The (17.Amsterdam £3.00Parade page 74 Aug 26-31 26,27 17.Man 4455 (18. 115)5) Amsterdam £3.00 • The Sound The Parade page 74 Aug 22,29 019.0 3(17.0 (20.30)0£4.00 Aug 22,22,227,7,2217.99 20.30 0)0) £4.00 Aug (21. 0 £4.00 Aug 21 22.00 (22.30) and 23.00 (23.30) £4.00 Food and Graffiti: drink: Licensedthrough bars, cafe and garden restaurant. Disabled: Apply for assistanceAccess at main entrance.front doors. Cafe GraffitkAccess through car park. Greyfriars Kirk kii Venue 131 1/2Greyfriars Place,performance Candlemaker(225Row1900)Tickets 225 1900 Box Office: hour before Edinburgh' s first reformed church (1620). National Covenant signed 1638. V isitor exhibition and videos. Greyfriar' s Bobby - world famousfunerary dog - monuments.Varied portrait and memorialprogramme stone. Scotland' s lifl finest collection of 17th and 18th century of concerts and lunchtime instrumental recitals. Music • Aug Lunchtime Instrumental Kirk Promotions page 55 19 13.10Organ (14.00) Recitals £5.00 (£4.Recital 0Greyfriars 0) Greyfriars • Aug Lunchtime Kirk00)Promotions page 55 10, 1 2, 1 7, 2 4, 2 6, 3 1 13. 1 0 (14. 0 0) £5.00 (£4. • Sept Mahler5,6 Symphony in(£6.C#00)Minor Plays Mahler page 62 17.00the(18.Golden 15)No£7.005Age (C £4.du0Sinfonia 0)Roi page • Aug Music20 from Chapelle 49 15. 0 0 (16. 2 0) £7.00 (£5. 0 0) • Aug The 21Rose19.3and the Pomegranate Chapelle du Roi page 49 0 (21.20) £8.00 (£6.00) Disabled: Flat access to church and toilets.

Greyfriars Kirk House ki i Venue 28 Candlemaker Row225Tickets 225 3626 Box Office: I 1.00-23.30 (Info 6576) The Fringe venue and at themusic heartthatof the the Festival presents a lively and stimulating mix of the very cheapbestandtheatre delicious vegetarian food. Fringe can offer. Why not check out our cafe for Comedy <£ Revue • Aug Let's10-16 Make 22.an25 Omelette (23.25) £3.50Varsity (£3.00)Pie Productions page 40 Music • Aug Guitar10-16Music Two30)Worlds Draco 13.30of(14. (£5. 00) pagepageSI51 • Preview My ManAugDevra Kay (00. and£6.00 Tom Goldsmith 10 23.40 4 0) £3.00 Aug 11-31 (not 17,24) 23.40 (00.40) (£1. £5.0050)(£3.00) Theatre • Abraham' s18.Offering Wax page 117 Augright 10-16Luv? 20 Ripley (19.40)Theatre £5.00Theater (£4.page00) Project • Al' 107 13.4Blurred 5 (14.45)Clarity £5.00Theatre (£3.50) Company page 78 • Aug The 25-31 Home(not 10-31 17,24) 19.Avalon 50 (21.Players 20) £5.00page(£4.7600) • Aug LaAugBete (The Fool) 18-23 18.3of0 (19. 45) Four £7.00Forty (£6.0Four 0) page 91 • AAugLabyrinth Iron 13.in 5Question 5 (15.10) £5.00 (£4.Theatre 50) Ensemble • Aug The 25-31 Lady Penn 18-22 I 1.Anyone 50 (13.00)Who £3.00Wears Suede Shoes page 103 • ElNeverTrust lAuge M25-31 Theatre Company page(£4. 88 00) 21.00 (22.15) £6.00 • Aug Nineteen Eighty-Four Ice2Cold Drama(£4.Society 18-31 (not 24) 21. 4 5 (23. 0) £5.00 00) page 96 • Aug Odd 18-31 Death(notB.24)O.B18.. 1page 7810) £5.00 0 (19. (£4. 0 • Aug Portrait Amber24)Theatre 730)0) 18-31 (not 15.10 (15.Company 50) University £5.00page (£4.0Blow-Up • The Real Thing Southampton 10-23 (notJourneys 17) 20.15 (22.00)page £4.00 (£3.00) Theatre Group page 111 • Aug She-Manic Aug 10-16 14.45 (15.45) Draco £6.00 (£5.00)86 Food and Ent: drink:2ydUnlicensed Disabled: 22 Str partialvegetarian HR.Aud:cafe.7yd FlatWC (W/M both 22 Str 6yd).

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Ruth24-29 Ellis 18.Foxtrot Company page 91 Aug 00 (18.Forever 4Oscar 5) £4.00Theatre (£2.00)13:The Saturday Night Venue Harry Younger Hall page 117 Aug 7-15 20.20 (21. 3 0) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) Three Short Academy One Tall of Music and Drama page 108 Royal Scottish Aug 24-29 Arts 21.00 Company (22.00) £3.00 (£2.00) Trashcan Royal24-30 Scottish13.3Academy Music(£2.and00)Drama page 108 Aug 0 (14.30) of£3.00 Disabled: via Lochend Close: Ent: 2yd I.Aud: 3yd 4 StrWC (W + 2 20"). Hill Street Theatre mo Venue 41 1910.00-midnight Hill Street Tickets 2267294) 6522 Box Office: (Info 225 Year after yearatmosphere the host ofandawardsituated winningminutes drama fromPrinces around the world. FulAssembly l of international bar inuntilEdinburgh by an 'ifrom ncredible' PolishStreetTatarandwhothe serves theRooms. bestFriendliest 'Bloody Marys' the weerunhours. Comedy Revue Pantomime Productions page 35 • Aug Chloe7-30<&Poems (not 19)is Kinky 18.30 (19.40) £5.50 (£4.00) Dance/Physical • Twist Stephanie' s Aug 20-31 13.40 (14.Fridge 50) £6.00page(£4.4600) Music • Aug I Never McLaren 7-31 Do(notAnything 13,19,27)Twice 20.40 (21.Morag 50) £7.00 (£5.00)page 58 Musicals/Opera • Aug Hair7-30Nena(notProductions 12,19,26) 23.page 55 (01.6730) £7.00 (£5.00) Theatre • All Seahawk Stage00)Productions page 109 Aug in7-18theInland 11.Timing 00 (12. £4.00 (£3. Sea340)5)Dolphin Theatre Greyfriars Kirk Yard - Main Gates kii • AtAugThe 7-18 13. 4 5 (14. £6.50 (£5. 00) pageSolar86Stage page 110 • The Case 22.00 of the(23.Wandering Corpse Venue 99 Greyfriars Place, Candlemaker Row Tix 225 5366 Aug 20-31 3 0) £6.50 (£5. 00) Contemporary Stage Company page 80 • Conversations Theatre Previews Aug 7,19)8with 15.15.404an0(16.(16.Executioner 550)0)£5.00 (£4.(£5.050)0) • Aug Macbeth Frantic Redhead Productions page 93 Aug 9-31 (not £6.50 7-15 18.30 (19.50) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug Crooked Teeth Rapscallion Productions 19) 12.15Test(13.Tube 25) £6.00 (£4.11100)page 107 The 7-31 Dumb(not13.Waiter page Guildford Arms 112 • Aug 20-31 0 0 (14. 0 0) £6.00 (£4. 5 0) Venue • Aug The 7-18 Liberty of(23.Indifference Phones:107Info I667West1066Register St.(off East End Princes St.) Tix 556 4312 25) £7.00page(£5.73Purple 00) Theatre Company page 106 LIT. 305Aug22.Al07l 5New York Preview 14. 1 5 (15. 0 5) £5.00 All shows listed below can be found under CALEDONIAN FOLK AT THE GUILDFORD • Aug 8-31 (notAn19) Impression 14.15 (15.05)of£7.Robert 00 (£5.50) • Quicksilver! Music Crossfire Theatre Company page£3.0080 Louis Stevenson • Argyle Ceilidh Sound Free page 49 Previews Aug 7, 8 16. 4 5 (17. 4 5) Aug 13, 2 1 20. 0 0 (midnight) (not of19) Life 16.45 Michael (17.45) £6.00 (£4.00)page 91 • Eddie15,Walker page 49 Free • Aug Ten 9-31 Seconds 19 20.00 (midnight) Aug 7-18 17.Character 10 (18.05)Play £5.00 San(£3.Forrester 5Diego 0) Sister City Productions page 109 • Aug MikeWhellans page 49Free • The Two Aug 16, 2 2 20.00 (midnight) Aug 7-31San(notDiego19) Sister 21.35 City (22.5Productions 0) £6.50 (£5.0page 0) • Aug Tandem page 49 • Vigil 18,20 Hollow 20.00 (midnight) Free Aug 7-31 (notit Takes: 19) 20.00Methinks (21.25) £7.00 (£5.Theatre 00) 109Company page 96 • Whiskey page 49 • Whatever In-Situ Aug 14,17 20.00 (midnight) Free Aug 19)(with 19.15Whatever (20.00) £5.it Takes: 50 (£4.Ol50)Zimmer) £8.00 (£6.00) Double7-31Bil(notPrice Food and drink: Licensed bar, food. • Whatever it Takes: Ol Zimmer In-Situ5Theatre page 96 Aug 18.15Whatever (19.00) £5.50 0) Company Double7-31BiWell l(notPrice19)Spent? (with it Takes:(£4. Methinks) £8.00 (£6.00) Harry Younger Hall Jis • AYouth Mike Timms page 113 Venue 13 Lochend Close, Canongate 07050 161320 Aug 20-31 17.00 (18.00) £6.00 (£4.00) Box Office: 09.00-21.30 Venue 13:Mark Promoting new writingTheatre), from Wales including work fromBAFTA Lesley winner Ross (Ripley Food and The drink:Hil Licensed bar. Snacks and refreshments byforday,the'Black loodyofMarys' byaccess night. Theatre), Ryan (Equinox Roger Williams and multi Edward Disabled: Streetwithin Theatre apologises disabled Thomas.The venue is sponsored by the Welsh College of Music and Drama. and equipment available the management building. However, the staff wil be more than happy to assist clients up stairs i f desired. Musicals/Opera • The Jolly Folly of Polly the Scottish Trolley Dolly Ripley7-22Theatre page40)67£1.00 (£0.50) Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Ji3 16.25 (16. Venue 39 80 High Street Tickets 220 4349 • Aug Pierrot Lunaire 13:The(£5.Harry Aug 27-29 19.45 (20.Venue 25) £7.00 00) Younger Hall page 68 Talks <fi Events • Aug International Theatre 21-23 11.00CD(19.and 00) £Record 1.50 (£ 1.Fair 00) page 70 • Aug Dorothy Squires(14.Venue 13:The Younger Hall page 117 16-22 45) £6.00 (£4.13:The 0Harry 0) Harry Theatre • Aug East7-15 from18.13.the2030(19. Gantry Venue Younger Hall page 117 • The e International 45)35)£7.00 (£4.00) Aug 9,Promise 1 1-16,18-23,Exi2l5-27, 29,30 14.15Theatre (15.40)Company £5.00 (£4.0page 0) 89 16-22 11.Ripley 10 (12.Theatre • Aug Eggplant page(£3.10700) Aug 16-22 15. 2 0 (16. 1 5) £5.00 • Great Academy of Music and Drama page 108 Preview16-22Expectations Aug18.13,3015(20.12.10)00Royal (13.40)Scottish £5.00 (£3.£3.00 00) (£1.00) • Aug Looking for the Angel in Flight Royal Scottish and Drama Preview16-22 Aug20.30 14,Academy 15(21.14.30)30of£5.00 (15.Music 30)(£3.£3.00 (£ 1.00) page 108 00)Academy • Aug Morpheus Theatre Royal Scottish of Music and Drama page 108 Aug 24-29 15.30 (16.45) £3.00 (£2.00) 135

K9 1 Jaffa Cake Venue 7 28 King Stables Rd. Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 Venues All shows listed below can be found under FLUX FESTIVAL, EDINBURGH /Music The 21Bathers/Pearl Swiss20.Family Holyrood Park Ki6 •• Jesus Aug 20.30Mary (23.0Chain 0) Fishers/The £8.00 Doors open 00 Orbison page 54 and page 54 Venue 10 foot of Royal Mile Info 226 5257 Aug a16,ime, 17 20.30 (23.00) £10.00 DoorsBurns) open 20.00 page 54 Holyrood to theOnRoyal heights into of Arthur' (with Jerry Seat in thePark, heartadjacent of spectacular. the City. FringePalace, Sundayis setthe against historicthesitedramatic is transformed an s • JeT' Aug 18Nectarine 20.30Gainsbourg (23.No 00) £8.00 Doors openpage 20.00 enormous open-air • The 9, + 2 Bands Aug 22 20.30 (23.page 00) £8.00 Doors open 20.0054 Talks & Events • P J Harvey 54 • Aug Fringe16 Sunday 20.30 (23.00) Thomas £10.00 Doors openPale 20.00 11.00 (17.00)page Free70 • Aug Yo La2523Tengo/David andopen Two Aug 20.30 (23.00) £9.00 Doors 20.00 Boys page 54 Food and drink: Snacks, refreshments al l day. Disabled: Open air venue. Drop off available. James Gillespiefs High School ns 93 Lauderdale Street Tickets 0385 244984 Holyrood Tavern Ki3 Venue Box Office: 09.00-20.00 Venue 84 Holyrood Road Tickets 622 7207 Musicals/Opera ABox brandOffice: news best12.00-23.00 venuepubs.forGreat the Fringe in the comfortable of one of • Aug Fiddler on the15 Roof Stage 84 page 68 Edinburgh' music,Festival great comedy, great theatreatmosphere and great beer! (21. Plus fabulous food! Aug I151-1514.119.5 (16. 45)45) £7.00 (£5.00) Comedy Revue and the History of Country Music Food and Ent: drink:ramped Tea and100yds+1. coffee atAud:time4yd,of 5Str+5Str performance.HR. Adapted WC separate building, j • Travis SexualT.<£Merle Deviancy Disabled: Aug 14-31 21.15page (22.3330) £5.00 (£4.00) La Belle Angele K12 Theatre Venue 101 10.00-01.00 II Hasties Close, Guthrie St. Tickets 226 2151 • After Dinner Dirty18.Bird Productions page00)83 Box Office: (Info 226off 6550) Aug 14-31 (not 23) 4 0 (19. 5 0) £6.00 (£5. • An Average Angel15 (18. Sister15)Mary Enigma Proudly Presents page 110 Comedy & Revue Preview • Aug Kamikaze Calder' page 27 15-31Aug (not14 of17,17.Space 24) 17.Theatre 15 (18.£3.001Company 5) £4.00 (£3.page00) 11 7 7-31Comedy 21.Freakshow 15 (22.Calder' 15) £8.00 (£7.s0Balloon 0)Gilded Balloon • Aug Chess Waste • Now s Gilded page 27 Aug 18-22, 2 5-29 20. 1 0 (20. 4 0) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) Aug 7-31 18. 3 0 (19. 3 0) £6.50 (£5. 5 0) • Cuttlefish Farley & Productions Farley's Bed page & Breakfast Vacancies • Tripod Are Handsome Balloon page 27 Aug 7-31 0 (21.Out 00) More £8.00Calder' (£7.Calder' 0s0)Gilded 18-31 16.Long 00 (16.5page 0)81£5.00 • We Should20.17.00Get s Gilded Balloon page 27 • Aug Hearts14-16, Lawrence 10050)(£3.50) Aug 7-31 0 (18. 0 0) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) Aug 14-23 12. 4 5 (14. 0 0) £4. 5 0 (£3. • Aug La-Mor Flame10) £4.00 page (£3. 101 50) 17-30 Naked 14.15 (15. Food and drink: Disabled: 10 steps.Drinks Pleaselicence ring thetil box4am.office in advance and we wil do our best to help. I Food and drink: Licensed bar all day and night. Food 12.00-20.00. The Leith Gallery bi? The Honeycomb kii Venue 179Info 65553The5255Shore Venue 139 10.00-01.00 36 Blair Street Phones: Box Office: (Info Tickets 226 6550)226 2151 This venue is situated beside the Water of Leith and within 5 minutes walk of 30 restaurants. | Comedy <6 Revue Theatre • Aug The8-31 Bootleg Bootleg Beatles page 17 • Aug Deco10-29 Diva(notLeith 15.15 (16. 30) £5.00 (£4. 50) s Gilded Balloon page 17 Suns)Gallery 19.00 Productions (20.00) £7.00 page (£5.00)99 • Aug Danny9-31Brown Banjaxed Calder' 20. 4 5 (21. 4 5) £8.00 (£7. 0 0) Disabled: Access availibility • The Empire Black Balloon page 27 00Strikes (18.15)Frontity £6.50 (£5.Calder' 50) s sGilded • Aug Hung7-31 Le 17.19.- Noodle Calder' Gilded Balloon page 27 The Magdalen Chapel kii Aug 7-31 0 0 (20. 0 0) £7.50 (£6. 5 0) Venue 185 41 Cowgate Info 667 4645 • Aug Keep7-31Young13.3and Beautiful Calder' s Gilded Balloon page 27 0 (14. 3 0) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) Music • Aug Matt7-31King22.-3Beastly Calder'(£6.s Gilded • Aug I Viulan Society page 50 0 (23.30) £7.50 50) Balloon page 27 24-27 The 20.Attached 00Clarsach (21.30) (Scottish £6.00 (£5.Harp) 00) (Scottish • Aug No Strings The Clarsach Harp) Society page 50 Food and drink: Licensed bar. 20, 2 2 20.00 (21. 4 5) £6.00 (£4. 0 0) Basement • AAugScots Tapestry The Clarsach (Scottish Harp) Society page 50 weDisabled: wil do our best tovenue, help. 15 steps. Please ring the box office in advance and 19,21 20.00 (21.45) £6.00 (£5.00) Disabled: 4yds Flathelp2 available Str but ramp available.completely Aud: 6yds Flaccessible at. WC: Fulforly wheelchairs. adapted. Inverleith Church Hall a? Guide dogsEnt:welcome, on premises, Venue 120 45Ferry Roadprior (opp toGranton Road) Box Office: minutes performance The Mambo Club ls Musicals/Opera Venue 75 WestTollcross • Aug Showstoppers-The Movies CraigmountYouth Theatre page 66 Box Office: 22.00-03.00 Info 229 0469/229 3047 20-29 (not 23) 19. 1 5 (22. 0 5) £5.00 Aug 22,29 14.15 (17.05) Music • The Mambo Club page22.0058 (04.00) £5.00 (£4.00) Theatre Aug 6-8,13-15,20-22,27-29 • Aug The 7-15 Ragged Child Forth Childrens Theatre page 91 (not 9) 19. 3 0 (21. 4 5) £5.50 (£4. 5 0) Food and drink: Licensed bar and snacks time dogs of performance Aug 8,15 14.30 (16.45) Disabled: Unsuitable for wheelchair users. atGuide admitted. Helponly.available. Food and drink: Refreshments at time of performance. Disabled: 70yd 2 Str.Aud: 6yd level.WC 24" (very narrow). Guide dogsEnt:admitted. Help available. Inverleith Park Putting Green Non Smoking? Venue 154 Stockbridge Shows may be held in venues where smoking Comedy <£ Revue • The Inverleith ArthurifSmith page 10 is allowed. Call the venue to check. Aug 26-30 18.00 Putting (18.51) £1.Green 00 or £10.00 on expenses 3 136

Meadowbank Sports Centre ji? Venue 151 10.00-21.00 139 London Road Tickets 661 5351 Box Office: Meadowbank - moreAthan also playsbyitsvarious part. Abusplaceroutes. for families and mplefora carsports' parkingcentre.Theatre and easily accessible Pleasefriends phonetobusenjoy.stations detils. Theatre • Aug Goal24-30page19.3940 (21.15) £7.00 (£4.00) Food and Original drink: Cafeteria. designliinfluenced by concern diDisabled: sability, including ramps, fts and accessible toilets.for the needs of those with a The Meadows Theatre Big Top N12 Venue 189 09.30-20.30 The Meadows, Melville Drive Tickets 667 0202 Box Office: Spectacular 1,000 seatBig Top Big Top.by dayMixandof chair and tiered seats.by night. Provides a modern a stunning Cabaretindividual style venue Theatre • Aug The 14-29 Lady 20.Boys15 (21. of Bangkok Big Top on the Meadows page 77 45)(£10.00) The Stageside tablesFolk £12.50Circus Tiered (£8.00) page 77 • Aug The Russian The Bi g Topseats on the£10.00 Meadows 14-18, 2 2, 2 3, 2 9, 3 0 14. 3 0 (16. 0 0) Aug 15,1£6,12.19-2950 (£8.17.0000)(18.Centre 30) Tier £8.00 (£6.00) Side Tier £7.00 (£4.00) Ringside Food and drink: Licensed bar Disabled: Good access, disabledandWC.snack All onbar.one flat level.

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The Netherbow Theatre ji3 Venue 30 4310.00-22.00 High Street(InfoTickets 556 9579 Box Office: 556 2647) The the half-way housetheof Edinburgh' s Royal Mile clustering round the site ofoutdoor theNetherbow city'courtyard s historicis atandgateway. Netherbow the JohnIt includes Knox House museum. Theatre and Gallery, a cafe with an Children' • Aug Spring5-31sandShows the9,1Selfish Stories (notLittle 6,2Pigs 3) 14.Giant 00 (14.5Wee 0) £4.Puppets 00 (£3.Theatre 0page 0) 1 for Children page 9 • Aug The 5-31 Three(not Kenspeckle 9, 1 6, 2 3) I 1. 0 0 (11. 5 0) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug Tiggers t Climb12.Trees 5-31 Don' (not Suns) 30 (13.20)Richard £4.50 Medrington' (£3.50) s Puppets page 9 Music • Aug Traditional 10-30 (notMusic 16,23)of 22.Scotland 00 (23.15)TheTass £8.00 page 64 Talks & Events • Aug Supper at the30) Netherbow 3-31 with (not 9,Burns 16,23) Burns 18.00 (19. £9.50 page 10 Theatre • Aug Free8,Rope The Saltire Society 1page 109 (21.15) (Enough) Aug 10,I 1,12,114,3,15,118,7,19,221,0,22,225,4,226,28,7,23931018.18.18.303300(19.(19. (19.5)115)5)&&&20.30 20.30 (21. (21.115)5) (Saltire) (Pikes) Aug • Aug Good10-30 Morning Mr 1Burns Theatre Alba20.30 / MPR Theatre Studio page 111 Meeting point at bottom of Guthrie St 18. 0 0 (19. 0) £6.00 (£4. 0 0) The 3-31 Robert Burns Tour13.00Burns at £6.00 the Netherbow page 18 by Venue 38 233 Cowgate Tickets 226 2151 KI2 • Aug (not 9, 1 6, 2 3) (14. 0 0) 3-31 : (not 30 (16.30)Productions page 111 Theatre • Aug Scotian' Kelvin9,Suns16,41729,3)16,15.Vital • Aug Henry8-27IV19.(Part Calder' Aug 6-31 s(not 23) 15.Spark 30 (17.00) £6.00 (£4.00) 30 (21.One) 00) £6.00 (£5.s0Gilded 0) Balloon page 93 • Wallace' Women Theatre Aug 7-30 19.45 (21.00) £7.00 (£5.Alba00)/ MPR Theatre Studio page 111 Moray House Institute km Food and drink: Cafe open 10.00 to 22.00 for coffee, snacks, meals etc. Venue 12 Holyrood Road Tickets 558 6218 Disabled: 10yd 8+1access Str HR.to Atheatre. ud: 5yd I StrWC (+3 25”). Enclosed lift and Box Office: 10.00-17.00 stair lift forEnt: wheelchair placeappropriately in the open air- wear in thewarm newly-landscaped ofPerformances Moray House.takeDress clothes if it is grounds cold! New Parliament House jis Theatre Venue 164 10.30-midnight Regent Road Tickets 6610707) 3088 • Acts of Union Box Office: (Info 557 Aug 10-22 (not 16)Locus 20.00Theatre (22.00)Company £8.00 (£5.0page 0) 100 The programme ofEastern innovative and visual arts,Parliament. focused onThisInternational Networking Europeperforming is in two Food and Access drink: okay, Cafe but openplease until phone 19.00. in advance. venues, Newfrom Parliament House forwith the European first time Youth and St Mary's school forprogramme the sixth time. Disabled: All shows listed below can be found under DEMARCO EUROPEAN ART FOUNDATION Moray House Theatre km Dance/Physical VenueOffice: 167 10.00-24.00 Canongate/St John's Street Tickets 667 2212 • FourYoung 21,22 Sangue 18.Dutch 00 (19.E0Choreographers 0) £5.00 (£3.page 00) 43 page 43 ABoxtraditional theatre on the Royal Mile, with Shakespeare, drama, workshops and musicals. • Aug Passion!, Anima 27-29 16.page 00 (17.4300) £5.00 (£3.00) • Aug Quartet Musicals/Opera 10-15Sloga 23.30- (00. 15) £5.00 (£3.Music 00) •. Aug Little6-15Shop18.4of5 (20. Horrors Zoo(£5.Theatre Company page 68 • Aug Seljaka Croatian 0 5) £7.00 5 0) Aug 10-15 15.12.0000 (16. 000)0) £5.£5.00Folk 00 (£3. 000)0) and Dance page 43 • Aug Tartan16-29Patchwork Theatre page 610) Aug 17-22 (13. (£3. 14. 3 0 (15. 3 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 • Shine of Sincerity • Aug Trash9-15Patchwork Aug 17-22 13.30 (14.Old45) page £5.0043(£3.00) page 43 0 (15.Theatre 30) £5.00 page (£4.0610) • Voices • Aug The 9-15 Year 14.of16.3the Aug 10-15From13.3The 0 (14.30) High £5.00 School (£3.00) 00 (17.Pig45) Haileybury £5.50 (£4.50)page 61 Music Theatre • Dubrovnik Music page 50 • A Doll' s House The00)Cheadle School Theatre Company page 80 Aug 20.00 000)0) £5.00 (£3.00) 16.00 (18. £5.00Cygnet (£4.Hulme 00)Theatre Aug 10-15 10-15Stories 22.00 (21. (23.page • Aug Lady24-31 Deadlock' s8 Secret page 81 • Guitar Aug 19, 2 0, 2 2, 2 5, 2 12. 1 5 (14. 1 5) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) Aug 10-15 21. 0 0 (22. 0510) £5.5000 (£3.00) • Aug Michael Chekhov Acting Workshop Cygnet Theatre page 81 • Aug Irish10-15 Music15.00 page 18, 2 0, 2 3, 2 6, 2 8, 2 9 10. 4 5 (I 1. 4 5) £4.00 (£3. 5 0) 000)0) £5.00 (£3.00) • AAugMidsummer s Dream Theatre(£5.0page 00 (16. (17.School 17,18,21,23,2Night' 6,27,29-31 12.15 (14.Cygnet 15) £6.00 0) 81 • Aug The 10-15 Royal16.12.High on Calton Aug 10-15 0 0 (13. (£3.00) Hill page 50 Food and drink: Snacks, refreshments all day. • Aug Throat17-29 (notpage23)50 15.00)30£5.00 (17. 0 0) • The Ukrainian Dimension £5.00 page 51(£3.00) Murrayfield Parish Church Hall hi Outer Aug 18,20,22 19.30 (21.00) £7.00 (£5.00) Venue 104 Aug Ormidale Terrace16), 09.00-19.30 MusicalsIOpera Box Office: 12-22 (not • Aug The 24-29 Minister Scruton(£12.00)page 66 17.30by(18.Roger 45) £15.00 Comedy <£ Revue Talks <& Events • Aug Relatively Speaking The Makars And DMDC page 32 12-22 (not Sun) 19.30 (21.45) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug Conversations 10-15Towards 13.30 (15.thepage 00)Millennium £7.1000 (£5.00) page 10 • Aug Europe Food and Ent: drink:3ydTeaHR.andAud:coffee at time of performance only. 10-15 11.00 (midnight) £5.00 (£3.00) Disabled: 3yd WC. NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE continues over the page 137

