Festival Theatre

A glass-fronted emporium, plumly situated amidst some of Edinburgh's finest bars and restaurants, the Festival Theatre hosts a year-round programme featuring some of the world's most prestigious dramatic, musical, dancing, ballet, comedy and family-oriented entertainment. The contemporary architecture and top-notch facilities belie the restored grandeur of the Festival's original 1928 auditorium, which has a seating capacity of nearly 2000. Check out ground-floor Café Lucia for cakes, hot beverages and lunchtime light bites, or visit one of the Festival Theatre's trio of speciality bars (Johnnie Walker bar, Taittinger bar, Scottish Power Gallery) for something stronger.

• Scottish Ballet: Highland Fling

  times vary, From £12.50
  Festival Theatre

  Romantic ballet outing choreographed by Olivier Award-winning Matthew Bourne, following the antics of James – a young Scot with sex, love and rock'n'roll on his mind.

• Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

  times vary, From £17.50
  Festival Theatre

  Scottish Opera join forces with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to stage an all-new production of the Gilbert and Sullivan's favourite. Avast, me hearties, etc.

• Shaolin Warriors: Return of the Master

  7:30pm – 10:00pm, prices vary
  various venues

  Theatrical Kung Fu show from the world-renowned Shaolin Warriors (aka don't try this at home).

• Bill Bailey

  8:00pm – 10:00pm, £26.50
  Festival Theatre

  The ever-funny Bill Bailey tours his new show, Qualmpeddler, in which he confronts such qualms as Living in a Time of Spectacular Ignorance... and muses on 'one amazing owl'.

• The MGA Academy of Performing Arts: Flashdance

  times vary, £15
  Festival Theatre

  All those unforgettable anthems – What a Feeling, and I Love Rock and Roll to name but a few – performed by the talented young lads and lasses at the...

• Elvis Costello and the Imposters

  times vary, prices vary
  various venues

  Mr Costello reintroduces The Spectacular Spinning Songbook some 25 years on: a set list chosen by a spinning wheel featuring hits, rarities and unexpected covers....

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