Edinburgh Festival

After a successful London run, Aloff Theatre joins the Edinburgh Fringe with the British premiere of Elchin Afandiyev's play My Favourite Madman, which runs today, 2 - 10 August at the Gryphon Venues.

NoFit State Circus returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with two new shows this summer, BIANCO in the Big Top from today, 2nd - 26th August and NOODLES at New Town Theatre from 2nd - 25th August.

What is your ultimate dream? Take a risk and chase it! This July 21st sees the first full-length preview of 'Something There That's Missing' at London's critically acclaimed Theatre 503. This coming-of-age comedy blending multimedia, puppetry and music, debuts at the Edinburgh Festival this August, and will play at The Space, Jury's Inn (V260) from today, 2 - 24 August 2013.

Mention Jane Austen or period drama and many will think of lavish costumes adorned with frills, National Trust properties and sedate Sunday evening telly. It is a claim met with some scepticism then, when theatre company Box Tale Soup say they can conjure up the world of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey with just two performers, a vintage trunk and a troupe of puppets. However, after the first few minutes of this unique adaptation any scepticism quickly disappears as Noel Byrne and Antonia Christophers deliver a breath-taking version of this classic novel.

EugEnie Grandet, an adaptation of Balzac's classic story of love, greed and betrayal, will play the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013, at Assembly One George Square from today, 2 - 26 August. This will be the first ever stage production in English of this French classic.

Dale has appeared in numerous National tours and films including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The cast will also feature KIRSTY MARIE AYERS, who recently appeared in the West End production of Seussical, ROSIE WARD, BENJAMIN POWELL and NIALL ROONEY.

XY is a show with an intriguing concept - it comprises several short plays, all written without specifying gender. It's a great idea, and one that makes you consider just how many writers will default to stereotypes when creating characters. Each performance of XY comprises four short plays, and the opening four provided an interesting mix.

'It's not that I always dreamed of being onstage,' says Dallas, Texas, theater critic and playwright Elaine Liner. 'But I'm a storyteller and this is my story.' Liner's one-act solo comedy Sweater Curse: A Yarn about Love debuts at this summer's Edinburgh Festival Fringe at 1:15 p.m. daily, today, August 1-26, at Sweet/Grassmarket International 4 (Venue 18).

Chaz Royal & Edinburgh Burlesque Festival presents 'BEST OF BURLESQUE' at the ASSEMBLY GARDENS, BOSCO TENT, 11:59pm Nightly, today 1-25 AUGUST 2013.

An empty restaurant but for two people. A successful married couple sit opposite one another. They are celebrating the opening of their new venture as they wait for a guest to join them. When he arrives he will quietly and confidently lay waste to their comfortable lives and everything they ever believed. They wait… he enters … and the horror gradually unfolds.

From shy minister's daughter to Oscar-nominated, booze-soaked, shockingly foul mouthed Hollywood star… Come and meet Rachel Roberts at the Roxy at 3pm each day at this year's Edinburgh Fringe…

The World Premiere of Tim Anfilogoff and Alan Whittaker's sharp and satirical musical plays C Venues at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Grace Bishop, Nicola Kill, and Rosie Watson will take on the titular role of Greta, Annie Kirkman makes her professional debut as the manipulative Fay, they will be joined by Sam Turrell as Tony, Michael Rees as Reg/Fred, Melissa Hovelle as Rita, Will Mulvey as Gregory Hampton M.P, Chelsea Corfield as Ute and Paul Brangan as Norm. The production will run today, 31st July - 26th August (not 13th) : 21:35 (1hr10) | C (venue 34).

BONK! will be performing each night (except for Sundays) at 21:20 hrs in TheSpace @ Jury's Inn throughout the Edinburgh Festival and we would very much love for you to pop along and see us in action.

'It's not that I always dreamed of being onstage,' says Dallas, Texas, theater critic and playwright Elaine Liner. 'But I'm a storyteller and this is my story.' Liner's one-act solo comedy Sweater Curse: A Yarn about Love debuts at this summer's Edinburgh Festival Fringe at 1:15 p.m. daily, August 1-26, at Sweet/Grassmarket International 4 (Venue 18).

MoCKeD HArts presents a happy side (as well) by Niall Wilson. 'Anna? Anna, anything to say?'

After a successful London run, Aloff Theatre joins the Edinburgh Fringe with the British premiere of Elchin Afandiyev's play My Favourite Madman, which runs 2 - 10 August (preview night: 2-3 July) at the Gryphon Venues.

Chaz Royal & Edinburgh Burlesque Festival presents 'BEST OF BURLESQUE' at the ASSEMBLY GARDENS, BOSCO TENT, 11:59pm Nightly, 1-25 AUGUST 2013.

The cast has been announced for the World Premiere of Tim Anfilogoff and Alan Whittaker's sharp and satirical musical at C Venues at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Grace Bishop, Nicola Kill, and Rosie Watson will take on the titular role of Greta, Annie Kirkman makes her professional debut as the manipulative Fay, they will be joined by Sam Turrell as Tony, Michael Rees as Reg/Fred, Melissa Hovelle as Rita, Will Mulvey as Gregory Hampton M.P, Chelsea Corfield as Ute and Paul Brangan as Norm.

Performer Aisling Kiely brings Cinderella Lives! - her sexily-skewed solo retelling of the Cinderella story - to The Edinburgh Festival Fringe from the 3rd - 24th August.

Female double-act Wilkinson Ford bring their new full-length show 'Wilkinson Ford: Webmasters' to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013. The show runs 3rd - 24th August inclusive (exc. Wednesdays) at 8.45pm at Base (Venue 56), 69 Cowgate, EH1 1JW.

An empty restaurant but for two people. A successful married couple sit opposite one another. They are celebrating the opening of their new venture as they wait for a guest to join them. When he arrives he will quietly and confidently lay waste to their comfortable lives and everything they ever believed. They wait… he enters … and the horror gradually unfolds.

Josh Rochford and James Robert-Moore lead a young and vibrant cast in the European Premiere of Stephen Cole and David Krane's bio-comic musical which tells the true tale of how the Emir of Qatar commissioned Cole and Krane to write him an arena style musical production.

John Rawls's A THEORY OF JUSTICE: THE MUSICAL! is an all-singing, all-dancing romp through 2,500 years of political philosophy. The sell-out and critically acclaimed original Oxford production is being revived for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at C Venues, beginning Wednesday 31 July and playing through Monday 26 August 2013.

Whilst studying together at Guildford School of Acting in 2011, co-creators Jessica Spray and James Wilson-Taylor created a 10-minute musical about Doctor Who that they have since developed into an hour-long show called I NEED A DOCTOR, under the guidance of renowned theatre director Ben Occhipinti, The Pleasance Theatre Trust, producer Anna Haigh and general managers Stormy Teacup Theatre. Click below to watch the official trailer for the show!

Since its foundation in 2010, critically acclaimed theatre company Fourth Monkey has established a reputation for productions that are as entertaining as they are challenging. Having previously secured two Edinburgh Fringe sell-out laurels (for its adaptation of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE in 2010 and Sarah Kane's 4.48 PSYCHOSIS last year), it returns to theSpace on Niddry St. this year, 2-24 August, with three productions.