• Aug The 10-15 Passion12.15Schhh!!! (13.45)Theatre £4.50 (£2.Company 50) page 109 • Wildview 2 QMW Aug 10-22 (not 16) 18.Theatre 00 (19.3Company 0) £5.00 (£3.page00) 106 Food and Hall:A drink: fewLicensed cafe 09.00-23. 00. Disabled: NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE continued Aud: 50yd 7+7+19 Str steps HRWCup from (+ 7 M).street level. Church: Ent: 3yd Flat. Theatre • Aug Before Lasagne 82 (£2.00) Outside the Beehive Inn kio (13.Tomorrows 0page 0) £4.00 • Aug The 17-22 Cafe of15.12.30No00 (16. Venue 178 Grassmarket Tickets 226 6665 10-15 3 0) £5.00 (£3.0page 0) 82 Aug 17-22 21.30 (22. 3 0) Theatre • Carmina page £5.00 83 (£3.00) • Aug The Edinburgh 10-15DeBurana 23.00 (midnight) 18.00 (22. (20.Literary 030)0) £6.00Pub(£5.Tour 00) page 87 • Aug Cyrano Bergerac page 82 Aug 7-31 7-31 20.30 Aug 10-15 16. 3 0 (18. 4 5) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug Dorm10-22House 82 45) £6.00 (£5.00) (not 516) 17.page (18. The Palladium • Aug From17-29 Shakespeare to15Rock' n'Roll£5.00page (not 23) 23.00 (midnight) (£3.0820) (listed under Gilded Balloon - page 134) 24-29 17.30 and (19.0Gimpel 0) • Aug Magic' s Power page 82 10-22 16)of19.the30 Chilean (20.30) £5.00 (£3.00)page 82 • Aug The 24-29 Other21.(notSide The Pleasance lm 30page (22.3820) £5.00 (£3.0Moon 0) Venue 33 60I 1.00-24.00 The Pleasance Tickets 556 6550 • Aug Portrait C Box Office: (Info 556 1513) Aug 10-22 (not 16) 22.00 (23. 3 0) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) Another year of superb at the45 Pleasance - 10 performing spacesup round a buzzing • Aug Russian1 Anguish page courtyard and drinkitheatre pieces of theatre - 24 of them for Fringe Firsts. 14,1the 5.17-22, 24,25,8227-29page19.8245 (20.50) £7.00 (£5.00) The spirit of- food the Fringe s aliveall dayand- kicking! • Aug The 10,10-29 Sea1,and Mirror (not 16, 2 3) 21. 1 5 (22. 4 5) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug Three17-22Left13.Hours page 82 Children’s Shows (14.445)5) £5.00 (£3.00) • Darnaby' sFestival SpaceofRace - Chicken Theatre Company 24-29 19.3300 (20. Pleasance 98£5.50pageShed • Aug The Turnout Aug 17-21,24-28 11.Theatre 00 I (12. 00)'(12. (£4.8 50)(£5.00) Aug 17-22 20.00 (21.page00)82£5.00 (£3.00) Aug 15, 1 6, 2 2, 2 3, 2 9-31 1. 0 0 0 0) £6.50 • The Happy Gang'ofTheatre s Greatest'98 Hits! Pleasance Food and Help drink:always Bar, food and cabaret (call for details). 8,11 -15Festival 11.00 (I 1.Festival 50) £5.00ofTheatre (£4.page00)8'98 page 8 Disabled: available. • Aug Pondlife Pleasance Preview Aug 7 11. 3 0 (12. 3 0) £5.00 8,14,9,115,1-13, 0 (12.3(£5.0) 0£6.00 (£4.50) Nicolson Square Methodist Church Li2 Aug 2Branestawm 1,212,6-20, 28-3122,11.23,3205-27 (12.311.0)3Heads £7.00 Venue 6 25Square Nicholson Square • Aug Professor Turning page0)9 Put15.3Nicolson at the centre of your festival. Cafe open Monday to Friday, 08.30Preview Aug 6 I 1. 0 0 (I 1. 5 0) £4.00 Aug 7-14, 550)0) £5.00 0, for freshly cooked meals Quietonchapel 15,16,17-21 22,Players 23 11.11.0000-(11.(11. £5.50of(£4. (£4.a 0Christmas 50)0) by visiting artists.Visitors welcomeandathome churchbaking. services Sundaysandatgardens. I 1.30 andExhibitions 18.30. • Aug Shoestring A Dickens Pleasance Festival ofTheatre ' 9 8 page 8 Music Previews 5 (13.12.25)25£4.00 • Aug Flute Mosaic12.0-0 Flutes Aug 9,15,Aug 16,22,8212.3,229-31 (13.25) £7.00 (£5.00) 0) enFreeVacances Flute Mosaic page 54 Aug 27-29 29 19.30 (20.(13. 30)0Free Comedy <£ Revue • Adam Bloom page IS Food and drink: Cafe open 08.30-15.30 (Mon-Fri). Previews Aug 5,6 18.45 (19.418.5) 4£3.00 Disabled: Accessible venue, please phone in advance. Aug 7-10,12,13,16-20,23-27 545)(19.£8.50 45) £7.50 50) AugMurray 14,15,21,Pub 22,28-31 18.45 -(19.Keeper 50)(£6.Cosmic • Al Landlord of the(£7.Pint The Old Chain Pier Bar All Outer Al Murray - Pub Landlord page 10 Aug 16-20, 2255)(22.£8.50 25) £8.00 (£7.00) Venue 173 Trinity Crescent Tickets 226 5 138 Aug 14,15,2221.1,3,222254,21.2(22.6,225275)21.(22.£9.00 Aug 28-31 (£8.0Me...Bite 0)(£7.50) Me! page 10 Talks <£ Events • Andre Vincent See Me...Hear • The Malt 1Masterclass Malt Masterclass page 71 Previews Aug 5,6 22.30 (23.30) £4.00 (23.30) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 11-14, 8-21,25-28 14.Whisky 30 (16.0Tasting 0) £15.00The(£12.00) Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.:e3530 (23.322.30 0) £8.00 (£7.00) * Old St Paul's Church £ Hall j/3 :4.50 Venue 45 Jeffrey Street Tickets 556 0476 Box Office:& Bal10.00-23.00 (Info 556line0476) Arj Barker Pamment ffrom e present another up of critically acclaimed theatre Aug 5-6 21.15 (22.page15) 13£4.50 5 (2 fiClub ve starPolskishowsprojecting around is a must forthealfestival lFringe socialites withand Aug art basedthe fiplanet.The lm and musiccafethroughout period. ‘ 7-9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 21.1S)£ Aug 5,6 14.50 (15.50) £3.f';e 34 , Children’s Aug 7-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 • The PiedShows PiperSuns) of Hamlin Blunderbus Theatre for Children page 7 Aug 14, 1 21,22,28-31 14.50to(15.Verse 50) £7.00 (£6.Dowie 00) Aug 10-29 (not 10. 3 5 (11. 3 5) £5.00 (£3. 5 0) Back to 5,Stand Aug 9,16,23-28 16.35 (17.35) Pleasance ComedyUp,'98Front page 35 16.10- John Aug 5-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24 (17.10) £6.00 (£5.00) Music • Aug Facade s Music(£4.9800)page 60 Aug 28-31 16.Skinner 10 (17.1Get 0) £7.00 (£6.0the 0) Very Essence of the Edinburgh Fringe 20 20.Old 15 (21.St Paul' 30) £6.00 Baddiel Back • Aug Farewell Symphony Old(£4.St 0Paul' 98 page 60 Baddiel15-30and& (not Skinner page 13 30)to£2.00 27 20. 1 5 (22. 0 0) £6.00 0)Paul's sMusic Aug 25) 13. 3 0 (14. • Aug Festival High Masses Old St Music 98 page 60 Best of Irish 4 Young Gifted and Green page 41 16,23,30of10.Bingen 30 (12.15)OldFreeSt Paul's Music 98 page 60 Previews Aug 5,Comedy 6 22.50 (00.- Part 05) £3.00 • Aug Hildegard Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 05)5£7.50 (£6.50) Aug 14,15,2a1,Rock 22,28-31and22.50 (00.Place 522.50 0) £8.50(00.(£7. 0) Footlights Aug 17,17,1188 14.16.0055 (15.(17.000)0) £6.00 (£4.00) Between a Hard page 19 Previews Aug 5,6 18.30 (19.30) £5.0018.30 (19.Cambridge Theatre Aug 7-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 3 0) £7.00 (£5. 00) • Angels Everywhere Brahma Kumaris page 78 Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-31 18. 3 0 (19. 3 0) £8.00 (£6. 0 0) Aug 6-8 19.00 (20. 45)Theatre £4.00 (£2.Company 00) page 106 BoothbyAugGraffoe pare 29 • Aug Decadence Previews Aug 7 19.142,5 1(20.3,5,1646-20 5)19.45 A(5' 10-22 In(notYourQMW 16)Space 16.00Productions (17.30) £5.00page (£3.0960) Aug 8-10, • Aug Faustus Aug 14,15,219.1,2425 l9.4o izu.tai 17-29 20 (13.of45)Sichuan £6.00 (£4.Cuckooland 00) Aug (20.45)Capurro £9.00 to.ou (£8.Pore00)it.// • The Good14.12.Person Clump page 81 Brain28-31Souffle Scott Aug 25-30 1 5 (15. 4 5) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) Previews Aug 5, 6 17. 4 0 (18. • Aug Grandma' s Holiday Company page 106 Aug 7-10, 17,19,17.2040 (18.40) £8.. $,< 10-22 (not 14.3QMW 0 (15. 3Theatre 0) £5.00 Aug 14,15,1&22,1,1Sentenced 23,2,126,8-31 • Last Night Boy16) Band Saved My Life(£3.-0A0)Rock Popera Charged page 34 InAugYour10-22 Space(notaProductions page 96 Aug 6-9, 1 1-13, 1 6-20, 23,16.24,220The 6,(17. 27Nimmo 0 (17.Twins2(£7.0) £7.00 16)Society MidnightAnonime (01.30) £5.00 (£3. 50) Aug 14,Addison 15,21,22,28-31page 216.0)2£8.00 00) (£6.( • Live Bed Show page 110 Chris 10 Preview 7,817,22.24)1522.(midnight) £4.00£6.00 (£3.00)(£4.00) Previews 5,>6 21.30 (22.30) £4.00 9-29Augs(not 15 (midnight) Aug 7 21.30Aug • Aug Moliere' Precieuses Aug 8-10, 12,1(2'3 ^ Aug 10-22 '(not 16) 20.15Ridicules' (22.00) £5.00Moliere (£4.50)For Lunch page 100 138 Venues

Previews Aug 5,6 22.40 (06.20) £4.00 Conversations with my Agent page 2 / 1998 page 21 Aug 25Gorman 14.00 [17.- 0Reasons 0)Open £5.00Mitoc Award Dave be Cheerful Dave Gorman page 29 Previews Aug 5, 6 21.30 (22. 3 0) £4.00 Aug 7 21.30 (22.30) £4.00 21.30 (22.30) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug a.— 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 i A i c t i to '■) i -30 if\\ ro m /r-7 cm Previews Aug 5,6 re22__ , 19-24, n Moran Poncing(22.About Dylan Moran page 33 Aug 221.40 6,27- 21.40 40) £8.50 Aug 28-31Marchetto (22.40)page£9.00 (£8.00)(£7.50) Ennio 32 Preview Aug 6 20.00 (21.00) £5.00 20.00 (21.00) £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27 Aug 14,15,21,the 22,28-31 20.00 (21.BBC00)Radio £8.504(£7.page 50) IS ForWhom Ends Aug 25 Row 21.30 (22. 4Bell 5)Radio Free Front BBC 4 page 13 Aug Free Aug 2518 19.16.0000 (19. (16.445)5)Brand Free X page 17 Gawk-A-Go-Go! Aug 6-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26-27 5 (00.50)25) £6.00 (£5.00) '6.5023.3(£5. Preview Aug 7 17. 0 0 (17. 5 5) £4.00 Aug 00 (17.(£7. 55)5£7.50 Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 14,15,21,22,28-31 17.00 (17.55)17.£8.50 0) (£6.50) Hitchcock' HalfHourHourpage- Psycho Hitchcock' s3sHalf 29 Vertigo Disco Aug 5,7-9,6 116.1-13, 0 (17. 30)23,£^50 Aug 1 6-20, 2 5-27 30)(£6.£6.5050) (£5.50) Aug 14,to15,Heal 21,22,Your 28-31Inner 16.30Hitler (17.16.330)0 (17. £7.50 How5-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27 Pleasance 98 (£5.page00)37 Aug 13. 0 (14.0Comedy' Aug 14,t1Know 5,21,22,ifYou' 28-31 r13.e Familiar 30 (14.30)with £7.00the3(£6. 0)30) £6.00 IofDon' Voodoo Phenomenon Zombie, but... Universal Grinding Wheel page 40 Previews Aug 8,9,1 Auff 6.7 I’’ Previews Aug 5,6 21.00 (22.00) £3.00 Aug Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 14,Eclair 15,21,2is2,2Mrs 8-31Nosey 21.00 (22. 021.00 0) £8.$<page 29 Jenny Parker Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 19.00 (20.00) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2 19. 0 0 (20. 0 0) £8.50 Aug 28-31 19.00 (20.00) £9.00 (£8.00)(£7.50) Aug 25Shuttleworth 22.00 (: - if Music be the Food of Love...Tuck Ir John John Shuttleworth 38 30) £8.50 (£7.50) Aug 8-20 (not 11)and19.page 30 (20. JulianBarratt Barratt Noel Fielding Julian and Noel Fielding page- The 30 Mighty Boosh Previews Aug 5,615)18.£4.00 15 (19.15) £4.00 Aug 7 18. 1 5 (19. Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 18.15 (19.15) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14,15,218.1,2125 18.(19.1515)(19.£9.00 15) £8.50 Aug 28-31 (£8.page00)(£7.15 50) Just a Minute BBC Radio 4 Aug 2525 17.18.3300 (18. 30) Free Aug Kenneth Gray(19.16,is310)on8-20,Free Fire Kenneth35Gray 29 00) Aug 6-9, 1 1-13, 5)page Aug 14,Eddy' 15,21,s 2Secret 2,28-31 Cabaret 18.23,3255-27 (19.218.Pleasance 5) £7.00(19.2(£6. 0£6.00 0) '(£5. Kool Comedy 98 page 37 Preview 5,166-20, ,7 23.223,52(00. 25)23.£3.00 Aug 8,14,9,11Aug 1-13, 5-27 25)5 (00.£7.5025) (£6.£6.5050)(£5.50) Aug 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-31 23. 2 5 (00. 2 The League Previews Aug^ 5,against 6 22.15Tedium (23.15) £4.00page 31 :0^23,24,26,27 22.15 (23.15) £8.00 (£7.00) 10,,r 23,24,26,£850 27 19.35 (20.35) £8.00 (£7.00) 0 (£8.0and i, Life, Death and Sex with Mike Aug 11 Ends 19.00 (20.BBC00)Radio Free 4 page 13 Sue BBC Radio 4 page 13 Loose Aug 09.45 (I 1.Writing 00) Free Forum LWT Comedy Writing Award page 32 LWT2231Comedy Aug 10.Knight 30 (12.- 0I0)Might Free Single - But the Voices Keep Me Company Mandy Mandy Knight page45 31(00.45)Be£3.50 Preview Aug 7 23. Aug 8,9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 £7.0000)(£6.00) Aug 15,21,22,2-8-31 23.45 (00.23.Things 445)5 (00.£8.0045)Mark (£7. Mark5,14,6Doherty Fascinating Doherty page 22 Aug 20. 1 5 (21. 1 5) £4.50 Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23,25-27 20.115)5 (21. 15)(£7.£7.5050) (£6.50) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-31 20. 1 5 (21. £8.50 Mervyn s4-26Pick13.of00the(14.Fringe page 33 Aug 11,14-16, 12,Stutter' 127-19, 330)0) £7.00 Aug 1-23, 228-31 13.00 (14.page £7.50 (£6. (£6.050)0) Mike Gunn Good Grief 33 Preview Aug 5,6 22.45 (23.45) £4.0022.45 (23.45) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 14,15,21,22,28-31 22.45 (23.45) £8.00 (£7.00)

• My LastAugWeek Modolia page 33 Preview 5,6 With 16.20 (17. 20) £3.0016.Ben20Moor Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 (17.(£7. 20)5£7.50 (£6.50) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-31 16. 2 0 (17. 2 0) £8.50 • The News Quiz BBCFreeRadio 4 page IS 0) Aug 27 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) • The 4 page 13 25Nualas 12.30Stephen (14.BBC00)Radio Free • Aug Paul Foot, Grant & Veronica McKenzie page 35 Previews Aug 5, 6 20. 5 5 (21. Aug 7-9, 15,1-13, 16-20, 23-27 20.55)(21.55£3.00 (21.55) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 14, 1 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-31 20. 5 5 • Aug Paul23-27 Merton14.00 (15.page00)33£8.00 (£7.55)00)£8.00 (£7.00) 28-31 14.00 (15.00) £8.50 (£7.50) • Aug Paul Thorne Previews Aug 5,6 19.page40 4020.419.0) 4£3.00 Aug 7-10,12,13,16-20,23-27 40) £7.50 50) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1,-22,Horses 28-31 19.for40Courses (20.040)(20.£8.50 (£7.50)(£6.Comedy • Preview Peepolykus Pleasance '98 page 35 Aug 9 16. 5 0 (17. 5 0) £5.00 Aug 10,14,115,2,211,3,212,6-20, 23,216.4,256,0 2(17.7 16.50)50£8.00 (17.50)(£7.£7.00 (£6.00) Aug 2 8-31 0 0) • Peter KayAug 5,6page Preview 21.3530(22.321.5) 3£3.00 Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23-27 Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-3121 £8.50 (7.550)(22.35) £7.50 (£6.50) • Aug Phil 22-27 Cool 19.3page 0 (20. Aug 19.30 page (20.330)0)34 £7.50 £8.50 (£6. (£7.550)0) Phil 28-31 Nichol Previews Aug 5, 6 19. 0 0 (20. 0 0) Aug 7-9,11-13,16-20,23-27 0£3.00 00) £7.50 Aug 14,15,Herring 21,22,28-31- Playing 19.0019.(20.0Hide 0(20. 0) and £8.50 (£7.5(£6. 0) 50)Jesus page 37 Richard Seek with Previews Aug 5, 6 15. 0 5 (16. 3 5) £4.00 Aug 15.05 (16.35) £4.0014,26,27 15.05 (16.35) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 78-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26* Aug 28-: R.T.F11,.P.18BBC Aug 5Radio 145) .•)&£ Sean LockAug20.15,s/mos b(21. Previews 6 , 05), £4.00 Aug 20.05 (21.05) £4.00(21. Aug 78-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 20.05 (21.05) £8.00 (£7.00) Sean Meo: Catch 23 Sean Meo 33 Preview Aug 5,6 22.15 (23.15) £3.0022.page Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 1£8.50 5 (23.(£7. 15) £7.50 Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-31 22. 1 5 (23. 1 5) 0) 33(£6.50) Shopping and6 17.St***-Up Mitchell & Webb 5page Preview Aug 3 5 (18. 3 0) £3.00 Aug 7-9,11-13,16,18-20,23-27 Aug 15,21,22,BBC 28-31 17.354 (18.17.page330)5 13(18. £7.5030)(£6.£6.5050) (£5.50) Short14,17-20 Story Aug 11.00 (Ipc1.Radio 45) Free Stewart Lee Aug 5-13 21.Chat25 (22. : Richard Whiteley Richa Teatime Aug 17-31to (not 25)with 15.00 (16.Packer 00) £7.00 (£6.2200) Ticket Up Dallas Previews Aug 7,8 17.20 and (18.20) £3.17.2000page Aug 9,11-13,16,18-20,23,25-27 (18.20)(£6.£6.00 (£5.00) Aug 14,15,Tiernan: 21,22,28-31Undivine 17.20 (18.Comedy 20) £7.00 Tommy Tommy00)Tiernan page 40 Previews Aug 5, 6 20.00 (21. 0 0) £3. 0 0 Aug 7-10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 Aug 14,a15,Gas! 21,22,28-31 020.0) 0£8.0 $< What page5520.(21. 410055)(21.£4.00 Previews Aug 5, 6 20. Aug 20.55 (21.55) £4.00 20.55 (21.55) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 78-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 Dance/Physical • Donna Jackson - Car Maintenance Pleasance '98 page 46 Preview AugFestival 7 23.0ofTheatre 0 (00.10) £4.00 Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 10)0£6.50 Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-31 23. 0 0 123.00 0) £7.Theatre 5(00.0 (£6. 0) (£5.00) • Monkey and theofTheatre Waterfall'(00. Dance Co. Pleasance Festival 9 8 page 46 Aug I01.0)00£7.50 (12.0(£6. 0) £6.50 Aug 2117-20,11.0216.03,23(12.54 (17. 00) (£5.00) Aug Aug 26,27 28-31 16.35 (17.335)5) £6.50 £7.50 (£5. (£6.000)0) Music • Acoustic & Neil Stacey page 48 Preview AugMania 19 18.- 5Antonio 45) 4Forcione £4.00 Aug 20,23,24,26,27 18.00(19. 5(19.0 (19. 5)£8.50£7.50(£6.(£5.50)50) Aug 21, 2 2, 2 8-31 18. 5 4 5) • Aug Out of Oblivion 3,24,217.6,2370page 17.(18.330605)(18.£8.00 35) £7.00 Aug 21,19,222,0,228-31 (£7.00)(£6.00) Musicals/Opera • Aug Gangsta Rapture Festival ofTheatre '98 page 67 3,24,218.6,2175Pleasance 18.1255)(19.£7.50 25) £7.00 Aug 21,17-20, 22,228-31 (19. (£5.50)(£5.00) Talks <£Evening Eventswith Howard Marks Howard Marks page 71 • An Previews 5,6 22.30 £4.00 (midnight) £4.00 Aug 7 22.30Aug(midnight) Aug 8-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 22.30 (£7. (midnight) £8.00 (£7.00) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2 22.30 (midnight) Aug 28-31 22.30 (midnight) £9.00 £8.50 (£8.00) 50) THE PLEASANCE continues over the page

Venues THE PLEASANCE continued Pleasance '98 page 104 Preview] 6-20,23,25-27 AugFestival 14 13.of00Theatre Aug 13.(14.00 0(;0)14.£5.00 00) £6.50 (£5.50) Aug 14,15,Pay21,2Later 2,28-31- Artts 14.30 (16. 00) £8.00 (£6.00) BiPleasance Now, Festival of4Theatre 'International 9(£3. 8 5page Aug 6-13 12. 4 0 (13. 0) £4.00 0) 104 Bondage page 78 18.15 (19. Aug 6-10,12-13,16-20,23-27 30) £8.00 Aug 14,Dowie 15,21,22,performs 28-31 18.1Easy 5 (19.Access 30) £9.00 (£8.0remix) 0)(£7.00) Claire (solo Pleasance Festival of Theatre ' 9 8 page I OS Preview Aug 6 114.6-20, 00 (15.215-27 0) £5.00 Aug 7-9, 14.100)0 (15. Aug 14,115,1-13, 21,National 22,28-3123,Youth 14.00 (15. £7.5010)(£6.£6.5000) (£5.00) Dumped Pleasance Festival of Theatre 'Theatre 98 page 103 Fran Landesman' s '98 page 105 Pleasance Preview Aug1Festival 53,19.160of019.Theatre (19.4(19.5) 4£5.00 Aug 6-10, 2, 1 5) £6.00 (£5.00) Aug 14,Hell 15 19.She00 (19. 45)00 £6.50 From Came page(£5.9317.5030 (19.00) £7.00 (£6.00) Aug 6-10,12,13,16-20,23,24,26,27 Aug 14,15,State...in 21,22,28-315 17.easy30 (19. 00) £8.00 (£7.00)Horse Productions F***The lessons - Hungry Pleasance Previews AugFestival 7,8 14.of Theatre 25 (15.25)'98£3.page 0( 104 ew11,1Aug 919,I 21,22 11.4$ (13.00) £5.50 (£4.50) Aug Aug 15,23,3,21-9,7,Hoipolloi 31 11.45 (13.Pleasance 00) £6.50Festival (£5.50)of Theatre'98 page 103 Honestly Preview10-13,Aug16-20, 8,9 15.23,2254,(16. 375)15.£4.00 Aug 2 6, 2 2 5 (16. 35) (£6. £6.0000)(£5.00) Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 15.25 (16.35) £7.00 Aug 8-10,l! Aug 14,Last15,2Obit 1,22,28-31 19.Pleasence 50 (21.10) £9.00 105 (£8.00) The Preview Aug 7,8 14.Angela 50 (16.00) £4.014.0 5page Aug 9,10,12,13,16,17,19,20,23-27 0 (16. 00) 0£6.00 Aug 14,15,Theatre 21,22,28-31Company 14.50 (16.- Transatlantic 00) £7.00 (£6. 0) (£5.00) Lookout Pleasance Festival of Theatre ' 9 8 page 103 Preview Aug 8 13.50 fIS.OOf £3.00 Aug 9-13,l( Aug 14,-1Derevo 5,21 13.50Pleasance (I$.00) l Festival of Theatre '98 page 103 Once Preview Aug 1320,23.23,1254,(00. Aug 16, 1 7, 1 9, 2275)23.£5.00 15 (00. £7.50 (£6.50) Aug 28-31 23.For15 (00. 25)26,£8.50 50) 25)Cook Play Wisty Me:The Life'98(£7. ofpage Peter Pleasance Festival of Theatre 105 Preview16-20,Aug23,1424,11.26,3207(12.I 1.135)0 (12.£4.0015) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug Aug 15,21,III22,-2English 8-31 11.Shakespeare 30 (12.15) £6.00Company (£5.00) Richard Pleasance Festival of Theatre '98 page 103 Sessions Bridge£3.00Pleasance Festival of Theatre '98 page 104 Preview Aug1-2,Northern 3107,(14. Aug 7-10, 1623,2,13.126,8-31 19,13.230,0)3023-27 30 (14.(£6. 30)0£6.50 (£5.00) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, (14.3Pleasance 0)13.£7.$0 0) of Theatre Shoestring Players - Scapin Festival '98 page 103 Aug 11-14, 1 8-21, 2 5-28 12. 2 5 (13. 2 5) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) - p0ge 8p Short Straw Double Eds00) £3.00 Preview Aug 8 11. 4 5 (13. Aug 10,16,212,2,218,4,3200,2I 4,1.2465 (13. I 1.40$0)(13.£6.50 00) £5.50 50) Aug (£5.50)(£4. The 26-29 Stage11.Seminars Pleasance Festival of Theatre '98 page 105 Aug 0 0 (12. 0 0) Free Stand7-10,National Student Theatre14.5Company page 101 >,r 10 £6.00 Aug 0 (16. Aug 14,15,122,1,123,216,14.17,5019,(16.20,120)3 £7.00 ^ (£5.00) Aug 7-10, Aug 14,Storyteller 15,1 2i 1,22,28-31National 13.30 (14.45) £7.$f The Preview Aug(not6-7Mons) 15.251 Student^ Theatre Company page 101 Aug 8-31 Tamagotchi Heaven Aug 7-10, 17,19,16.20,3523-27 35 (17.(£6. 5 50) Aug 14,of15,1the 22,1,123,Jungle! 2,126,8-31 (17.55)16.Festival £7.$0 Teeth Pleasance of Theatre '98 page 104 Preview Aug 6 14. 0 0 (14. 5 0) £5.00 Aug 7-9,11-13,16,18-20,22-27 14.(14.005(14. 50) £6.00 (£5. 00) Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8, 3 0, 3 1 14. 0 0 0) £7.00 (£6. 0 0) The Tell-Tale Heart - Iroqim'98 page 104 Pleasance Festival of Theatre Aug 6-9, 1 1 -13,16,18-20,23,25-27 15. 4 0 (16. 4 0) £6.00 (£5. Aug 14,15,21,22,28-31 15.40 (16.40) £7.00 (£6.00) 00) 140

