Edinburgh 2014

Five-star shows

#MyWay

Joanna Billington and Linda Bloomfield

Young Pleasance

Pleasance Dome

2–16 August 2014

The Addams Family

Music and lyrics Andrew Lippa Book Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Assembly Hall

31 July–25 August 2014

All Back to Bowie’s

David Greig

Stand in the Square

1–24 August 2014

Antonio Forcione: No Strings Attached

Assembly George Square Studios

7–17 August 2014

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Assembly Roxy

30 July–25 August 2014

Bare: A Pop Opera

John Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo

Act Up Theatre

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

4–15 August 2014

Bianco

NoFit State Circus

Fountainbridge Brewery

29 July–25 August 2014

The Big Bite-Sized Breakfast Menu 3

Various

Pleasance Dome

30 July–25 August 2014

Chef

Sabrina Mahfouz

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–17 August 2014

City of the Blind

David Leddy

Fire Exit

Traverse Theatre (online streaming)

From 1 August 2014

Cuckooed

Mark Thomas

Traverse Theatre

2–24 August 2014

The Curing Room

David Ian Lee

Stripped Down Productions

Pleasance Dome

30 July–25 August 2014

Dalloway

Dyad Productions

Assembly Roxy

31 July–25 August 2014

David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything

Assembly George Square Theatre

30 July–25 August 2014

Dr Longitude's Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie

Les Enfants Terribles

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Ernest and the Pale Moon

Les Enfants Terribles in association with Pins and Needles Productions

Les Enfants Terribles

Pleasance Courtyard

3–25 August 2014

Every Brilliant Thing

Duncan Macmillan

Paines Plough / Pentabus Theatre Company

Summerhall @ Roundabout

5–22 August 2014

Leigh Kelly as Manuel, Karina Garnett as Sybil and Benedict Holme as Basil

Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience

Interactive Theatre International

B'est Restaurant

31 July–26 August 2014

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S Thompson

Lou Stein Associates and Pleasance

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Feral

Tortoise in a Nutshell

Underbelly, Bristo Square

14–24 August 2014

Frisky and Mannish: Just Too Much

Underbelly, Bristo Square

31 July–25 August 2014

The Future for Beginners

Alan Harris and Martin Constantine with music by Harry Blake

liveartshow and Wales Millennium Centre

Summerhall

1–24 August 2014

The God Box: A Daughter's Story

Mary Lou Quinlan & Martha Wollner

The God Box Project

Assembly Roxy

31 July–24 August 2014

Government Inspector

Nikolai Gogol

Incognito with the Pleasance

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–25 August 2014

Hiraeth

Buddug James Jones

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

HUFF

Shona Reppe and Andy Manley

Shona Reppe

Traverse Special Space

30 July–24 August 2014

Hunter and Johnny

Adam El Hagar & Sam Coulson

d'Animate

Zoo

1–25 August 2014

Icarus Falling

Scott Wings

C nova

2–25 August 2014

Janis Joplin: Full Tilt

Peter Arnott

Regular Music

Assembly Checkpoint

31 July–24 August 2014

Lungs

Duncan Macmillan

Paines Plough

Summerhall @ Roundabout

2–23 August 2014

The Man Who Would Be King

Dawn State

Zoo

1–25 August 2014

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Off The Kerb Productions / Aine Flanagan Productions /Theatre 503

