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Joining Jack Ellis as Jaggers, Chris Ellison as Magwitch, Paul Nivison as Adult Pip and Paula Wilcox as Miss Havisham in GREAT EXPECTATIONS, will be Grace Rowe as Estella and Taylor Jay-Davies as Young Pip

trick, or most commonly, the bullet catch - but the wonder and awe it instills has remained constant. Written and performed by Rob Drummond, the Edinburgh incarnation of this infamous trick offers its audience even more.

Having whipped Fringe audiences into something of a big gay frenzy last year with their enormously charming and very much sold-out offering 'Little Shop of Homos', the London Gay Men's Chorus Ensemble - a new name; last year they were known as Far From Kansas - are back. 'Hi-De-Homo', their holiday camp-set new show, may not offer much to please fans of subtlety and nuance but those who fancy an hour of musical comedy glee in the company of a varied and talented group of gay men will find it delightful. Or at least I did.

There are two kinds of people in the world, says storyteller Jenna Watt: bystanders and flâneurs. The former are those who see a stranger in the midst of a random attack such as a mugging, and dismiss their responsibility to the stranger in need. The latter, the flâneurs of the world, are those who take action; flâneurs are the vigilante heroes of the modern urban landscape.

Camille Claudel waits patiently, a sculpture herself, as the audience enters the studio theatre of the Pleasance Courtyard. Her smile, welcoming but manic, is directed at each individual as they tentatively join the space.

Peter Arnott's new play takes its name from the Woody Guthrie song, and tells the story of the 'Bonus Expeditionary Force': 25,000 world war one veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to seek promised payments from the US government. Instead of a grateful welcome in recognition of their sacrifice, they were met with murderous force in the shape of bullets and bayonets.

Zoe Birkett, who shot to fame in 2002 as a finalist on the first series of Pop Idol, won by Will Young, and has gone on to appear in the West End in Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical, Thriller Live, What A Feeling, Respect La Diva and Hair, is to play Maureen Johnson in a new London production of the multi award-winning musical Rent.

A stellar cast of West End talent has been announced for WEST END FEST, a charity concert on August 19th raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

David leaves the competition

Nathan leaves the competition.

We talk to Princess Fiona about tap-dancing, her Shrek, and Legally Blonde...

Jon and Jeff leave the competition

Niall is out of the competition. Who are you voting for?

Tim leaves the competition - who are you backing?

Madhav Sharma talks about the fulfilment of a life's ambition, and why he hates the term 'all-Indian production'

Dirk is eliminated - who do you want to win now?

Our final 11 performed solo songs last night - and the viewing public have been voting!

We're down to our Top 10, and about to start the (as-)live shows. Who are you backing?

Catch up on Saturday night's episode!

The company behind the national sell-out success Fresher the Musical have teamed up with performers from Musicality, the stars of TV's Don't Stop Believing, to present Wild West End, a deliciously dark musical comedy revue.