Theatre
OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR: Traverse Theatre – August 18th to 30th
Martin Lowe (score)
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE: THE TENSION BETWEEN ART & POLTICS Underbelly – daily, 3.35pm
Gbolahan Obisesan, Timberlake Wertenbaker (writers)
A GAMBLER’S GUIDE TO DYING: Traverse Theatre – August 6th to 30th
Gary McNair (writer and performer)
THIS WILL END BADLY: Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker One – daily, 3.20pm
Rob Hayes (writer), Christopher Nairne (lighting design)
TETHER: Underbelly, Cowgate – August 6th to 30th, 2pm
Isley Lynn (writer)
DORIS, DOLLY AND THE DRESSING ROOM DIVAS: Assembly Hall August 6th to 30th
Morag Fullarton (writer)
S.E.N.: Bedlam Theatre – August 5th to 17th, 19th, 30th
Holly McKinlay (writer)
A BOY AND A BEAR IN A BOAT: National Library of Scotland – August 15th to 17th, 19th to 22nd
Stewart Melton (writer)
SAD FACES PRESENT…THE DAWN CHORUS: Underbelly Cowgate, Venue 61, Cowgate – August 6th to 30th (not 19th), 4.40pm
Jack Bernhardt (writer and performer)
TONIGHT WITH DONNY STIXX: The Pleasance – August 5th to 31st, 2.45pm
David Mercatali (director)
YOU LOOK TASTY!: The Pleasance – August 7th to 31st, 11.45am
David Mercatali (director) Christopher Nairne (lighting design)
PORTRAIT: The Pleasance – August 5th to 31st, 1.20pm
Kate Hewitt (director)
WE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY: Assembly George Square Gardens – August 6th to 31st (excluding 12th and 24th)
Harry Blake (music and lyrics)
THE LITTLE PRINCE: Momentum Venues – August 5th to 17th, 19th to 31st
Sarah Booth (set and costume design)
THE ENCOUNTER: Edinburgh International Conference Centre – August 8th to 23rd
Pete Malkin (associate sound design)
AM I DEAD YET: Traverse Theatre – August 19th to 23rd, 25th to 30th
Pete Malkin (sound design)
BRUTE: Underbelly – August 6th to 18th, 20th to 30th
Christopher Nairne (lighting design)
IMPOSSIBLE: Pleasance Dome – August 5th to 31st
Hannah Eidinow (director)
Books
TRANSATING JULIA: Baillie Gifford Main Theatre – August 15th, 3.15 to 4.15pm
Lydia Monks (illustrator)
LYDIA MONKS PRINCESS TALES: Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre August 16th, 10.30 to 11.30am
Lydia Monks
SIOBHAN DOWD TRUST LECTURE HOSTED BY MATT HAIG: Garden Theatre, August 16th 2.15 to 3.15pm
Siobhan Dowd, Tony Bradman (authors)
STRANGER THAN FICTION: Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre – August 17th, 12.15 to1.15pm
Tony Bradman
QUEENS OF DRAMA: Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre – August 23rd, 2 to 3pm
Emma Shevah (author)
HIDING LIONS FROM GRANNIES: Baillie Gifford Imagination Lab – August 25th, 3.15 to 4.15pm
Helen Stephens (author)
BEST OF THE BRITS – CELEBRATING OUR YOUNG ADULT FICTION: The Spiegeltent, August 27th, 7 – 8.15pm
Elizabeth Laird (author)