Assembly George Square

31 July–24 August 2014

Milk Presents: Self Service

Milk Presents / Escalator East to Edinburgh

Northern Stage at King's Hall

2–23 August 2014

Mock Tudor

Lily Bevan

Emily Slack for The London Collective

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

The Only Way is Downton

Luke Kempner

Seabright Productions

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–25 August 2014

Picnic in the Cemetery

Njo Kong Kie

Made in Macao

C nova

1–25 August 2014

Pirate Gran

Geraldine Durrant

Scamp Theatre and Watford Palace

Underbelly, Bristo Square

31 July–25 August 2014

Playing Landscape

Lee Pei Jung, Choreographer/Chiang Chen-Yun, Director

Made In Macao

C venues

1–25 August 2014

Product

Mark Ravenhill

Robert Shaw for Inside Intelligence

Assembly Hall

30 July–26 August 2014

The Rose of Jericho

Alex Martinez

Theatre Ortas

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

1–23 August 2014

The Sake

Den Entertainment

New Town Theatre

2–24 August 2014

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

The Showstoppers- Something for the weekend

Gilded Balloon

31 July–25 August 2014

Silent Voice

Aubrey Sekhabi

South African State Theatre

Assembly Roxy

31 July–25 August 2014

So It Goes

Hannah Moss and David Ralfe

On the Run

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

Spine

Clara Brennan

FoolsCap

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

Theatre Uncut – Scottish Independence Plays

Lewis Hetherington, A J Taudevin, Davey Anderson, Kieran Hurley and Rob Drummond

Theatre Uncut

Traverse Theatre

11 August 2014

Theatre Uncut – Show 3

Ayfer Tunç, Derem Çiray, Davey Anderson, Hakan Günday, Stef Smith and Berkun Oya

Theatre Uncut

Traverse Theatre

18 August 2014

Traverse Breakfast Plays: Mother Ease

Molly Innes

Traverse 2

16–23 August 2014

Traverse Breakfast Plays: The Day the Pope Emptied Croy by

Martin McCormick

Traverse 2

14–21 August 2014

Fringe features

The Man Who Planted Trees from Puppet State Theatre at Scottish Storytelling Centre

The editor's Edinburgh 2014

3 August 2014

BTG editor David Chadderton explains how he will be spending this year's Edinburgh Festivals period.

The Fringe bus on Castle Street, Edinburgh for the launch of the Fringe programme

The Edinburgh Fringe Preview 2014

19 July 2014

Robin Strapp gives his highight events at some of the major venues in this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

Fringe news

The Hope for alcoholics

2 November 2014

New Room Theatre takes Edinburgh show to London's fringe.

Fringe First for Book Festival's Letters Home

31 August 2014

A collaborative work with four writers for Edinburgh International Book Festival has won a Fringe First Award.

Alexandra Wood’s The Initiate wins Scotsman Fringe First Award

Fringe First for Paines Plough

17 August 2014

Alexandra Wood’s The Initiate in the in-the-round auditorium receives Scotsman Fringe First Award

A Night For Gaza at Edinburgh Fringe

9 August 2014

A benefit night by Edinburgh based collective Artists for Gaza.

A plea for ballet at Edinburgh Fringe: choreographer David Murley speaks out

31 July 2014

Out of some 3000 shows in this year's Edinburgh Fringe why are ballet productions so thin on the ground?

Edinburgh Fringe previews at The Place, London

16 June 2014

Fringe at The Place offers the chance to see three shows before they head to Scotland in August.

Made In Scotland 2014 at Edinburgh Fringe

8 June 2014

A showcase of performances produced in Scotland for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Northern Stage announces Edfringe programme

5 June 2014

Newcastle's Northern Stage has announced its programme for the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe—and a new venue.

Gordon Brown in the West End

18 May 2014

The Confessions Of Gordon Brown opens shortly at London's Ambassadors Theatre.

New Zealand shows its cultural wares at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014

13 May 2014

More than 200 New Zealand artists join the NZ at Edinburgh 2014 festivities.

Cracking the Fringe with new Edinburgh guide

23 March 2014

A how–to guide for the world's biggest arts festival

EIF news

Football Colours Allowed - a look at sectarianism

Post–Hogmanay Theatre north of the border

28 December 2014

The new season at The Tron and from National Theatre of Scotland—and its Critical you visit East Kilbride Arts Centre…

James Plays: James McArdle as James I, Andrew Rothney as James II and Jamie Sives as James III

First co-production between National Theatres of Scotland and GB at EIF 2014

29 April 2014

The National Theatres of Scotland and Great Britain will collaborate on Rona Munro's trilogy The James Plays at this year's Edinburgh International Festival.

Ratings

*****	Kill for a ticket
********	Definitely one to try to see
*******	A decent show, but nothing to shout about
**	There are better shows on which to spend your money
*	Best avoided

Book Festival reviews

Ian Brown & David Greig: Scotland on an International Stage

Edinburgh Book Festival

10 August 2014

The Lamplighter

Jackie Kay

Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Edinburgh Book Festival

14 August 2014

EIF reviews

Ganesh Versus the Third Reich

Bruce Gladwin and Others

Back to Back

Royal Lyceum Theatre

9–12 August 2014

Gnosis: Polaroid Feet, Tarana, Unplugged, Gnosis

Choreography and music by Gauri Sharma Tripathi / Choreography by Sri Pratap ...

