Edinburgh 2017

Five-star Fringe shows

A Common Man: The Bridge that Tom Built

Dominic Allen

The Flanagan Collective and Dominic Allen

C royale

2 to 28 August 2017

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

Adaptation by Josh Luxenberg based upon a story by Franz Kafka

Sinking Ship Productions

ZOO

4 to 28 August 2017

A Joke

Dan Freeman

Radio Static

theSpace on Niddry St

14 to 26 August 2017

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)

Jon Brittain with music by Matthew Floyd Jones

Silent Uproar

Pleasance Courtyard

2 to 28 August 2017

Adam

Frances Poet

National Theatre of Scotland

Traverse Theatre

4 to 27 August 2017

Atlantic: A Scottish Story

Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Assembly Hall

3 to 27 August 2017

Atlantic: America and the Great War

Ryan Bersten, Desiree Stapels and composer Christopher Anselmo

Royal Conservotoire of Scotland and the American Music Theatre Project

Assembly Hall

10 to 26 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Menu 2

James McLindon, Mark Harvey Levine, Angela Stern, Christopher Lockheardt, Joh...

Bite-Size Plays

Pleasance Dome

2 to 26 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Menu1

Andrew Turner, Aileen Quinn and James Quinn, Mark Harvey Levine, Billy Knowel...

Bite-Size Plays

Pleasance Dome

2 to 28 August 2017

Cathy

Ali Taylor

Cardboard Citizens

Pleasance Dome

2 to 24 August 2017

Curse of Cranholme Abbey

Tim Norton

Young Pleasance

Pleasance Courtyard

4 to 19 August 2017

DeLorean

John Ivay

Freedom Picture Company

Assembly Rooms

3 to 27 August 2017

Dust

Milly Thomas

Underbelly, Cowgate

3 to 27 August 2017

Flesh and Bone

Elliot Warren

Unpolished Theatre

Pleasance Dome

2 to 28 August 2017

Frank Carson - A Rebel Without a Pause

Guy Masterson - TTI & Happenstance Theatre Co

Assembly Rooms

3 to 27 August 2017

From the Ground Up

Joeri Smet

Almeida Theatre Young Company

Assembly Roxy

14 to 27 August 2017

Gratiano

Ross Ericson

Grist To The Mill

Assembly Hall

3 to 28 August 2017

Gunshot Medley

Dionna Michelle Daniel

CalArts Festival Theater

Venue 13

5 to 26 August 2017

How to Act

Graham Eatough

National Theatre of Scotland

Summerhall

2 to 27 August 2017

Jonny & The Baptists: The Best of 2012-2017

Jonny & The Baptists

Fourth Wall

Roundabout @ Summerhall

13 to 19 August 2017

Karoo Moose - No Fathers

Lara Foot

The Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town

Assembly George Square Studios

3 to 27 August 2017

Kin

Barely Methodical Troupe

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows

5 to 26 August 2017

Labels

Joe Sellman-Leava

Worklight Theatre

Pleasance Courtyard

10 to 27 August 2017

Lord Dismiss Us

Adapted by Glenn Chandler from the novel by Michael Campbell

Boys of the Empire

The Space at Surgeons' Hall

4 to 26 August 2017

Love+

Malaprop

Summerhall

2 to 24 August 2017

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel

Assembly Hall

3 to 27 August 2017

Mies Julie

Baxter Theatre Centre with Assembly Festival and Riverside Studios

Assembly Rooms

3 to 27 August 2017

Nassim

Nassim Soleimanpur

Bush Theatre

Traverse Theatre

3 to 27 August 2017

Not About Heroes

Stephen MacDonald

Flying Bridge Theatre and Seabright Productions in association with Pleasance

Pleasance Dome

4 to 28 August 2017

Odyssey

Theatre Ad Infinitum

Pleasance Dome

2 to 28 August 2017

Part of the Picture

Tom Cooper

Bletherbox

Pleasance Dome

2 to 28 August 2017

Pike St.

Nilaja Sun

Barrow Street Productions

Roundabout @ Summerhall

4 to 27 August 2017

Pip Utton's Greatest Hits

Pip Utton

Pleasance Courtyard

2 to 28 August 2017

Rhapsodes

Extempore Theatre and Something for the Weekend

Pleasance Dome

14 to 27 August 2017

Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran

Sam Shaber

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre

2 to 28 August 2017

Shakespeare for Breakfast

C theatre

2 to 28 August 2017

The B*easts

Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan and Something for the Weekend

Underbelly, Cowgate

3 to 27 August 2017

The Dreamer

Inspired by William Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu

Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre in association with Gecko

Pleasance Courtyard

2 to 15 August 2017

The Fall

Ameera Conrad, Oarabile Ditsele, Zandile Madiwa, Thando Mangcu, Sizwesandile ...

Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town

Assembly Hall

3 to 27 August 2017

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Daniel Jamieson

Kneehigh & Bristol Old Vic

Traverse Theatre

15 to 27 August 2017

The Giant Killers

Eve Pearson-Wright and Neil Andrew

The Long Lane Theatre Company

Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre

2 to 28 August 2017

The Gun Show

E M Lewis

CoHo Productions

SpaceTriplex

4 to 26 August 2017

The Inconvenience of Wings

Lara Foot

The Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town

Assembly George Square Studios

3 to 27 August 2017

The North! The North!

Christopher Harrisson

Summerhall

2 to 27 August 2017

The Road That Wasn't There

Ralph McCubbin Howell

Trick of the Light and Zanetti Productions

Assembly Roxy

2 to 27 August 2017

The Runner

Francesca Murray-Fuentes

MCS Drama

Underbelly, Cowgate

15 to 19 August 2017

There Was A Soldier...

OpenCast

Stockbridge Church

15 to 16 August 2017

Tshepang

Lara Foot

Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town

Assembly Roxy

3 to 27 August 2017

What I Learned from Johnny Bevan

Luke Wright

Underbelly, Cowgate

21 to 27 August 2017

Woke

Apphia Campbell and Meredith Yarbrough

Play the Spotlight Theatre

Gilded Balloon Teviot

4 to 28 August 2017

£¥€$ (LIES)

Joeri Smet, Angelo Tijssens, Karolien De Bleser, Alexander Devriendt

Ontroerend Goed

Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC

4 to 27 August 2017

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Ratings

*****	You'll regret missing this one
********	Definitely one to try to see
*******	Fine but doesn't set the world on fire
**	There are better shows in Edinburgh
*	Best avoided