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A powerhouse of outstanding international performance. Twenty-one performance spaces and over 200 shows and events in our 21st year at the Fringe. C venues vibrant vivacious variety. It's a festival all of its own. Make sure you see it all.

• Shakespeare for Breakfast

  10:00am – 10:55am, £6.50 – £8.50
  C venues - C

  The Bardic Breakfasters are back! C's Shakespearean sensation returns. 22nd sell-out edition! 'Bouncy and boisterous take on Willie's work' (List). 'Well worth getting out of bed for' (Independent). Free coffee...

• The Ugly Duckling

  10:00am – 10:45am, £7.50 – £9.50
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  Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the unhappy duckling who grows into a beautiful swan, and discovers that true beauty always lies within. Storytelling theatre to enchant and delight children -...

• The Steadfast Tin Soldier

  11:00am – 11:50am, £7.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale retold with puppetry and music. A one-legged tin soldier breaks ranks for his sweetheart, whilst a jealous jack-in-the-box plots his undoing... 'Remarkable power and complexity' (Sheffield...

• Storytime!

  11:15am – 11:45am, £4.50 – £6.50
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  Join C theatre for a morning adventure! Contains daring quests, faraway lands, and a whole magical menagerie. Six stories everyday. 'Well worth seeing' (EdinburghGuide.com). 'The audience was spellbound' (List). 'The...

• The 'Lockerbie Bomber'

  12:00pm – 1:15pm, £8.50 – £10.50
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  Controversial and heart-rending: the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie murdered 270 people. Governments have covered up the truth for nearly 25 years. It stinks. Nugget find some...

• A Theory of Justice: the Musical!

  12:15pm – 1:55pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  All-singing, all-dancing romp through 2,500 years of political philosophy. John Rawls travels back in time in a quest for justice. Oxford University's fastest-ever selling show. 'Energy, ingenuity and intelligence' *...

• Hansel and Gretel

  12:15pm – 1:05pm, £7.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  Abandoned in the woods, Hansel and Gretel must escape the clutches of a hungry witch. 'If you think there is nothing new to be found in traditional tales, C theatre's...

• Kiss of the Spider Woman

  12:20pm – 2:00pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  From the writers of Chicago and Cabaret: two cellmates, an unabashed homosexual and an uncompromising revolutionary, struggle to survive in Latin American prison. Heartbreaking reality meets vivid fantasy in this...

• This Is Soap: The Improvised Soap Opera

  1:15pm – 2:05pm, £6.50 – £8.50
  C venues - C

  The comedy soap that you control. We'll fantasise, dramatise and improvise your very own Soap Opera. Storylines inspired by your suggestions will unfold before your eyes. Different every day. Who...

• Habitat

  1:50pm – 2:45pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Edinburgh debut for international contemporary dance company based in New York and Singapore, following performances in the USA, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur. World premiere explores personal space: the environment in which...

• Sleeping Soldiers

  2:15pm – 3:10pm, £7.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  US soldier Jim and Afghani mother Anoosheh whisper the same dreams. Discover how we struggle to preserve the peace within our minds at night. This is a piece for all...

• The Oxford Gargoyles - Jazz a Cappella

  2:20pm – 3:10pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Returning to the Fringe for another unmissable year, the beautifully black-tied Gargoyles delight with their fantastic mix of jazz, pop, and Disney! 'Stand-out a cappella of the Fringe' ** ***...

• Beauty and the Beast

  3:00pm – 3:50pm, £7.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  Enduring fairy tale, exploring love, devotion and beauty, reimagined with puppetry and music. For young and old - 100% Walt-free without a talking candlestick in sight. 'Tour de force of...

• Confused in Syracuse

  3:30pm – 4:25pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Russian bouffon clown theatre meets Greek mythology in fantastical sketch comedy. Travesty and metamorphoses abound. 'Reminiscent of French Cirque Nouveau - bringing together drama, theatre and traditional circus' (Petersburg Theatre...

• The Alleycats: Contemporary a Cappella

  3:30pm – 4:20pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Everything from hip hop mash-ups to Motown and pop - dance moves included. This high energy act of award-winning contemporary a cappella guarantees a purrr-fect afternoon of entertainment. 'Infectiously entertaining'...

• Company Man

  4:45pm – 5:45pm, £10.50 – £12.50
  C venues - C

  Visually spectacular show about men in suits. With mime, juggling, acrobatics, trapeze and music. Edinburgh debut for acclaimed Japanese circus and physical theatre company. Directed by Chiharu (Cirque du Soleil)....