The Three Bonazzi Theatre '98 page 103 Aug 10-14, 5-28 12.12.Pleasance (13.110)Festival 0) £7.00 £6.00of(£5. (£4. Aug 15,16,21Party 2,8-21, 23,229-31 1100People (13. 000)0) The Wild Mouse Pleasance Festival Preview 7 112.6-20,4ofTheatre 5 2(13.3,245-27 5) £4.'912.80045page(13.105 Aug 8,14,9,11Aug 1-13, 50) Aug 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-31 12. 45 (13.45) ofTheatre' £7.5045) (£6.£6.50590)8(£5.page The 103 PreviewWrestling Aug 7 12.1Pleasance 0 (13.10) Festival £5.00 Preview Aug17-217 16.16.3535(17.(17.55)55)£4.50 Aug £6.50(£5.(to.uu; Aug 8-14, 15,16,22 16.35 (17.55) £7.00 50) Food and drink: Restaurant, cafe, licensed bar, pasta and wine l day. available. Disabled: Ent: 15yd 2 Str WC (+4 50yd adapted). Aud: 80yd 12+9+5bar,Strsnacks HR. alParking Princes Street Gardens West Venue I 12 Talks Events Bavarian Beer Fest page 10 • Aug The<£7-23 Edinburgh 12.00 (02.00) £5.00 (£4.00)

The Quad - University Old College Quad KI2 Venue Bridge l) 624 5050 (Book Fest) Phones:192220 South 5606 (Scot.lnt' Theatre • Autocrat Scottish 22.00 International Aug 7,9,12-16,18-20 (23.00) presents £8.00 (£5.Edinburgh 0page 0) 109Book Festival page 86 • Aug Kneehigh 26-31 Theatre 20.30 (22.3in0)Strange £8.00 (£6.Cargo 00) Disabled: Ent: 20yd on access road. The Quaker Meeting House jn Venue 40 Victoria Terrace Tickets 220 6109 Box Office: 10.00-21.00 (Info 225 4825) Just off thetheatre Royalcompanies, Mile, on ana airy Victoriavegetarian Street, thisfoodfriendly is home toof contemporary eight cafe terrace serving above home-made and anvenue exhibition creative stitchwork. Dance/Physical • Aug drift...10-15No18.Limits 45 (19.Theatre 40) £4.50Company (£2.50) page 46 Musicals/Opera • Aug The 24-29 Medieval Melee(£2.Shoulder 12.45Musical (14.15) £4.00 00) and Necktie Arts page 68 Theatre • Aug Blue10-22 Skies(notNorthern Company 16)Performance 13.0Theatre 5 (14.35)Exchange £5.50 (£4.page 5page 0) 103102 • Clytemnestra Aug 24-29 20. 3 0 (21. 3 5) £5.50 (£4. 0 0) • Aug Drink10-15 the Mercury 45)Newbury £5.00 (£4.Youth 00) Theatre page 101 • The Glace15.Portable Bay30 (16. Miners Museum The Totally Theatre Company page00)114 Aug 17-29Thoughts (not 23) 15.Tagus 00 (17.Theatre 00) £7.00page(£5. • Waking 11150) Aug 10-22 (not 16) 20.30 (21. 3 0) £5.00 (£3. • AAugWife17-29out(notof Suns) Flowers18.00The(19.4Company 5) £6.00 of(£4.Strangers 00) page 80 Food and drink: Vegetarian Cafe open 10. 0 0-18. 0 0. Disabled:floorWC Ramped(adapted). access from Victoria Tee. Lift available to all floors. Ground

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The Queen's Hall ni3 Venue 72 Clerk StreetMon-Sat, Tickets 668 2019/ccSun 667 (Info 7776 668 3456) Box Office: 10.00-22.00 12.00-22.00 Scotland's liveliest concertthehalInternational l is as busy as ever during the Fringe with over 70 including asperformances, well as comedy, folk and lots more. Festival morning concerts and Jazz Festival Comedy & Revue • EdEd Byrne Byrne: Night atstheHallQueen' at4A5the(23. Queen' page 22s Hall Aug 30 22. 4 5) £10.00 £8.00 • Aug MTV Hot2Comedy Selection page 34 8,Blue 29 23.00Rabbi (00.Lionel 30) £8.50 • Aug Out 21-23, of the Blue page 37 23 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £10.00 (£8. 0 0) • Aug Rory17-20 Bremner 17 (£10.00) 19.30 (21.3page 0) £12.00 Music • The Festival,Doors Edinburgh Aug 29Creatures 20.00Not(23.Brassed 00)Flux£12.50 openWhitburn 19.page 30 54Band page 65 • Aug Definitely Off!!!£7.00The£5.00 13 19. 4 5 (22. 0 0) £10.00 • Aug The 24Double Bass30) Edinburgh Double Bass Festival page 51 19.MacLean 45 (23. £10.00 (£7.International 00)Dougie MacLean • Aug Dougie in Concert page 58 19.30Karen (21.30)Matheson £10.50 (£9.and50) the BT Scottish • James James25-26 Grant, Ensemble Grant, Karen Matheson and the BT Ensemble 57 Aug 27Zorn 20.00+ (21. 50) £12.00 andBarron, £10.00Greg Cohen page • John Masada (Joey + Dave Douglas) Flux Festival, Edinburgh page 54 28Kesey/Ken 20.00 (23.Babbs 00) £10.00 Doors open 19.Pranksters 30 • Aug Ken aka The Merry Flux Festival, Edinburgh pageDoors 54 16Cave 20.00plus (23.support 00) £11.00 19.30 • Aug NickFestival, The54DirtyopenThree Flux Edinburgh page Aug 21,22 20.00 (23. 0 0) £12.50 Doors open 0 • Spiritualized/Steve Martland (support Ben19.3Neill) Flux Festival, Edinburgh page 54Doors Aug 14,15 20.00 (23.00) £12.50 open 19.30 Talks <& Events • Aug Living 24-27Dangerously 15.00 (17.30)LM£7.00Magazine (£5.00) page 70 Food and drink: Licensed bar. Disabled: Ramped access. Ent:bar.WC I yd +1. Wheelchair spacesonin Clerk hall. Infra-red and inductiondoor loop.at front. Accessible (adapted). Parking Street. audio system Automatic Randolph Studio hs Venue 55 Inst. d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph Cres. Tix 225 5366 Box Office: OpensFrancais 11.00 (Info 226 2371 or 225 5366) Music • Aug Fiddling 7-9,1Around 4-16 19.4on0 (21.the20)Fringe £6.00 (£4.Frantic 00) Redhead Productions page 54 Theatre • Amy Johnson Company Aug 16-31 (notFrantic 24)BadApple 14.15 (15.Theatre 45) £6.50 (£4.page 50) page92 76 • Antigone Redhead Productions Aug 7-15 14. 2 0 (15. 4 5) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug Big Mary Redhead page 92 7-15Where 11.Frantic 00 I'(12.m 1Standing 5) £4.00 Productions (£3.Prime 00) Productions • Aug From8-31 page 106 18. 0 0 (19. 3 0) £6.00 (£4. 0 0) • Aug Moscow Frantic Redhead Productions page 93 7-22 (not 12) 21. 3 5 (23. 2 5) £6.50 (£5. 0 0) • Aug Port8-15 and Lemon 1515(17.(12.15)1Frantic £5.00Redhead (£3.00) Productions page 92 16-31 16.s11.Knock! 5)Frantic • Aug Postman' Redhead page 92 8-31 Frantic 12.45 (13. 45) £5.00 (£3.00) Productions • Aug Sarah Redhead Productions page 92 17-29Direct (not 23)Over 16.05the(17.Top 45) with £6.50The (£5.0Tartan 0) Army • Aug T.R.A.M. Frantic18-22, Redhead Aug 25-29 Productions 19.45 (21.20) page £6.0092(£4.00) Food and Ent: drink:3ydCafe Disabled: 4+1 available Str HR.Aalud:l day.50yd 27 Str HRWC (F +3 25" M +7 25"). Roman Eagle Lodge kio Venue 21 210.30-23.30 Johnston Terrace Tickets 622 7207 Box Office: (Info 622 7208) Rightover in the20heart Edinburgh heart of theofFringe. packed with showsoffrom aroundandtherightworld.at theA powerhouse dramaTwoandtheatres excitement. Comedy <£ Revue • Aug Bleeding 7-31 23.Arts1Piglet 5 (00.Newsrevue 15)Piglet £7.00Productions (£5.page00)34 Ltd page 35 • The Frisky 7-15 21.5Music 0 (23.0Hall 5) £5.50Cabbages (£5.00) & Things page 17 • Aug OldeTyme 16-22Pursuit 13.00 of(14.Happiness 05) £4.00 (£3.Clark 50) • Aug Trivial Aug 7-15 23.00 (00.45) £5.00 (£4.00) 22 page 21 Dance/Physical • Aug Billy 17-19, Can 22,Common Ground Theatre page 42 16.35 (17.Sig2n0)Dance £6.00 (£5.00)Theatre • Aug Distant Sisters23,216.8-31Common Sign00)Dance page 42 20,21,25-27 35 (17.20)Ground £6.00 (£5.

Venues Theatre • Adolf Company page40)80£6.00 (£4.50) (notBlades 12,1Theatre 9) 20.Footsteps 35 (21. • Aug Babes7-31 With Aug 9-31 17. 4 5 (18. 4 5) £5.00 (£4.pageTheatre 00)73 page 91 • Aug Blood25-28 Wedding Agridulce 14. 3 0 (15. 4 5) £5.00 (£4. 00) Company page 114 • Aug Closet17-30Land(not The Totally(23.Portable 23) 22.00 10) £7.Theatre 00 (£5.00) page 117 • Aug Crazyface Waste of Space Theatre 10,in12,the 14,18,Studio 20,22,2with 4,26,2J.M.W.Turner 8,30 12.2Company 5 (14.05)Great £5.00Li(£4. 00) page 94 • Aug A Day7-15 ves Theatre 11.11.0030(12.(12.00)30)£5.00 (£4.00) Aug 16-23 (21.40) Seasonal Productions page 110 • Aug Death24-31 and12,20.1the4,4016,Maiden Aug 8, 1 0, 18,20,22,24,26,page 28,3011016.15 (18.00) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug Good7,9,1Seasonal 1, 13,s Bollocks 15,1Productions 7,19,21,Pounds, 23,25,27,Dollars 29,31 16.15 (18.00) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug Hitchcock' 20.3Fresh 0 (21.Mi35)lk £4.00 (£3.93 50) & Cents page 106 • Aug The 7-23 Hole page 22.00 (23.00) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug The 7-9,12-16,19-23,26-30 Hothouse 14.Theatre 30 (16.Viaduct 0Company 0) £6.00page(£5.page01170) 96 • Aug Icon7-23 Icon 11.00 Theatre (11.45) £5.00Sycomore (£4.00) page 111 • Aug Le Roi7-15 16,1Lear 8,20,Theatre 22 10.4Du5 (12.DuSycomore 00) £5.00 page (£4.00)111 • Aug Macbeth 17,19,21,Comedown 23 10.45 (12.00)Waste £5.00of(£4.Space 00) Theatre Company page 117 • Aug Millennium 11,15,as1You 9,23,2Know 7,31 12.It25Waste (14.05)of£5.00 (£4.00) Company page 117 • Aug My Life Space 13,1Day 7,21,2for5,29the12.Millennium 25 (14.05) £5.00Cameo (£4.0Theatre 0)Productions page 79 • AAugNice 24-31 15. 0 0 (16. 0 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) • Aug One-Man Hamlet page 102(£5.00) 5 (20.15)Youth £6.00Theatre • Aug Only25-31 Once(not19.1Wycliffe page(£3.117 7-22 Suns) 14. 3 0 (15. 45) £5.00 00) page 110 • Aug Pope-Afloat Silver Lin£5.00 ing Theatre Company 7-23 19. 1 5 (20. 1 5) (£4. 0 0) • Aug Shakespeare' s Mums Joanne Joseph Actor/Poet page 97 16-23 18.15D'(19.Good 05) £5.00 00) Production Troupe • Aug Shakespeare! Stuff!(£4. Armes page 74 10-15 16. 1 5 (17. 1 0) £4.00 (£3. 5 0) • Aug Shirley10-15Valentine Floradora page00) 91 18. 1 5 (20. 0 0) £6.00 (£4. • Aug Shiva24-31Grit18.Theatre Company 15 (19.0Andrew 0) £4.00Dawson (£3.page50) 94& Gavin Robertson page 74 • Aug Space16-30Panorama 19. 2 0 (19. 4 6) £4. 7 5 Aug 16-30 19.You50 May (20.16) Tonight Firefly Productions page 90 • Wherever Aug 7-15 12.15 (14.00)Be£5.00 (£4.00) Disabled: Ent: level. Aud: +20 Str HR.WC unadapted. Inaccessible for wheelchairs. Royal Botanic Garden on Venue 193 Inverleith Row Theatre • Aug The 9-13, African Julius page 113 29-31ofCaesar 21.Flowers 45 (23.Theatrum 00)Theatrum £5.00Botanicum • Previews LinnaeusJul15-26, -yPrince Botanicum page 113 31-Aug 6 19. 3 0 (21. 3 0) £5.00 Aug 9-26 (not 14) 19.30 (21.30) £9.00 (£5.00) Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland KI5 Venue 132 Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate Talks <6 Events • The Scottish Parliament Architectural Competition - Minds Meetings Architecture Aug 12,14,19,on21 the17.3Fringe 0 (19.00)pageFree70 Royal A1//e Primary School jis Venue 58 Canongate Children' s Shows • Aug Rumpelstiltskin 7-15,17,22,23 14.Portrait 00 (14.Productions 55) £3.00 (£2.page 50) 8 Disabled: Ent: 30yd 1+3 Str. Aud: 10yd Flat.

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Royal Museum K12 Venue 43 Chambers TicketsMon-Sat, 247 421912.00-17.00 Sun Box Office: 10.00-17.00Street (20.00 Tues) Music • The LeicestershireAssociation Youth Orchestra Aug 23National 14.30(15.30) FreeofYouth Orchestras page 59 Food and Ent: drink:Lothian Cafe St.open2ydalramped. l day. Aud: 20yd ramped.WC adapted.Totally accessible. Disabled: St Andrew's £ St George's Church hii Venue III 10.00-15.00 13 George Street Tickets 225 3847 Box Office: ASituated very warm welcome awaits you at thes andvenue where syouChurch could spend your entire Festival! New Town, St George' atmospherein thein which to listenSt Andrew' to stunning music programmes. offers an ambient AlTIME l shows below canstatedbe found under ST ANDREW’S & ST GEORGE’S AT FESTIVAL unlesslistedotherwise Dance/Physical • Aug Strictly Scottish page 46 30 (21. Aug 2218-2216.019.0 (18. 00)30) £7.00 (£6.00) Music • An Horowitz AugAfternoon 30 14.Lees-Viola 30 (16.with 15) £6.00 (£5.0610) page 61 • Aug Andrew page 17 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) Free • As Others page(£5.6100) 15 19.30See (21.Us30) £6.00 • Aug Beethoven, Brahms & Bairnrhymes page 61 Aug 25 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) £5.00 (£4.6100) • Aug Brahms and30 (21. Liszt15) £6.00page(£5. 31 19. 0 0) • Aug Calluna page 50 27 19.The 30 (21.Clarsach 30)(Scottish £6.00(Scottish (£5.Harp) 00)Harp)andSociety • Catriona McKay Chris Stout (Shetland Fiddle) The Clarsach (Scottish Harp) Society page 50 Aug 26and19.3Piano 0 (21.30) £6.page00 61(£5.00) • Cello Aug 27 12. 3 0 (13.Piano 30) £5.00 (£4.6100) • Clarinet 29 14.and 3Ensemble 0 (16.15) £6.0page 0 (£5.00) • Aug Crichton 13 12.30Barock (13.30) £5.00pagepage(£4.616100) • Aug Edinburgh 23 14.30 (16.page15)61£7.00 (£5.00) • Aug Ensemble 30 19.30 Discoveries (21.30) £6.00 (£5.page 00) • Aug Fascinating 20Felsen 12.30Trio (13.30) £5.page0061(£4.00) 61 • Aug The 23 19.Ceilidh 30 (21.15)The£6.00Clarsach (£5.00)(Scottish Harp) Society page 50 • Aug Festival 28 Harp 19.00 (22. 0Voice 0) £7.00The (£6.0Clarsach 0) • Aug Fiddle and 24of19.Love 30 (21.30)page£6.6100 (£5.00) (Scottish Harp) Society page 50 • Aug Fires 13 14.30(16.15) (£5.00)page 61 • Aug Forbidden Songs of£6.00 Russia Aug 31 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) £5. 0 0 (£4.00) Musica & Friends page 48 • Aug For the 24,2Impression 6,Dresden 27 14.30Virtuosi (16.15)page£6.00Arborea (£5.00) • Sept French 12.30 (13.page 30) £5.00 (£4.6100) • Aug Girl 162Power 61 30 (21.15)page £6.0061 (£5.00) • Aug Guitar14 19.19.Recital 30 (21.1The5) £6.00 (£5.00) Harp) Society page 50 • Janet Bennett Aug 25Fancy 19.30 (21.page30) 61£6.Clarsach 00 (£5.0(Scottish 0) • Just 21 14.Townhill 30 (16.15)and£6.Lynn 00 (£5.Harvey-Allan 00) • Aug Katrine Sept I 19.30 (21.and30)Some £6.00 Friends (£5.00) page 61 page 61 • Aug MacDiarmid 14 14.30(16.15) £6.00 (£5.00) page 61 • Mark17Wilde and1Alan 14.30page (16. 5) £6.00Jacques (£5.00) • Aug Menage 61 Aug 12 19.30page (21.1615) £6.00 (£5.00) • Aug Menage 14 12.Trio30 (13.page 30) Free • Aug Merlyn 61 (£5.00) 28 Recitals 14.30 (16.15) page £6.00 • Organ 61Free Aug 12, 1 9, 2 6 12. 3 0 (13. 30)page • Organ Spectacular 6100) Aug 29 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) £5.00 • Aug Petra13Casen page 6100 (£4. 19. 3 0 (21. 1 5) £6. (£5. • Aug Petra15Casen 61 (£4.000)0) 12.30 (13.3page 0)page£5.00 • Aug Piano25 Recital 14.30 (16.15)page£6.616100 (£5.00) • Aug Piano28 Recital 12.30 (13.30) £5.00 (£4.00)

St Andrew' & St30)George' s Choir and Orchestra page 61 Aug 22 12.30sClassique (13. Free page Saxophone Aug 18 14.30(16.15) £6.00 (£5. 0Docherty 0)61 Solo Violin Recital by Claire page 61 Sept I 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) Song12Recital page£6.00 61 (£5.00) Aug 14.30(16.15) Take21Two12.30 (13.page30)61Free Aug Three'18 s12.Company 6100) Aug 3About 0 (13.30)Love £5.00page(£4.page The Truth 61 Aug 19 14. 3 0 (16. 1 5) £6.00 (£5. Violin24 and Piano page (£4. 61 000)0) Aug 12. 3 0 (13. 3 0) £5.00 Vivien20 Liu Aug 14.30 (16.page15) 61page £6.00 (£5.00) Whistlebinkies Aug 29 19.30 (21.30) £6.0065(£5.00) Food and Entdrink: andAcoffee 11.45-14. 15. Disabled: : 3ydTea3 STr. ud: 5ydatFlattimeorofsideperformance. entrance atSnacks street Mon-Fri level by prior arrangement. St Ann’s Community Centre kis Venue 65 South Gray's(Info Close,557Cowgate Box Office: 09.00-21.40 0469) Tickets 557 0469 All shows listed below can be found under LEICESTERSHIRE YOUTH ARTS Children' stheShows • Across Aug 17-22Book 16.Barricades 00 (17.page00)8 £4.50page(£3.850) • Jungle Aug 17-22 14. (15.000)0) £4.50 (£3.50) Aug 24-29 10.the0000Witch (11. • The Lion, Wardrobe pageS 17-22 10.0page 0 (11.800)and£4.50the(£3. 50) • Aug Peter Pan Aug 24-29 14.00 (15.00) £4.50 (£3.50) Musicals/Opera • Aug Little17-29 Shop(notof 23)Horrors 67 (£3.50) 20.00 (21.1page 5) £4.50 • Aug The Wiz 17-29 (notpage23) 6712.00 (13.00) £4.50 (£3.50) Theatre • Aug Cider24-29 with16.Rosie 99(£3.50) 00 (17. 00)page £4.50 • Aug A Midsummer Night' s Dream 17-29 (not 23) 18.00 (19.00) £4.50page(£3.9950) Food and Ent: drink:30ydCafeFlat09.00-21.00 Disabled: . Aud: 4yd Flat.WC. St Cecilia's Hall kis Venue 31 cnr10.30-17.00 Niddry Street & Cowgate Box Office: (Info 650 2805) Tickets 229 8018 Music • Aug Cantare-Sonare s Hall page 56 22 15.00Duets (16.30)Harpsichords £6.00 (£4.00)atatStStCecilia' • Aug Clavichord Harpsichords Cecilia's Hall page 56 27 15. 0 0 (16. 3 0) £6.00 (£4. 0 0) • Clavichord Weekend Performances Harpsichords Cecilia' s Hall(£4.page Aug 29-30 15.19.at0000 St(16. 300)0) £6.00 00) 56 Aug 29-30 (21. • Aug David13 Pollock Harpsichords at St s Hall page 56 15.00Renaissance (16.30) £6.00Band (£4.00) Cecilia' • Aug Edinburgh page 51 14-16 19.3Duets 0 (21.00)Harpsichords £6.50 (£4.50)at St Cecilia's Hall page 56 • Aug Harpsichord 25 for15.0Anna 0 (16.3Magdalena 0) £6.00 (£4.Bach 00) • Music Harpsichords at(16.St30)Cecilia' s (£4. Hall00)page 56 Aug 20 15. 0 0 £6.00 • Aug Music'18s15.Perfect Harpsichords 00 (16.3Master 0) £6.00 (£4. 00) at St Cecilia's Hall page 56 • Organ Performance Aug 15 Symposium 15.00 (16.30) £6.00 (£4.00) Harpsichords at St Cecilia's Hall page 56 Talks & Events • Aug Poetry 14 14.Catalonia/Caledonia 30 (16.30) £6.00 (£3.50)Scottish Poetry Library page 7 / Food and Ent: drink:Niddry Refreshments at time ofunadapted. certain performances Stto. Aud: Advise curatoronly.in advance reDisabled: wheelchair bookings unlocklevel.door.WCInduction Loop. St Cuthbert's Parish Church ]9 Venue Phones:122Info 5229Lothian 1142 Road Music • Lunch HourOrgan Organ Recitals Lunch17,Time Parish Church page 58 Aug 18,20,21,24,Recitals 25,27,28at12.St4Cuthberts 5 (13.30) Free Disabled: Disabled can be brought to the door although there is no parking in Church grounds.

St Giles Cathedral Venue 187 Highwhere Street, Royal Mile SthigGiles h kirkCathedral, of Edinburgh. John Knox preached as minister, is the historic Music • The Scottish Borders Chamber & Wind Orchestras Aug 30National 18.00 Association (19.00) Freeof Youth Orchestras page 59 Talks <fi Events • Aug A Time 17-21for17.Rest 30 (18.and30)Silence Free Edinburgh Interfaith Association page 70 Food and drink: Lower aisle Disabled: Ent: 6yd + 7 Str.Aud:cafe5ydopen Flat. all day.

