THEATRE: FESTIVAL HOT TICKETS
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Your support makes all the difference.After a month of hectic entertainment, the Edinburgh International, Fringe and Film festivals are winding down. But there's still a chance to see some of the highlights. Below is a guide to the shows to book now to make sure you don't miss out on some of this year's most exciting performances.
FILM
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Odeon 1 (0131 623 8030) tonight
The last screening of the film festival is a comedy set in London in 1993 during the Bosnian war. Charlotte Coleman, Siobhan Redmond and Edin Dzandzanovic star.
DANCE
CULLBERG BALLET: SLEEPING BEAUTY
Playhouse (0131 473 2000) Wed & Thurs
The final Edinburgh programme from Sweden's radical Cullberg Ballet. In Mats Ek's rewrite of the Tchaikovsky classic, Aurora puts herself to sleep with a junkie's needle.
CONCERTS
SCHUMANN: THE SYMPHONIES
Usher Hall (0131 473 2000) Thurs
Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for their final performance in the Schumann symphony cycle: Symphonies no 3 and 4.
THEATRE
WEREWOLVES
Traverse (0131 228 1404) to Thurs
A mysterious and compelling play from Theatre Archipelago (formerly Communicado), in which things are not as they seem.
LOADED
Pleasance (0131 556 6550) tonight & Mon
Northampton Arts Centre perform award-winning playwright David Bown's violent play about a jewellery heist.
INDIA SONG
King's Theatre (0131 473 2000) Tues-Sat
Marguerite Duras's disturbing play tells a love story set in colonial India in the 1930s.
THE JUJU GIRL
Traverse (0131 228 1404) to 4 Sept
The Traverse's hugely successful production of Aileen Ritchie's play about a woman who travels to Africa in her grandmother's footsteps.
ARABIAN NIGHTS
Assembly (0131 226 2428) tonight & Mon
The Young Vic Theatre company seduce King Shahrayar with tales of Ali Baba, the Little Beggar and more.
EAST
Pleasance (0131 556 6550) tonight & Mon
Steven Berkoff directs a 25-year anniversary production of his hard-hitting drama, a forerunner to Trainspotting and Mojo.
COMEDY
COOKIN'
Assembly (0131 226 2428) tonight & Mon
Four chefs combine martial arts and juggling in this high-energy show from Korea.
THE BEST OF SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY
Gilded Balloon (0131 226 2151) tonight & Mon
Previous winners of this competition return to the Edinburgh Festival. Some now at the top of their trade began their comedy careers here.
ROSS NOBLE
Gilded Balloon (0131 226 2151) tonight & Mon
The man who improvises with awe-inspiring fluency has the mind of Vic Reeves, the speed of Phil Kay and the hair of Michael Bolton.
ADAM BLOOM
Pleasance (0131 556 6550) tonight & Mon
The multi-award-winning comedian reels off his genial anecdotes.
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