• In Two Minds

  5:05pm – 5:55pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  Two dance makers from Hong Kong and the UK have created a performance drawn from their extensive personal experience in the fields of dance psychotherapy: witness the healing power of...

• The Gypsybird Speaks

  5:15pm – 7:00pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Dark times have befallen the forest where a writer, a director, a painter, and a witch lament the lost Philena. Devoured by the gypsy moths, the forest crumbles slowly as...

• Transit

  6:15pm – 7:15pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  Devised physical theatre inspired by a true story. A woman finds herself catapulted out of her comfort zone into a peculiar yet touching adventure. 'The constant back and forth between...

• Juliet: A Dialogue About Love

  7:00pm – 8:10pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  An elegant solo performance following the story of a young mother's struggle to embrace love within the confines of a Romanian gulag. Surprisingly joyful and viscerally poetic. Based on a...

• The Rat Pack - Live

  7:20pm – 8:15pm, £10.50 – £12.50
  C venues - C

  West End producers swing back into Edinburgh with their celebrated Rat Pack - Live. Expect sharp suits and smooth vocals as Frank, Sammy and Dean hit the stage with their...

• Oresteia

  7:30pm – 8:30pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Las Vegas, 2013. Notorious mobster and casino magnate Agamemnon is out on bail. When Clytemnestra spills his blood in the penthouse suite, Orestes grabs his nunchuks and heads home. Mom...

• Music Show - Wedding!

  7:55pm – 8:55pm, £10.50 – £12.50
  C venues - C

  Sensational non-verbal comic music show, where the actors play approximately 20 creative and unique instruments while continuously entertaining the audience. Be a guest at a hysterical wedding ceremony and enjoy...

• Cherry On Top

  8:25pm – 9:25pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  A humorous story set in the South African Indian community. A man dies, and wife and mistress meet. Each believed they were his Cherry, his term of endearment. The question...

• Movin' Melvin Brown: The Ray Charles Experience

  8:35pm – 9:50pm, £12.50 – £14.50
  C venues - C

  New soulful journey through Charles's life, and contemporaries Nat Cole, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price... Song, tap, comedy. Best Music nominee, Adelaide Festival. 'Exceptional' ***** (Scotsman). 'Never sounded better, even by...

• Six Characters in Search of an Author

  8:45pm – 9:45pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Looking for a show? So are they. Come see Pirandello's six characters hurtled into the present day, seeking a way to express their tragedy. A thrilling, visceral production from Cambridge...

• A Body to Die[t] for

  9:35pm – 10:45pm, £10.50 – £12.50
  C venues - C

  Exploited by fashionistas, hounded by hacks, betrayed by lovers, entrapped by body liberationists - will Greta ever find the normality and true love she yearns for? Darkly comic and uplifting...

• Overcoat

  9:50pm – 11:05pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Poetic expression of Gogol’s classic in the era of internet technology. Multimedia cross-border performance. Original combination of Chinese theatrical traditions and music with modern European physical theatre and projection technologies....

• Take It Interns

  10:00pm – 11:20pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Follow the journey of five mismatched interns who find working life is not quite as they had expected. New upbeat musical comedy from the team behind hit show Be Fruitful...

• The Blues Brothers - Live

  11:05pm – 12:00am, £10.50 – £12.50
  C venues - C

  Hold onto your shades as the smash hit returns - back together for a night of rhythm and blues to remember. Free drink for first 10 in fancy dress. ****...

• Shit-faced Shakespeare

  11:20pm – 12:20am, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Entirely serious Shakespeare play... with an entirely shit-faced actor!? The legendary Magnificent Bastard Productions stagger up to the Edinburgh Fringe with the most raucous Shakespearean performance you'll ever witness! 'Genuinely...

• A Glee Inspired: Romeo and Juliet

  11:00am – 12:05pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  Contemporary take on Shakespeare's classic tale of love and loss. From America, arts school students infuse the Bard's work with pop songs inspired by the success of Glee. A must-see!...

• Before Wonderland

  2:15pm – 3:05pm, £7.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  Before the rabbit hole, Alice had quite a different, sensible view of the world. Only through her eccentric uncle's imaginative adventures is she able to discover that ordinary people and...