Akram Khan Company

King's Theatre, Edinburgh

19–21 August 2014

I AM

Choreography, concept, design and direction by Lemi Ponifasio

MAU

The Edinburgh Playhouse

16–17 August 2014

James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

Rona Munro

National Theatres of Scotland and Great Britain

Festival Theatre

10–20 August 2014

James II: Day of the Innocents

Rona Munro

National Theatres of Scotland and Great Britain

Festival Theatre

10–20 August 2014

James III: The True Mirror

Rona Munro

National Theatres of Scotland and Great Britain

Festival Theatre

10–20 August 2014

Minetti

Thomas Bernhard, translated by Tom Cairns and Peter Eyre

Royal Lyceum Theatre

16–18 August 2014

Owen Wingrave

Music by Benjamin Britten, libretto by Myfanwy Piper after Henry James

Aldeburgh Music

King’s Theatre Edinburgh

15–17 August 2014

Patrias

Devised by Paco Peña

Paco Peña Flamenco Company

The Edinburgh Playhouse

27–28 August 2014

Sweet Mambo

Pina Bausch

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

The Edinburgh Playhouse

23–25 August 2014

Ubu and the Truth Commission

Animation and direction by William Kentridge, puppets by Handspring, script b...

Handspring Puppet Company

Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh

28–30 August 2014

The War

Based on Richard Aldington’s Death of a Hero, Nikolai Gumilyov’s Notes of a C...

SounDrama Studio

King's Theatre

9–11 August 2014

Fringe reviews

#MyWay

Joanna Billington and Linda Bloomfield

Young Pleasance

Pleasance Dome

2–16 August 2014

(The Reel) Macbeth

William Shakespeare (sort of)

Kidbrooke Theatre Company at Corelli College

C south

3–9 August 2014

...and This is My Friend Mr Laurel

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

18b

Nottingham New Theatre

Zoo

1–25 August 2014

The 3rd Sector

Paolo Chianta

Pure Theatre Productions

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

The 56

FYSA Theatre

Underbelly Bristo Square

31 July–25 August 2014

Ablutions

Adapted from the novel by Patrick Dewitt

Fellswoop Theatre

Assembly Roxy

30 July–25 August 2014

The Addams Family

Music and lyrics Andrew Lippa Book Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Assembly Hall

