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We’re thrilled to see so many accessible theatre shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Here’s our round-up of what’s on offer.

AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES

Make It Happen (Festival Theatre)
2.30pm on Wednesday 6 August 2025

Brian Cox stars in this biting satire on the Scottish banking ambition that shattered the global economy.

Price: from £19
Describer: Hazel Ann Crawford
Touch Tour Tour: 1:30pm

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She’s Behind You (Traverse Theatre)
9.30pm on Friday 8 August 2025

Pantomime may be the most popular genre of theatre but it can also be the most conventional. Pushing boundaries through candid exploration.

Price: £5-£25
Describer: Fiona Forbes
Touch Tour Time: Upon request, please meet at the Bar Level lift entrance 30 minutes before performance.

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Work and Days (The Lyceum)
3.00pm on Sunday 10 August 2025

FC Bergman’s latest piece reckons with what is lost when our bond to the earth fades.

Price: from £12
Describer: Lydia Kerr & Bridget Stevens
Touch Tour Time: 2pm

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A Gambler’s Guide to Dying (Traverse Theatre)
4.00pm on Sunday 10 August 2025 AND 11.00am on Friday 22 August 2025

A boy’s grandad who won a fortune on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambles it all on living to see the year 2000.

Price: £5-£25
Describer: Amanda Drollinger
Touch Tour Time: Upon request, please meet at the Bar Level lift entrance 30 minutes before performance.

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The Beautiful Future Is Coming (Traverse Theatre)
4.00pm on Sunday 10 August 2025 AND 7.15pm on Friday 22 August

A fast-paced, funny and wildly inventive look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.

Price: £5-£25
Describer: Emma-Jane McHenry

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Sad Girl Songs (Greenside @ George Street)
3.10pm on Monday 11 August – Wednesday 13 August 2025

What happens when #YesAnd becomes #MeToo? Dark feminist comedy with songs like ‘Thank You For Not Murdering Me’ and modern-day Medusa..

Price: £12.50-£14.50
Describer: Christopher McKiddie

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Touch Tour for Lunchbox at (Pleasance Courtyard)
3.45pm on Monday 11 August

A touch tour will be available to those people who are blind or partially sighted. Lubna Kerr will be there to share the details of the set

Price: £10-£15
Describer: Lubna Kerr
Touch Tour Time: 3.45pm at the venue

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A Sudden, Disturbing To Do List (Greenside @ George Street)
9.00pm on Monday 11 August

Meet Phoebe: the QUEEN of lists. She’s sure there isn’t a problem, but now she’s suddenly listing all the ways she might die.

Price: £6-£12
Describer: Benjamin Wilson
Touch Tour Time: 3.45pm at the venue

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Standing in the Shadows of Giants (Traverse Theatre)
11.00am on Saturday 16 August AND 1.30pm on Sunday 17 August 2025

While her brother’s band skyrockets to stardom, Lucie can’t get signed. Lucie is forced to question her failures. And her sexuality..

Price: £5-£25
Describer: Amanda Drollinger
Touch Tour Time: Upon request, please meet at the Bar Level lift entrance 30 minutes before performance.

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Orpheus and Eurydice (Edinburgh Playhouse)
3.00pm on Saturday 16 August

Journey to the underworld and back with Opera Australia, presenting Opera Queensland’s production of Orpheus and Eurydice in association with Circa.

Price: from £22.50
Describer: Veronica Kinahan & Trina Gillies
Touch Tour Time: 1.30pm

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Book of Mountains and Sea (The Lyceum)
8.00pm on Saturday 16 August

Ancient Chinese myths inspire Huang Ruo’s opera, confronting humanity’s complex relationship with nature.

Price: from £12.00
Describer: Amanda Drollinger
Touch Tour Time: 7pm

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Mary, Queen of Scots (Festival Theatre)
3.00pm on Sunday 17 August

Renaissance meets punk in Scottish Ballet’s retelling of the story of one of Scotland’s most famous women.