• A Romance

  4:05pm – 4:55pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  ‘Under the moonlight, lover...’. New piece from acclaimed physical theatre company. ‘Sensual storytelling, powerful acting!’ (Today's Theater). 'The best thing on the Fringe this year' ***** (BritishTheatreGuide.info). 'What the Fringe...

• Laugh & Cry / Kokon (Double-Bill)

  6:10pm – 7:05pm, £7.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  It teases, it smiles, it screams. A double-bill of contemporary dance from two choreographers, revealing the stark differences between public and private personas, and exploring the transformative aspects of a...

• Tap Into Health - Movin' With Melvin

  11:00am – 12:00pm, £14.50
  C venues - C

  New tap workout with multi-awarded Movin' Melvin, Most Outstanding Performer, New York Festival 2008. Talents include tap, juke dancing, clogging, jazz, swing, contemporary, mime, robotics. Tap shoes not required. Fun...

• Miles & Coltrane Blue: (.)

  10:15pm – 11:30pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Miles Davis and John Coltrane - two of the most influential and controversial figures in jazz. Award-winning actors, musicians, dancers and poets take you on a journey though the artists'...

• Waiting for the Call

  4:30pm – 5:20pm, £9.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  Long-form musical impro. Talented performers invent an improvised musical before your very eyes, with unique characters, songs and choreography. You have the power to decide the shape of the story....

• Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision (Sarajevo)

  5:30pm – 6:30pm, £10.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Glorious celebration of everything Eurovision. Set in Sarajevo, which has won the rights to host this year's competition. With hilarious songs and even more hilarious dance routines, this is one...

• Humans Inc

  6:10pm – 7:10pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  2440AD. Humans are upgrading. Isaac will die in three days. His only hope lies in finding a lost girl - before they do. Sci-fi epic with live music and physical...

• Robin Hood

  11:00am – 12:00pm, £8.50
  C venues - C

  The famous rebel is back! His gang is determined to stop Prince John from exploiting the citizens. But Robin also has a crush on Marian, the Prince's niece... Direct from...

• Taichi Saotome

  12:15am – 1:45am, £8.50
  C venues - C

  Celebrated Japanese actor Taichi Saotome blends traditional Japanese dance, sword fighting, kabuki drama and multimedia to tell a story of reincarnation in this ancient meets modern visual spectacular. www.ubon.co.jp

• Junk

  10:45am – 11:45am, £6.50 – £8.50
  C venues - C

  Melvin Burgess's masterpiece dragged kicking and screaming into 2013. Kids want to fly even higher, live even faster, die even younger. Powerfully addictive piece of storytelling: injects its audience with...

• Much Ado About Nothing

  2:15pm – 3:15pm, £7.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  Shakespearean comedy, all but a knife-edge from tragedy, full of entertaining and witty banter, with an elaborate masked ball. This young company excels at making Shakespeare accessible and enjoyable for...

• A Matter of Life and Death

  3:45pm – 4:55pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Soaring romance, caught between this world and the next. Ealing comedy meets physical theatre and song: a dream-like adaptation of the Powell and Pressburger classic. 'Another league altogether' ***** (TheNewCurrent.jux.com,...

• In the Pink - Fabulous Female a Cappella!

  4:30pm – 5:20pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Oxford's gorgeous singing sensations return for their ninth year at the Fringe! With lush harmonies, quirky choreography, and award-winning soloists, In the Pink guarantee a toe-tapping performance for all ages....

• Repertory Theatre

  5:05pm – 6:00pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  2012 runaway Fringe hit returns! Young timid playwright meets neurotic Hamlet-obsessed theatre manager in rapid-fire comedy featuring ghosts, family secrets and too many plums. 'Hilarious, brilliant play' ***** (ThreeWeeks). *****...

• Much a Shoo Be Doo About Nothing

  5:30pm – 6:45pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  Come swinging into 1950s mafia-ridden Sicily with Shakespeare's best-loved comedy. Employing dance, dark deeds, romance and Italian-inspired songs - that's amoré! 'Entertaining and energetic' (ThePublicReviews.com). 'Very talented' (BroadwayBaby.com). www

• SeKret

  7:00pm – 8:15pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Wu Tsai-Lin: solo dancer. Five aspects and multiple presentations. Decipher the Meta of Mother Earth as we step into the centre of the universe. To confine resurrection and destruction, to...

• Entertaining Mr Orton

  8:25pm – 9:25pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Celebrating Joe Orton's life in his own inimitable style. Who inspired his outrageous characters? What if Orton's alter ego, Edna Welthorpe, actually existed? Sex, murder, and lies combine in Martin...