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• Aug Kantaro Philomusica page 60 3,31 plays 20.00 Beethoven (21.of Edinburgh 30) £6.00to the • Aug The 18,15,Lied1260,2Trio Beatles The Lied Trio page 57 15. 0 0 (16. 3 0) £5.00 • Aug Light26,and Dark Philomusica of Edinburgh page 60 29 18.&00 Nelda (19.00)J£5.00 • Aug Mary13Young Hardie Philomusica of Edinburgh page 60 19. 3 0 (21. 0 0) £6.00 • Aug Phillida Bannister Alpin Philomusica of Edinburgh page 60 30 15.Bannister 00 (16.30)&&£6.William 00 Smart • Phillida Alexander Philomusica of Edinburgh page 60 15.00 (16.30) Philomusica £6.00 of Edinburgh page 60 St John's Church 19 • Aug Piano2229 Favourites Venue 127 10.00-22.00 West End, Princes Street Tickets 668 2019/cc 667 7776 Aug 15.00 (16.Philomusica 30) £6.00 of Edinburgh Box Office: (Info 467 0066) • Rudsambee page 60 'A Festival within Festival' Theacoustic, Scotsmon.Thisafabulously venue, with Aug 25,for 26 20.00 (21.30)s£6.00 architectural beautytheand choiceccentral innovative musicitsandstunning • Songs a Summer' Evening Philomusica of Edinburgh page 60 theatre. Programme detailsnatural on 467 0066 oroffers www.lrich eithlofts. o.uofk/festival. Aug 24 20.00 (21. 3 0) £6.00 • Take of Edinburgh page 60 Music Aug 30MeExtravaganza 18.toYour 00 (19.00)Lieder £5.Philomusica 00 Philomusica • Viola of£5.Edinburgh page 60 • Aug Incas14,Return Andenes Productions-Waykis page 48 Aug 11, 1 3, 1 8, 2 0, 2 5, 2 7 16. 3 0 (17. 3 0) 0 0 1 5, 2 0, 2 2, 2 7, 2 8 19. 4 5 (21. 3 0) £6.50 (£5. 0 0) Aug 29 20.00 (21. 4 5) £6.00 • Aug New15,York Flute & Harp Project Park Stickney page 64 1179 17.19.0300 (18. 030)0) £5.50 (£3.50) Disabled: Ent: 3yd 2.Aud: 5yd Flat. (20. • Aug Park2018,Harp Jazz Trio Park(£3.Stickney Aug 22. 0 0 (23. 0 0) £5.50 50) page 64 Aug 21,24 19. 3 0 (20. 3 0) St Mary's Cathedral ]7 Aug 22 17.00 (18.00) Venue 91InfoPalmerston Place Phones: 225 6293 Musicals/Opera Designed SirthreeGilbert Scott, the Cathedral isbuilding five minutes' thewalkSong west from Princes Street's • Aug Godspell North Berwick Youth Music Theatre page 67 West End.byItsTraquair venues 10-14 15 (18. remarkable murals are- andthetheCathedral Walpole Hall (onitself, Chester Street).School - home of the 17Story 19.317.0of(21. 00)45) £5.50 (£3.50) • Aug The a Horse Music The U10-16, NikitskikhVorot • Aug Bach9 20.00 Philomusica 60 Aug 24-30 Theatre, 14.00 (16.Moscow, 15) £7.00Russia (£6.00)page 68 (21.40) of£6.50Edinburgh 00) pagepage Aug 22.0018-22, (00. • Aug Baroque Philomusica of (£5. Edinburgh 60 Aug 2317 20.00 (22.115)5) 15 20.00 (21. 4 0) £6.50 (£5. 0 0) • Aug B Minor Mass - 3Ludus Baroque St Mary's Cathedral page 62 Food and drink: Licensed cafe until 21. 3 0. 14 19. 3 0 (21. 0) £7.50 (£5. 0 0) Disabled: Ent: 20yd Flat.Aud: lyd Flat.Advance warning necessary. • Cadenza page 62 Aug 16Cathedral 20.00- Faure (22.Concert 00)Requiem £7.00 (£5.Chrysalis 0St0)Mary'spageCathedral 49 St John's Church Hall 19 • The Aug (22.(22.00)15)£5.00 (£4.00) Venue 126 10.00-22.00 West End, Princes Street 668 2019/cc 667 7776 Aug 82320.00 20.30Festival Box Office: (InfoThe467Scotsman. 0066)TTickets • Cathedral Choral on Weekdays 'turned A festival within the Festival’ his fabulously central venue, with the hal l St Mary' s Cathedral page 623Evensong Aug 17-18, 201,2(17.4-26,00)28,Free 29 17.(Retiring 0 (18.1collection 5) Free to Cathedral Music) theatre,co.offers a rich choice of innovative theatre Aug 19 16. 0 and music.intoFulanl intimate informationblack-box on www.styleleithlofts. uk/festival. • Cathedral Festival Choral s Cathedral Aug 5) FreeSunday (RetiringServices collectionSttoMary' Cathedral Music) page 62 Comedy Aug 23,16,3203,315.0Philomusica 310.0 3(16.0 (11.30)4ofFree • Aug The 17-22 Real<fi Revue Deal • Classical Edinburgh page 60 15.15 (17.Liptheatre 00) £3.50Company (£2.50) page 32 20.00Lassus (21.40) &£6.50 (£5.00) • Aug Late2220,27 Night s Cathedral page 62 Music Aug 22.30 (23.00)Palestrina £3.00 CyclesSt Mary' • Aug Naked16-22Voices Sweet Soul Sisters page 64 • Late Night Messiaen Organ St Mary's Cathedral page 62 20.30 (21.30) £6.50 (£5.00) Aug 5, 1 2, 1 9, 2 6 22.30 (23. 1 5) £3. 0 0 • StLunch Hour Recitalspagein St62 Mary's Cathedral Theatre Mary' s Cathedral • Airbase The7 15.Society Theatre Company page 110 Aug 17-21Hour 13.1Recitals 0 (13.50)inFreethe Song School St Mary's Cathedral page 62 Preview Aug 0 0 (16. 4 5) £1.00 (Free) • Lunch 10-15The15.0Rich 0 (16.and45) Famous £5.00 (£3.Theatre 00) Company page 107 Aug 10-14Recitals 13.10(13.50) Frees Cathedral page 62 • Aug Collide • Organ St I Mary' 10-29s Island (not Suns)West17.4End5 (19.Theatre 15) £5.00 (£4.00) page 117 Aug 4,11,18,25,Sept 20. 0Song 0 (21.School 30) £6.00Murals (£3.00) St Mary's Cathedral page 62 • Aug Neville' Company • Aug Phoebe Anna Traquair 24-29 20.Lights 15 (21.5Regina 5) £5.50Theatre (£4.00)Company page 107 8-23 10. 0 0 (17. 0 0) Free • Aug Northern • Aug St Mary' Choir(£3.Concert Aug 5-15 The (not 9) 20.15Gordon (21.45) £6.50 (£5.Student 50) Drama Club page 107 21 19.s 3Cathedral 0 (21.00) £6.00 00) St Mary's Cathedral page 62 • Whigs • Vivaldi/Choral Aug 7,8 18.00 Robert (19.15) £5.00 (£3.University 50) Aug 27 20.00 (21.4Philomusica 0) £6.50 (£5.of00)Edinburgh page 60 Food and Enter drink:byLicensed cafePrinces until Street: 21.30. 20yd Flat.Aud: 5yd Flat WC (access limited). Disabled: Ent:3yd I.Aud:4yd FlatWC. Disabled: pathHelpfromavailable Guide dogs admitted. (Advance Ent: warning necessary). St Michael and All Saints' Church L9 95 andBrougham Street St Mark's Unitarian Church J9 Venue St Michael Al l Saints' i s a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church and part of the Venue 125 1/2Castle Terrace world-wide Anglican communion. It welcomes all to its services which are in the beforesetting performance Anglo-Catholic tradition. StBoxMark'Office: s provideshour an intimate with excellent acoustics for Chamber Music. Music Music • StMusic at St Michael Church & All Saints • Ariette of Edinburgh page 60 17,19,Italiane 21,22 20.0Philomusica 0 (21.3Philomusica 0) £6.00 AugMichael 16,23,3&0Al11.l Saints 00 (12.30) Free page 62 • Aug Baroque Masterpieces of Edinburgh page 60 10,17,2Philomusica 4,31 16.30 of(17.Edinburgh 30) £5.00 page 60 Food and Level drink:access Coffee/tea available- suitable after service. • Aug Cameo Disabled: throughout for wheelchairs. Aug 27,28 20. 0 0 (21. 3 0) £6. 00Moore Philomusica of Edinburgh page 60 • Aug Carolyn Chadwick & John 27 13. 0 0 (14. 0 0) £5.00 • Aug Cello14&14.Piano Recital of Edinburgh page 60 00of(15.American 30) £6.00Philomusica • AAugCentury Love Songs Philomusica of Edinburgh page 60 15 20.00 (21. 3 0) £6.00 The 19Coates Duo00) Philomusica page 60 I •• Aug 18.00 (19. £5.00J Hardieof Edinburgh David16,Hume &(21.Nelda Philomusica of Edinburgh page 60 ; • Aug 3 0 20.00 3 0) £6.00 Francis of Edinburgh page 60 j Aug 20,21,Martineau 23,24,25 22.00Philomusica (23.00) £5.00 143

Venues St Ninians Venue 71 Comely Bank Road Tickets 553 1549 Theatre • Aug My Three Angels Theatre Arts page 87 (22.33Edinburgh Aug 10-22 15,22 14.19.4400 (17. 0)0) £6.00 (£5.00) Food and Ent: drink:30 Wine soft drinks available at time(+3of 25") performance. and Disabled: yds flatand4Str Aud:permitted. 2 yds flat.WC unadapted for wheelchairs. GuideHR.dogs Help available inaccessible on premises.

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St Peter's Church Hall pi3 Venue 17 Lutton Place Box Office: l/2hr before performance (Info 664 2585) Theatre • Aug Hatches Matches and 7-22 (not 19.45)45Dispatches (22.00) £5.50Edinburgh People's Theatre page 87 8,15,22 14.Suns) 30 (16. • Aug Table Manners Edinburgh Aug 25-29 45 (22. £5.50People's Theatre page 87 29 14.for319.0 Donald (16. 45)00) Edinburgh • AAug Wake Aug 25-29 22.30 (23.15) £3.50 People's Theatre page 87 Food and Entdrink: Coffee and biscuits performance. Disabled: : 40yd (W at+ Mtime22").of Disabled access to auditorium, coffee bar and ladies WC. (Gent'+1.s WCAud:WC up stairs). St Serfs Church Hall An Venue 83 Clark Road, Goldenacre Box Office: 19.00-19.30 Theatre • Aug Torwatletie Leitheatre page00)99£6.00 (£5.00) 8-22 (not Suns) 19.30 (22. Food and drink: Unlicensed, light atPermanent time of performance. Disabled: I .Aud:from4yd pavement Flatrefreshments WC (Wnow24").installed. sloping ramp, with handrail,Ent:to60yd entrance The Salisbury Centre pm Venue 46 217.30-19.30 Salisbury Road Box Office: Mon-FriTickets 667 5438 Talks <fi Events • The Festival of Healing &The Salisbury Centre page 71 Aug Sanctuary 10-31 11.0Collective 0 (19.00) £2.00 (£1.00) Food and Restricted drink: Tea access. and coffee Disabled: Studioby donation. up stairs. Scotch Malt Whisky Society bi? Venue 102 09.00-18.00 The Vaults, 87 Giles St. Leith Info 554 3451 Box Office: Music • Whisky, Song00) £12.50 Robin Lai(£10.ng0&0)Jim Malcolm page 61 Aug 10-12,Women 17-19 20.and00 (22. Food and drink: Licensed bar al l day. Disabled: 8yd 22Str (external). Flat.WCfor(28"). Guide dogsEnt:admitted, phone,HRhelp available.Aud:Not14ydadvisable wheelchairs. Scottish Poetry Library kis Venue 56theTweeddale Court,the14year HightheStreet Info 557 2876 and automated Open to public throughout SPL provides information indexes toofScottish poetry,poetry past andalwayspresent, for researcher or browser, and our wide selection international Open Mon-Sat, l2.00-l8.00;Thur 14.00-20.surprises 00. overseas visitors. Talks £ EventsReadings Scottish Poetry Library page 71 • Aug Courtyard 10-29 (not Suns) 14.00 (15.30) Free South BridgeStreetResource Centre kis Venue 123 08.45 Infirmary Tickets 558 9991 Box Office: (weeks 3-4 I 1. 15)-15 mins after the last show Beproductions entertainedon atthevenue 123, one ofintimate Edinburgh'performances s most centralthevenues. Large-scale s shows, main studio. new works, classics, comedystageandanddance. Cafe/bar with greatinfood, drinks Children' and good company. Children' s ShowsMusical Bilton Action Theatre Group page 7 • Aug Boadicea-The 24-28 15.00Witch (16.30)and£3.00the(£2.Wardrobe 00) • The Lion,Travel the California Troupe @(10.San00)Francisco Aug 10-22 (not 16) 09.10 £4.00 (£3.page 00) 7 • Aug Perseus 24-29The11.5Gorgon 0 (12.50)Slayer £4.00 (£3.Venue 00) 123 page 9 144

Comedy <£ Revue • Antigone in Polk County, Medea Goes Country Western, Connie Gets Cancelled California Travel Troupe Aug 10-22 (not 16) 1@0 (ISan1.40)Francisco £5.00 (£4.page 00)page19 22 • Aug Doggy10-15Style21.20- The(22.10.2Sketches Dramaticus 0) £6.00 (£5. 0 0) • The Musical Candy (£1.page00) 13 Preview Aug(not8 21.16,Baby323)0 Wants (22. Aug 9-31 21.3045)(22.£2.00 45) £6.00 (£5.00) • The Robin Hood Revue Aug 10-15 17.11.1200 (18. 450)0) £4.00Nottingham' (£3.00) s New Theatre Company page 34 Aug 17-22 (12. • Square Aug 24-29Pegs21.15Venue (22.15)123£5.00page(£4.4000) Dance/Physical • Jeanine Bright Exhalation,- Movement solo performancepage 45 Aug 24-29Thompson 14.00 (14.45) £5.50 Theatre (£3.00) Musicals/Opera • Aug Portrait of an Unknown Woman I I -19 (not 16) 23.15 (00.45) £6.50More (£4.50)Productions page 67 Theatre • The Art Theatre page 77 17-22ofThing 21.Cruelty 05 (22.Absolute 25)Bare £5.00and (£3.Ragged 50)Theatre • Aug Beautiful Banana Company page 72 Aug 9-22 (not 16) 13. 1 5 (14. 4 5) £6.00 (£4. • The Big Crunch Bare and Ragged Theatre00) page 77 Aug 17-22 18. 0 0 (19. 2 0) £5.00 (£3. 5 0) • Aug Corporate Venue 123 page 10-15 20.15.Spirits 2100 (21. 00) 116 17-22 (16.210)0)Bare£5.00and(£3.Ragged • Aug The Dumb Waiter 17-22 22.in 3this 5 (23.House 30) £4.00 (£3.00) Theatre page 77 • Aug Everyone California Travel Troupe 79 10-23from (not 16)My 11.Diary 5@0 (12.SanBare 50)Francisco £5.00 (£4.page 00)Theatre • Aug Extracts and00) Ragged page 76 Aug 17-22 15. 0 0 (15. 5 0) £4.00 (£3. • Aug Filthy10-15Lies,14.Clean Breasts Venue 123 page 116 2 5 (15. 3 5) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug The 17-22 Flowers16.4in5 (17. the45)Park£6.00Alternate page 73 (£5.00)VenueShadows • Aug Hamlet (The Dithering Dane) 123 page (not 16,in 2the 0,23)Lifebelt 19.45 (21.00)page£5.0099 (£3.00) 116 • Aug The 10-31 Lemming 10-15 18. 2 0 (19. 2 5) £5.00 (£3.Theatre 00) • Aug Love24-29 and Rockcakes Lightbulb(£4. page 100 16.50 (17. 50)s£5.00 00)Bare andCompany • Aug A Midsummer Night' Dream Ragged Theatre page 77 17-22 16. 0 0 (17. 4 5) £6.00 (£4. 0 0) • Aug The 17-22 Picture13.1of0 Dorian Gray(£4.Bare Theatre page 76 (14.50) £6.00 0The 0) andLittleRagged • Aug Sometimes an23)Angel God Help£5.00 Man page 94 17-31 (not 20.00 (20. 5 0) (£3. 5 0) • Aug Stripped 116(£3.00) 17-22 18.Venue 10 Venue (19.12325)123page £5.00page • The Tempest Aug 10-15 16. 2 0 (17. 5 0) £5.00 (£3.01160) at Glasgow (ST@G) page 111 • Aug The 24-29 White23.Room Student£5.00 Theatre 00 (midnight) (£2.50) Food and drink: Cafe available al l day. LicensedtobarMaiaftern auditorium 17.00 and all day on Sats. Disabled: Ent: 5yd. Flat. Wheelchair cafe/bar secondAud:floor. (Call ahead foraccess wheelchair assistance toandthetoilets. secondStudio floor.)and | b Guide dogson the admitted. South Leith Parish Church Halls as Venue Phones:180Info Henderson 554 2578 Street Children' s Shows Purves International Puppets page 9 • The Nutcracker Aug 12-15 14.00 (15.350)(14.£4.0045) (£3.00) Aug 17-21,24-28 Aug 14.00 (15.13.in 31Circusland 0) • Aug Pips22,12-15, and29 Panda Purves International Puppets page 9 Aug 17-21,222,4-2829 11.10.0105 (12. (11.340)5) £4.00 (£3.00) Disabled: Ent:4yd flat.Aud:5yd flat.WC adapted and on ground level. Southside mi 2 Venue 82 117 Nicolson Street Tickets 667 2212 Box Office: 10.00-01.00 Two minutess reputation from the forFestival Theatre.range Fringe First, Open Mic and Guardian awards prove Southside' amazing stand-up, theatre and even anballet. New for '98,ofashows: friendlypoetry, open musicals, air cafe. Children' Shows Magic Carpet Theatre paged • Aug Circus8-31sWorkshop Double Bils10.10(11.45) Price (withSpells Mr£3.50Shell'Magis Seaside Spells) • Aug Mr Shell' Seaside Theatre£7.00page 8 8-31 12. 1 0 (13. 2 5) £5.00 (£4. 0c0)Carpet£7.00 Double Bi l Price (with Circus Workshop) • When Exacting(£3.Theatre Aug 17-22Penguins 10.00 (10.Fly.50). £4.50 00) Company page 7 Comedy £ Magic RevueShow Ian Kendall page 31 • Aug Another 8-30 22.00 (23.00) £5.00 Janet (£4.00) • Aug Big Hair, Big 23-31 18.3Show 0 (19.30)Planet £5.00 (£4.00)page 35

• Aug Charlie s Jacket Badges Cheese page 19 7-31 Cheese' 22.00 (22. 50) £5.00ofPresents (£4. 50) Charlie • Aug Comedy Club (London) page 21 20.00 (20.50)page £5.00 (£4.50) • Aug David7-31 7-22McSavage 19.00 (19.Earl 50) Okin £5.0032(£4.page00)35 • Aug Feeling Horny? 8,28-30 14,15,16.211-230 (17.16.115)0 (17. 15) £6.50 50) (£5.00) • Aug The Improverts page£7.0029 (£5. Preview Aug 6 23.00 (midnight) Free 23.00 (midnight) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug Mitch7-31 Aug 7-31Benn 21.00 (21.page50) 15£5.00 (£4.50) Dance/Physical • Aug Dance23-31'N'22.Stuff 43 (£5.00) 25 (23.2page 5) Youth £6.50 • Aug Snow8-15 Queen 18.30 (19.Burklyn 30) £6.00 (£4.Ballet00) page 42 Musicals/Opera • Aug The 25-27 Boyfriend 14.00 (15.Wells 4School 5) Cathedral £6.00page (£5.0School 0) page 68 • Jekyll! Shrewsbury 68 05 (19.50)Mts£7.00& Firstbush (£5.00) • Aug Lifts24-29 Royal22.18.2Holloway 6-22 5Children (midnight) £6.50 (£5.00)Artists Ltd page 68 • Aug The Railway The Realistic Theatre Company 10-29to(not 16.00 (17. 5of0)Edinburgh £7.00 (£5.0page 0) 67 page 66 • Aug Return the Suns) Forbidden Planet C-NRG Productions Aug 5,6,9-11,13,16-19,23-26 20.20 (22. 0 0) £7.00 Aug 7,8,14,15,21,22,28-30 20.20 (22.00) £7.50 (£6.(£5.00)50) Theatre • Aug Big Word page 77 6-31 19.Performance 00Stick (20.00) Double £5.50Poetry (£4.Edge00)Drama • The Dancing page 86 Preview Aug 9 17. 1 0 (18. 5 0) £3.00 Aug I 1, 13, 1 5, 1 7, 1 9, 2 1 17. 1 0 (18. 5 0) £5.50 (£4. 50) Union Drama page 102 • Aug Death17-31and(notthe20,Maiden Oxford Brookes Student 2 7) 20.10 (21. 5 0) £6.00 (£4. 00) Company page 101 • Desperate Student Preview Aug(notRemedies 6-812)14.14.0505(15.(15.National 45)45)£5.50 (£3.(£4.50)5Theatre Aug 9-22 £6.50 0) • Aug Feint16-31 Traces(notof20)an 14.Alien First Among Sequels page 90 00 (15.Being.... 4page 0) £5.00 • Aug Freak8-13Show Saucy Horse 109 (£4.00) 14. 3 0 (15. 3 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) • Aug The 9,11,13,15,16,18,20,22,23,25,27,29,30 Misanthrope Faction/Theatre Edible16.00page (17.089page 0) £5.50 50) • Aug Mrs 7,Dench' s1Dentures Faction /1Theatre Edible 89 5(£4. 8 , 1 0, 1 2, 4, 1 7, 1 9, 2 1, 2 4, 2 6, 2 8, 3 16. 0 0 (17. 0 0) £5.50 (£4. 0) • Othello Double Edge Drama page 86 Preview10,1Aug Aug 2,14,816,17.Disney 18,1020,(18.2250)17.Exacting 1£3.00 0 (18.Theatre 50) £5.50 (£4.50) • The Pitchfork Aug 17-22 11. 0 0 (12. 0 0) £4.50 (£3.50)page 109Company page 89 • Aug The 16-22 Red Dress Sawston Players 13.00 (13.in50)Chicago £5.00 (£4.Exacting 00) • Aug Sexual10-15Perversity Company page 89 14.00 (15.Theatre 10) £4.50Company (£3.50) pageTheatre • Aug Shakers Exacting 89 24-30 10. 3 0 (11. 5 0) £4.50 (£3. 5 0) • Aug Slags5-15,23-30 Newcastle23.10University Society 25) Theatre £5.00 0) (NUTS) page 102 16-22of01.10 (02.25)(00.Exacting £5.00 (£3. 50)(£3.5Company • Aug Stories Odyssey Theatre 89 10-15 10.00 (10. 45) £4.50 (£3.00)Baggage Theaterpagepage • Aug The 5-15,23-31 Substance of1Fire Emotional 88 Aug 12. 5 (13. 3 5) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) • Aug Swimming in22Treacle Vicious £4.00 Rumours(£3.50)page 117 16, 1 8, 2 0, 23.10 (midnight) • Ten Times20.10 Table(21.5Oxford Brookes Union Drama page 102 0) Ugly £6.00Theatre (£4.50) Student • Aug 3ft off5-15 the 14.Ground page 116 Aug 16-31 1 5 (15. 3 0) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) • Vanek Productions Aug 23-31Czechered 17.15 (18.Plate 45) £5.00 (£4.50) page 82 Food and drink: CafeStr.andAlsolicensed bar until 3am. Disabled: Aud: 32yd toEnt:lift1+7+1 (30") or 7+9+3.ramp at rear via Quarry Lane.WC (fully adapted). Southside Courtyard Li3 Venue 16 Davie St. Tickets 667 2212 Box Office: 10.00-midnight Hal f way between Southside the Pleasance, dodges most the fire-breathers the open airspace. Courtyard Bar! Home to theandLaboratory, the Fringe' experimentalinperformance Children' s Shows • Aug Excess9-30Gas(notpresents The 7 Weds)and12.Stolen 3Little 0 (13.1Circus 5) £4.00 (£3.John5Laboratory 0) Peel Puppetspage page • Aug Red 10-22 Riding(notHood Red Hen 7 16) 11. 0 0 (11. 5 0) £3. 7 5 • Aug Spinning Riddles Tel l Tale Children' s Theatre page 9 9-15 I 1.00 (11.45) £4.00 (£2.00) Comedy <£ Zero RevueAacne Productions page 10 • Aug Channel 9-31 23.00 (23.50) Competition £5.00 (£4.00) Chunky Nimfot page 19 • The Last Big 23-31Genius 18.00Iguana (18. 50) Symbol! £5.00 (£4.0Earl 0) Okin page 35 • Aug Musical Sex Aug 7-13,16-20,23-27 20.10 (21.(21.225)5) £7.00 (£5. Aug 14, 1 5, 2 1, 2 2, 2 8-30 20.10 £7.50 (£5.050)0) • ZVBXRPL The Laboratory 31 (£4. Aug 9-12,14-17,19-22 16.00 (16.page 50) £4.50 00)

Venues Dance/Physical • Arago The (notLabo Tues) s21.Elastic ( Band page 45 • Aug Lord7-31 Glenconner' Aug 8-15 21.30 (22. 00) £3.00 (£2. 00) • Aug Traffic7-15 Smart Company 15.15 (16.15) £ Musicals/Opera • Aug Black10-15 Broadway Rhythms Norfolk State University Players, USA page 67 22.Stage15 (23. 45) £5.00page(£4. • Cabaret by 0Stage 6800)(£5.00) Aug 24, 2 6, 2 8, 3 0 16. 0 (17. 3 0) £6.00 • Aug Pippin25,27,Stage 29,31b) Opera Z Theatre Company page 61 • The Threepenny Aug 6-22 (notTues) 16.30 (18.30) £6.00 (£4. 50) • Waiting Aug 24-29for18.an30 Answer (19.45) £4.00The(£3.Apostle 00) Players page 66 Theatre • Accustomed page 98 AugAudience 6-22 11.00Towith (12.Her 00)DonFace £4.00Juan(£3.TheThe 00)Laboratory • An Laboratory page 99 Aug 16-22 18. 0 0 (18. 5 0) £5.00 (£4. 0 0) • Aug Disorder 24-30 11.The00 Laboratory (12.The00)Laboratory £4.00page (£3.5990)page 99 • The Doc 2Brief Aug 23-26, 8-31 15. 0 0 (15. 5 0) £4.00 • Aug Dreaming The(20.Laboratory page00)99(£3.50) 8-25 20.00 5 0) £4.00 (£3. • Aug Elektra' s Brother page 100 13,16,20,Moral 27) 12.Horse 0Company 0 (13.Productions 00) £4.page 00 (£3. • Aug Fools8-31 Gold(not14.0Exacting Theatre 89 00) 24-30 0 (15. 0 0) £4.50 (£3. 5 0) • Aug Gasping Crumpet 16-22 00 (15.Theatre 30)Theatre £5.00Company (£4.00) pagepage8189 • Aug God24-30 Head10.14.Exacting Company 0 0 (10. 5 0) £4.50 (£3. 50) 99 • Aug Codswallop 15-31Midsummer (not The16,2Laboratory 3) 17.Night' 00 (17.s Dream 5page 0) £5.00 • AAugHard On(£4.0Its0)Way Productions page 102 17-30 20.Heart 00 (21.40)Exacting £6.00 Theatre (£5.00) Company • Aug Her 24-30 Aching page 89 15.00Laboratory (15.50) £4.50page(£3.9950) • Aug Instants The 10-22 15. 1 0 (15. 5 0) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug King9-31of the14.0Halls: 0 (14.Theatre 5A0)Rags £5.00topage (£4.Drag 5800) Story The Laboratory page 98 • Aug Labels7-31 Company (not 12, 1 9, 2 6) 19. 0 5 (19. 40)Company £5.00 (£4.0page 0) 89 • Aug Leftover Weasel Exacting Theatre 24-30 11. 0 0 (12. 0 0) £4.50 (£3. 5 0) • Aug Lounge-room Punter(£4.Productions 106 15Lizards (15.the30)Last £5.50 50)on Earth page • Aug Not 23-31 ifYou19.14.Were Comic The Laboratory page 99 7-31 0 0 (19. 5 0) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug On the The50)Laboratory 17-22Inside 10.Alone 00 (10. £4.00 University (£3.5page 0) 98Drama Society page 117 • Aug Ourselves Warwick 10-30 (not Weds) 12. 0 5 (13. 5 0) £5.50 (£4.00) • The Pier(notTheWeds) Laboratory 9-31 22.00Z Theatre (22.page50) 99£4.50 (£4.00) • Aug The Play' s the Thing Company 6-22The(notTues) 17.00page(18.3980) £5.00 (£4.00)page 117 • Aug Ripe Laboratory 10.00 (10. 50) £4.00Theatre (£3.50)Company page 110 • Aug Saved10-15 Sheffield University 16-22 22.Us15 (Dreams) (midnight) £4.The 00 (£3. 00) page 98 • Aug Sleep With Aug 24-30 10.Inflate 00 (10.page 50) £4.00 (£3.Laboratory 50) • Spinback 96 Aug 9-15 20.30 Fevered (21.30) £4.50 (£3.50)of Emergency page 90 • Still Matter 19.Sleep 00 page (19./ State 50) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug 3AugEves8,12-14,18,19,22 The Laboratory 16.0Theatre 0 (16.50) page £4.0073(£3.9950) • Aug Toilets24-30 AcX 9-15Song15.0Trilogy 0 (15.45) Exacting £3.50 (£2.Theatre 50) • Torch page 89 24-30 of13.Emergency 00 (13.50) £4.50Fevered (£3.50)SleepCompany • TAug State / State of Emergency page 90 Aug 9-11, 1 5-17, 2 0, 2 1 19. 0 0 (19. 5 0) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) • Waiting s Grimey North page 96 Aug 16-22forin13.theGodot 30 (15. 40)It'£5.00 (£4.0Up0)Theatre • Walking Forest Municipal Company of Keratsini page 100 Preview Aug 26 10. 2 0 (I 1. 4 5) Free Aug 27-31the10.Bough 20 (11.Breaks 45) £5.00MOPA (£3.00)Theatre Company page 100 • When Aug 16-22 16.00 (16.50) £5.00 (£4.00) Food and Ent: drink:14ydCourtyard licensed until 23.0(F0 and Disabled: 1/2+1. Aud:Bar10yd +I3+I4WC 25" cafe. M awkward corners).