Price: from £18.00
Describer: Emma-Jane McHenry & Fiona Pedgrift
Touch Tour Time: 1.30pm

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Cutting the Tightrope (Church Hill Theatre)
7.30pm on Sunday 17 August

This collection of short plays audaciously explores the power of the arts in today’s global conflicts, political resistance and displays of artistic freedom

Price: from £25
Describer: Amanda Drollinger & Jonathan Penny
Touch Tour Time: n/a

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Monga (Assembly Rooms – The Bijou)
12.00pm on Tuesday 19 August

Award-winning Brazilian director and performer Jéssica Teixeira investigates the brutality that concepts of normality exercise on bodies.

Price: £12.50-£14.50
Describer: Veronica Kinahan
Touch Tour Time: 11:40am – To book a ticket to the Touch Tour before the performance, please add the free ‘Touch Tour’ ticket to your basket alongside your standard priced ticket for the performance.

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Float (Gilded Balloon Patterhoose)
6.00pm on Tuesday 19 August

An autobiographical show about travelling to the moon and back. Produced by Fringe First winners F-Bomb Theatre. MadeInScotlandShowcase.com

Price: £13-£14
Describer: Michael Stewart
Touch Tour Time: By request – contact rachel@fbombtheatre.co.uk

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Chunky Jeweller (Assembly Rooms)
1.30pm on Wednesday 20 August

Chunky Jewellery is a comedy that bites, created by Jude Williams, Natasha Gilmore and Ben Duke (Lost Dog).

Price: £15-16
Describer: Vicki Manderson

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Faustus in Africa! (The Lyceum)
7.30pm on Saturday 23 August

Through puppetry and animation, Handspring Puppet Company reimagine Faust’s downfall and reframe the classic tale to confront colonialism and the climate emergency

Price: from £12
Describer: John Cummings
Touch Tour Time: 6.30pm

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Figures in Extinction (Festival Theatre Edinburgh)
3.00pm on Sunday 24 August

Dance and theatre legends Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney unite to confront the climate crisis through spellbinding movement and sound.

Price: from £21
Describer: Davinia Jokhi
Touch Tour Time: 2pm

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BSL-INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES

Abnormally Funny People (Pleasance Courtyard)
4.50pm on Tuesday 5 August
4.50pm on Wednesday 13 August AND 4.50pm on Saturday 23 August

Stand-up comedy, funny stories, improvisation and music with famous people and brilliant emerging talent. Disability comedy at its best.

Price: from £13-15

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Make It Happen (Festival Theatre)
7.30pm on Tuesday 5 August

Brian Cox stars in this biting satire on the Scottish banking ambition that shattered the global economy.

Price: from £19
Interpreter: Greg Colquhoun

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Ma Name is Isabelle (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
3.45pm on Wednesday 6 August

A famous bothy ballad reimagined to tell one woman’s story.

Price: from £12-14
Interpreter: Lesley Crerar

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Ohio (Assembly Roxy)
3.00pm on Friday 8 August

An exhilarating and celebratory true story about losing faith and finding hope in the darkest of places.

Price: from £12-£16.50
Interpreter: Anna Spence

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Summer Fling (The Space @ Niddry Street)
3.05pm on Friday 8 August

A satirical comedy, Summer Fling explores the humorous and somewhat exploitative aspects of dating shows and the society we exist in. 16+

Price: from £8-£9
Interpreter: Shaurna Dickson

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The Nature of Forgetting (Pleasance Courtyard)
1.15pm on Saturday 9 August

Theatre Re returns with its explosive and joyous five-star international hit about what is left when memory is gone. ‘Incredible’ (GQ).

Price: £18 – £21
Interpreter: Anna Kitson

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The Truth We Seek: Academic Freedom  (The Hub)
2.00pm on Monday 11 August

Sharp wit and fearless thinking fuel a lively debate on intellectual inquiry.

Price: From £15

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A Wolf Shall Devour the Sun  (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
3.15pm on Tuesday 12 August

A mythic journey into troubled relations with our oldest ally through storytelling, music, shadow puppetry and animation.