• Pudasi

  10:00am – 10:50am, £7.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  Dance, drumming and song drawn from the Korean pangut tradition. An exciting place where the boundaries between performers and audience can be joyfully crossed. Free Korean tea and rice cakes!

• Canary Gold

  12:10pm – 1:20pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Drink in this delicious satire on our current financial mess, taking in 500 years of international wine trade, bankers and pirates. A European co-production inspired by collaboration with Robert Lepage....

• Beulah

  1:40pm – 2:45pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  Returning after 2012 sell-out . Alexander Wright's folk-musical dallies in dreams, time, reality and the fabric of our world. Inspired by William Blake and woven out of soaring music, storytelling...

• The Ryukyu - Contemporary

  2:30pm – 3:25pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  A modern twist on folk culture from Okinawa, blending lively contemporary music with traditional Ryukyu dance. Inspiring tales of love, hardship and hope, fusing old and new in a bright,...

• Awake Love Orchestra

  3:30pm – 4:20pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  Extraordinary fusion of traditional and modern music from across the genres. 'Exceptionally dynamic, versatile, charismatic and in total connivance with each other and the general public who took part in...

• Awake

  12:45pm – 1:45pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  A simple story of love, loss and mortality told through a powerful mix of live music inspired by traditional gypsy, folk and Eastern European songs, stunning aerial circus and physical...

• A Tiny Tempest

  2:10pm – 3:10pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  Music, slapstick comedy and romance lift this abridged production of Shakespeare's Tempest beyond the ordinary. With unfortunate clowns and usurping royals, this joyous, moving romp is perfect for both Shakespeare...

• Soul to Soul (I Have a Dream) by Movin' Melvin Brown

  5:30pm – 6:40pm, £13.50 – £14.50
  C venues - C

  From Africa to America through song and dance: music to sing, dance, laugh to... Sam Cooke, James Brown, Otis Redding. Song, tap and humour. 'Impressive' (Independent Weekly, Adelaide). www.movinmelvin.com

• Flamenco Global

  7:00pm – 8:00pm, £10.50 – £12.50
  C venues - C

  Fringe favourite Ricardo Garcia has travelled to four continents in recent years, demonstrating the art of Flamenco music, rhythm and dance. Just returned from Ethiopia, creating and performing a collaboration...

• Rising

  8:30pm – 9:30pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  An evening of work performed by Aakash Odedra, exploring different processes and aesthetics to create a new personal language. 'It's the dance equivalent of a red-carpet event... establishes Odedra as...

• The Picture of Dorian Gray

  3:45pm – 4:35pm, £6.50 – £8.50
  C venues - C

  Oscar Wilde's tale of passion and obsession retold by a vibrant young cast. A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his...

• Notes from Bermondsey Street

  7:30pm – 8:25pm, £8.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  Somewhere in London is a bustling restaurant. Inside, a table with a drawer. When that drawer is opened a fluttering maelstrom of lives and stories of the secret metropolis escapes....

• The Rakugo Show

  5:40pm – 6:40pm, £10.50
  C venues - C

  Rakugo (fallen words), a comedic solo Japanese storytelling tradition, typically uses only a fan and small cloth as props, told whilst kneeling. The stories always involve a humorous dialogue between...

• This Is a Damage Manual

  8:45pm – 9:35pm, £9.50 – £11.50
  C venues - C

  What's your damage? Absurd dance theatre from BONEdanse. 1980s propaganda meets 1950s self-help instructions. A darkly humoured show that asks is therapy the cure, or do we just stay damaged?...

• Flamenco for Kids

  2:15pm – 3:15pm, £8.50 – £9.50
  C venues - C

  Feel that southern Spanish energy! Fringe sell-out returns to Edinburgh, bringing the opportunity for your child to come on stage and learn some rhythms, some steps and even a short...

• The Ryukyu - Classic

  2:30pm – 3:25pm, £9.50 – £10.50
  C venues - C

  A rare chance to experience classical Okinawan song and dance. This unique performance features the three-stringed sanshin, legendary Ryukyu Kingdom court dances and glorious costumes. A must-see show for fans...

• Densetsu (Legend)

  3:55pm – 4:55pm, £10.50
  C venues - C

  Japanese seniors aged 50-plus make up Hokkijuku - this endearing troupe of players. Their first appearance in Europe parodies Cinderella, Swan Lake, and ancient Samurai myths. A surreal romp which...

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