EDINBURGH FESTIVAL HOT TICKETS
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Your support makes all the difference.The countdown to the Edinburgh Festival has begun in earnest. There are less than two weeks to go and some of the most popular shows are already close to selling out. Below is a guide to what you should be booking now to make sure you see this year's most exciting performances.
FILM
SURPRISE MOVIE
ABC 1 (0131 623 8030) 25 Aug
Only the Film Festival's director knows the name of the movie that will be shown, but if past offerings - which have included British premieres for Pulp Fiction and LA Confidential - are anything to go by, the audience will not be disappointed.
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Cameo 1 (0131 228 4141) 21 Aug
If it's horror you're after, look no further. Three students disappear while making a documentary. A year later their cameras are found abandoned; the surprise American hit of the year.
ELECTION
ABC 1 (0131 623 8030) 17 Aug
This political satire, directed by Alexander Payne, is set in an American high school where a manipulative student (Reese Witherspoon) has her student presidency campaign sabotaged by a teacher (Matthew Broderick).
CONCERTS
JUGENDORCHESTER
Usher Hall (0131 473 2000) 17 Aug
Claudio Abbado conducts and inspires this young-players' orchestra in a performance of Mahler's Symphony no 7.
ROSSINI'S STABAT MATER
Usher Hall (0131 473 2000) 27 Aug
Rossini's religious masterpiece features American mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt, joined by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.
OPERA
MACBETH
Festival Theatre (0131 473 2000) 29 Aug, 1 & 4 Sept
Luc Bondy and Scottish Opera return to the festival with Verdi's version of the Scottish play.
TURANDOT
Playhouse (0131 473 2000)
16-22 Aug
The Tokyo Opera singers perform Puccini's classic love story.
THEATRE
THE SPECULATOR
Royal Lyceum (0131 473 2000) 16-21 Aug
Philip Howard directs the Traverse Theatre Company's production of an exuberant costume drama by Scottish playwright David Grieg.
FEUERGESICHT
Royal Lyceum Theatre (0131 473 2000) 2-4 Sept
Marius von Mayenburg's chilling play about incest and pyrotechnics has been praised as the most exciting piece of writing in recent German theatre. It is performed in German with English surtitles.
THE JUJU GIRL
Traverse (0131 228 1404) previews from Fri, opens 15 Aug to 4 Sept
In Aileen Ritchie's startling new play, a woman travels to Africa to shed light on the mystery of the Juju.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTER DEKA D
Traverse (0131 228 1404) previews 10 Aug, opens 11 Aug to 4 Sept
The Told by an Idiot theatre company perform Biyi Bandele's poetic love story
COMEDY
THE BEST OF SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY
Backstage I, Gilded Balloon (0131 226 2151) Fri to 30 Aug
Winners and runners-up from the past 12 years of this annual competition (now in its 24th year) return to the Edinburgh festival. Some, now at the top of their trade, began their comedy careers here.
PHIL KAY
Main Theatre, Gilded Balloon (0131 226 2151) 13-28 Aug
Spontaneity and audience interaction are guaranteed in a show which changes every night. What else would you expect from a man who was born to improvise?
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