Edinburgh 2013

Five-star shows

The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee

William Finn

Mad Hatter Productions

Paradise in Augustines

20–26 August 2013

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Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen

patch of blue theatre

Assembly Checkpoint

1–26 August 2013

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

John Hinton

Tangram

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–26 August 2013

All or Nothing?

James Callàs Ball

The Callàs Company

Greenside

2–24 August 2013

Antonio Forcione Group

Assembly George Square

16–26 August 2013

Austen's Women

Dyad Productions

Assembly George Square

3–25 August 2013

Baby Wants Candy Full Band

Baby Wants Candy

Assembly George Square

31 July–26 August 2013

Ballad of the Burning Star

Nir Paldi

Theatre Ad Infinitum

Pleasance Dome

31 July–26 August 2013

Between

Oskar Brown

Fourword Productions

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

2–17 August 2013

Bianco

NoFit State Circus

NoFit State Big Top

2–26 August 2013

BLAM!

Kristján Ingimarsson and Jesper Pedersen

Teater Neander, Denmark

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–26 August 2013

The Boadicea of Britannia Street

Ade Morris

Quidem Productions

New Town Theatre

5–24 August 2013

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs

Kill The Beast

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–14 August 2013

Breakfast Plays: A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity

Douglas Maxwell

Traverse Theatre

13–24 August 2013

Breakfast Plays: Clean

Sabrina Mahfouz

Traverse Theatre

14–25 August 2013

Breaking the Silence

Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg

ManyTracks & Theater Resources Unlimited

C Nova

31 July–26 August 2013

The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon

Jamie Wilkes

Jethro Compton

C nova

31 July–26 August 2013

Champ

Artscape & Assembly South African Season

Assembly Roxy

1–26 August 2013

David O’Doherty: David O’Doherty Will Try To Fix Everything

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–25 August 2013

The Early Hours

Suzanne Marston

Impington Performance

Paradise in Augustines

20–24 August 2013

The Extremists

C J Hopkins

Clancy Productions

Assembly Roxy

1–26 August 2013

Fleabag

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

DryWrite

Underbelly, Cowgate

1–25 August 2013

Growing Pains

Rebekah Whiteley, Jill Hucklesby and Dave Jackson

The Theatre Workshop

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

20–24 August 2013

Gyles Brandreth: Looking For Happiness

Gyles Brandreth

Bound and Gagged Comedy

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–26 August 2013

Henson’s Alternative Puppet Up

Henson Alternative

Assembly Hall

1–26 August 2013

Jekyll & Hyde

Jonathan Holloway, based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson

Flipping the Bird, in association with Red Shift Theatre Company

Assembly Roxy

31 July–25 August 2013

Juliet: A Dialogue About Love

András Visky

Sacred Playground Theatre Project

C Chambers Street

1–10 August 2013

Mairi Phillips, Joseph Reay-Reid and Tibu Fortes

L.O.V.E.