31 July–25 August 2014

Alice

Fourth Monkey Theatre Company

theSpace on North Bridge

6–25 August 2014

All Back to Bowie’s

David Greig

Stand in the Square

1–24 August 2014

And The Horse You Rode In On

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

Paradise in Augustines

4–25 August 2014

Animal Farm

George Orwell, adapted by Guy Masterson

Theatre Tours International and Guy Masterson

Assembly George Square Theatre

1–24 August 2014

Anthem for a Doomed Youth

Theatre Tours International - Guy Masterson

Assembly Roxy

31 July–24 August 2014

Antonio Forcione: No Strings Attached

Assembly George Square Studios

7–17 August 2014

The Art of Falling Apart

Big Wow, Richard Jordan Productions, Unity in association with Pleasance

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–25 August 2014

Away From Home

Rob Ward and Martin Jameson

Hartshorn - Hook Productions & Working Progress Theatre

Assembly George Square Theatre

31 July–25 August 2014

Baba Brinkman - The Rap Guide to Religion

Baba Brinkman

Soho Playhouse Inc / Rap Guide Media

Gilded Balloon

30 July–25 August 2014

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Assembly Roxy

30 July–25 August 2014

Bare: A Pop Opera

John Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo

Act Up Theatre

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

4–15 August 2014

Beans on Toast

Patch of Blue in association with Tel-One Productions

Zoo Southside

31 July–25 August 2014

Beats North

Luke Barnes and Ishy Din

Company TSU in Association with Curious Monkey

Summerhall @ Roundabout

11–23 August 2014

Bianco

NoFit State Circus

Fountainbridge Brewery

29 July–25 August 2014

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Menu 1

Various

Pleasance Dome

30 July–25 August 2014

The Big Bite-Sized Breakfast Menu 2

Various

Pleasance Dome

30 July–25 August 2014

The Big Bite-Sized Breakfast Menu 3

Various

Pleasance Dome

30 July–25 August 2014

Bill Clinton Hercules

Rachel Mariner

Theatre Tours International

Assembly George Square Studios

2–24 August 2014

Birdwatchers' Wives

Caroline Smith

Summerhall

2–24 August 2014

Bitesize Chekhov

d’Animate

Zoo Southside

1–25 August 2014

Black Faggot

Victor Rodger

Multinesia

Assembly Roxy

31 July–25 August 2014

Blind Hamlet

Nassim Soleimanpour

Actors Touring Company

Assembly Roxy

1–25 August 2014

Bloody Trams

The People of Edinburgh

Traverse Theatre

5–10 August 2014

Bonded by Blood

Henry Dell and Alana Armstrong

3B Theatre

Spotlites @ The Merchants' Hall

6–16 August 2014

Bottle Mail from Okinawa

Megumi Tomita, Director

Ship of the Ryukyu

Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall

9–24 August 2014

Britannia Waves the Rules

Gareth Farr

Royal Exchange, Manchester

Summerhall @ Roundabout

3–10 August 2014

Broke

The Paper Birds

Pleasance Dome

31 July–25 August 2014

Broken Dolls (Razbitye Kuklu)

Patere Theatrum

C cubed

17–25 August 2014

The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon

James Wilkes

Jethro Compton Productions

C nova

30 July–25 August 2014

The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Jethro Compton Productions

C nova

30 July–25 August 2014

The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana

Jamie Wilkes

Jethro Compton Productions

C nova

30 July–25 August 2014

Cafe Ruse

This Theatre

Zoo Southside

31 July–25 August 2014

Candy Cigarettes

The Rat Pit and Hot Hail

theSpace on the Mile

19–23 August 2014

The Capone Trilogy – Loki

Jamie Wilkes

Jethro Compton Productions

C Nova

30 July–25 August 2014

The Capone Trilogy – Vindici

Jamie Wilkes

Jethro Compton Productions

C Nova

30 July–25 August 2014

The Capone Trilogy: Lucifer

Jamie Wilkes

Jethro Compton Productions

C Nova

30 July–25 August 2014

The Carousel

Jennifer Tremblay, Translated by Shelley Tepperman

Stellar Quines

Traverse Theatre

30 July–24 August 2014

Case Number

Tea and Toast Productions

Spotlites @ the Merchants' Hall

20–24 August 2014

Chaplin

Christoffer Mellgreen and Johan Storgard

ACE Production

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Chef

Sabrina Mahfouz

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–17 August 2014

City of the Blind

David Leddy

Fire Exit

Traverse Theatre (online streaming)

From 1 August 2014

Claustrophobia

Jason Hewitt

To The Moon in association with Theatre Bench

Zoo

1–25 August 2014

The Collector

Henry Naylor

Henry Naylor / Gilded Balloon

Gilded Balloon

30 July–25 August 2014

The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)

Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor

Reduced Shakespeare Company

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–25 August 2014

The Confessions of Gordon Brown

Kevin Toolis

Assembly Hall

31 July–25 August 2014

Confirmation

Chris Thorpe

Northern Stage at King’s Hall

31 July–23 August 2014

Contractions

Mike Bartlett

Sackville Theatre Company

C Nova

10–25 August 2014

Critical! (A Sociopath’s Guide to Influencing Edinburgh Fringe Reviewers)

