Edinburgh Festival

It's the selection for World Cup 2018, and David Cameron has pulled out the big guns to win the bid. Along with Beckham and Prince William they are THE THREE LIONS, set behind the scenes at the Zurich hotel as they take part in last minute lobbying to bring the world cup home.

The horror of the first world war is the inspiration for Les Enfants Terribles' latest production THE TRENCH by Oliver Lansley. Puppets, projections and live music combine to produce a powerful poetic exploration of the futility of conflict.

The loveable self confessed geek and Twitter aficionado returns to Edinburgh with his one man show 'Pretty'.

It's the end of the era and it seems like the end of the world is happening just outside the window. Ella Hickson's BOYS sees its characters facing that difficult time at the end of university. The world is at your feet...but what if you're not ready to grow up?

FOUR SCREWS LOOSE come running onto stage fanfare of loud music and high energy and this sets the tone for a fast-paced frenetic hour of musical sketch comedy. These four talented boys combine pop music, singing, rubber faces and traditional sketches with such charm that it's impossible not to be swept along in their enthusiasm.

This political comedy is the story of a student Revolution Society, an extracurricular group annoyed at the system and wanting to change things, only without a concrete idea of what they want to change and how to go about it. From complaints about the shrinking size of Snickers bars and the cliches of being student revolutionaries, through to debate on what should be done with the stock market, 'Revolution Society' follows a group of young people who move from drafting polite letters to the Prime Minister, to setting up their own country.

Chekhov's THREE SISTERS is the inspiration for this accomplished multi-discipline work from LA company Theatre Movement Bazaar. TRACK 3 sees time zones and locations in permanent flux as we see the sisters trapped and forever yearning for the mythical Moscow, doomed to remain out of reach. Physical theatre, dance, and music combine superbly to create an engaging 21st century retelling of this Victorian classic.

Actor, Comedian and Writer Emma Packer will present her brand new comedy show 'The Emma Packer Show' at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, playing at Mood Night Club from tonight 14 August to Saturday 24 August 2013 as part of Edinburgh's Free Fringe Festival 2013. Full listings below.

Saturday morning in Brisbane, in the middle of winter. I got up a little early to treat myself to one last Aussie cafe breakfast, worth it. It was beautifully sunny, I had to keep reminding myself that it is, technically, winter.

What is funny, and what drives people to try and make others laugh on stage. Ross Ericson's new comedy PUNCHLINE tries desperately to find the answer - and never quite succeeds.

You're late. We're out of snacks. Now put on this hat and pretend to enjoy yourself. Join Sad Faces as they put the fun and social into socially dysfunctional.

MAGIC MIKE meets CIRQUE DU SOLEIL in the latest fringe outing for the outrageous Australian cabaret troupe Briefs. BRIEFS: THE SECOND COMING opens with dinner suited men with perfectly preened hair stripping down to the aforementioned behind deftly dangled feathers and straight away the tone is set, much to the delight of the cheering audience.

Luke Wright/Ditto Productions/Escalator East to Edinburgh present: Luke Wright: Essex Lion. After six Fringe sell out solo shows, poet Luke Wright presents his seventh batch of roaringly romping verses for your delectation.

Thomas Beattie made news around the world when he went on Oprah in 2008 to discuss being a pregnant man. But despite the entire furore that surrounded this, he was by no means unique. Johanna Nutter's one-woman show, MY PREGNANT BROTHER, making its UK debut at the Fringe, tells us her family's story from 2006.

A young couple fall in love and move in together to their first home. Hannah Rodger's new play HAPPY NEVER AFTER charts what happens when what follows isn't the fairy-tale ending they'd dreamed about.

Comedy and therapy can often overlap in one-hour shows and such is the case in ALFIE MOORE: VIVA ALF VEGAS. Former police officer, steelworker and problem gambler Alfie Moore returns to Edinburgh for the fourth time with a deeply personal show about what drives people to risk (and lose) everything.

What happens when a group of traffic wardens, a PCSO and a chemist are forced to spend hours held up in a disused cricket pavilion held hostage by an angry mob? WARDENS, written by Darren Richman and Garrett Millerick, hopes to find out as it pokes fun at some of Britain's least loved public servants.

Set in A Unique Little Town (Ault for short), Brian Watkins' gripping one-man play HIGH PLAINS tells the extraordinary confession of Jake, a young construction worker with a dark secret and haunting tale to tell. This tale of sibling rivalry and young love has been winning plaudits across America, and deserves to be a Fringe hit.

The story of JEKYLL & HYDE has been reworked and reinterpreted many times since Stevenson's original novella. The text offers so much to sink your teeth into its no surprise that directors keep on coming back to it. Flipping the Bird's production keeps the key themes intact - the mad scientist, the search for perfection, the beast within - and all the while using it to explore ideas way ahead of its time.

For all that they take their name and claim inspiration from Scotland's most famous folk duo The Corries, this is no mere tribute act. What Douglas Kay and Martin Philip do take from the band that gave Scotland its national anthem is a spirit of easy banter, from jokes about their own souvenir merchandise to a memorable mid-song duelling guitar section, and a great engagement with the audience, who are very much encouraged to join in, an opportunity they find irresistible.

Amidst all of the questions of what the consequences of next year's independence referendum could be, nobody seems to have asked what would happen to an independent Scotland after a worldwide apocalypse. Until now, that is. Preen Back Yer Lugs offers some excellent satirical points on national identity, immigration and whether being prescriptive about culture is ever worthwhile.

Improvisation is very much a fringe staple and one that can seem all too familiar, when you've seen the umpteenth troupe of drama students playing the same WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY games. Deborah Frances-White's Voices in Your Head project seems to have found a way to reinvent the genre.

At the Opening Concert of the 67th Edinburgh International Festival, Director Jonathan Mills announced Dr Carol Colburn Grigor as Honorary Vice-President of the Edinburgh International Festival Society.

Juliette Burton's show at the Edinburgh Fringe explores her setting out to achieve every dream that she had when she was a child.

Join Caroline Rhea of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Phineas and Ferb and her new best friend, Mr Clown, an adorable, quick-witted puppet, as they sing, play and joke their way through basic language skills, manners, and other exciting life lessons in this playful interactive multi-media show