William Shakespeare

Volcano

Assembly Roxy

1–25 August 2013

Lady Rizo

Assembly Checkpoint

1–25 August 2013

Leo

Circle of Eleven and Assembly

Assembly George Square

1–25 August 2013

The List

Jennifer Tremblay translated by Shelley Tepperman

Stellar Quines Theatre Company

Summerhall

3–25 August 2013

The Man Who Planted Trees

Puppet State Theatre

Scottish Storytelling Centre

30 July–16 August 2013

Nick: An Accidental Hero

Renee Lyons

Assembly George Square

1–26 August 2013

Nirbhaya

Yael Farber

Assembly Hall

1–26 August 2013

The Oldest Man in Catford

Ade Morris

Quidem Productions

New Town Theatre

1–25 August 2013

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kessey

Fourth Monkey

theSpace on Niddrie Street

1–24 August 2013

Party Piece

Rob Salmon

New Wolsey Young Associates

Bedlam Theatre

2–24 August 2013

Peter Straker’s Brel

Assembly Checkpoint

1–26 August 2013

The Play That Goes Wrong

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields

Mischief Theatre

Pleasance Courtyard

31 July–26 August 2013

Quietly

Owen McCafferty

Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Traverse Theatre

1–25 August 2013

Red Bastard

Eric Davis

Assembly George Square

1–26 August 2013

Rich Hall’s Hoedown

Assembly George Square

1–25 August 2013

Rites

Adapted from Wedekind's Spring Awaking by Tim Norton and Joanna Billington

Young Pleasance

Pleasance Courtyard

3–17 August 2013

The Showstoppers' Improvised Musical

Showstopper Productions and Festival Highlights

Gilded Balloon Teviot

2–25 August 2013

Tejas Verdes

Fermín Cabal, translated by Robert Shaw

Just Festival at St John’s

2–26 August 2013

Theatre Uncut Week 1

Neil Labute, The TEAM, Davey Anderson, Clara Brennan

Traverse Theatre

5 August 2013

Theatre Uncut Week 2

Tanika Gupta, Theatre Ad Infinitum, A J Taudevin, Rob Drummond

Theatre Uncut

Traverse Theatre

12 August 2013

The Three Little Pigs

Rob van Vuuren, James Cairns and Albert Pretorius

Pink Couch

Assembly George Square

1–26 August 2013

The Tin Ring

Zdenka Fantlova, adapted by Mike Alfreds and Jane Arnfield

Human Remain

Summerhall

2–25 August 2013

Working on a Special Day

Gigliola Fantoni (trans Danya Taymor, Ana Graham & Antonio Vega)

Por Piedad Teatro

Assembly George Square

1–26 August 2013

Fringe features

Preview of some Edinburgh Fringe highlights

16 July 2013

Just some of the performances that may be worth seeing at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

Fringe news

Winners of the inaugural Italian Cultural Institute's Impatto Totale Award - the Belarus Free Theatre’s Trash Cuisine

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 closes

1 September 2013

The largest arts festival ever comes to a close.

Abbey Theatre's Quietly - a winner in the first week

The Scotsman Fringe First Awards

25 August 2013

Now in its 40th year, the The Scotsman Fringe First Awards continue to celebrate innovation in—and challenging—all genres at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival.

Foster's So You Think You're Funny winners announced

25 August 2013

For the first time in the 26–year history of the So You Think You’re Funny Awards, two comedians have tied in first place.

St Stephen's, Northern Stage's Edinburgh Fringe venue

Northern Stage Wins Edfringe Award

24 August 2013

One of Northern Stage’s Edinburgh productions has won a major Fringe award.

Derby Theatre artistic director Sarah Brigham

Derby Theatre to support Edinburgh awards

26 July 2013

Derby Theatre is to collaborate with the Total Theatre Awards at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Writer’s dark times lead to “chilling” Buxton tale

13 July 2013

An “intense and chilling tale” that is “firmly within the horror genre but also raises poignant issues relating to mental health” gets an outing at Buxton Fringe before going to Edinburgh.

Ridley première for Royal Exchange

12 July 2013

Time Out, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Award-winner Philip Ridley's Dark Vanilla Jungle will première this summer.

Winners of the Award will play the Pleasance Theatre Islington

National Student Drama Festival Award—Edinburgh competition

11 July 2013

Applications are invited for the seventh National Student Drama Festival Award.

Melody sings tribute to Kander and Ebb

6 July 2013

Diva-chanteuse Melody La Rouge performs a tribute to Kander and Ebb at Buxton Fringe before a two-week run in Edinburgh and a one-off performance in London in September.

Lucky Dip at DEparture Lounge on 18 July

Edinburgh-bound companies stop off in Derby

6 July 2013

Some of the "most exciting fringe theatre companies from across the UK" will be able to showcase their work in Derby before going to the Edinburgh Festival.

Inside at The Lowry, Salford and Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh

Inside story set for Salford

30 June 2013

Inside has its world première at The Lowry in Salford July 11-12.

These American Lives - Grounded opens the new season at London's Gate Theatre

American Lives examined at The Gate Theatre

30 June 2013

New season opening in August at London's Gate Theatre.

The Man Who Thought the Moon Would Fall out of the Sky

NORTH Goes on a Festival Tour

12 June 2013

NORTH, a young company originally set up by Newcastle’s Northern Stage, is to tour its debut show to three festivals.

Largest arts festival on earth launches 2013 programme

2 June 2013

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 officially launched its programme on Thursday 30 May.

Northern Stage Returns to Edinburgh

30 May 2013

Newcastle’s Northern Stage will return to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013 at St Stephen’s.

Made in Scotland 2013

19 May 2013

Five years of performance from Scotland.

The National Theatre of Scotland, Claire Cunningham and Gail Sneddon's Ménage à Trois

British Council announces Edinburgh Showcase

25 April 2013

British Council biennial showcase announced at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Funding for companies visiting the Edinburgh Fringe from IdeasTap

IdeasFund Edinburgh 2013

10 January 2013

Support for young people taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe.

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

EIF news

Fergus Linehan - new director of the Edinburgh International Festival

New Director for Edinburgh International Festival

13 May 2013

Fergus Linehan returns from Sydney to take up the position of Festival Director and Chief Executive of the Edinburgh International Festival next year.

Festival director Jonathan Mills launches Edinburgh International Festival Programme 2013

Edinburgh International Festival Programme Launched

13 March 2013

Jonathan Mills launched the 2013 EIF Programme at the Hub in Edinburgh