Practical Magic

Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall

2–9 August 2014

Cuckooed

Mark Thomas

Traverse Theatre

2–24 August 2014

The Curing Room

David Ian Lee

Stripped Down Productions

Pleasance Dome

30 July–25 August 2014

Dalloway

Dyad Productions

Assembly Roxy

31 July–25 August 2014

Dame Diana Rigg - No Turn Unstoned

Assembly Checkpoint

14–23 August 2014

David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything

Assembly George Square Theatre

30 July–25 August 2014

Dead to Me

Gary Kitching

Greyscale

Summerhall @ Roundabout

2–23 August 2014

The Dirty Talk

Sober Stag Productions

C Chambers Street

30 July–25 August 2014

Dogs of War

William Shakespeare / adapted by Josy Miller & David Blixt

Institute for the Exploration of Theatre, Dance and Performance

Assembly, George Square

1–18 August 2014

Domestic Labour: A Study In Love

30 Bird

Summerhall

1–23 August 2014

Donald Robertson is Not a Stand Up Comedian

Gary McNair

Traverse Theatre

30 July–24 August 2014

Dr Longitude's Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie

Les Enfants Terribles

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Action To The World

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

The Duchess of Malfi

John Webster

UCLU Runaground

C nova

30 July–16 August 2014

Dylan Thomas: Clown in the Moon

Rhodri Miles

Miles Productions

Assembly Hall

31 July–25 August 2014

Electra: An American Gothic

Slippery Rock Theatre

theSpace @ Venue 45

1–9 August 2014

Elephant Room

Geoff Sobell, Trey Lyford and Steve Cuiffo

Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall

1–25 August 2014

Endgame

Samuel Beckett

blind elephant

Paradise in the Vault

4–10 August 2014

Ennio Marchetto: The Living Paper Cartoon

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–15 August 2014

Ernest and the Pale Moon

Les Enfants Terribles in association with Pins and Needles Productions

Les Enfants Terribles

Pleasance Courtyard

3–25 August 2014

Eurobeat: Eurovision

Wellington College

C Chambers Street

31 July–9 August 2014

Every Brilliant Thing

Duncan Macmillan

Paines Plough / Pentabus Theatre Company

Summerhall @ Roundabout

5–22 August 2014

The Factory

Vela Manusaute and Anapela Polataivao

Kila Kokonut Krew

Assembly Hall

31 July–25 August 2014

Fascinating Aïda: Charm Offensive

Underbelly, Bristo Square

31 July–25 August 2014

Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience

Interactive Theatre International

B'est Restaurant

31 July–26 August 2014

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S Thompson

Lou Stein Associates and Pleasance

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Feral

Tortoise in a Nutshell

Underbelly, Bristo Square

14–24 August 2014

A Few Good Men

Aaron Sorkin

Nomad Theatre

Greenside @ Royal Terrace

3–9 August 2014

The Flood

Steve Lambert

Badac

Summerhall

1–24 August 2014

FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out

Zoe McDonald

The Present Tense Ensemble

Underbelly @ Forth FM Radio Station

4–25 August 2014

Forget Fire

Pepperdine Scotland

C Chambers Street

30 July–9 August 2014

Forgotten Voices

Pleasance and Nick Brooke Ltd

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Frankenstein: Unbolted

Last Chance Saloon

Just the Tonic @ The Caves

31 July–24 August 2014

Freak

Anna Jordan

Theatre 503 and Polly Ingham Productions

Assembly George Square Studios

31 July–25 August 2014

Frisky and Mannish: Just Too Much

Underbelly, Bristo Square

31 July–25 August 2014

The Future for Beginners

Alan Harris and Martin Constantine with music by Harry Blake

liveartshow and Wales Millennium Centre

Summerhall

1–24 August 2014

The Girl Who

Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie

Royal Scottish Conservatoire

Assembly George Square Gardens

31 July–25 August 2014

The God Box: A Daughter's Story

Mary Lou Quinlan & Martha Wollner

The God Box Project

Assembly Roxy

31 July–24 August 2014

The God That Comes

Hawksley Workman and Christian Barry

2B Theatre Company

Summerhall

13–24 August 2014

Government Inspector

Nikolai Gogol

Incognito with the Pleasance

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–25 August 2014

Government Inspector

Nikolai Gogol

Sedos

Zoo

17–25 August 2014

The Greenville Ghost

Queen Jane Productions

C Nova

30 July–25 August 2014

Haka

Te Matatini

Assembly Hall

13–23 August 2014

Hancock’s Last Half Hour

Heathcote Williams

The Assembly Rooms

30 July–10 August 2014

Hayani

Nat Ramabulana and Atandwa Kani

Drama for Life

Assembly George Square Studios

1–25 August 2014

Hecat’s Poison: Enter the Three Witches

William Shakespeare adapted by S Sato

Players Tokyo

Quaker Meeting House

4–23 August 2014

Hiraeth

Buddug James Jones

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

The Hive

The Human Zoo Theatre Company

Pleasance Dome

31 July–25 August 2014

Horizontal Collaboration

David Leddy

Fire Exit

Traverse Theatre

30 July–24 August 2014

The Horror! The Horror! - The Final Curtain

Theatre of the Damned

Bedlam Theatre

4–24 August 2014

The House of Bernarda Alba

Federico García Lorca

Forth Monkey Theatre Company

theSpace on Niddry St

1–23 August 2014

How Does A Snake Shed Its Skin

Susanna Hislop and Anna Ledwich

Slip of Steel

Summerhall

1–24 August 2014

HUFF

Shona Reppe and Andy Manley

Shona Reppe

Traverse Special Space

30 July–24 August 2014

Hunter and Johnny

Adam El Hagar & Sam Coulson

d'Animate

Zoo

1–25 August 2014

I Killed Rasputin

Richard Herring

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Assembly George Square Theatre