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Acivilized world within a world of- aspectacular 08.30 toand15.unimpeded 30, Mondaydoor to Friday celebration, and hospitable I920's Danceevents Salonandto serious die for fun. - yourAlways festivala club! experienced abilities use thecaferamped at theallrearyear.The of theentire church.audience of all All shows listed below can be found under THE SPIEGELTENT unless otherwise stated Music • Aug Lift-A-Leg Aitken17.Karpals page 48 Children' s Showspage 9 20-Sept Hour! 5 (not Suns) 20 (18.4=0)Piano/Keyboard £5.00 • Aug Mr Boom 17-23 14. 0 0 (15. 0 0) £3.00 Food and drink: Restaurant and cafe 08.30-15.30 (Mon-Fri). • Trout Disabled: Ent:then15ydramped. Flat 9 Cafe: Str. Aud:ent2ydfromflat.sideWCramped. (adapted), Ent. at side: 20yd ramped. Aug 9-16Fishing 15.30 in(16.America 30) £3.00 page 9 Aud: 4yd flatGuide WC or(adapted).Wheelchair kept on premises, dogs admitted. Comedy <£ Revue • Aug Manic20-24Opera: Peppered with Smut page 39 21.00 (23. (22.300)0) £7.00 (£5.00) The Stand Comedy Club H12 25-30Weird 22.30 • Aug Scared Venue 5 5 York Place Tickets 558 7272 Aug 10-31 21.00Little (22.00)Guys £8.00 (£7.page00) 37 Box Office: 12.00-20.00 Scotland' s own ful l time comedy club won' t rip you off. Comfortable cabaret style seating Music with Fair bar£5. And prices.weRealpay ales houserecommended wines.Air-conditioning. • Aug Blue7-10, House page (22. 63 30) £7.00 (£5.00) Mealstables. for under our and staffgreat the STUC minimum wage. 13-16 21.00 Aug 17-22 22. 3 0 (23. 3 0) All shows listed below can be found under THE STAND COMEDY CLUB 24,26,28,page30 midnight (01.00) • Aug Bourn! 63 Comedy <£ Revue page 39 7-13 19.3page 0 (20.30) £6.00 (£4.00) • ABBArration , • Aug Ceolbeg Preview Aug(not6 Mons) 18.00 (19.17.1400)(18.£3.0050) £5.00 (£4.00) 13Hay 19.00 (20.page30)6363£7.00 (£5.00) Aug 7-30 • Aug Colin • Attwood & Vernon' s Palace of Varieties page 39 Aug 28, 2 9 19. 0 0 (20. 3 0) £8.00 (£6. 0 0) Preview Aug(not2 17)14.012.0 (15. • Aug Dick18,Gaughan page 63 (£6.00) 8-30 35 0Cup (13.0) 3£3.00 5)Memories £5.00 (£4.00) page 39 19 19.00 (20.International 30) £8.00 • Aug Bob Doolally' s18.World • The Edinburgh Jazz Festival page 63 Aug 1-9 12. 0 0 (03. 0 0) Preview Aug 2 0 0 (19. 0 0)0) £3.00 • Aug Edinburgh Songwriters Showcase New Music Club page 63 Preview Aug 3 20.00 (21. 0 £3.00 7-31 22.s Band 45 (01.00)page£3.5630 (£2.50) 7-30Presley: 19.30 (20.30) £5.on00)the(£4.Bontempi 00) • Aug Fat Sam' • Aug Hovis page 39 11, 1 3 22. 3(01.0 (midnight) £7.00 (£5.00) Preview Aug(not2 17)16.Mutiny 016.0 (17. 0(17.0) 0£3.00 Aug 14 23. 4 5 3 0) Aug 8-30 0 5 5) £5.00 (£4.0390) Sept 1, 4 midnight (01. 3 0) • Kevin Hayes: Beyond the Pale page • Aug Fruit 17.page30 (19. 63 00) £5.00 (£4.00) Preview (16.30 0(15.0) 3£3.00 8-30Aug(notI 17)15.on014.0lce:The 0) £5.00 (£4.page00) 39 Aug 3-8 28-31 14.30 with (16.00)Nigel Clark page 63 • Aug Lumberjacks • The Hot Club Preview Aug 2 21. 1 5 (22.1(23.5) 1Return £3.00 Sept 4 19. 0 0 (20. 3 0) £7.00 (£5. 0 0) Aug 7-30 (not 17) 22.10 0) £5.00page(£4.3900) • Aug Kenny18-22, Young • Martin Bigpig:I 12.Funny 25-2915and(23. 19.the 3105)(20.Eggplants 30) £6.00Tent)(£4.page00)57- (Spiegel Marquee) Preview Aug 312.0 (13.30 Ha-Ha 4(13.0) 4£3.00 Aug 23,30 22. (Spiegel Aug 8-30 (not 17) 0) £5.00page (£4.0390) • Sept Leonardo' Bride • Martin Bigpig: 2,3 417.,5 022.0s (18. 30 (23. 30) page £7.0063(£5.00) Preview July 31 17)19.Funny 019.0 0(20.0 Peculiar 00)0£3.00 Sept 3 0) Aug 7-30 (not (20. 0) £5.00 • Aug Lynn10-15 Hazelton and30)Desert • No Contest page(21.3900) £3.00 (£4.00) 17.18.0000 (18. £6.00 Child (£4.00) page 63 Preview Aug(not2 20.00 Aug 23-31 (19. 0 0) Aug 6-30 17) 20.30 (21.30) £5.00 (£4.00) • Aug Makvirag • The StandJuly 31,page 29 21.00page(22.63page 30) £6.00 (£4.00) Previews Aug00)14021.00 (23.15) £6.00 (£5.00) • Aug Mose28,13-22 Scarlett 63 Aug 7, 8 23.00 (01. 18.00 (19.page00)63£6.00 (£4.00) 10-30Guide 23.00 to(01.Scotland 15) • Aug Nick14,Harper • Aug Useless 39 15 Blind 19.30 Dogs (20.40) £6.00 (£4.6300) Preview Aug 1, 3 17. 3 0 (18.£5.0030) (£4. £3.000page • The Old page Aug 7-30 17. 2 0 (18. 2 0) 0) Aug 27 23. 4 5 (01. 0 0) £7.00 (£5. 0 0) • Aug The 7-30 Very21.00 Best(22.of Scottish • Aug Out25of 19.Oblivion page 60(£6.00) 10) £5.00 Comedy (£4.00) page 39 00 (20.10) £7.00 • The Oysterband page (£5. 63 00) Theatre Aug 30 19. 0 0 (20. 3 0) £7.00 • Aug Paul21Kelly17.00 (18.page30)63£7.00 (£5.00) • Aug Rita,8-30 Sue(not and IT)Bob14.Too15 (15.4page 0) £5.10700 (£4.00) 23,Poozies 24,27,31 19.page30 (20. 30) • Aug The 63 Food and drink: Al l day, before shows and during intervals. Bar closes when each show ends. : 19.00 (20.page30) 63£8.00 (£6.00) • Aug Renee20-22 Geyer Aug 23 23. 4 5 (01. 3 0) £7.00 (£5. 0 0) The79Subway Ki2 Aug 2426 22.30 Venue 19.00 (20.23.330)0)page 63 Box Subway Office: i69s1/2theCowgate hour before eachnightclub. performance (Messages 225playing 6766)all your • Aug Rory24McLeod The busiest and best Open 7 nights a week, Aug 19. 0 0 (20. 3 0) £7. 0 0 (£5. 0 0) favourite from the crazy 60s, 70s,cocktails, 80s and'Simply 90s. Open til Sam • Aug Ruby22-31 Fruit17.Jungle Unbeatabletunespromotions, the Best' placeduring to be.Festival periods. 0page 0 (18.6330)page £7.0063(£6.00) • Aug Seelyhoo 25 23. 4 5 (02. 0 0) £7.00 (£5. 0 0) Musicals/Opera • Tam White'23.s45Celtic • Aug Cabaret 00)Blues £8.00Connection (£6.page00)63 page 63 28,29 10.DeMontfort 15 (11.45)Theatre £4.50 (£3.Company 50) page 66 • Aug Trout16-22 Fishing in(02.America Aug 10, 1 2, 1 4 22.30 (23. 3 0) £7.00 (£5. 0 0) Theatre Aug (01.300)0) • Aug April9-22in Paris Harland16.0Hamstrings Theatre 96 Aug 1315,1midnight 6 19.00page (20. Weds) 0 (17.Hamstrings 45) £4.00 (£3. 0Company 0) Companypage page • Tympanal! 6300) £3.50 (£2.50) • Aug The 9-22 Blues(not Sisters Harland Theatre 96 Aug 10, 1 7, 2 4 22. 4 5 (01. (not Weds) 14. 0 0 (15. 4 5) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) Aug 27 21. 0 0 (22. 3 0) • Aug Games People Play20.Harland Hamstrings Theatre Company page 96 • The Vast Majority page 6300) 9-22 (not Weds) 0 0 (21. 4 5) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) Sept 2 19. 0 0 (20. 3 0) £7. 0 0 (£5. • Aug Mort25-29Primary page(£3.10600) • Washboard Hank00) £3.page00 63 14.45 Colours (16.Theatre 15) £5.00 Aug • Aug Road23-27DeMontfort Company Aug 7-12 10-1214.Oiled 19.0000(15.(20.Sisters 30) £7.00page (£5.0630) 12. 1 5 (13. 4 5) £4.00 00) page 83 • The Well Aug 28,29 10.Harland 15 (11.4Hamstrings 5) (£3.Theatre Aug 11,14,1127 midnight (01. 30) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 19. 0 0 (20. 3 0) • Teechers • Women Aug 9-22 (not Weds) 18.00 (19.45) £4.00Company (£3.00) page 96 Aug 11,12,on18,the 19,2Verge 5,26 21.00 page (22.30)63 £6.00 (£4.00) Food and drink: Light snacks available. Disabled: All on one level. Small step to Gent's toilet. 146 Venues

Teviot Row House ui Venue 14 Bristo Square Tickets 650 4673 Box Office: 20.00-02.00 Club Culture clubs has arrived the oldest Student Unionin building in the iworld. Featuring fiveand bars on fiveatandlevels, Row House Bristo Square s fully decorated packedandwithfive lights, sound partyTeviotatmosphere. Music • The Edinburgh Aug 7-30 21.00 (03.International 00) £5.00 Club Festival Club Festival page 50 Food and drink: Food and drink available. Theatre East End h/3 Venue 114 09.00-17.00 St Paul's and St George's Church,York PI. Tix 558 9800 Box Office: Theatre • Aug Twelfth Arkle00)Theatre 17-22Night 19.45 (22. £5.00 (£4.Company 50) page 74 Disabled: Accessible venue. Advance notice preferred but not essential. Theatre Workshop F9 Venue 20 3410.00-23.00 Hamilton(Info Place225Tickets 226 5425 Box pulse Office: 7942) The of the Fringe i n the heart of the New Town. An award winning venue including from Dublin to Japan to Liverpool to Spain tokind.Glasgow. : innovative open all daytheatre - introducing late night experiences of a different . Cafe/Bar Children’s • Aug Baby10-15 LoveShows - Quicksilver Theatre 30 (12.-15)Stirling £4.50 (£3.50) Theatre Workshop page 9 • Aug Pooh17-22 and 11.11.Friends 30 (12.25) £4.00 Youth (£3.00)Theatre Theatre Workshop page 9 Comedy <6 RevueDo On Stage - Clare Summerskill • What Lesbians Theatre 40 (23.10) £6.50 (£4.50) Aug 10-31Workshop (not 16,23,page 30) 22.00 Dance/Physical • Aug My Mother-Taihen 24-29 13.30 (14.30) Theatre £5.00 (£3.Workshop 00) page 46 Talks <£ Events • Aug Buckaroo page00)71 12-16,1Boudoir 9-23,26-31 Theatre 23.00 (02.Workshop 00) £5.00 (£2. Theatre • Aug Contracts Productions Theatre Workshop page 113 10-15- Balloonatics 17.- Outhouse 30 (18.45) £5.00 (£3.5Co. 0) Theatre • Aug Dracula Theatre page 113 (notand16,2the 3) 18.Price 00 (19.of30)Fame £6.00- Bunycrai (£4.00)Workshop • Theatre Elise10-31 andWorkshop Me Enterprises 112 (£4.00) 10-16 16.0From 0 (17.page 3the 0) £7.00 • Aug Fascinations Crowd Aug 10-15, 2 4-31 19. 3 0 (20. 45) £7.00fecund (£5.00)theatre page 90 17-22 21.30 (22.of4the 5) Third • Aug Fear and Misery Reich - Theatre Works Theatre17-31Workshop 11230) £6.00 (£5. (not 23) 12.page0Theatre 0 (13. 00) 112 • Aug Genesis Collusion Workshop 17-31in(not 23)Mirror 14.00- (15. 05) £6.00 (£5.0page 0) • Aug Hamlet the Manuel Dionis-Bayer Workshop page 113 10-15Finished...Yet! 21.30 (22.40) £6.50 (£4.50) Pugh TheatreTheatre • Aug I'Augm Not Elizabeth Workshop page 112 17-31 (not 23) 16. 0 0 (17. 1 0) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug The 17-22 Kaos 19.Master and Margarita (21. (£4.50) Kaos Theatre UK page 97 24-29 21.3030 Thought (23.000)0) £7.50 • Aug The Man Who He Was Theatre Workshop 113 (£3.50)Going To Die - Mass Productions Aug 10-16 15.3300 (18. (16.page 40)0) £6.50 Aug 17-22 17. 4 • Aug Monkey Business Theatre Co. Theatre Workshop page 113 13.Eaters 30 (14.- 4Activate £5.00 (£3. 00)Theatre • Aug The 17-22 Opium(not -5)3Brouhaha page 113 17-31 23) 15. 0 (16. 4 5) £6.50 (£3. 00)Workshop • Aug Rum10-31 and Vodka -2Lucid Productions Theatre Workshop page 112 (not 16, 3) 20. 0 0 (21. 3 0) £7.00 (£5. 0 0) • Aug That10-15 Golden13.30Moment - Nyeusi Theatre Workshop page 113 45) £5.00 0Theatre 0) Co. • Theatre The Woman who(14.Cooked her(£3.Husband - Heretic Theatre Workshop page 113 Aug 24-31 (not 30) 17.30 (19.00) £6.50 (£3.00) Food and Ent: drink:3ydCafe 'till WC late. on level (Adapted). Studio: Lift available, Disabled: Flat. and Mai nlicensed Aud:Cafe25ydbaraccessible. Flat. voice synthesiser, braille buttons. system, help available.Very accessible. Minicom 226Guide 5425.dogs admitted, induction loop Traquair House pis Outer Venue I 18 09.00-18.00 Innerleithen, Peeblesshire Tix 01896 830323 Box Office: Traquair is Scotland' s oldest inhabited housewithdating back to theof Scots 12th century visited by 27 Scottish monarchs.working Strongbrewery associations Marygrounds. Queen and the and Jacobites. Also, 18th century and extensive Talks «£ Events • Aug Traquair 71 (£5.00), £9.00 (£4.00) in advance 1,2 11.Fair 00 (18.00)page£10.00 Food and drink: Restaurant Disabled: Partial access. and cafe.

Traverse Theatre j? Venue 15 Cambridge Street, off10.00-19.30) Lothian Road Tickets 228 1404 Box Office: 10.00-23.00 (Mons (Infowith228 3223) Scotland' s world famous New Writing Theatre erupts 14 unmissable shows almost every onefooda premiere. the night). action at the legendary Traverse Bar Cafe serving and drinkGet all dayto the (andcentre most ofof the All shows listed below can be found under TRAVERSE THEATRE Aug (21.00)30) Aug 13,14,15,1128,9,0,2222,3,5,2227,8,9,SSSepteptept 231,515.12.20.030000(14. Aug (16. 30)115 Death in New Orleans page A AA(£4.00) Preview Aug 25 412.15.3000(14.(16.15)45)£6.00 Aug 26, 3 0, S ept £ Aug 27,Sept 21,520.00 17.30(2)(19./ 15) Aug ‘ 28,Sept (21-45) Aug 29,Sept 3 12.30(14.15) Empty Jesters page 11522.30 (23.45) £9.00 (£6.00) Aug 25-Sept 5 (not Mons) Fire in the Basement page£7.50115(£4.00) Preview Aug 13 19. 0 Aug 15,16,220,1,225,6,239,0,SSeptept043(20.20.16.4145)55 (18. 30) £12.00 (£7.50) Aug Aug 00 (12.22.45)00 Aug *- 18,19,222,3,227,8,SSeptept 21,513.30(15.15) ■”I 1.''(is.ir Aug 18-30Old(notTorture Mons) 2^00 (00.15) £ I page 115 Kill the Previews Aug00 9(20.19.30)00 (20.their30)Young Aug 15,11 214.0,205,02(15. Aug 12 19. 9,Sept30) 3£7.50 14.15(£4.(15.040)5) £ 12.00 (£7.50) Aug 16,18,222,1,227,6,S30,eptSept1,5420.17.3045(22.(19.Aug 15) Aug 0 0) Aug 19,23,28,Sept 2page 11.00115(12.30) Monte-Cristo Sept 1-4 23.0and 0 (00.his15)man £10.00 (£6.00 page I Mr Puntila Preview16,2Aug 1430,20.Sept154(22.14.330)Matti Aug 15 11,0C 3.15) £7.50 (£4.00) Aug 1, 2 6, Aug 18,19,222,3,227,8,SSeptept 21,519., 17.4515(22.0(19.(16.00)340)5) £ 12.00 v , Aug Aug 20,25,29,Sept 3 11.00(13.15) Perfect Days Previews Aug 7,9,8,S1eptpage I 19.3 019.1150 3(21.0 121.5)451Aug£12.00 12 14.(£7.005(16. Aug 15, 2 0, 2 5, 2 0) 15) £7.50 (£4.00) Aug 16, 2 1, 2 6, 3 0, S ept 413.11.00(13.15) Aug 18, 2 2, 2 7, S ept 1, 5 4 5 (16. 0 0) Aug 19,23,Sharon 28,Sept 2 16.page 15 (18.11530) Princess Preview Aug 1120.0017.3(21. 0 (18.20)50)£9.00 £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 12, 1 6, 2 1 Aug 13,14,119,8,2232 12.15.3000 (13.16.520)0) (£6.00) Aug Aug 15,Tight 20 17.30page (18.50) Skin25,29,Sept Aug 3 20.17.03115 Aug 26,30,Sept 4 00 (13.(18. (21.3035)55) £9.00 (£6.00) Aug 28,27, Sept Sept 21,515.12.0030(16. Aug 05) Soldiers Aug 11,12,16,21,26,30,Sept4 15,20,page 25,29,115Sept 3 20.00 (21.45) £9.00 (£6.00) Aug Aug 15.12.30(14.15) 00 (16.45) Aug 13,14,118,9,222,3,227,8,SSeptept 21,517.30(19.15) Aug 12,13,116,8,2212 15.17.0300 (16.18.250)0 £9.00 (£6.00) Aug Aug Aug 14,15,2109,212.3 20.30 0(13.0 521.0)20) Food and Ent: drink:16ydTraverse Bar15ydCafeflatserving drink all day until very, very late.Ent and Disabled: flat. Aud:dogs to liftfood (large,andbraille adapted Aud handrails. Guide admitted.Wheelchair spaces,buttons). inductionWCloop. Helpatavailable. Very level, accessible. Tron Ceilidh House K12 Venue 9 9 IHunter Square,(226 High0931) St. Tickets 226 0931 Box Office: 1.00-midnight The has three floorssoakof folk, and blues music.The large selection ales,Tron beersCeilidh and maltHouse whiskys helps you up thejazzatmosphere and the history of the Tron.of z New York Style page 48 Aug 22,of23,Scotland 26,29,30 15.- Adam 00 (I McNaugh Tron Ceilidh House page 64 Songs Aug 1 20.00 (21.Brian 20) £5.McNeill 00 (£4.00)Trc Songs22,19,of220,3,2Scotland Aug 24 20.00 (21.-- Jim 20) Reid £5.00 (£4. 00) House page 64 Songs of Scotland Aug 12,of13,Scotland 14,18 20.00- Mackenzie (21.20) £5.00TronTron (£4.Ceilidh 00) House page 64 Songs Aug 15,of16,Scotland 17 20.00 (21.- Tom 20) £5.00 (£4.&0Arthur 0) CeilidhWatson Songs Spiers Tron House(21.page Aug 9,Ceilidh 10,11 20.00 20) £5.64<.00 (£4.00) Food and Ent: drink:3ydRestaurant, snacks, licensed bar alStr.7yd l day. +2 Str HR.WC unadapted at Disabled: 2 forStr.Aud:2yd Str+lyd+14 147 perf level. Unsuitable wheelchairs.+13Guide dogs admitted. Help available.

Venues The Underbelly - beneath Central Library Venue 61 George IV Bridge, entranceLimited on Victoria St.of Tickets 226door5138 Kll Box Office: Fringe Box Office hours. availability tickets on (Info 558do1879) Grid Iron it again.The letdustyus take store-rooms of an old counting house lay deserted for many years.Transformed, of Gargantua, the ultimate epicurean.you through the cavernous, subterranean larders Theatre • Gargantua Grid Iron (21.page15) 94£5.00 Previews Aug 10-31Aug(not6-89,120.00 6,23) 20.00 (21.15) £10.00 (£7.00) Disabled: Unfortunately, due to the nature of the building, there is no disabled access. Valvona & Crolla as Venue 67 1908.30-20.00 Elm Row, top of Leith Walk Tickets 556 6066 Box Office: Festival Fringe productions i n a theatre space ' b eyond the treasure house of salamis, cheeses, balsamic oils' Sunday 'If anything gourmet jealous ofvinegars the Scots,anditolive is Valvona & Crolla'Times.Financial Times.makes a London-based All shows listed below can be found under VALVONA & CROLLA Music • Anne &15.Dick Aug 13,17Evans 117.4,2310 (18. 0405)(16.Lee 15) £7.00page(£5.6400) Aug Aug 24 13. 0 0 (14. 1 5) Aug 25,26 Musica/Loki 19.45 (21.00) Ensemble page 65 • Arborea Aug 10-14, 1 24-26,00)29,31,Sept I 10.30 (11.45) £7.00 (£5.00) Aug 15,115.7 019.08-22, 4(16.5 (21. Aug 28 15) page 65 • Canzoni 10-12D'19.A4more 5 (21.00) £7.00 (£5.Quartet 00) • Aug Italian/EdinburghYouth Wind(£5. 15,out17 the 10.30Haydn (11.45)Place £7.00 00) 65 page 65 • Aug Seek page 27,28, Sept and 2,3 10.30 (11.45) page £10.0065 (£8.00) • Aug Songs Aug 13,of14,Italy 20-22,27-29Naples 19.45 (20.55) £7.00 (£5.00) Theatre • Aug Fur Coat and Nae Drawers page 116 10-12, 15.15)00 (16.15) £7.00 (£5.00) 17Secret 13.0108-20 • Aug The of(14. Santa Vittoria(£5.00)page 116 Aug 10-15 13. 0 0 (14. 18-22, 25-29 17.3105)Mr(18.£7.00 4Feynman 5) • Aug Surely You' r e Joking page 116 Aug 10-15 17. 3 0 (18. 4 5) £7.00 Aug 18-22,25-29 13.00 (14.15) (£5.00) Food and Ent: drink:6ydRetail Delicatessen,Wine Merchant and Caffe Bar. for wheelchair users. Disabled: I Str. 45yd 8 Str HR.WC adapted. Unsuitable Guide dogs admitted. HelpAud:available.

