ROMANCE, REVENGE & RARE GROOVE IN THE NEON-SOAKED MUSICAL COMEDY
ECSTATIC... soars like the Saturday night of your dreams Metro
TREMENDOUS TREMENDOUS The Observer
Hilarious… Elating… Hilarious… Elating… full-bodied and sexy Sunday Times
Book & lyrics Ché Walker Music & lyrics Arthur Darvill
7- 30 August Tickets: 0131 228 1404 www.traverse.co.uk (no booking fees) 15+
Holyrood Park, Edinburgh FRIDAY 21, SATURDAY 22 AND SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 10AM - 8PM (CLOSES 6PM SUNDAY)
EDINBURGH’S FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL
T Watch Michelin star and top chefs cooking their favourite recipes in the Chefs Theatre T Taste recipes from top restaurants T Try oyster shucking and canapé making T Meet Stephen K Amos, BBC Masterchef T Enjoy a nip of whisky in the Whisky Theatre T Try champagne, fine wine, gin, rum and
vodka masterclasses
T Cooking with Kidsfor budding young chefs T Buy fresh seasonal produce at the local
producers market
MEET TOM KITCHIN BBC’S GREAT BRITISH MENU
TICKETS: £10 (£6) CALL 0871 230 5573 or visit www.foodiesfestival.com
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SUSURRUS 4 Aug to 6 Sept 10am to 5pm
David Leddy’s internationally- acclaimed headphone audio drama based on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’’ Adapted for the Botanics. Tickets £8 (£7); Special previews on 4 & 5 Aug £5. Age 16+. Duration 1h 45m.
POWER PLANT 12 to 30 Aug (not 17, 18, 24) 9.30pm to 11.15pm A magical trail of sound and light through the Garden’s Glasshouses.
Tickets £10 (conc. avail.) Preview £6. Timed entry. Approx. duration 40min. Enter North Gate, Inverleith Place.
POWER PLANT AND SUSURRUS BOX OFFICE: 0131 623 3030 or online at www.assemblyfestival.com For details of all events at the Botanics log on to: www.rbge.org.uk/events
EXHIBITION: John McCracken Daily 6 Aug to 5 Sept Tue to Sun, 6 Sep to 11 Oct 10am to 5.30pm | Free Sculpture and drawings by one of the great living American artists; his irst UK solo museum exhibition.
Inverleith House.
EXHIBITION: Folding Words EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Daily 14 Aug to 6 Sept 10am to 5pm | Free
A beautiful display of origami cranes created from letters written by primary school children. Temperate Lands Glasshouse Foyer.
Albert & Friends Instant Circus 16 to 23 Aug | 1pm to 1.45pm | Free
Everyone’s favourite clown returns to the Botanics. Inverleith House Lawn. All ages.
6–13 Aug 2009 THE LIST FESTIVAL MAGAZINE 59