31 July–24 August 2014

I'm Not Pale, I'm Dead

Lydia Nicholson

Assembly Hall

31 July–25 August 2014

Icarus Falling

Scott Wings

C nova

2–25 August 2014

The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck

Out Cast Theatre

theSpace on North Bridge

31 July–23 August 2014

The Initiate

Alexandra Wood

Paines Plough

Summerhall @ Roundabout

2–23 August 2014

The Interview

Michael Franco

MaChan Productions

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

Jack and I

Daniel Henry Kaes

DhK Productions

C nova

1–25 August 2014

Janis Joplin: Full Tilt

Peter Arnott

Regular Music

Assembly Checkpoint

31 July–24 August 2014

Jekyll + Hyde

Headlock Theatre

Spotlites @ Merchants' Hall

31 July–16 August 2014

Julie Burchill: Absolute Cult

Tim Fountain

Gilded Balloon

30 July–25 August 2014

Keeping up with the Joans

Phillip Meeks

Greenwich Theatre and Patrick Wilde

Pleasance Courtyard

7–24 August 2014

Kindred Spirits: The Musical

Alan and laraine Tomlinson

Dream On Productions

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

18–23 August 2014

Kingmaker

Robert Khan and Tom Sailinsky

Jason Smith and the Spontaneity Shop

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Klanghaus

Neutrinos and Sal Pittman

Summerhall

1–24 August 2014

Lady Rizo

Assembly Checkpoint

31 July–25 August 2014

Landscape with Skiproads

Pieter De Buysser

Margarita Productions

Summerhall

4–24 August 2014

Last Christmas

Matthew Bulgo

Dirty Protest

Assembly George Square

31 July–25 August 2014

Lavender Junction

Lisa White

Peppermint Muse

C nova

31 July–25 August 2014

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Martin McDonagh

In Your Face Theatre

Hill Street Drama Lodge

31 July–24 August 2014

Light

George Mann

Theatre Ad Infinitum

Pleasance Dome

30 July–25 August 2014

Lippy

Bush Moukarzel and Dead Centre

Dead Centre

Traverse Theatre

5–24 August 2014

Little on the Inside

Alice Birch

Clean Break

Summerhall

1–24 August 2014

Live Forever

Robert Farquhar

Liverpool Playhouse Studio

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Lloyd Langford: Old Fashioned

Lloyd Langford

Pleasance Dome

30 July–25 August 2014

Lungs

Duncan Macmillan

Paines Plough

Summerhall @ Roundabout

2–23 August 2014

Macbeth - Son of Light

Annie James, based on the play by William Shakespeare

Quids In Theatre Company

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

16–23 August 2014

The Man Who Would Be King

Dawn State

Zoo

1–25 August 2014

Manuelita

Tamsin Clarke

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

Off The Kerb Productions / Aine Flanagan Productions /Theatre 503

Assembly George Square

31 July–24 August 2014

Mark Watson: Flawed

Mark Watson

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–24 August 2014

The Match Game

Jack Cover

Double Edge drama

Underbelly, Bristo Square

30 July–14 August 2014

Men in the Cities

Chris Goode

Traverse Theatre

31 July–24 August 2014

Mercury Fur

Philip Ridley

Theatre Oikus

C Chambers Street

29 July–25 August 2014

Midsummer Night's Dream: The Rock Musical

William Shakespeare, adapted by George Griggs

Infinity Repertory Theatre (New York)