Price: £14-£16
Interpreter: Sarah Forrester

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Lunchbox (Pleasance Courtyard)
4.45pm on Thursday 14 August

A BSL interpreter will be available on the 14th August for a performance of Lunchbox

Price: £10-15
Interpreter: Bruce

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She’s Behind You (Traverse Theatre)
9.45pm on Friday 15 August

Pantomime may be the most popular genre of theatre but it can also be the most conventional. Pushing boundaries through candid exploration.

Price: £5-£25
Interpreter: Nicolle Murdoch

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The Beautiful Future is Coming (Traverse Theatre)
4.15pm on Saturday 16 August

This is a fast-paced, funny and wildly inventive look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.

Price: £5-£25
Interpreter: Nicolle Murdoch

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A Gambler’s Guide To Dying (Traverse Theatre)
6.30pm on Saturday 16 August

A boy’s grandad who won a fortune on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambles it all on living to see the year 2000.

Price: £5-£25
Interpreter: Megan McArthur

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Cutting the Tightrope (Church Hill Theatre)
7.30pm on Saturday 16 August

This collection of short plays audaciously explores the power of the arts in today’s global conflicts, political resistance and displays of artistic freedom.

Price: from £25
Interpreter: Rachel Amey & Paul Belmonte

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Mending Nets (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
1.30pm on Sunday 17 August

Palestinian poet Nada Shawa and Scottish storytellerJanis Mackay build a bridge of friendship through dance, poetry and storytelling.

Price: £14-£12
Interpreter: Sarah Forrester

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The Unseen Truth: Sarah Lewis (The Hub)
1.30pm on Sunday 17 August AND 2.00pm on Monday 18 August

Palestinian poet Nada Shawa and Scottish storytellerJanis Mackay build a bridge of friendship through dance, poetry and storytelling.

Price: £14-£12
Interpreter: Sarah Forrester

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Monga (Assembly Rooms – The Bijou)
12.00pm on Tuesday 19 August

Award-winning Brazilian director and performer Jéssica Teixeira investigates the brutality that concepts of normality exercise on bodies.

Price: £14.50-£12.50
Interpreter: Marcus Glover

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Nowhere (Traverse Theatre)
7.15pm on Wednesday 20 August

Inspired by Khalid Abdalla’s involvement in the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and the counter-revolution that followed.

Price: £5 – £25
Interpreter: Greg Colquhoun

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Standing in the Shadows of Giants (Traverse Theatre)
6.30pm on Sunday 24 August

While her brother’s band skyrockets to stardom, Lucie can’t get signed. Lucie is forced to question her failures. And her sexuality.

Price: £5 – £25
Interpreter: Megan McArthur

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CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES

Ohio (Assembly Roxy)
3.00pm on Friday 1 August – Friday 8 August

An exhilarating and celebratory true story about losing faith and finding hope in the darkest of places.

Price: £12-£16.50

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Float (Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose)
6.00pm on Tuesday 5 August – Saturday 9 August,
6.00pm on Monday 11 August – Monday 24 August

An autobiographical show about travelling to the moon and back. Produced by Fringe First winners F-Bomb Theatre. MadeInScotlandShowcase.com

Price: £13 – £14

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Chunky Jewellery (Assembly Rooms)
1.30pm on Thursday 7 August AND 1.30pm on Wednesday 20 August

Chunky Jewellery is a comedy that bites, created by Jude Williams, Natasha Gilmore and Ben Duke (Lost Dog).

Price: £15 – £16

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Abnormally Funny People (Pleasance Courtyard)
4.50pm on Thursday 7 August, Monday 11 August, Saturday 16 August AND Wednesday 20 August

Stand-up comedy, funny stories, improvisation and music with famous people and brilliant emerging talent. Disability comedy at its best.

Price: £13-£15

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When Billy Met Alasdair (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
8.30pm on Thursday 7 August

Alan Bissett (‘The Moira Monologues’) takes on the dual roles of two Scottish cultural giants, Billy Connolly and Alasdair Gray..

