‘I’ll tell you when you’re older’. You’ve heard a mother say that before, but is a mother’s opinion always right? This play explores the extraordinary bond of love and jealousy between four generations of women and demonstrates how mothers and daughters can sometimes cause conflicts in attempts to find peace. A heartwarming and heartbreaking show that everyone can relate to.

Two brand new works back to back, based around women and femininity. The Adoption Papers, by Jackie Kay, deals with the triangle between adopted mother, blood mother and daughter, as society struggles to accept any of them. The Other, explores a woman’s struggle for equality and empowerment in the aftermath of World War Two.

What makes a gay man and Jewish woman spend the night together? Forced to explore new terrain with Thermos and Tupperware, ‘Vagina Monologues’ meets ‘Brokeback Mountain’ in this new play tackling how the education system copes with homosexuality and how people cope with getting older and wiser--from fifteen to forty. From acclaimed company About Turn. ‘Brilliant’ (ScotsGay).

Imagine. A place where your boss equals your cleaner. A communist cancer hospital. Where hope dies. Where sex and politics run rampant. Where thoughts free and action shackled. Where you dance the Reconciliation Waltz with Death, padamme, padamme...

Philoctetes is based on the myth but tells a story about characters with a Balkans mentality. The contemporary performance uses rituals from the Balkans and poetics of poor and cruel theatre performed by the youngest Bosnian theatre company.

The pent up hatred and frustrations of a sixtysomething retired teacher are given full voice as Ringo gets his own back on pupils, parents, porridge and all other irritants. According to Ringo, the entire human race is best avoided. Come along and enjoy forty minutes of teacher revenge time as Ringo cleanses his angst ridden psyche

Robert has dedicated his life to finding ‘Hero und der trauernde Amor’ - a painting stolen from his family during WWII. His mother’s dearest wish was for the artwork to be restored, but has her hopeful quest become a dangerous obsession for her son? Emily Juniper’s spellbinding début paints a story of mystery and redemption. L=F . www.pinocchiosashes.com

It’s 1986, join our funny, outrageous trip down a dilapidated road in Northern England. Music, sex, skinheads, starvation, drinking, dancing and the dole. Robbery, cups o’ tea, the elderly and unemployment. Fucking long life innit! This is our road.

Second Person have featured on MTV, had over half a million hits on YouTube, sold out all their London gigs, and are here in Edinburgh for one night only. On August 13th, The Roxy Art House will host the luscious post trip hop piano riffs and the seductive, angelic vocals of Julia Johnson. You know when you see a band just before they make it big? Well this is that gig.
See them now, before they get even bigger. www.secondperson.net

A fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that seamlessly brings to life all of our favourite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and the Whos of Whoville! Fun for children and adults!

When a power-cut results in murder, frustration turns to fear. In the confinement of a stalled elevator, two co-workers stand over a lifeless body. But who is the killer? Dark and engaging - a murder mystery with a psychological twist.

York’s premier improv troupe perform new and classic improv games in their high-energy Fringe debut.

An emotionally stark portrayal of the last days and memories of a young man on the brink of self-destruction, ‘Song’ is a fragmentary tale of seduction, manipulation, and revenge. No audience has left unaffected.

A small, powerhouse cast and a driving, exquisitely-crafted score bring the next generation into the theatre. Stunning voices, created staging and amazing multimedia effects create a theatrical performance of the highest calibre.

Realistic theatrical violence is a combination of acting and skilful illusion. Whether it is flamboyant swashbuckling swordplay, slapstick, punchup or domestic violence, these workshops reveal the tricks of the trade. You will learn the fundamental principles of safe and affective staged violence. Swords on Sunday 3rd, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Unarmed on other days.
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A respectable priest of the Anglican Church and an aggressive pro-feminist thrown together in a chance encounter visiting an art gallery. Confrontation is thick in the air as these two unlikely protagonists settle down to a game of chess...

A group of entertainers are trapped in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. With fire above and rubble below, they struggle to comfort each other in the last few hours they have to live.

‘It offends me fucking immensely.’
Set in real time in a seedy hotel room, Vince awaits a visit from an old school friend, Jon. What should be a happy reunion transpires into an hour of tough questions, some answers and an old flame of both whose appearance and attitude are not what one might expect.

Richard, struggling to become a struggling writer, discovers that he is turning into his own modernist novel. This impossible yet strangely actual state of affairs forces him to confront the point of his own existence. A maudlin chuckle in the face of life, death and our inability to do anything about either.

Non-stop laughter! This frolicking, comic adaptation of Henry Fielding’s classic satire of 17th-century English country life gallops through Tom’s romantic life at a breathtaking pace in a performance by a dynamic young cast.

A chilling and claustrophobic tale which incarcerates us in a disused nursery and draws us into a dangerous game with the room’s menacing wallpaper, intent on infecting our minds. ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ is Edgar Allen Poe meets Sweeney Todd down a dark alley in Sleepy Hollow (with Vivienne Westwood and Tim Burton for company).

A black comedy set in the utopia years of Blair where everyone believes the honest up front saviour. Look through the eyes of six mental day patients and witness their desire for honey and milk.

Jack grows up in a world overshadowed by the echoes of his grandfather’s death by war-induced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, trying to makes sense of a mother who sings abusive lullabies, teachers who eat children and seductive mad scientists. With original and traditional music played live onstage by the performers.

After being dumped by Toffee, Jonny commits suicide by driving into a nuclear power plant. Her tears raise him from the dead, but she is torn. What’s a girl to do when her dead ex-boyfriend asks her to the prom?