The Witchery Restaurant (outside) Venue I 10 10.00-18.00 352 Castlehill, Royal Mile Tix 225 6745 Box Office: The show startss Castlehill. at a meeting point of outside the Witchery Restaurant, on Edinburgh' Theatre • Aug The 6-8,13-15,20-22,27-29 Witchery Ghost and16.Gore The Witchery 00 (17.Tour 30) £7.00 (£4.00) Tours page 117

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YMCA bit Venue 177 18.00-22.00 73 Ferry Road 556 0007/0385 726095at 48 Pleasance) Box Office: (10.30-12.30, 13.30-17.00 Located Leith'Tshefashionable eating bars,offering this exciting 120 seat theatre hostsoldEAS-close oncetoagain. is widehouses and and variedtheatre and musicals to classicalprogramme drama. Enjoy a pre/post drink.something for young Children' s Shows Edinburgh Acting School page 7 • Children' Aug 12-15 s14.Showcase 00 (16.00) £6.00 (£4.50) Musicals/Opera • Aug Bye Bye 10-15Birdie 19.00 (21.Edinburgh 15) £6.00Acting (£4.50)School page 67 Theatre • Cleaners Edinburgh 86 Aug 18-22 22.30 (23. 30)Acting £6.00School (£4.50) page page • The Crucible Edinburgh 86 Aug 18-22 19.00 (21. 45) £6.00Acting(£4.School 50) Food and drink: Bar and snacks. Disabled: Disabled access and toilet. The Yoga Centre js Venue 198 10.00-18.00 16 Canning Street Tickets 221 9697 Boxbeautiful Office: Aand studio i n central Edinburgh, purpose built with natural aesthetic wooden floors underfloorbased heating. Festival events of body-mind arts and performing arts. Programmes aroundPeaceful entertainment, exploration and participation. Talks <& Events • Aug C.I.C: Contradictory The Yoga Centre page 71 10-16 16.00The(16.Yoga 40) Identity £4.00 (£3.Contradictions 50) 71 • Aug Naturalight Centre page 18-23, 2 5-30 16. 0 0 (17. 0 0) £5.00 (£3. 0 0) • Aug Performing 15,22,29 Arts 12.30as(14.Meditation 30) £4.00 (£2.Workshop 00) The Yoga Centre page 71

Youth International at St Oswald's N6 Venue 128 10.00-22.00 Montpelier Park Info/Tix 346 1405 or 229 5562 Box Office: The thirdandannual Youthprogramme International Festival returns to St Oswald' Presenting an exciting ecdectic young international froms thisSouthyear.Africa America. Musicals, dance and dramaofabound amidst classictalent and contemporary works.to North Dance/Physical • Aug Cape10-22 Youth(notDance 16) 18.Company 30 (19.30) £5.00page(£3.4200) Musicals/Opera • Into 16,the21Woods American High School Theatre Festival page 66 The Venue jm Aug Aug 18 22.16.020.055 0(23. (17.5 (21.555)5)55) £3.00 (£2.00) Aug 22 Venue IS Calton Tickets 557 3073 • Aug Peacocks American High School Theatre Festival page 66 Phones:158Messages (Fax)Road 557 4865 1718 20.22.118«55 Peanuts (21. Aug (23.445)5) £3.00 (£2.00) Comedy <£ Revue Aug 21 16.15(17.45) • Aug Babes17-21in the19.4Hood Dream Weaver 22 14.Theatre 15 (15.45) page 68 00) Productions page 22 • Aug Salome 22 19.1Dangerously 5 (20.5 (21. 35)05) £6.00LM (£5. Aug 24-29 19.30 (20.Vivant 45) £4.00 (£2.00) • Aug Laughing Magazine page 32 Aug 23 20.00 (midnight) £10.00 (£7.00) Theatre • All in the Timing High School Theatre Festival page 73 Food and drink: Licence til 03.00/04.00. Aug 1617,216.0 22.15 1(17.5 (23.45)4American £3.00 Aug 5) (£2.00) Aug 18 20. 1 5 (21. 4 5) Viewforth Centre M6 • A Cloud of Witnesses American High School Theatre Festival page 73 Aug £3.00 (£2.00) Venue 117 12.00-22.00, 104 GilmoreplusPlaceduringTickets 229 7659 Aug 20,16,2212 22.Conflict 16.1155 (23. (17.445)5)Great Office: Courting Western page 94 ABoxlong-established venue with good seatsperformances and good shows. We hope to welcome you in. • Aug 10-15 16. 3 0 (17. 3 0) (£2.0Theatre 0)Youth Theatre • The Lark 14.Kirkcaldy High£4.00 School page 97 Musicals/Opera Aug 10-15 0 0 (15. 3 0) £4.00 (£3. 0 0) • Captain Music Theatre page 67 • The Magdalene Youth 88 Aug 24-29Stirrick 19.30 (21.Edinburgh 45) £5.50 Youth (£4. 20.00 (21.Edinburgh 45) £4.00 (£2.Theatre 00)TheatreFestivalpagepage • Greyfriars Youth050)0) Music Theatre page 67 • Aug Medea17,10-1519American High School(£2. 73 Aug 17-22 18.Bobby 15 (19.4Edinburgh 5) £5.00 (£4. Aug 16. 1 5 (17. 4 5) £3.00 0 0) Aug 20,Tempest 22 20.15 (21. 45)Man's Trousers page 82 Theatre • The Dead • Apocalypse Headache Aug 24-30 16.00 (18.30) £4.00 (3.00) 10-22Faustus (notNot16)Now, 20.00I (21.Have 30) a£5.00 (£3.00) Calliope's Umbra page 79 • Aug Doctor Food and Ent: drink:sideRefreshments Aug 10-22 (not 16) Absolute 14.00 (15.Banana 45) £5.00Theatre (£4.00)Company page 72 Disabled: at Montpelierat2yd.timeAud:of performance. 3yd flat.WC not adapted. Disabled: Level route from street to auditorium - no steps. 148

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\BBArration-The StandTheatre Comedy Club ii VboutTime - Undecided 11113 Abraham's Offering - Wax TheaterCompany Project .-T,Acoustic . \ccustomed To Her Face The Laboratory Mania - Antonio Forcione & Neil Stacey 49 l Across the Barricades Leicestershire Youth Arts "he Actor' s Nightmare - American High School Theatre Festival icts ofBloom Union - Locus Theatre Company 107I Adam kdam- Hills - LifeTheatre is Good - Calder's Gilded Balloon Adolf Company 82 i "hekn African Adventures of Battling Siki The Amsterdam Parade 7 Village --Theatrum Afridonia - Botanicum The Magic of Africa Out of Scotland "he AfricanFamily Julius Caesar II ifter Dinner -with DirtyHorowitz Bird Productions 8 ijrbase n Afternoon St Andrew' s & St George' s at Festival Time - The Society Theatre Company I 6i iJanki Sato - Japan Experience 4 ii dice Davies Trauma and MrUrban Dodgson - Tall Stories I 2I i| ill inin the Timing American High School Theatre Festival 107 1 the Timing - Seahawk Stage Productions i.1l1 Strange Away Asylum Theatre Company The Observer Assembly StrangePub AwayLandlord - Asylum- Keeper Theatreof- the Pleasance Festival of Theatre '98 107I ! il Murray Pint Cosmic Luv? -- Ripley Theatre 107 ijWmyMyJohnson Theatre Company NameFamous isBadApple AliceGrouse - American SchoolInternational Theatre Festival 65 -The House High - Scottish Presents... itomicaily Correct Oxford Revue Calder' s Gilded Balloon I ,ndo Hungarian GypsyMe!Music - The Famous Grouse House 25I .ndreDrom-Authentic Vincent - See -Me...Hear indrew Lees - Viola St Andrew'sMe...Bite & St George's at Festival Time 6 mdrew PipeStill & Carey Marx- Incarnate' in Dupes- Screaming Blue Murder 3 tndYet But Just This 9 ndy Parsons 3 Smartwith - TheHoward Dope - Marks Calder's- Gilded Balloon 2 i Inindy Evening Howard Marks 7 'hngels e Angel Ark Bath University Student Theatre 7 Everywhere - Brahma Kumaris Evans & Dick Lee -Valvona & Crolla 67 mother Magic Show Ian Kendall 3 igone - Tomee FranticTheatre Redhead Productions I 9I :igoneGets in Polk County,- Medea lonnie Cancelled CaliforniaGoes TravelCountry Troupe @Western, San Francisco I ntlocalypse Infestation Concerns- Calliope' - Jo Parkes and Company 47 NotandNow,Other I HaveFemale a Headache s Umbra iples and Festival of Theatre 109 ParisSnakes - Harland- Pleasance Hamstrings Theatre Company'98 rago The Laboratory 44 rakataca! - The Bongo Club jrborea Musica/Loki Ensemble - Valvona & sCrolla •rches Theatre Company I Licked a Slag' Deodorant The Observer Assembly 762 rgentina 78 The Director' s Cut Calder' s Gilded Balloon ; rgyle Ceilidh Sound - Caledonian Folk at the Guildford 4 ■ |riette Italiane - Philomusica of Edinburgh 6 rtrj Barker Exhibition and Sale of Paintings - Holyrood Art Club 12I jS‘ieie Art - Galerie Mirages 12 Art ofofof Adornment Cruelty and Ragged Theatre ne Art the Mirror- Bare- Studio One Gallery 127 iTeunArt- Theof Theodore Roussel Phillips Auctioneers 12 Famous Grouse House - Scottish International Presents... 5 Others See- Navelgazing Us - St Andrew's & St George's at Festival Time 63 4Pop.ci ft The.cult.uk Inland Sea - Dolphin Theatre 8 & Vernon' s Palace of- The Varieties - The Stand Comedy Club 3 Audience with Don Juan Laboratory 8 |M AverageScottish Angel -International Sister Mary presents Enigma Proudly Presents I10I »bes in theBlades Hood -- Dream Weaver Productions ,ibes With Footsteps Theatre »by Love Quicksilver Theatre Theatre Workshop inch - Philomusica of Edinburgh eo Cafe - The Famous Grouse House - Dowie Scottish- International Presents... Stand Up, Front to Verse John Pleasance Comedy '98 l .ddiel & Skinner Get Back to the Very Essence of the inburgh Fringe Baddiel and Skinner [lady - Nova Productions Idlistic - Purple Show trb Jungr: Sex,Pineapple Religion and Politics i roque - Philomusica of Edinburgh >«roque Masterpieces - Philomusica of Edinburgh

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The BBC Bathers/Pearl New ComedyFishers/The Awards Swiss Family Orbison - Flux Festival, Edinburgh Beautiful Thing - Absolute Banana Theatre Companys & St George's at Festival Time Beethoven, Brahms & Bairnrhymes - StFoundation Andrew' Before Lasagne Demarco European Art Beggars Belief- Stray - TrestleDogsTheatre Company Being Sellers The Belle Star Band - The Famous Grouse House Bellydance Workshop and Only Performance - The Famous Grouse House Ben Norris: Sitting The Berbers - GalerieRoom Mirages The Bert Fershners Calder' sFestival Gilded Balloon Bert Jansch -Comedy Edinburgh- Book Best of Irish Part 4 - Young- SoYouThinkYou' Gifted and Greenre Funny? Best ofof the So YouFestThink re Funny? Best -and TheYou' Early Edition -Cambridge Calder's Gilded Balloon at the Palladium Between a Rock a Hard Place Footlights Between the Lines The BBigFileCrunch - North- Bare Londonand Collegiate School The Ragged Theatre Big Hair, Big Show Planet Janet Big Mary - Frantic Redhead Productions The Big Stink - Diverse Attractions Big Big Top ValueComedy Comedy Show...Early - Screaming Blue Murder Big Value Comedy Show...Late - Screaming Blue Murder Big Word Performance Poetry Bill Bailey Calder' s Gilded Balloon at the Palladium Bill Pool Ground Sign Dance BillyKyle' Cans -Jazz Common Theatre Bingo - ThePayAmsterdam ParadeInternational - Pleasance Festival of Theatre '98 BiBlack Now,Battles Later Artts Dogs - Demarco Art Foundation Black Broadwaywith Rhythms - Norfolk European State University Players, USA Black Confetti Diverse Attractions Blazin' Fiddles - The Famous Grouse House The Bleeders Theatre Company in Association With OUDS Bleeding Arts -- Echoes Newsrevue Blood Wedding Agridulce Bluebeard' - Merlin International Theatre, Budapest Blue Skies Houses- -Castle The Spiegeltent Blue Northern TheatreHamstrings CompanyTheatre Company The Blues Sisters Harland BBoadicea Minor Mass Ludus Baroque - St Mary' s Cathedral - The Musical - Bilton Action Theatre Group Bob Doolally' s WorldSellers Cup Memories - The Stand Comedy Club Bob Downe: Million The Body Show - ACTS Bondage The Bongo Club Cabaret Boom Chicago Boothby Graffoe The Bootleg Bootleg BeatlesProductions Born to be Wilde - Quadrant Bourn! Bouncers- The- HullSpiegeltent Truck Theatre Company The Boyfriend Brahms and Liszt- Wells Cathedral School - St Andrew' s & St George' s at Festival Time Brain Souffle Brendon Burns- Scott KnowsCapurro Heaps BrightBrothers Exhalation, solo- Abbotsford performance -Jeanine Thompson - Movement Theatre The Bruce MortonAngelo - Traverse Theatre Scott ABuckaroo Brush with Nature- Theatre - Edinburgh Zoo Boudoir Buddhist Meditation - FriendsWorkshop of the Western Bungle the Clown Foolish Stories - Bungle Buddhist Order Burach - The Famous Grouse House Bus - The Rush TheatreActing Company Bye Stop! Bye Birdie - Edinburgh School

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of Show Titles 10565 Crave-TraverseTheatre II The Canterbury Tales - Poor& Players - Waste ofBarker Space Theatre Company Canzoni D'A-more Crolla at the Palladium 54 Crazyface Crazyface - Velvets Gilded Jacket Balloon I Capercaillie Calder'-Valvona s Gilded Balloon CreambyofClive Scottish - Calder' 4267 The Cape Youth Dance Company Creative Self-discovery Workshops Diverse Attractions Captain Stirrick Edinburgh Youth Music Theatre 8360 The Creatures - Flux- Festival, Edinburgh CarminaChadwick Burana - Demarco European- Philomusica Art Foundation Crichton Ensemble St Andrew' s & St George's at Festival Time Carolyn & John Moore of Edinburgh Crooked Teeth Rapscallion Productions l] 11049 The The Case of the Wandering Corpse Solar Stage Crucible American High School Theatre Festival The Cathedral Concert Chrysalis 62 The Crucible Edinburgh Acting School Cathedral Festival Choral Evensong on Weekdays - St Mary's Cathedral Crucible - Praxis Theatre Company li 6252 The Cathedral Festival Choral ServicesHouse - St Mary's Cathedral Catriona MacDonald - The Sunday Famous Grouse Cyrano De Bergerac - Demarco European Art Foundation Catriona McKay (Scottish Harp) and Chris Stout (Shetland D Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 1998 - Grand Final Fiddle) -atThetheClarsach Harp) Society 4950 The Ceilidhs Caley (Scottish Dance BaseinWorkshops The Famous- The Grouse HouseGrouse House Ceilidhs The Marwicks The Famous Grouse House 52 The Education-Company Famous ACellars Celebration Great Musicals - The Famous Grouse House 12389 DanceDance of Art -ofTheGrand Stand Opera ComedyandCourtyard ' N ' Stuff 61 Dance Theatre Impuls- Ukraine - TheTheatre Famous ofGrouse Cello PianoRecital - St Andrew' s & St George' s at Festival Time Dancing at Lughnasa NationalEdgeYouth Great House Britain I Cello and &Wah Piano - Philomusica of Edinburgh 6052 The Dancing Stick Double Drama Celtic Wah Co-op Famous Grouse House Danny Brown - Banjaxed - Calder's Gilded Balloon ACeolbeg Century- Theof American Love Songs Philomusica of Edinburgh 60 6378 Dario Fo'ss Tale Obscene - The- TheObserver Assembly CerberusZero - YouSpiegeltent Dance the Swords Alone - The Bongo Club Dario Fo' ofRace theFables Tigress Observer Assembly Channel Aacne Productions 10 Darnaby' s Space Chicken Shed Theatre Company Charged & Sentenced - The Nimmo Twins 3419 Dave - Pleasance Festival ofTheatre ' 9 8 Gorman Reasons to be Cheerful Charlie Cheese' s jacket of Badges Dave Johns Charlie' sTales Angels:The Chasing - K.486 True Story - The Amsterdam Parade 974974 Dave Williams Caffeinebut - Calder' s Gilded- TheBalloon Cheese David Benson -- Nothing Pleasure Assembly The Chemistry of Love...& Lust The Famous Grouse House 90 David Drumgold Live Abbotsford Scott Observer Chess - Waste of Space Theatre Company 11757 David Hume & Nelda J Hardie - Philomusica of Edinburgh Chikuzan Japan Experience David McSavage Showcase - Company EdinburghTheatre Acting School 7 David Tabatsky Pollock - -Harpsichords atand St Cecilia' l AChildren' ChipChipolata ins the Sugar -The Truewith Stories Others -HalBullshit 8052 ADavid The Five Famous Grouse House Day in the Studio J.M.W.Turner Great Lives Theatre The Chipolatas - The Famous Grouse House 7 The DayContemporary of the Dead - Open Eye Productions Chloe Poems is Kinky Pantomime Productions 35 Dazzle Jewellery liij Chopin' s Visit to Scotland The Observer Assembly 48 Deaf Shepherd The Famous Grouse House A Chorus Line - American High School Theatre Festival -andLadsDancing - Byte 2 Infinity Theatre Company 7310 Death Chris Addison Death Christie in Love Asylum Theatre Company The Observer Assembly Death and the Maiden Oxford Student Union Drama 75 Christine Collister - TheIdentity FamousContradictions Grouse House - The Yoga Centre and the Orleans Maiden --- Traverse SeasonalBrookes Productions III; 52 Death C.I.C: Contradictory Death in New Theatre 71 Cider with Rosie - Leicestershire Youth Arts QMWGallery TheatreProductions Company I Circus Ethiopia 429921 Decadence Deco DivaNot -- Leith The Circus of Horrors Definitely Brassed Off!!! The Whitburn Band Circus Workshop - Magic Carpet Theatre 8 Designed K Bandby- Architects Graffiti part 2 - Inhouse Citizen The Observer I 7638 De Citizen -Cain - ScreamingAssembly Blue Murder Desperate Remedies - National Student Theatre Company F Claire Dowie performs Easy Access (solo remix) Destino Tango Graffiti Pleasance Festival ofTheatre ' 9 8 105 The Devil in Miss Jones Calder' s Gilded Balloon Clarinet and Piano - StofAndrew' Gaughan - The Spiegeltent 6160 Dick Classical -Guitar Philomusica Edinburghs &PragSt George's at Festival Time Disco Pigs- The - Corcadorca Classical Feast Jonathan Disorder Laboratory 60 Clavichord Duets - Harpsichords at St Cecilia's Hall at St Cecilia's Hall Distant Sisters - Common Ground Sign Dance Theatre 5656 The Clavichord Weekend Performances DocFaustus Brief - The Laboratory Cleaners - Edinburgh Acting SchoolTheatre- Harpsichords - Absolute Banana Theatre Company 86 Doctor Closet Land The Totally Portable Company 114 Doggy Style The Sketches -Hulme Dramaticus A Cloud of Witnesses - American High School Theatre Festival 73 A Doll' s House The Cheadle Theatre Company The Club Ugly Theatre 116 Don Juan Edinburgh University Theatre-School Company Club Latino - The Observer Assembly 49 ADonna Jackson - Car Maintenance Pleasance Festival Festival ofTheatre '98 Clytemnestra Performance Exchange Don Nigro Montage American High School Theatre 103 The Coates Duo - Philomusica of Edinburgh Donovan Calder' s Gilded Balloon at the Palladium 60 Colalaila - Graffiti Dorm European Foundation Colin Baxter' s Scotland from the Air -s Stockbridge DorothyHouse SquiresS - Demarco - Venue l3:The HarryArtYounger Hall I 1235525 The Colin Campbell' s Local Radio - Calder' Gilded BalloonBookshop Double Bass- Diverse - Edinburgh International Double Bass Festival Colin Hay The Spiegeltent 63 Double Scotch Attractions Collide - The Rich and Famous Theatre Company 107 Dougie MacLean in Concert Comedy Clubof(London) - Balloonatics Theatre Co. - Theatre Workshop I 2178 Dracula The Comedy Errors - Presents BUTG DragDream King - The Broken- Africa DreamDream TheatreTheatre Company The Comedy Zone 21 The Catcher Come on Everybody, Sing! - Angelic Voices Dreaming - The Laboratory 4878 drift... Confessions a Justified - NoMercury Limits Theatre Company Connerty forofLunch - ByteSinner 2 Infinity- Brunton Theatre Theatre CompanyCompany 79 Drink the - Newbury Youth Theatre I Contemporary American Prints Edinburgh Printmakers 119 Dubrovnik Music Demarco European Art Foundation Contemporary Scottish Sculpture Stan Wilson In The Round 123 The Dumb Waiter Bare and Ragged Theatre Contracts - Outhouse --Theatre WorkshopStage Company 11380 The DumbWaiter by- TestTube Harold Pinter - Calder's Gilded Balloon Conversations with anmyProductions Executioner Contemporary DumbWaiter Conversations with Agent 2170 The Dumped - National&The YouthSmoking TheatreStone - Pleasance Festival ofTheatre '98 II Conversations Demarco European Art Foundation Duncan McLean Band Edinburgh Book Festival Cool HeatHouse Urban- TheBeatFamous Grouse House 43 Dundee Schools Youth Symphony Orchestra - National Association ofYouth Orchestras Corner Durham Chamber Orchestra Corporate Spirits -- Venue 123 Youth Theatre 1165294 Durham - NationalCounty Association ofYouth Orchestras Courting Conflict Great Western Early Music Consort National Association ofYouth Orchestras Courtyard Readings Scottish Poetry Cowboy Junkies - The- Observer AssemblyLibrary 4971 Dylan Moran - Poncing About ISO

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Dunbartonshire Schools Orchestra I East - National Association ofSecondary East from theYouth Gantry -Youth VenueOrchestras 13:The Harry Younger Hall I sEast Sussex Orchestra National ; Ed Byrne: A Night at the Opera Association ofYouth Orchestras Ed Byrne: A Night at the Queen' s HallGuildford - Ed Byrne at the Queen's Hall i Eddie Walker - Caledonian Folksat&the Edinburgh Barock - StAndrew' St George's at Festival Time Edinburgh Bavarian Beer 1Hrhe Edinburgh Festival Fair - Fest ProvincialCrafts Booksellers Association Edinburgh Festival ofBook Contemporary - ArtisanFairsin Action II The Edinburgh International Club Festival Club Festival The Edinburgh International JazzFestival Festival - TheFamous Spiegeltent ^Edinburgh International Science Grouse •Edinburgh International Youth Orch - National- TheAssociation ofYouthHouse Orchestras The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour !Edinburgh Nights with Mark Lamarr - BBC Scotland Edinburgh Schools Renaissance ^Edinburgh Jazz Band Orchestra t Edinburgh Schools Wind Ensemble- -National NationalAssociation AssociationofYouth ofYouthOrchestras Orchestras .I Edinburgh Songwriters Showcase New Music Club The SpiegeltentOrchestras Edinburgh University Chamber Orch - National Association ofYouth Educating - Abbotsford .>1 Effi gies andRitaEcstasies: RomanScottBaroque Sculpture and design iinIEggplant the Age- Ripley of Berniny - National Gallery of Scotland Electric Eel - RideTheatre Again - Calder's Gilded Balloon Elektra' Brother Horse Productions Elise and-sCalder' Me ands Gilded the- Moral Price limma Balloonof Fame - Bunycrai Enterprises - Theatre Workshop i'he Empire BlackTheatre - Calder's Gilded Balloon (Empty JestersStrikes - Traverse lendgame Abbotsford Scott Cnnio Marchetto vnsemble - St Andrew's & St George's at Festival Time u'qftoko he Essential Music - The- Japan Amsterdam Parade Dance E urope TowardsCompany the MillenniumExperience - Demarco European Art Foundation un Evening of Spoken Word with Henry Rollins JsiinCalder' s Gilded Evening withBalloon Brendanat theandPalladium Radar - Christie's Comedy Cellar veryoneGasinpresents this HouseStolen - California Troupe @ San Francisco CircusTravel -ofTheContemporary Laboratory Exciting & Colourful Exhibition Arts & Crafts j ThetractsBlackadder from MyGallery Diary - Bare and Ragged Theatre cade - Old St Paul's Music 98 J ail for- Graffiti Me - Antic Disposition e Waltz - The- Collective AmsterdamGallery Parade nily Credit ewell Symphony Old St Paul's Music 98 - Cuttlefish Productions varley & Farley's Bed & Breakfast Vacancies cinating Discoveries - StAndrew's & St George's at Festival Time Crowd - fecund theatre tcinations Sam' s BandFrom-Productions ThetheSpiegeltent it - Diabolical itus In Your Space ■ and-VigounThe Misery of theArtProductions Third ReichSimon - Theatre Theatre Workshop fearless of Edith - EdithWorks Simon -Gallery eling Horny? Earl Okin eiffer's People and McIntyre’s People - American High School Theatre Festival sint Traces an Alien -Tent First Among Sequels irmsof- Out of theBeing.... Nomads i heistival FelsenTrio StAndrew' s & St George' s at Society Festival Time Ceilidh - The Clarsach (Scottish Harp) istival Exhibition St i l s Gallery istival ofHighHealing Masses- The- OldSanctuary St Paul's Music 98 &The Salisbury Centre festival i ddle Harp and Voice - The ClarsachCollective (Scottish Harp) Society i ddler onAround the Roof - StageFringe 84 - Frantic Redhead Productions on the iNjiddling fe Youth Jazz Orchestra - National Association ofYouth Orchestras qiS?liiffee Youth Orchestra - NationalandAssociation Orchestras Youth String Orchestra PercussionofYouth Ensemble Bl National Association ofYouth Orchestras fiJYears of Surgery Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh :MthyinLies, Clean Breasts - VenueTheatre 123 the Basement - Traverse ; > of Love - StAndrew's & St George's at Festival Time ve by Ives - Red Chair Players niamenco Masterclass - Graffiti- Graffiti uamenco Al Andaluz j»ie FlowersPuroin the Park - Alternate Shadows

