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Cutting-edge playwrights, thought-provoking stories, world premieres, epic new productions and local perspectives on global themes; 2017’s International Festival theatre programme captivates and keeps you enthralled.

 
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Meow Meow's Little Mermaid

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Forget the Little Mermaid you thought you knew. Meow Meow’s subversive cabaret is a fairytale gone rogue.
3 - 27 August
Various times
The Hub
£15 - £32

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Meow Meow's Little Mermaid

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Main Hall: £32
Gallery seating: £25
Gallery standing: £15
Gallery (restricted view): £15

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Rhinoceros

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Eugène Ionesco’s classic 1959 play considers the countless ways in which humans are content to adapt themselves to new and...
3 - 12 August
Various times
The Lyceum
 

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70th Anniversary

Standard Life Opening Event: Bloom

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This epic, outdoor, public artwork, brings together spectacular animation, lighting and music on Fri 4 and Sat 5 August 2017...
70th Anniversary
4 - 5 August
10.00pm
St Andrew Square
 

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Meet Me At Dawn

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Unflinchingly honest and tenderly lyrical, it is a modern fable exploring the triumph of everyday love, the mystery of grief,...
4 - 27 August
Various times
Traverse Theatre
£21.50

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Meet Me At Dawn

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Previews: £15
All tickets: £21.50

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Flight

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Renowned Scottish theatre company Vox Motus adapts Caroline Brothers’s 2012 novel Hinterland, in a magical experience that combines unsettling themes...
4 - 27 August
Various times
Church Hill Theatre & Studio
£15

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Flight

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Previews: £12
All tickets: £15

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Krapp's Last Tape

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Samuel Beckett’s moving meditation on time, memory and ageing is performed by renowned Irish actor Barry McGovern, one of the...
4 - 27 August
Various times
Church Hill Theatre & Studio
£25

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Krapp's Last Tape

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Previews: £20
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