Price: £14-£16

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Consumed (Traverse Theatre)
2.00pm on Friday 8 August, 7.15pm on Saturday 16 August AND 7.15 on Thursday 21 August

Karis Kelly’s play is a pitch-black and twisted comedy of dysfunctional family dynamics, generational trauma and national boundaries.

Price: £5 – £25

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Thanyia Moore: August (Pleasance Courtyard)
5.40pm on Friday 8 August

Thanyia was set to do her debut hour at the Fringe. Then August happened. A show about mental strength, the female body and NHS Scotland.

Price: £14 – £15

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Make It Happen (Festival Theatre)
7.30pm on Friday 8 August

Brian Cox stars in this biting satire on the Scottish banking ambition that shattered the global economy.

Price: From £19

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Cartoonopolis (Pleasance Dome)
1.10pm on Sunday 10 August AND Sunday 17 August

2 brothers, 1 family, goodies, baddies and autism. Welcome to Cartoonopolis, the ultimate make-believe metropolis!

Price: £14 – £16

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The Truth We Seek: Academic Freedom (The Hub)
2.00pm on Monday 11 August

Sharp wit and fearless thinking fuel a lively debate on intellectual inquiry.

Price: From £15

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Athens of the North (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
3.15pm on Monday 11 August

A love letter to Edinburgh’s past, present and future, characters weave in and out of each other’s lives over a single day.

Price: £14-£16

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The Little Prince (Pleasance Courtyard)
12.00pm on Tuesday 12 August AND Tuesday 19 August

Embark on a poetic journey with the Little Prince in this spellbinding solo show about wonder, friendship, and seeing with the heart.

Price: £14.50 – £15.50

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Urooj Ashfaq: How To Be A Baddie (Monkey Barrel Comedy)
6.25pm on Tuesday 12 August

Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Urooj returns, but now she’s different. No longer a good girl, but a bona fide baddie. What happened?

Price: £8 – £15

LSO: Beethoven & Shostakovich (Usher Hall)
7.30pm on Tuesday 12 August

Experience the power of two show-stopping symphonies, with insight from Sir Antonio Pappano and Nicola Benedetti.

Price: From £22.50

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The Beautiful Future Is Coming (Traverse Theatre)
1.15pm on Friday 15 August

This is a fast-paced, funny and wildly inventive look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.

Price: £5 – £25

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Flora Macdonald and Zombies (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
3.45pm on Friday 15 August

Flora Macdonald: Jacobite heroine, saviour of an exiled prince, face of many shortbread tins – and ferocious zombie hunter.

Price: £12-£14

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Edy Hurst’s Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself (Assembly Roxy)
2.20pm on Saturday 16 August

Startling revelations about Edy Hurst’s relations have set him on vision quest to contact his ancestors.

Price: £10-13

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Toussaint Douglass: Accessible Pigeon Material (Pleasance Courtyard)
7.25pm on Saturday 16 August

Life, love, loss, finding your way and pigeons… pretty pigeon-heavy to be honest. An hour of joyfully absurd, charmingly awkward stand-up.

Price: £12 – £13

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Cutting the Tightrope (Church Hill Theatre)
7.30pm on Sunday 17 August

This collection of short plays audaciously explores the power of the arts in today’s global conflicts, political resistance and displays of artistic freedom.

Price: From £25

Book Now

The Green Knight (But It’s Gay) | (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
8.00pm on Sunday 17 August

A fantastically funny retelling of medieval classic The Green Knight with the subtext made text! (Spoiler alert: it’s gay).

Price: £12-£14

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She’s Behind You (Traverse Theatre )
9.45pm on Sunday 17 August

Pantomime may be the most popular genre of theatre but it can also be the most conventional. Pushing boundaries through candid exploration.

Price: £5 – £25

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The Unseen Truth: Sarah Lewis (The Hub)
2.00pm on Monday 18 August

Visual culture’s power to shape history drives this gripping conversation on race and representation.

Price: From £15

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Shostakovich Inside Out (Usher Hall)
2.00pm on Monday 18 August

Explore Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony as the Aurora Orchestra unpacks its drama, depth and defiance.

