Top 10

1. Venus as a Boy
Tam Dean Burn stars and directs this adaptation of Luke Sutherland's weird tale of a modern day sexual mystic.
Traverse 2, 2-26 Aug

2. A Doll's House
Avant garde legend Lee Breuer reinvents Ibsen's classic with a cast of tiny men and huge women.
King's Theatre, 24-28 Aug

3. The Bacchae
David Greig's version of Euripides tragedy unites Blackwatch director John Tiffany and Alan Cumming in a musical reworking of Greek myth and legend.
King's Theatre, 11-18 Aug

4. England
Tim Crouch's new play continues his intelligent experimentation with the form in a promenade show at The Fruitmarket Gallery.
Fruitmarket Gallery, 3-26 Aug

5. Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)
Leading Scottish company Benchtours' film-noirish thriller plays out in their stagetruck theatre.
E4 Udderbelly Pasture, 8-27 Aug (not Tuesdays)

6. Leftovers
Mem Morrison gives the full English breakfast a citizen's test.
Theatre Workshop, 20-25 Aug

7. Ravenhill for Breakfast
Shopping and Fucking playwright presents 17 premieres each morning with a rolling cast and company.
Traverse 2, 7-26 Aug

8. Fuerza Bruta
Talented Argentinean acrobats star in this spectacular hit show
The Black Tent, 2 Aug to 1 Sep

9. Lacrimosa
Polish physical theatre troupe Song of the Goat examine human sacrifice!
Assembly Aurora Nova, 2-6, 8-12, 15-19 & 22-27 Aug

10. State of Matter
Breakdance meets contemporary at the edge of physical possibility from 2FaCeD DaNcE Company
Zoo, 3-18 Aug