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1 of Show Titles 37 Jenny' s Chickens - The -Famous GrouseEdinburgh House J The Hannibal Lecture - SteveHits! Punt Jesusaime, and Mary Chain Flux Festival, Gang' s Greatest FestivalProductions ofTheatre '98 Ss Gainsbourg (with Jerry Burns) - Flux Festival, Edinburgh 102568 JeT' AThe HardHappy Midsummer Night' s Dreamat- Pleasance - OnCecilia' Its Way Jim Malcolm' s Rohallion The Famous Grouse House Harpsichord Duets Harpsichords St s Hall 78 Jo Brand, Brand Benefit - The Phill Observer Assembly Harvey TorchDispatches Song Trilogy -The Broken Julian Clary, Jupitus, Bill Bailey & Guests HatchesFierstein' Matchessand - Edinburgh People'Dream s TheatreTheatre Company 87 JoJochanaan 2e - Abbotsford Scott Hazel Connor and Cormac De Barra - Beyond Breaking Glass JockTamson' s Bairns The Famous Grouse House 56 -Hearing HighlyO'Recommended John Archer - Calder'thes Gilded Balloon - Calder's Gilded Balloon With Hegley - BBC Radio 4 2j FullAssembly Montego 1002415 John Hearts - Lawrence Long John Butler Hegley Drives - The Observer Hello again, we'thereStunt the Nualas -TheCalder' s GildedParade Balloon 1093 Johnny Vegas at The Palladium Johnny Vegas at the Palladium Hendrick-Jan Man Amsterdam 2 Vegas: Selling Out - The Famous Grouse House Henry IV (Part - Calder'Theatre s GildedCompany Balloon 8956 Johnny John Renbourn & Friends Her Aching HeartOne)- Exacting MusicBarron, be theGreg FoodCohen of Love...Tuck In! Herbie Flowers - Thes Gilded Edinburgh Flowers Show - Highly Recommended 24 John John Shuttleworth Zorn + Masada- if(Joey + Dave Douglas) Hey Gringo - Calder' Balloon 5960 The - FluxJollyFestival, Edinburgh 5 Highland Wind Band National Association of Youth Orchestras Folly of Polly the Scottish Trolley Dolly - Ripley Theatre Hildegard ofs Bollocks Bingen --OldPounds, St Paul'Dollars s Music& Cents 98 a3 10629 Jongleurs Comedy Clubs Hitchcock' Jordan - PleasanceScottFestival ofTheatre '98 Hitchcock' - Psycho- Velvet VertigoJacketDisco 10i I 9316 Joy Abbotsford Hogfather sbyHalf TerryHour Pratchett Julian Barratt- TheandFamous Noel Grouse FieldingHouse - The Mighty Boosh The Hole Fresh Milk Light Drama June Tabor s5 The Hollow- Screams - Southern 9529 Jungle Book - Leicestershire Youth Arts Hollywood TOO - Talkin'Turkeys - Guy Masterson Productions Junior Simpson ii Holmes Alone James Holmes 12178 Just aaTickle Minute2 -from BBC Amnesty Radio 4 International - Amnesty International UK Holography '9Blurred 8 - Outlook Tower & Camera Obscura Just The Home Clarity Theatre Company s Fancythe- Crack! St Andrew'- Calder' s & StsGeorge' at Festival Time Honestly - Hoipolloi --Pleasance FestivalBalloon ofTheatre '98 10325 Just es Just for Gilded sBalloon Hope Springs a Leak Calder' s Gilded The Club with Nigel Clark - The Spiegeltent Like That? Tommy Cooper - the early years - Calderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gilded Balloon The Hot Hothouse - Viaduct 1174663 Just The House Where I Wason the BornBontempi - Ugly Theatre 39 KKamikaze Freakshowof- Calder' Hovis Presley: Mutiny The Stand Comedy Club Kantaro - Philomusica Edinburghs Gilded Balloon How to Heal Your Inner Hitler - Pleasance Comedy '98 Assembly 3710 The Hudson and Pepperdine Beaver Pitch! The Observer Kaos Master and Margarita - Kaos Theatre UK s & St George's at Festival Time Townhill and Lynn Harvey-Allan - St Andrew' The Humour is on Frontity Me Now- -Calder' Diverses Gilded Attractions 8527 Katrine Hung LeHuurTu - Noodle Balloon KeepKelvin YoungEnsemble and Beautiful - Calder' s Gilded Balloon Huun Graffiti The National Association ofYouth 55 Hymn to Love: Piaf - Traverse Kesey/Ken Babbs aka The Merry Pranksters -Orchestras Flux Festival, Edinburgh 11545 Ken Hysterica - KittyHomage McNamee'tos Hysterica DanceTheatre Co Kenneth Gray is on Fire Kenny Young and the Eggplants Kenny Young and the Eggplants:Toxic Swamp & Other Love IIcon Can'- tIconEvenTheatre ThinkCompany Straight - The Broken Dream Theatre Company 7896 Kevin Hayes: Beyondtheir the Pale - The- Traverse Stand Comedy Club Songs Kill the Old Torture Young Theatre I Don't Know ifYou're Familiar with the Voodoo Phenomenon King of the Halls: A Rags to Drag Story - The Laboratory Zombie, but...Singing - Universal GrindingHighWheelSchool Theatre Festival 4066 The s New- National ClothesYouth - Encore Productions II ofheard Hear America American KissingKing'Angels Theatre of Great Britain it in the Playground The Luckley-Oakfield Theatre Company 8 The Kissing-Dance or She Stoops to Conquer - National Youth Music Theatre An Immaculate Misconception Djanus Theatre 85 Kit and the Widow I'm Not Finished...Yet! - Elizabeth Pugh - Theatre Workshop 11297 Kneehigh Theatre inCabaret Strange- Cargo The Importance of- Being Earnest - King's College London Productions Kool Eddy' s Secret Pleasance- Edinburgh Comedy '9Book 8 Festival The Impressionist Mari Natsuki Krapp' s Last Tape 101 The Improverts- Andenes Productions -Waykis Kumiko Yamaguchi Modern Dance Company - Japan Experience Incas 482958 Kvetch - Artcore I NeverReturn Do Anything Twice - Morag McLaren Insignificance - Wishfactory Productions 11799 Labels - Company Theatre Instants The Laboratory i Internal -Nudity - Anterior Bete (TheofFool) -- Avalon PlayersFour 7470 ALaLabyrinth International CD and Record Fair Iron Four Forty International - Edinburgh Photographic The Ladies Who Lunch InIntoThetheSteps ofPhotography Phoebe Anna Traquair 1998 - Festival WalpoleSociety Hall, Chester Street 119 72 12366 The Lady Boys sofSecret Bangkok- Cygnet - The Theatre Big Top on the Meadows Woods American High School Theatre Lady Deadlock' Into Inverleith the WoodsPutting - Cambridge 1CA 66 The Lady -inTheQuestion - Penn Theatre Ensemble The GreenUniversity - ArthurADC Smith Observer Assembly 10 Lakeboat Irakly Avaliani Graffiti La-Mor Naked Flame 55 Irish Music - Demarco European Art Foundation - Kirkcaldy School Theatre 5152 The Ishbel The Lark Last Big IguanaHigh Competition - Chunky Nimfot Israel'sMcAskill Passion -&PaulFriends Heyman- The Famous Grouse House 56 The Last Man in Europe - Portrait Productions Italian/Edinburgh Youth Wind Quartet -Valvona & Crolla 65 Last Night a Boy Band Saved My Life - A Rock Popera - In Your Space Productions It'Ivans Jackie! - JackieDuncan Clune Chisholm - The Famous Grouse House 50 The Last Obit Cellar - Angela- Pleasence Comedy Christie' s Comedy Cellar 5350 Late I ViulanDrever - The&Clarsach (Scottish Harp) Society Late Laffs Calder' s Gilded Balloon Late Night Lassus & Palestrina - St Mary' s Cathedral 6 Late Night Messiaen Organ Cycles - St Mary' JJabberwocky - Antic Disposition Late Night with the sCosmic Tambourines - Thes Cathedral Cosmic Tambourines Jackie Leven The Famous Grouse House Late ' n ' Live Calder' Gilded Balloon 2 53 James Grant, Karen Matheson and the BT Scottish Ensemble 2 Laughing Dangerously -s LMGildedMagazine - JamesEyreGrant, Karen Matheson and the BT Ensemble 22 57 The LazioLeague & Parkin - Calder' Balloon Jane Hot House Theatre against Tedium The League Against Tedium 96 Janei Anderson in Lucy Fell (Scottish From Heaven - Calder's Gilded Balloon Ribera - '?' - Calder's Gilded Balloon 2550 Leandre Janet Bennett - The Clarsach Harp) Society 22 Lee and Herring - This Morning with Richard not Judy Jason Byrne: Camping on the Moon 17 Lee Evans Jeepers Creepers Members of the Jiving Lindy Hoppers 2 45 Lee Mack Return of the Mack Jeff Green 2968 Legs Leftover Weasel --Exacting TheatreAssembly Company Jekyll! - Shrewsbury School on the Wall The Observer Jenny Eclair S 2229 Leicestershire Jenny Eclair is Mrs Nosey Parker Leicestershire Youth Youth Orchestra Orchestra -- National National Association Association ofYouth ofYouth Orchestras Orchestras Index

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of !) Leonardo' he Lemming 99 s Bridein the - TheLifebelt Spiegeltent Learan- Theatre Du Sycomore III63 I .et'e Rois Make Omelette - Varsity Pie Productions 40 ) Letter To A Daughter - The ObserverTheatre Assembly Indifference 1067657 i 'hhee Liberty Lied Trioofplays Beethoven- Purple to the BeatlesCompany ife, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue BBC Radio 4 Hour! - Aitken = Piano/Keyboard ■i ift-A-Leg ifts - and RoyalDark Holloway Mts &Karpals Firstbush Artists Ltd 6860 ight Philomusica of Edinburgh ine Dancing - TheofFamous House Botanicum S3 - innaeus - Prince FlowersGrouse - Theatrum he Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe California Travel Troupe @ San Francisco i IT.he 305 Lion,- Althel New Witch and the Wardrobe - Leicestershire Youth Arts 8 YorkKantor 73 ittle Requiem for Demarco European Art Foundation 83 ttle Shop of Horrors - Leicestershire Youth Arts 67 ittle Shop of Horrors - The North London Performing Arts Centre 8 ttle Sparta: Shop ofPhotographs Horrors - ZoobyTheatre Company - Scottish National Portrait Gallery 12268 ttle Robin Gillanders rive Show - Society 11070 i ivingBedDangerously - LMAnonime Magazine Jukebox - The Amsterdam Parade li |ondon jhez andLiving Leanne -Artcore 7474 Trombone Trio (Royal College of Music) ■b ooking NationalforAssociation the AngelofYouth in FlightOrchestras - Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 10858 took Mummy! It'sCompany War, Famine, Death and- Pestilence - The Four Horsemen ookoutTheatre -Transatlantic Pleasance Festival ofTheatre '98 10323 toose Ends BBC Radio 4 ■obrenzaccio rd Glenconner' s Elastic Band 458913 Theatre brna Brooks- eX- ThenihiloFamous Grouse House 53 rlosing arraineVenice Jordan- The- TheFamous FamousGrouse GrouseHouse House 53 89 bthian SchoolsinOrchestra - National Association 60 uunge Lizards Bogie- Punter Nights - Christie' s ComedyofYouth CellarOrchestras lounge-room Lizards Productions 10619 !»ve and Rockcakes Theatre Company 100 Throne- Lightbulb - National Theatre 101 l-we ive! upon Valour!theCompassion! - Theatre 28 of Brent 112 1 tyke:The Russian Gypsy Band - Graffiti 55 timberjacks on lce:The Return Attractions - The Stand Comedy Club matics Like You and I - Diverse 8539 jlnch Hour Organ Recitals Lunch Time Organ Recitals at St Cuthberts Parish Church 5862 iL<nch Hour Recitals in St Mary's Cathedral - St Mary's Cathedral inch Hour Recitals in the Song School St Mary' s Cathedral .nchtime Instrumental Recital - Greyfriars Kirk Promotions 5562 finchtime Organ Recitals - Greyfriars Kirk Promotions 5532 "VT Comedy Writing Forum - LWT Comedy Writing Award |rnn ?nn Hazelton Ferguson.and FrankDesert - Calder'Childs Gilded Balloon - The Spiegeltent 6324 9397 - K.Frantic Productions ![ icbeth icbeth 486 Redhead icbeth -- Theatre Du Sycomore acDiarmid and Some Friends - St Andrew's & St George's at Festival Time 61 iietheMachine Gunners South Tyneside College-Performing Arts 75 Observer Assemblyto-Ask,' iadison Page Dares What is This Thing Called Love?' 19 Christie' s Comedy Cellar se Magdalene - Edinburgh Youth Theatre 428882 se Magic of Africa Afridonia The Magic of Africa Out of Scotland >i khler igic's Symphony Power and No Gimpel - Demarco 62 5 in C# Minor -European Sinfonia PlArtaysFoundation Mahler 6371 i iskvirag The Spiegeltent e Malt Masterclass Whisky Tasting 58 ' e Mambo Club 3139 indyOpera: Knight Peppered - I Might BewithSingle - But theSpiegeltent Voices Keep Me Company i: Smut The 23 jf a Thousand Heads - Kevin Gildea Ian Who Thought He Was Going To Die - Mass Productions 11357 itre Workshop Itsuki Japan Experience 2232 Doherty - FascinatingCombustion' Things Little 'and Spontaneous 6139 Wilde Alan Jacques St Andrew' s & St George' s at Festival Time nn Bigpig: Funny Peculiar Ha-Ha - The Bigpig: Funny - TheStand StandComedy ComedyClubClub 498539 Georgiof- Bewley' cry I Queen Scots sGotCafeHer Head Chopped Off - Diverse Attractions 6089 'li fryse Matchmaker Young & Nelda- Eskmouth J HardieTheatre - Philomusica Companyof Edinburgh ri tchstalk Man Tenth Planet Productions 118 ting Curiosities of the Modern Anglo Male - Ann Russell is Slattern r

Show Titles MattMcCalmans King - Beastly- The- Calder' 2752 The Famouss Gilded GrouseBalloon House Measure for Measure In Medias Res Theatre Medea - American High -School Theatre Festival Company 7396 Medea:A WorldMusical ApartMelee - Georgian FilmandActors' The Medieval - Shoulder NecktieStudio Arts - The Observer Assembly 7668 Menage - St Andrew's & St George's at Festival Time 61 Men at Work Diverse Attractions 85 Merlin and Arthur in Scotland Merlin' s Precinct 121 Merlyn Trio - St Andrew's & St George's at Festival Time 61 Mervyn Stutter' s Pick of theRoots Fringefor the Festival - The Bongo Club Messenger Soundand System 499633 Messerschmidt the Demon Houlston Productions Metamorphosis -- Diverse Attractions 8590 Metamorphosis Fettes atWorkshop the Fringe - Cygnet Theatre Michael Chekhov Acting Michael Marra The Famous Grouse House 533881 Michael Smiley in Re: Cycling CarnivalNight' Weekend - Graffiti 5577 AAMidnight Midsummer ss Dream -- Cygnet Bare andTheatre Ragged Theatre Midsummer Night' Dream 817 AA Midsummer Night’s Dream -- Calder' s Gilded Balloon at the Palladium Midsummer Night' s Dream Gresham' s Youth Theatre 94 A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Leicestershire Youth Arts 99 Mieko Nishimura - Japan Experience 12048 Mika Ahi Ataahua (Beautiful Fire) The Observer Assembly Mike Gunn - Good Grief Mike of Marvin Highly Recommended 3356 Mike Hatchard MacDonald(Including - We are18theMinutes Comedy ChannelHanglider) on God's- TV -Mike Calder' s Gilded Balloon Whellans - Caledonian- Waste Folk atof theSpaceGuildford 4924 Millennium Comedown Theatre Company 117 Mind,Minister Body, SpiritRoger HealthScruton Fair - Body & SoulEuropean Health Fair 70 The - Demarco Mirage Theatreby Company - The Famous Grouse HouseArt Foundation 9066 The Edible with Mr Steve 89 Miss Misanthrope Lou Lou'sTap- Faction Dancing/ Theatre Extravaganza -Mitch The Observer Assembly 1315 Benn Moliere' s ' P recieuses Ridicules' Moliere For Lunch 100 Mona Hatoum Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Festival ofTheatre '98 12246 Monkey and the- Waterfall Dance Theatre Co. - Pleasance Monkey Business Activate Theatre Co. Theatre Workshop 113 Monte-Cristo - Traverse Theatre 115 More Light North London Collegiate School 10219 More tosLifeBoysThan MeatyProductions Eyes - Christie's Comedy Cellar Morgan' Solstice 111 Morpheus Theatre - Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 108 Mort Primary Colours 106 Moscow -State FranticCircus Redhead Productions Moscow 469363 Mose Scarlett-The Spiegeltent overandMoriarty - Lip Service of the Jiving Lindy Hoppers 31 AMove Movin' a Groovin' Mr Tunes- Members - BBC Scotland 49459 Mr Anderson' Boom-Thes Fine Spiegeltent Mr Ed and Fulcher - Calder's Gilded Balloon 24 Mr McFall' ObserverTragedy Assemblyof) Mr. Punch - Fresh Blood Theatre 4893 (The Tragicals Chamber Comedy-orTheComical Mr Puntila and his man Matti Traverse Theatre I IS Mrs Mice - Demarco European Art Foundation Mrs Brown Burns -Eats DiverseDeadAttractions 8583 Mrs Dench's Seaside s Dentures TheatreTheatre Edible 898 Mr Shell' Spells- Faction - Magic/ Carpet Mrs Moses Bijou Theatre Productions 77 MTV HotDivision Comedy- Diverse SelectionAttractions Multiple 853413 The Musical - Baby Wants Candy Musical - Sex&Symbol! - Earl- StOkin 3562 Music atGenius StAnna Michael All Saints Michael & Alatl Saints Church Music for Magdalena Bach - Harpsichords St Cecilia' s Hall 56 Music from the Golden Age Chapelle du Roi 49 Music's Perfect Master - Harpsichords at St Cecilia's Hall 56 My Last Week Modolia MoorTheatre Company My Life You With Waste- Ben of Space 11733 My Life asin- Graffiti Art -Know PortableIt -Productions 105 Myllarit 55 My Man - Devra Kay and- Theatre Tom Goldsmith 51 My Mother Taihen Workshop 46 Myra and Angels Me - Northern Theatre Company 10287 My Three - Edinburgh Theatre Arts N Voices - Sweet Soul Sisters Naked 64 Naturalight-TheYoga Centre 71 Nature Morte an Exhibition from the Price&Price Museum - The Bongo Club 123 The Nectarine No 9, + 2 Bands - Flux Festival, Edinburgh 54 153

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of Show Titles 74 Peter Kay Nephelokokkugia TheatreCompany Pan - Leicestershire Arts s at Festival Time NeverTrust Anyone(Cloudcuckooland) Who Wears Suede- Arnold Shoes Lodge - Elle Youth M Theatre 11788 Peter PetraCool Casen - St Andrew'sYouth & St George' Neville's Island - West End Theatre Company 11854 Phil New Clay ' 9 8 The Adam Pottery Phil Kay - Calder's Gilded Balloon NewNews Cool Collective Graffiti4 Alpin Smart - Philomusica of Edinburgh The Quiz - BBC- Radio Phillida Bannister Bannister && William Alexander - Philomusica of Edinburgh 346415 Phillida Newsrevue 98 Phil Nichol New York Flute & Harp Project - Park Stickney AnnaTraquair Song School Murals - St Mary's Cathedral 7954 APhoebe ANickNiceCaveDayplus for support the Millennium Cameo Productions Phoenix Too Frequent - TheofVeritas Ensemble The Dirty Three - Flux Festival, Edinburgh Favourites - Philomusica Edinburgh 6337 Piano Nick Harper- Stand-up - The Spiegeltent Piano Recital St Andrew' s & St George' at FestivalHouse Time Nick Wilty or Hunk? - Screaming Blue Murder Piatra Neamtz, Romania - The FamoussGrouse Night For100TibetBars- The- Calder' Observer Assembly 2597 The Picture of Dorian Gray Bare and Ragged Theatre Night of s Gilded Balloon The Pied of Hamlin - Blunderbus Theatre for Children Night on theTiles -K.486University ADC PierLunaire -Piper The Laboratory Night Town - High Cambridge 4579 The Pierrot - Venue l3:The Harry Younger Hall Nine Stories The Inflatable Theatre Company Pippin Nineteen - Ice Cold Drama Society Pips and- Stage Pandaby inStageCircusland - Purves International Puppets 439639 The 98.4% DNAEighty-Four - Being Human - Desoxy Pitchfork Disney Theatre Company No Contest The Stand Comedy Club J Harvey -TheFluxSitcom Festival,- Exacting Edinburgh Noise and Lights Other -Announcements - Geoff Boyz 10717 APPlanet Ex Active Northern Regina Theatre Company Chairs- -ZThe CornPerformance ExchangeProductions - The Observer Assembly 11021 ThePlayPlay'onsTwo No Sex in Paradise -Cohagan Shakers and Movers the Thing Theatre Company No Spleen Carolyn 85 Play Wisty For Me:The Life of Peter Cook Pleasance Festival ofTheatre '98 No Spring Chickens Diverse Attractions - Demarco European-ArtScottish Foundation 5075 Poetaster No Strings Attached - -TheTheClarsach (Scottish Harp) Society Poetry Catalonia?Caledonia Poetry Library Not a Game for Boys Observer Assembly 99 Poetry, Prose DiverseGrouse Attractions Not ifYou Were the Last Comic on -Earth in- Pleasance the and ParkPlays - The- Famous 5560 Politics Netting Carnival International Graffiti- The Laboratory Pondlife Festival ofTheatre '98 House Netting Hill Hill Carnival International Roadshow Pooh and Friends - Stirling Youth Theatre - Theatre Workshop 277 The Now Comedy Calder' s Gilded Balloon Poozies -- Silver The Spiegeltent NowNualas that's what I Radio call Magic Bob... 13!! - Calder's Gilded Balloon Lining Theatre Company 1346 Pope-Afloat The BBC 4 and- Lemon - FranticCompany Redhead Productions NumbNutcracker - CamilleThoman 9 Port Portrait Theatre The - Purves International Puppets Portrait CAmber -anDemarco European Art Foundation Portrait of Unknown Woman Productions OOdd Death - B.O.B. Postman's Knock! - Frantic Redhead- More Productions 7875 Les Precieuses Ridicules Diverse Attractions OJ/Othello The Observer Assembly - Traverse- Turning TheatreHeads 6317 Princess The Old BlindMusicDogsHall- The- Cabbages Spiegeitent ProfessorSharon Branestawm OldeTyme 72 The Promise Exi l e International Theatre Company Once a Catholic - Abbotsford Scott& Things Pumpkin Pie Show - Fractured Atlas Productions 103 Once - Derevo - Pleasance Festival ofTheatreCraft '98 Fair 150 Top Designers Artisan Contemporary 118 One-Man Hamlet Youth Theatre 102 Only 11798 QQuartet - Demarco European ofArtRobert Foundation Quicksilver! An Impression Louis Stevenson On theOnce Inside- Wycliffe - The Laboratory 8052 - Crossfire Theatre Company The Open Haund Caveat Theatre OperaOpium on a Shoestring - The Famous Grouse House RThe Rage - Dave Heath Band - The Observer Assembly The Eaters Brouhaha Theatre Workshop 113 Organ Recitals s & St George's at Festival Time 6162 The Ragged Child - Forth Childrens Theatre Organ Recitals -- StSt Andrew' Mary' s Cathedral Organ Spectacular -Performance St Andrew' s &-StHarpsichords George's at atFestival Times Hall 6156 The Children - The Realistic Theatre Company of Edinburgh Organ Symposium St Cecilia' Rat inRailway theKanSkull - Artcore Raybon - Dazed and Confucius - Calder's Gilded Balloon Orion' s Buckle Hailstone Productions C 79 Othello - Double Drama 8682 The Real Deal - -Liptheatre Company Blow-Up Theatre Group The Other Side ofEdgethe- Model ChileanCitizen Moon- Calder' - Demarco European Real Thing Southampton Otis Lee Crenshaw s Gilded BalloonArt Foundation 24 The The Red Dress - Sawston PlayersRedUniversity Ourselves Alone Warwick University Drama Society Red Riding Hood and Little Hen - John Peel Puppets 117 Out oftheOblivion Refreshing Room- The- TheMakars Spiegeltent 60 The out of blue presents The Bongo Club Relatively Speaking And DMDC with Cancer by Colin Dickson 49 Out ofthetheEdge Blue- -Demarco Rabbi Lionel Blue Art Foundation Human: Photographs of People 37 Remaining Over European 83 Marie Curie Cancer Care Overtired and Showing Off - Calder's Gilded Balloon 25 Renee Geyer The Spiegeltent The Oysterband - The Spiegeltent toHerring the- Forbidden Planet - C-NRG 63 Return oz.dot.comedy - The Observer Assembly Richard - Playing Hide and SeekProductions with- Pleasance Jesus Festival ofTheatre '98 Richard Ml English Shakespeare Company PPaintings by Jim Sturgeon - A World of Colour Richard Morton Famous Grouse 12364 Richard ParkPassion Harp Jazz- Schhh!!! Trio - Theatre Park Stickney Ricky RossWood Solo- The in Concert - Calder'House s Gilded Balloon The CompanyEuropean Art Foundation 10943 Ripe - Theand Laboratory Passion!, Sangue E Anima Demarco Rita, Sue Bob Too Paul Foot, StephenEnd Grant & Veronica McKenzie RoadRoad - DeMontfort Company Paul Graham:The 12235 The toBurns LargsTheatre - Calder' s Gilded Paul Kelly - The Spiegeltentof an Age - Portfolio Gallery Robert Tour - Absolute Burns at Jazz theBalloon Netherbow 6333 The Paul Merton Robert Mazurek Band? New York Style Paul Thorne 40 Robert Stolz Angelic Voices Peacocks & Peanuts American High School Theatre Festival 66 The Robin Hood Revue Nottingham' s New Theatre Company Peepolykus - Horses forTheatre Courses - Pleasance Comedy '98 Newman Perfect DaysArts - Traverse 1157135 Rob Rockaby The Shamans Performing as Meditation Workshop The Yoga Centre BewesAssembly - Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) Perrier Pick ofGorgon the Fringe Award 359 Rodney - The Observer Perseus The Orchestra Slayer - VenueShows 123 - Perrier Pick Of The Fringe Roland TheFriction Brave -- Demarco EuropeanBalloon Art Foundation Perth Youth Chamber Ensembles Romantic Calder'KnewYa s Gilded -Perth National Association ofYouth Orchestras 59 Ronnie Drew I Hardly The Observer Assembly - NationalComedians Association- Peter ofYouthBuckley Orchestras - The Observer Assembly 6017 Room Peter Youth BuckleyOrchestra Hill and Some Hil Rory Bremner 154