Price: From £30

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Prashasti Singh: Divine Feminine (Underbelly – Bristo Square)
8.45pm on Monday 18 August

Growing up in a patriarchal family, stand-up Prashasti had one dream – to become a patriarch herself. But was the ascent worth the price?

Price: £11 – £12

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Monga (Assembly Rooms – The Bijou)
12.00pm on Tuesday 19 August

Award-winning Brazilian director and performer Jéssica Teixeira investigates the brutality that concepts of normality exercise on bodies.

Price: £12.50-£14.50

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Cerys Bradley’s Queer Tales For Autistic Folk (Underbelly – Bristo Square)
2.45pm on Wednesday 20 August

Price: £8.50 – £12.50

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The Spanking Goddess and Other Discarded Tales (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
6.45pm on Wednesday 20 August

Storyteller Clare Murphy leads a romp through the untold myths of the Celts. Not for the faint-hearted and definitely for grown-ups.

Price: £14-£16

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Queer Folks’ Tales (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
8.30pm on Wednesday 20 August

The 5-star hit LGBTQ+ storytelling show returns for its third Fringe; hilarious, moving, outrageously queer stories galore!

Price: £14-£16

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RELAXED PERFORMANCES

Disco 2000 (Greenside @ Royal Terrace)
11.30am on Friday 1 August

Written by Rosa Gatley and produced by Hedge Maze Theatre. Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown?

Price: £8-£6

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Abnormally Funny People (Pleasance Courtyard)
4.50pm on Thursday 5 August, Thursday 7 August, Monday 11 August, Wednesday 13 August,
Saturday 16 August, Wednesday 20 August AND Saturday 23 August

Stand-up comedy, funny stories, improvisation and music with famous people and brilliant emerging talent. Disability comedy at its best.

Price: £13-£15

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Summer Fling (The Space @ Niddry Street)
3.05pm on Wednesday 6 August 2025

A satirical comedy, Summer Fling explores the humorous and somewhat exploitative aspects of dating shows and the society we exist in. 16+

Price: from £8-£9


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Cartoonopolis (Pleasance Dome)
1.10pm on Sunday 10 August, Sunday 17 August AND Sunday 24 August

2 brothers, 1 family, goodies, baddies and autism. Welcome to Cartoonopolis, the ultimate make-believe metropolis!

Price: £14 – £16

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Signor Baffo (Assembly Rooms – The Bijou)
11.05am on Monday 11 August

There’s chaos in the kitchen when Signor Baffo is left in charge! A laugh-out-loud treat for children 3+ and their families.

Price: £11-£12.50

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By a Thread (Assembly Roxy)
3.50pm on Tuesday 12 August

Seven acrobats, thirty metres of rope, By a Thread is an engaging show for the whole family! A dazzling display of strength, and teamwork.

Price: £14.50 – £15.50

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Float (Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose)
3.12pm on Wednesday 13 August

An autobiographical show about travelling to the moon and back. Produced by Fringe First winners F-Bomb Theatre. MadeInScotlandShowcase.com

Price: £13 – £14

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Moonswing (Greenside @ Riddles Court)
4.15pm on Wednesday 13 August AND Wednesday 20 August

A theatre performance about three people growing up together under the moon. We watch as they grow and deal with life’s tests and trials.

Price: £9 – £10

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Baron Vordenburg’s Guide to the Para-Normal (The Space @ Symposium Hall)
9.15pm on Monday 18 August

World famous paranormal hunter Baron Vordenburg, shares his symposium on vampires.

Price: £13

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The End is Near (St. James Church)
2.00pm on Wednesday 20 August

A new play by Melissa Ainsworth, Janet is accused of witchcraft, Caroline is a suffragette and Lauren is fighting for her freedom.

Price: £9-£12

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Fischy Music Christian All-Age Concert (Stockbridge Church)
1.30pm on Saturday 23 August

Fischy Music bring their unique blend of hopeful and fun-filled songs in this family-friendly sing-along, acoustic performance.

Price: £6-£8

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