Today
DAVID MALOUF – SELECTED WORKS: The internationally-acclaimed Australian poet and novelist is the 2008 Scottish Arts Council Muriel Spark Fellow. At the Scottish Poetry Library tonight he will talk about his favourite poems, in conversation with Robyn Marsack.
Saturday
CAROUSEL: Head to the Festival Theatre for your last chance to catch this five star production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that broke the mould with its gritty, courageous and emotional look at relationships. Starring Lesley Garrett and featuring the old favourites The Carousel Waltz, If I Loved You, June is Bustin' Out All Over and that well-know terracing anthem You'll Never Walk Alone.
Sunday
ADAM HILLS SPECIAL: Possibly Australia's best-known comedian after Dame Edna and Paul Hogan, the Fringe plays The Stand for one night only with his Ôspecial' show.
Monday
CALENDAR GIRLS: The stage play of Tim Firth's 2003 hit movie brings Likely Lads actress Brigit Forsyth home to Edinburgh. Based on the real-life tale of a group of Yorkshire WI members, the play charts what happens when the women decide to disrobe for a charity calendar, puzzling their husbands and mortifying their children in the process. At the King's, it co-stars Elaine C Smith, Lynda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Siân Phillips, Gaynor Faye and Julia Hills.
Tuesday
MARY POPPINS in association with the Evening News:
This practically perfect five star production from Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's based on the books by PL Travers, boasts many of the original songs from the film - A Spoonful of Sugar, Feed the Birds, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - alongside new numbers and additional music and lyrics by the Olivier Award-winning British team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.
Caroline Sheen stars as Mary Poppins with Daniel Crossley stealing the show as the ever-faithful Bert.
Wednesday
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES: Ray Bradbury's coming-of-age classic is a supernatural tale that follows two teenage boys, Jim and Will, whose adventures unfold as the sinister Cooger and Dark carnival rolls into town. Dare you meet the mysterious flying Dust Witch and the deadly Mr. Dark at the Royal Lyceum?
Thursday
SUMMER HOLIDAY: Edinburgh amateurs Allegro present the stage version of Sir Cliff's 1963 movie. Follow the adventures of bus mechanic Don Preston and his co-workers on their journey across Europe as they meet up with a trio of singing girls and a mysterious runaway who is more than 'he' seems. At the Church Hill Theatre.
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