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Emergence-See!

Emergence-See!: Assembly @ St George's West

Using the emergence of a slave ship as a backdrop, Daniel Beaty scrutinises the way a black community handles the legacy of slavery in his one man show

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Velvet Scratch

Velvet Scratch: Sweet ECA

A vibrant underworld comes to life with powerful images, music and theatrical animation

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Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus: Sweet ECA

Three actors and three musicians take you to hell and back in a tale that's halfway between pathos and pantomime

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Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo: Assembly @ George Street

The First World War is brought to life through the tale of a young soldier

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Play on Words

Play on Words: C soco

In Play on Words, staged in an obscure room seemingly formed only of black sheets suspended from the ceiling, three actors pun their way t...

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Painkillers

Painkillers: Underbelly

An inquiry into the nature of truth takes place in the prison cell of a murderer

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Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath

Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath: Underbelly's Smirnoff Baby Belly

This play pitches itself just right; the jokes peppering the script make the experience all the more affecting

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Longwave

Longwave: E4 UdderBELLY's Pasture

Longwave is a rough-cut gem that incites wonder without twinkling opulently. Tune in and marvel

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Rodney Bewes - On The Stage And Off review

Rodney Bewes - On The Stage - And Off: Assembly @ George Street

The star of The Likely Lads has flawless audience rapport in his monologue on acting

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The Collector

The Collector: Underbelly

Based on the novel by John Fowles, The Collector is certain to be one of the most satisfying sinister plays you'll see this Fringe

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The Ethics of Progress

Cast you minds back to science lessons in school, where, bored out of your minds, you were taught about the molecular differences between solids, liqu...

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Traces

Traces: Assembly @ George Street

Humour and hip-hop are mixed with traditional circus talent

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The Terrible Infants

The Terrible Infants: Pleasance Courtyard

Kids will love wrapping their ears around the avalanche of alliteration in the script and will delight in the comedy, whimsy, melancholy and mild horror of the stories

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The Dresser

The Dresser: Underbelly's Smirnoff Baby Belly

With a quality script from Academy Award winner Ronald Harwood and an impressive cast, The Dresser is both watchable and thought-provoking

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Melancholia

Melancholia: Augustine's

An anti-Iraq War message that bravely avoids sentimentality or simplistic slogans

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The Rap Canterbury Tales

The Rap Canterbury Tales: Roman Eagle Lodge

Chaucer's wit and playful rhymes come to life as a lyrical battle, featuring the Miller, the Pardoner and the Wife of Bath

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Basic Training

Kahlil Ashanti - Basic Training: Assembly @ George Street

Taking us through his theatrical tour of duty as a US Air Force entertainer, Ashanti offers nothing but impeccable magic

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Yesterday, When I Was Young

Yesterday, When I Was Young: C soco

This new comedy follows one woman's journey into the world of whips, basques and bondage - to find her true calling as a dominatrix Madame

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PoeJazzi

PoeJazzi: Sweet Grassmarket

This remarkable poetic feast offers something for everyone

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Stonewall

Stonewall: Pleasance Courtyard

In 1968 the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village became the focal point for the gay rights movement after a police raid sparked a ri...

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Havana Rumba!

Havana Rumba!: Assembly @ Assembly Hall

Havana Rumba is guaranteed to provoke unanticipated foot-tapping and hip-swinging in even the most unenthusiastic dancer

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Killer Joe

Killer Joe: Pleasance Courtyard

Farcical comedy and uncontrolled violence create a powerful brew in the trailer parks of Texas

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Tell

Tell: Underbelly

Filled with colour, comedy and caricatures, Tell certainly stands out from the duller entries of the Fringe programme

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The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)

The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared): E4 UdderBELLY's Pasture

Film noir and experimental theatre combine in the back of a trailer for a dream-like experience

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Story of a Rabbit

Hugh Hughes in ... Story of a Rabbit: Pleasance Courtyard

Story of a Rabbit fills its viewers with a warmth and optimism that is rare at a festival that houses more than its fair share of disillusioned comedians and overbearing thespians

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A Walk in the Park

A Walk In The Park: Assembly @ George Street

Unashamedly embracing the Scots language, the melancholia of an old man is vibrantly captured

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A Porthole Into the Minds of the Vanquished

A Porthole Into the Minds of the Vanquished: Gilded Balloon Teviot

This hilarious show is made up of tiny, intricate, mindbogglingly clever scenes and fabulously nonsensical musical numbers

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Stratospheric

Dance Base presents ... STRATOSPHERIC: Dance Base - National Centre for Dance

The boundaries of dance are challenged and extended, displaying Dance Base's commitment to the development of marginal artists

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Truth in Translation

Truth In Translation: Assembly @ Assembly Hall

A stunning, shocking and beautiful investigation of Apartheid's legacy in a 'new' South Africa

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The Pitch

The Pitch: Assembly @ George Street

This entertaining show explores the relationship between artistic vision and marketability to great comic effect

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Chav! and ASBO!: Neds and Scallies go musical

Two chav musicals compete for the title of most mediocre: only one gang of neds can win

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Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live

Johnson and Boswell - Late But Live: Traverse Theatre

Stewart Lee branches out into high culture while staying rooted in comedy for this postmodern revue

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The Container

The Container: E4 UdderBELLY's Pasture

A play in the back of a lorry restores faith in innovative, quality theatre

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Dai (Enough)