C Chambers Street

1–16 August 2014

Milk Presents: Self Service

Milk Presents / Escalator East to Edinburgh

Northern Stage at King's Hall

2–23 August 2014

Mock Tudor

Lily Bevan

Emily Slack for The London Collective

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

My Obsession

Suki Webster

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–16 August 2014

Near Gone

Two Destination Language

Summerhall

1–23 August 2014

NewsRevue 2014

Canal Cafe Theatre, Emma Taylor

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Night Bus

Linda Marlowe and Sarah-Louise Young

Festival Highlights

Pleasance Courtyard

30 July–25 August 2014

Notoriously Yours

Van Badham

Five Point One

C South

31 July–25 August 2014

NSFW

Lucy Kirkwod

Macaroon Productions

C Nova

10–25 August 2014

The Only Way is Downton

Luke Kempner

Seabright Productions

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–25 August 2014

Our Teacher’s a Troll

Dennis Kelly

Paines Plough

Summerhall @ Roundabout

2–23 August 2014

Out Of Water

Caroline Wright and Helen Paris

Escalator East to Edinburgh

Summerhall @ Portobello Beach

8–10 August 2014

Pennyroyal

Eamonn Hearns

Assembly Hall

4–25 August 2014

Peter Straker Black Magic

MPG Productions and Pleasance Theatre

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–24 August 2014

Picnic in the Cemetery

Njo Kong Kie

Made in Macao

C nova

1–25 August 2014

Pirate Gran

Geraldine Durrant

Scamp Theatre and Watford Palace

Underbelly, Bristo Square

31 July–25 August 2014

The Pitiless Storm

Chris Dolan

The Assembly Rooms

1–24 August 2014

Playing Landscape

Lee Pei Jung, Choreographer/Chiang Chen-Yun, Director

Made In Macao

C venues

1–25 August 2014

Pondling

Genevieve Hulme–Beaman

Gua Nua

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

The Post Show

The Berserker Residents

Assembly George Square Studios

31 July–25 August 2014

Product

Mark Ravenhill

Robert Shaw for Inside Intelligence

Assembly Hall

30 July–26 August 2014

The Pure, the Dead and the Brilliant

Alan Bissett

Kyle/Bisset Productions

The Assembly Rooms

31 July–24 August 2014

Puzzle the Puzzle

Hope Chiang

Made in Macoa

C nova

1–25 August 2014

Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope

Mark Farrelly

Seabright Productions

Gilded Balloon

30 July–25 August 2014

Race

David Mamet

The Playhouse Company in Durban

Assembly George Square

31 July–25 August 2014

Red Riding Hood

Horse + Bamboo

Scottish Storytelling Centre

31 July–17 August 2014

The Return of Savonarola

Westgarth Productions

theSpace on the Mile

1–22 August 2014

riverrun

Adapted by Olwen Fouéré from James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake

TheEmergencyRoom

Traverse Theatre

29 July–24 August 2014

The Rose of Jericho

Alex Martinez

Theatre Ortas

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

1–23 August 2014

The Sake

Den Entertainment

New Town Theatre

2–24 August 2014

Samurai Spirit is Here

Samurai Drum IKKI

theSpace @ Symposium Hall

1–17 August 2014

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Leven Productions

Just the Tonic at The Caves

31 July–24 August 2014

Scaramouche Jones

Justin Butcher

Theatre Tours International

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–24 August 2014

A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts

The Company

Lyric Hammersmith

Northern Stage at King’s Hall

31 July–17 August 2014

Shakespeare's Villains

William Shakespeare

California Shakespeare Ensemble

theSpace on the Mile

13–16 August 2014

Show 6

Mark Ravenhill

Lyric Hammersmith’s Secret Theatre Company

Summerhall @ Roundabout

2–17 August 2014

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

The Showstoppers- Something for the weekend

Gilded Balloon

31 July–25 August 2014

Siddhartha the Musical

Isabella Biffi

Gloria Grace Alanis Broadway International Entertainment

The Assembly Rooms

31 July–24 August 2014

Silent Voice

Aubrey Sekhabi

South African State Theatre

Assembly Roxy

31 July–25 August 2014

Simon Callow in Juvenalia

Juvenal, adapted by Richard Quick

Assembly Theatre, Riverside Studios and Theatre Royal Plymouth

Assembly Hall

31 July–25 August 2014

Sinatra: Final Curtain

Tony Delicata and John Murray

Kingdom Theatre Production

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

1–23 August 2014

Sirens

The Company

Ontroerend Goed

Summerhall

12–24 August 2014

Sister

Amy and Rosanna Cade

Arches

Summerhall

1–24 August 2014

SmallWar

Valentine Dhaenens

SKaGeN and Theatre Royal Plymouth

Traverse Theatre

31 July–24 August 2014

So It Goes

Hannah Moss and David Ralfe

On the Run

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

Sochi 2014

Tess Berry-Hart

FULLfust Theatre

Pleasance Courtyard

1–21 August 2014

Spectrum

Maeve Bell

Seam Theatre

theSpace on North Bridge

3–23 August 2014

Spine

Clara Brennan

FoolsCap

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

Spoiling

John McCann

Traverse Theatre

30 July–24 August 2014

St Joan

Pascal Theatre, ManyTracks Inc, and Add2 Productions

Bedlam Theatre

31 July–24 August 2014

Strange Resting Places

Paolo Rotondo and Rob Mokaraka

Cuba Creative

Assembly George Square Studios

31 July–25 August 2014

Sunday Morning

James Cunningham

Hello Elephant

Assembly George Square

31 July–25 August 2014

That Sinking Feeling

STaG

SpaceCabaret @ 54

1–14 August 2014

Theatre On A Long Thin Wire

Future Ruins

Summerhall

5–24 August 2014

Theatre Uncut - Flagship Plays 2014

Vivienne Franzmann, Anders Lustgarten, Inua Ellams, Clara Brennan and Hayley ...

Theatre Uncut

Traverse Theatre

4 August 2014

Theatre Uncut – Scottish Independence Plays

Lewis Hetherington, A J Taudevin, Davey Anderson, Kieran Hurley and Rob Drummond

Theatre Uncut

Traverse Theatre

11 August 2014

Theatre Uncut – Show 3

Ayfer Tunç, Derem Çiray, Davey Anderson, Hakan Günday, Stef Smith and Berkun Oya

Theatre Uncut

Traverse Theatre

18 August 2014

These Fragments

Judy Seall

Dolphin School

Greenside at Nicholson Square

4–9 August 2014

This Is Ceilidh

Assembly George Square Gardens

4–24 August 2014

This is Living

Liam Borrett

Falling Through Water

Bedlam Theatre

2–23 August 2014

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story

Book, music and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff

Richard Williamson and CliMar Productions in association with Greenwich Theatre

C Chambers Street

30 July–25 August 2014

Tinderbox

Smoke and Oakum Theatre

Greenside @ Nicolson Square

1–23 August 2014

Title and Deed

Will Eno

Gare St Lazare

Assembly Hall

1–25 August 2014

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Neo-Futurists

Underbelly, Cowgate

31 July–24 August 2014

Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh

In Your Face Theatre

Hill Street Drama Lodge

31 July–24 August 2014

Traverse Breakfast Plays: Blinded by the Light

Sylvia Dow

Traverse 2

13–20 August 2014

Traverse Breakfast Plays: Broth

Tim Primrose

Traverse Theatre

12–19 August 2014

Traverse Breakfast Plays: Fat Alice

Alison Carr

Traverse 2

15–22 August 2014

Traverse Breakfast Plays: Mother Ease

Molly Innes

Traverse 2

16–23 August 2014

Traverse Breakfast Plays: The Day the Pope Emptied Croy by

Martin McCormick

Traverse 2

14–21 August 2014

Traverse Breakfast Plays: Walter

Lachlan Philpott

Traverse 2

17–24 August 2014

The Trial of Jane Fonda

Terry Jastrow

TAD Productions

The Assembly Rooms

1–25 August 2014

UCAS

Holly Bellamy music Jude Obermuller

Off Track Theatre Company

Greenside @ Nicolson Square

1–23 August 2014

Unfaithful

Owen McCafferty

Traverse Theatre

1–24 August 2014

The Villains, the Vote and the Black, Black Oil

Caught Red-Handed

Sweet Grassmarket

18–24 August 2014

A Walk in the Dust

Sweet Grassmarket

1–15 August 2014

Welcome to Terezin

Philip Glassborow

Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre

Gilded Balloon

12–24 August 2014

What a Gay Play

Andrew J Davies

Ben Conway Presents

C Chambers Street

1–24 August 2014

When it Rains

Anthony Black

Pleasance Dome

2–23 August 2014

Where the World is Going, That's Where We are Going

Ans and Louise van den Eede

Big in Belgium

Summerhall

1–24 August 2014

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Nassim Soleimanpour

Aurora Nova

Assembly George Square Studios

14–25 August 2014

The Wind Road Boys

Paul Flynn

Enter CIC

Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall

10–17 August 2014

Yellow Fever

CalArts Festival Theater

Venue 13

2–23 August 2014

Your Fragrant Phantom

Jenna May Hobbs

White Slate Theatre

C Cubed

31 July–25 August 2014

The Zulu

Mbongeni Ngema

Committed Artists Foundation

Assembly Hall

31 July–25 August 2014

Book Festival news

Fringe First for Book Festival's Letters Home

31 August 2014

A collaborative work with four writers for Edinburgh International Book Festival has won a Fringe First Award.

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