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(lory McLeod - The Spiegeltent The Rose !i< loss Nobleand the Pomegranate - Chapelle du Roi iThe Rowan Tree Company with The Maistersingers of Aikwood t^The kowdiesFamous - TheGrouse ShamansHouse - Scottish International Presents... >|i "he High SchoolWalks on Calton Hill -Festival DemarcoVoluntary EuropeanGuides Art Foundation loyalRoyal MileJunior Historical - Edinburgh jilSAMD Academy Orchestra - National Association ofYouthAssociation Orchestras - BBCjungle Radio- 4Edinburgh Book Festival iIfT.F.P. tuby Fruit S%i luby Fruit Jungle - The Spiegeltent ludsambee - Philomusica of Edinburgh j|'i ludy Coby The Coolest Calder' s Gilded Balloon at theMagician Palladiumon Earth fjtl :um and Vodka -- Portrait Lucid Productions umpelstiltskin Productions - Theatre Workshop i: umpelstiltskin - Tall Stories upert Street HeartsEuropean Club -ArtAblazeFoundation Theatre Company S ussian AnguishLonely - Demarco he Russian Folk Circus The Bi g Top on the I uth Ellis - Foxtrot Oscar Theatre Company Meadows i Itiladie Potters &- Calder' s Gildeds Choir Balloonand Orchestra 43 Andrew' St George' Stt Mary' Andrew' s & St George' s at Festival Time s Cathedral Concert 6261 VivantChoir Hill■ Theatre and Vertical Seconds - Bewley's Cafe 4968 Frantic irday- Sheffield NightRedhead ForeverProductions -Venue l3:The Harry Younger Hall 11792 iwed University Theatre Company 110 tophone Classique St Andrew' s & St George' s at Festival Time 61 ired Weird itotlan' : KelvinLittle 417 -Guys Vital Spark Productions 11737 Scots The Clarsach& Wind (ScottishOrchestras Harp) Society 50 )ttishTapestry Borders -Chamber (National Association ofYouth Orchestras 59 ! Scottish Parliament Architectural Competition - Architecture on the Fringe 118 leArchitecture Scottish onParliament Competition - Minds Meetings Fringe-Architectural ie SeaCullen: and Wood, thetheMirror Demarco European Art Foundation 823870 Cheese & Children! ban Lock Catch 23 (pan Meo: 3332 SecrettheofHaydn Santa Vittoria Valvona & Crolla 116 Place - Valvona & Crolla nelyhooSloga - The- Croatian Spiegeltent 6365 Folk Music and Dance iminole Women - American High School Theatre- Demarco Festival European Art Foundation 4373 i Sensory Secrets of Malt Whisky and Cheese ielphi Whisky & Herbie' s Cheese -ssions - Northern Bridge - Pleasance Festival of Theatre '98 10470 and the Single Dancer The Famous Grouse House the Dole -and ThetheFamous Grouseof Country House Music - Travis T. Merle 894333 xualon Deviancy History xual Perversity Perversity inin Chicago ixual Chicago -- Artcore Exacting Theatre Company 897489 •akers Exacting Theatre Company l akespeare! D'Good Stuff! - Armes Production Troupe 74 <akespeare' - Beyond ■ akespeare sforWomen Breakfast - C Productions 7977 s Mums- Rich- Joanne 9729 seakespeare' Shame Spiral Hall Joseph Actor/Poet 7538 lielaghSplits-The Martin andObserver Jon Reed:Assembly Actual Size -Manic Journeys - Draco Shepherd - Theatre AlbaTree / MPRProductions Theatre Studio I 86I I erlock HolmesBeguiled in Bedlam - Lemon 100 Sincerity - Demarco Fithian European Art Foundation 4390 irleyofValentine irley Valentine -- Catherine Floradora 91 asstring - Grit Theatre Company Players -- AScapin Dickens of a Christmas - Pleasance'98Festival ofTheatre '98 103948 joestring Players Pleasance Festival ofTheatre opping and St***-Up - Mitchell &Webb 33 :: Story -- BBC Straw- Brown DoubleRadio Edge4- Drama 8613 Bag Blush The Bongo Club 49 :ow Bag - Mongrel - The Bongo Club 42 ow Bag-TheVoid-The 4215 Bag - Wonderlust - TheBongo BongoClubClub Youth Theatre owstoppers - The Movies - Craigmount 66 Jttleworth and Hurst: Critical Mass II Return of the Hack Shuttleworth and Richard Hurst 29 vlock - Guy Masterson Productions 95

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The - Vanishing Sin ESightless - The Famous GrousePoint House The Sinking- Theof the Titanic Parade (A Complete Disaster) - The Observer Assembly Sistercare Amsterdam Skin Tight Traverse Theatre Slags - Newcastle University-Theatre Society (NUTS) Sleep (Dreams) Snow With QueenUs- Burklyn YouthTheBalletLaboratory ASoldiers-TraverseTheatre Soldier's Song - Guy Masterson Productions Solo RecitalPoetsby Claire - St Andrew' s & StEuropean George'sArtat Festival Time SolwayViolin Festival and theDocherty Poetry Store - Demarco Foundation Someone Who' l l Watch Over Me KCS Theatre Company Something Blue - Crazy Horse Theatre Company Sometimes Angel Did - GodYouHelpThink The ofLittleAmerica? Man - Pepperdine University So, MrRecital Brecht,an- StWhat Song Andrew' s & St George' s at Festival Time Songs for a Summer's Evening - Philomusica of Edinburgh Songs of Italy and Naples Valvona & Crolla Songs ofof Scotland Scotland -- Adam McNaughton Tron Ceilidh Songs BrianReidMcNeill -Ceilidh Tron -Ceilidh House House Songs of Scotland Jim Tron House Songs ofof Scotland -- Tom Mackenzie CeilidhWatson House - Tron Ceilidh House Songs Scotland Spiers -&Tron Arthur Sorted Dance From the Streets The Famous The Sound Man - The Amsterdam Parade Grouse House Sounds Like Fun! Music Now! Southampton University Sinfonietta Southern Comfort - Abbotsford Scott - National Association ofYouth Orchestras SoYouThinkYou' r e Funny? Space Panorama Andrew Exhibition Dawson & Gavin RobertsonMulti-media Artwork Spectacular Roof -Garden of Colourful - Gallery Oppi Spinback Inflate Spinning Riddles - Tell Tale Children' s Theatre Spiritualized/Steve (support Neill) - Flux Festival, Edinburgh Splendid Isolation - Martland Demarco European ArtBenFoundation Split Down the Middle Diverse Attractions Spring and the Selfish Giant - Wee Stories Theatre for Children SquareSquare Pegs Root - Venueof 123Minus One - Oxford New Writing Festival The The Stage Seminars - Pleasance Festival ofTheatre '98 Stand National Student TheatreClub Company The Stand The Stand Comedy Stanislav Kolibal - Edinburgh College of Art State - In Human FormObserver Assembly Stay Alive PepiSmile - The Stealing the - -Grinning Gargoyle Stepdance Concert TheUpFamous GrouseTheatre HouseCompany Stephen Powell - Tooled - Pleasance Festival ofTheatre '98 Steve Frost’s Celebrity Pub Quiz Calder' s Gilded Balloon Steve Frost' s Impro Allstars Calder' s Gilded Balloon Steve Harley The Observer Assembly Stewart Lee Still Bottom of theTheatre Bill in Company a One-Man Show - Peter Buckley Hil Still Life - Etcetera Still Matter Fevered Sleep / StateArtof Emergency Still Moving - Demarco Foundation Still PlayingYouth the Fool - European Philip Jeays Stockholm Orchestra - National Association ofYouth Orchestras StoriesStoryof Odyssey CompanyTheatre, Moscow, Russia The of a Horse- Exacting - The UTheatre NikitskikhVorot The Story of 'Wemyss Ware' 1882Theatre to theCompany Millennium - Griselda Hil Pottery The Storyteller National Student Strange Times - Calder's Gilded Balloon AStrictly Streetcar Named Desire - Pepperdine University Scottish Stripped-Venue 123 Studio at the Fringe NationalBaggage TheatreTheater Studio The Substance of Fire- Royal - Emotional Summer Lightning: by Fourwith Edinburgh Sunday Nights at theWorks Palladium Horse Artists - Art of Myth and Mind - Calder'with s GildedBurnsBalloon at theat thePalladium Supper Netherbow Surely You' re Joking- MrBurnsFeynman -Valvona & Crolla Sweet Chalybete Trim Theatre Company Sweetheart Cambridge Mummers Swimming in Treacle - Vicious Rumours Tabache - The Famous GrousePeople' Houses Theatre Table Manners -TheEdinburgh Taiko toTabla Famous Grouse Take Me to- Calder' Your Lieder - Balloon PhilomusicaHouse of Edinburgh Take Two s Gilded Take Two St Andrew' s & St George’s at TimeAttractions Tales from the Women's Locker RoomFestival - Diverse

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of Show Titles 9389 The Vast Majority - The Spiegeltent Tales from Women' s Locker - Grouse Calder'sHouse Gilded Balloon Very Best of- The Scottish Comedy The Stand Comedy Club Tales of thetheArabian Nights - The Room Famous 7296 The Very, Very Tasty Famous Grouse -House Tamagotchi Heaven A-Bit-of-Rough Theatre Company Vigil San Diego Sister City Productions The Taming of the Shrew Il l y ri a Extravaganza Philomusica Edinburghs at Festival Time Tam Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Celtic Blues Connection - The Spiegeltent 496354 Viola Violin Piano - St-Andrew' s & StofGeorge' Tandem - Caledonian Folk at the Guildford VirtualandEnvironments - Architecture on the Fringe Tango Salon Graffiti - Philomusica of Edinburgh Tannas - The Famous Grouse Blue HouseMurder 1095367 Vivaldi/Choral Viv & Jill Calder' s Gilded Balloon Target Practice Screaming - St Andrew' sWhore & St George' at Festival Time Tartan - Patchwork 4196 Vivien VMW -Liu Virgin Mother - Tall sStories Teatime Chat wth Theatre Richard Whiteley - Richard Whiteley Voices From The Old High School Demarco European Art Foundation Teechers Harland Hamstrings Theatre Company 10491 W Teeth of the- The Jungle! -gPleasance Festival ofTheatre '98 Teleluwies Fl y i n Pi g Theatre Company The Tell-Tale Heart - Iroqim 10472 Waiters - TheanObserver Waiting for AnswerAssembly - The Apostle Players The Tempest - Activated Image - Pleasance Festival ofTheatre '98 82 Waiting for Godot --It'Edinburgh s Grimey People' Up North The Tempest Dead Man' s Trousers AWake for Donald The Tempest-Venue 123 116 Ten Seconds of Life - Michael Forrester 91 Waking Thoughts - Tagus- Municipal Theatre Theatres Theatre Walking in the Forest Company of Keratsini Ten Steps to Starting a Theatre Company Independent Theatre Council 70 Dog - Theatre Alba / MPR Theatre Ten Times Table -- Graffiti Oxford Brookes Student Union Drama 10255 Walking Wallace'stheWomen Studio Terem Quartet Terry NeasonMoment - Screams- Nyeusi and Kisses - TheCo.Observer Assembly MatildaHot- &Diverse Attractions That - Theatre 11348 Waltzers Wanderlust...a Hilarious Race Around the World - The Observer Assembly TheatreGolden Babel's Don Juan - The Theatre Famous Grouse House Workshop Washboard Hank The Spiegeltent 90 The Water Carriers - Theatre Talipot They' re Playing Our- Song - Tempo Productions The Three Bonazzi Pleasance FestivalMusical ofTheatre '98 1036824 The Water Juggler - Traverse The 3 Canadians The Flat Calder' s Gilded Balloon The Well Oiled Sisters - The- Theatre Spiegeltent 33ftEves The Laboratory 99 We Should Get Out More Calder' s Gilded Balloon off the Ground Ugly Theatre 116 West End Craft and Design Fair Three Left Hours Demarco European Art Foundation 82 West Glamorgan Youth String and Symphonic Wind Orchestras The Three Little Opera Pigs - Kenspeckle Puppets 7 West - National AssociationSchools of YouthConcert Orchestras The Threepenny Z Theatre Company 68 of Scotland Band Three's Company - St Andrew's & St George's at Festival Time 61 West - National AssociationSchools of YouthOrchestra Orchestras Three Short One Tall Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 108 of Scotland NationalFestival Association ofYouth Orchestras Throat - Demarco European Art Foundation 5022 West Side Story - American High School- Theatre Ticket to Up Dallas and Packer What a Gas! 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Smart DirectCompany Over the Top with The Tartan Army - Frantic Redhead Productions 4692 Why Why I Want to Shoot President - The Riot Group Transmission - 1157 Performance Group Widows - Bareof Flowers and Ragged- TheTheatre Traquair Fair 71 A Wife out Company ofGrouse StrangersHouse Trash - Patchwork Theatre - Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama The Wild Wildcats of-Kilkenny - The Famous Trashcan Arts- Edinburgh Company 1086767 The Party Mouse People - Pleasance Festival ofTheatre '98 Trial by Jury University Savoy Opera Group Wildview 2 QMW Theatre Company Tribute to Coalmining Midlothian Community Artists' Tribute to Coalmining William Gillies A Centenary Exhibition -The Royal Scottish Academy 121 Tripod Are Handsome - Calder'- Clark s Gilded The Winter Queen:The Life of Elizabeth of Bohemia Trivial Pursuit of Happiness 22 Balloon 215327 The - Scottish NationalGhost Portrait Gallery Tri xTri The Famous Grouse House Witchery and Gore Tour The Witchery Tours Trout Fishing inin America -- The The Spiegeltent Spiegeltent 639 The Wiz - Leicestershire YouthherArtsHusband - Heretic Theatre - Theatre Workshop Trout Fishing America The Woman who Cooked Trusting - Active 7261 Woman who with The Wolves - Shakti The TruthLiars LovePerformance - -StFevered Andrew'Sleep sProductions & St/ George' at Festival Time Women on theDances Verge - TheFestival Spiegeltent T - State ofAbout Emergency State ofsEmergency The Wrestling Pleasance ofTheatre '98 90 The Turnout European Art Foundation 82 Wuthering TheWrigleyHeights Sisters -- Negative The FamousEquity Grouse House Twelfth Night- -Demarco ArkleTheatre Company 74 Twist Stephanie' s Fridge 46 The Two Character Play - San Diego Sister City Productions 10963 XX - Tall Stories Tympanal! - The Spiegeltent Xanadu - Brilliant Traces UThe Ukrainian Dimension - Demarco European Art Foundation Y 51 Uncle Bobby' s Croft - Wunderkindergarten - Traditional Drums - Japan Experience Under the Kilt andTruckUnder theCompany Stars - The Famous Grouse House 436896 Yamato The of the PigThomas - Japanese Haileybury Unleashed - Hull- The TheatreGrouse YoYoung LaYear Tengo/David and TwoandPalePockets Boys -- Flux Festival,FestEdinburgh Ursula Burns Famous House Pleasance Presents Plackets Pleasance ival ofTheatre 53 Ursula Martinez presents A Family Outing The Observer Assembly You' r e a Good Man, Charlie Brown American High School Theatre Festival '98 76 Useless Guide to Scotland The Stand Comedy Club 39 A Youth Well Spent? 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Beck's and the Edinburgh Festiual go together like Corky and the Juice Pigs. This year, not only does Beck's prouide you uiith the map to plan your route from uenue to venue, me mill also supply the method of transport. Look out for the Beck's Bicksham . Carts 'running' throughout the city centre. There hasn't been a more stylish may to arrive at Ulaverley since the Flying Scotsman.

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All venues have a grid reference which refers to the map opposite. Venues beyond the range of the map have a grid reference followed by the word Outer. The distance given alongside indicates the distance from the Fringe Office. JI2 Fringe 180 High Street JI2 231 Assembly Fringe Office, Club,Rooms, Parliament SquareStreet 54 George 4 C too, St Columba's by the Castle, Johnston Terr. K10 57 Jaffa The Stand Comedy Club, 5Rd.York Place H12 King Stables 9 TronCake, Ceilidh28House, 9 Hunter Square, High St. KI2K9 1011 Holyrood Park,foot of Royal Mi l e KI6 Attractions, Riddles Court,Road off LawnmarketKI4 J11 1213 Diverse Moray House Institute, Holyrood Harry Younger Hall, Bristo LochendSquare Close, Canongate IIIJI5 1415 Teviot Row House, Theatre, Cambridge St, off Lothian Rd. LI3J9 1617 Traverse Southside Courtyard, St Peter's Church HallDavie , LuttonSt.Place P13 1819 C,Edinburgh Buddhist Centre, 55a Over-Seas House, 100 PrincesGrange Street Road PI110I 2021 Theatre Workshop, 342 Johnston HamiltonTerrace Place Eagle Lodge,Art K10F9 22 Roman Demarco European Foundation,St. St Mary' s School, Y ork Lane/Albany H13 2326 Gilded Chaplaincy Centre, SquareBroughton Place GI4 L12 Balloon atHouse, theI Bristo Palladium, 2829 Greyfriars KM Lo Stadio,75KirkSouth BridgeCandlemaker Row KI2 3031 StTheCecilia’s NetherbowTheatre,43 High Street JI3 Hall, cnrPleasance Niddry Street & Cowgate K13 3334 The Pleasance, 60The LI4 Famous Grouse House, 5 Chambers St. KI2 3536 Gilded EdinburghBalloon RudolfI , People' SteinersSchool, Palace,60/64 Spylaw Rd. 03 Old Fishmarket Close George Square 3738 George Square Theatre, MIKI2I Calder' s Gilded Balloon Theatre, 233 Cowgate HolidayQuaker Inn Crowne 80Victoria High Street 404139 The Meeting19Plaza, House, Terrace JI3 JH l StreetGallery, Theatre, Hil Street 4243 HiPortfolio 43 Candlemaker Row Royal Museum Scotland,Gallery, ChambersI Queen StreetSt. 44 Scottish Nationalof Portrait 4546 The Old StSalisbury . Paul's Church &2 Salisbury Hall, JeffreyRoadStreet J13 Centre, PI4 47 The Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street 112 4849 Bonnington Resource Centre,Place200 Bonnington Rd. C16 Bedlam Theatre, I I b Bristo LI I 5054 The CircusCellar of Horrors Bi g Top, Leith Links D20 Bar, I Inst. Chambers K12 55 Randolph Studio, FrancaisStreet d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph H8 56 Scottish PoetryCres.Library,Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street KI3 5758 BBC Scotland, StudioSchool, One, 5Canongate Queen Street Royal Mile Playhouse, Primary JI5 5961 The Edinburgh 18-22Central Greenside PI. Underbelly - beneath Library, George IV Bridge, 6263 Continental Shiftsofatentrance St Bride'ons,Victoria 10 OrwellSt.Terr. Gallery Scotland,The 64 National Royal Scottish Academy,The MoundMound

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StSouth Ann'Gray' s Community Centre, s Close, Cowgate K13 Scottish National Gallery ofRow,Modern Art,LeithBelford Rd. G15H5 Valvona & Crolla, 19 El m top of Walk Blackball St Columba's Church Hall, MuirdaleTerr., 1 Queensferry Road, Blackball CI Outer (2.75 miles) Broughton High School,42 Henderson I CarringtonRow Rd, StockbridgeFI0E7 I StEdinburgh Academy, Ninians, Comely Bank Road E6 !I The Queen'College s Hall, Clerk Street N13 Edinburgh Lauriston KI0 I SNP Club, 16 NorthofStArt,Andrew StreetPlace H12 ii The Mambo Club,West Tollcross L8 Negociants,45-47 Lothian LI2 'I The SquareZoo, Centre, NicolsonStreet SqRd.Methodist Church(3 miles) LI2 Edinburgh Corstorphine HI Outer 1 The Subway, 69 Cowgate K12 I Collective Gallery,Grindlay 22-28 Court Cockburn JI2K9 Garage Theatre, Centre,StreetGrindlay St. MI2 !I Southside, 117 Nicolson Street Serfs Church HalHolyrood l, Clark Road Road, Goldenacre A12 II StFootlights Holyrood Tavern, K13K9 and Firkin, 7 Spittal Street ' The Famous Spiegeltent,Top ofWaverley Centre, 1 Princes St. JI2 RoxburgheCorner Hotel,Broughton 38 Charlotte I Graffiti, & EastSquare London Streets GI3 St Mary' s Cathedral, Palmerston Place J7 :! James Dr Watt'Gillespie' s Library,s High 3 Robertson' s Close, Cowgate School, Lauderdale Street KI3N8 Ii StStilMichael s Gallery,and23AlCockburn Street Brougham Street J12L9 l Saints' Church, iI Greyfriars Phillips Auctioneers, 65 George HI0 Kirk Yard - Main Gates,Street Greyfriars Place, Candlemaker Row KlL8I 10I Central Hall, West11 Tollcross La Belle Angele, Hasties Close, off Guthrie St . KI2 12 Scotch Whisky Society,The Vaults, 87 GilesMaltSt. Leith 1314 Abbotsford Lodge,Church 18 Morningside Road Terrace BI9 06 Murrayfield Parish Hall, Ormidale HI Outer (2 miles) 16 W J Christie's, 27-31 West Port, Grassmarket KI0 17 Guildford I WestSt.)Register St. (off East EndArms,Princes 180 The Grassmarket No I (outside), KI0112 Witchery Restaurant 352 Castlehill, Royal Mile 11 2I StPrinces Andrew'Street s & Gardens St George'West s Church, 13 George St. HII 34 Theatre The Merchant Company, 22 Hanover Street 111 St Paul'Adelphi s East andTent, StEnd,George' s Church,York PI. H13G9 67 The 3 Gloucester Viewforth Centre, 104 Gilmore Lane Place M6 8 Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire PIS Outer (25 miles) 90 Inverleith Kojin, 49 Bernard Street, Leith B19 l, FerryGarden, Rd. (oppOldGranton Rd.), A9 1 DuddingstonChurch KirkHalManse PI7Church Outer (5La.miles) 2 StDuddingston Cuthbert'sVillage Parish Church, 5 Lothian Road J9 Centre, Infirmary 43 South Fettes Bridge ConcertResource Hall, Fettes College, E. FettesStreetAv. KI3D7 Mark'sChurch UnitarianHall,Church, Castle TerraceStreet J919 675 StStSt John' John'ss Church, WestWest End, End, PrincesPrinces Street 19

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89 Youth Oswald'Street s, Montpelier Pk. N618 Studio International One Gallery,at10StStafford 01 Greyfriars PhotographicKirk,Exhibition Centre, 68 Great King Greyfriars PI,forCandlemaker RowSt. G11 Kl I 2 Royal Fine Art Commission Scotland, Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate K15F9 4 Montresor, 35 St Stephen Street 5 The Henderson Row E10 ChurchAdam Hil Pottery, Theatre,3676Morningside 06 M 97 The Honeycomb, Blair Street Road K12 1 Caledon House, 32 Gillespie Rd, Colinton PI. 23 The Out Bongo of the Nomads Tent, St. LeonardsOuter Lane (2 miles) N14 Club,(offoutRoyal of the21Miblue, 14 New Street le) JM 4 Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop & Gallery, G 23 Union St. 6 SirBigJules ThornLinks Exhibition Hall, 9 Hil Square !? Top, Mirages, Leith 97 Galerie 46a Raeburn Place Meadowbank CentreIVandBridge Stadium, London Road JI9 , 241 Augustine' s , George Inverleith Park15Putting Green, Stockbridge D8js ;; 56 Stockbridge RIAS Gallery, Rutland Square Bookshop, 26 North West Circus PI. G9 7 The Candlish Hall, First Floor, St George's West, |§ Shandwick Place 18 vJS 89 The Venue, 15 Calton Road Street jH: Bewley' s Cafe, South Charlotte 0 Outlook Tower & Camera Obscura, Jl Castle HiArts l , RoyalCentre, MileWhite Hart Street ° iH I Dalkeith Dalkeith PIS Outer (6 miles) 4 New Parliament House, Regent Road J15 j 57 Cannonball Castle Hil , Royal John' Mile JI0 ?p MorayBlackadder HouseHouse, Theatre, 9 The Gallery,Canongate/St 5 Raeburn Place s Street KI4F9 ; I Griselda HillWemyss Pottery, 89 West Bow, KM jj Victoria 3 The Old Street Chain Pier Bar,Trinity Crescent i| s; 47 YMCA, Inhouse,7328Ferry HoweRoad Street A11 Outer (1.5 miles) GIO i '98 The Outside Beehive65 Inn, LeiththeGallery, TheGrassmarket Shore :10 South Leith Parish Church Halls, Henderson El i m Pentecostal Church, 26 George IV BridgeSt. CIS :!35 The Caledonian Brewery, 42 Slateford Road Magdalen Chapel, 41 Cowgate JI2 !!87 StCalton GilesCentre, Cathedral,121 High Street, Royal Mile H17 Montgomery :9 The Meadows Theatre Big Top,TheStreet Meadows, MelviBrunton l e DriveTheatre, High Street, NI2 1 The Musselburgh K22 Outer (5 miles) 2 The Quad Old College Quad, Bridge- University 34 South Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith RowStreet DlKI2I Marie Curie Cancer Care, 29 Albany 6 Edinburgh Inti. Conference Centre, Morrison St. K8 89 The Yoga Centre, Canning13-29 StreetNicolson St. Edinburgh Festival 16Theatre, Filmhouse Tattoo Festival Office/Jazz Office BookTickets The Festival TouristEdinburgh Information

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Edinburgh Fringe Venues & Street Plan ^

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This is a schematic represenfation of central Edinburgh. Each number shows the location of the venue in question. Venues shown in a white circle are outwith the area of this map but the listings give approximate distances to these outer venues. Tourist Information on Princes Street (I 12) / can supply detailed street maps of the city. ROYAl BOTAN GARDENS INVERl EITH PARK

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