Dai (Enough): Pleasance Courtyard

In an age of soundbites, Dai gives a rare inisight into the many fractured voices of Israel

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Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant: E4 UdderBELLY's Pasture

The trial of an Australian folk hero demonstrates the hypocrisy of Empire

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A MidsummernightsTree

A MidsummernightsTree - 2007: Dean Gardens

Hypnotic outdoor fun, bursting with energy despite the gales of an Edinburgh summer

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The Walworth Farce

The Walworth Farce: Traverse Theatre

The Walworth Farce leads the audience on a darkly funny and deeply disturbing journey through domestic violence

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Mile End

Mile End: Pleasance Dome

Every scene is a new surprise that continually shames the last with its technical brilliance

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The End of Everything Ever

The End Of Everything Ever: Pleasance Courtyard

Through shamelessly stilted accents, simple folkloric music and a touch of burlesque, The End of Everything Ever kindles warmth within those who see it

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Lie Detector Truth Detector

Lie Detector Truth Detector: Roman Eagle Lodge

It is shows like this that remind us what the Fringe is really about: the gems that surprise us all

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Dance Base presents ... GLOBAL

Dance Base presents ... GLOBAL: Dance Base - National Centre for Dance

Four companies from across the world join for a intelligent and hypnotising piece of dancing

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Teenage Kicks

Teenage Kicks: Assembly Universal Arts

By turns poignant and funny, John Peel's story will resonate with many who loved the music he played

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Hippo World Guest Book

Hippo World Guest Book: Pleasance Dome

The online world can be pretty ludicrous, but translating it to the stage is, for now, new and unusual

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Playing Burton

Playing Burton: Assembly @ George Street

In the age of Heat and Popbitch, an endearing portrayal of Richard Burton reminds us it was always so

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The Way Light Strikes Filled Mason Jars

The Way Light Strikes Filled Mason Jars: The Vault

A bleak yet engaging play which offers Fringe-goers thought-provoking quality theatre

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...Survived?

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ... Survived?: Sweet Grassmarket

The humour of the play is provided by a dialogue peppered with misunderstandings, witty word play and good timing

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Auto Auto

Auto Auto: Pleasance Courtyard

An amazing musical exhibition, played out on the most unlikely of instruments

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Exits and Entrances

Exits and Entrances - Athol Fugard: Assembly @ George Street

An autobiographical play by the grand old man of South African theatre is filled with Oedipal themes

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Long Time Dead

Long Time Dead: Traverse Theatre

Climbers try to free themselves from the wreckage of past tragedies with good doses of humour and human feeling

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England

England: Traverse at The Fruitmarket Gallery

The audience undergo a theatrical heart transplant of their own

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Wunderkind

Wunderkind: E4 UdderBELLY's Pasture

A savage satire on the movie industry, where dream deals are made then left on the cutting room floor

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Fanny and Faggot by Jack Thorne

Fanny and Faggot by Jack Thorne: Pleasance Courtyard

The actors are natural comedians of anxiety, and the neat humour helps the play find its real theme

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State of Matter

State of Matter: Zoo Southside

A fusion of contemporary dance and street-dancing, this performance astounds with its libidinous energy

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Nijinsky's Last Dance

Nijinsky's Last Dance: Assembly @ Hill Street Theatre

A one man tour-de-force that delves into the psyche of dance legend, Vaslav Nijinsky

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Forgotten Voices

Forgotten Voices: Assembly @ George Street

Forgotten Voices is a moving, poignant collection of real life memories from those serving during the First World War

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Fuerzabruta

Fuerzabruta: The Black Tent

This is a show so different and wonderful, "it's like trying to describe a colour"

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Bigger Than Jesus

Bigger Than Jesus: Assembly @ St George's West

A theatrical and spiritual experience

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Venus as a Boy

Venus as a Boy: Traverse Theatre

Burns' masterful solo performance as Cupid is the crowning glory of an excellent production

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Yellow Moon

Yellow Moon: Traverse Theatre

A thrilling, dynamic play that stimulates childlike wonder, Yellow Moon is a testament to Grieg's exceptional talent for storytelling

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Pit

Pit: Traverse Theatre

With flawless poetic dialogue, this adventurous play awakens our social conscience

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Phaedre

Phaedre: C at Craigmillar Castle

A multi-sensory experience that leaves no part of our body unconscious of the unravelling story of forbidden and fatal love.

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The Last South: Pursuit of the Pole

The Last South: Pursuit Of The Pole: Pleasance Courtyard

The gallantry inherent in both the original memoirs transfers smoothly to the stage with the help of two accomplished actors who generously inject their own charisma into the already estimable personalities

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Stoopud Fucken Animals

Stoopud F**ken Animals: Traverse 3: The University of Edinburgh Drill Hall

Hot. Young. Talent. Three words not usually associated with the rural county of Suffolk. Still, in the case of East Anglia’s premier playwright,...

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Believe - Linda Marlowe

Believe - Linda Marlowe: Traverse Theatre

Marlowe plays four different women, rebelling against patriarchal society: one decides to stamp, flamenco-style, across a "battlefield of pricks" to carry out her mission.

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The Art of Swimming

The Art of Swimming: Traverse Theatre

Solo performances (especially those in intimate studio venues) possess a unique form of intensity for both the performer and the audience, placing dem...

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Tap Olé

Tap Olé: C

Tap Ole creates something spectacular: a passionate, innovative fusion of sounds, rhythms and styles

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