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The theatre scene in Edinburgh reaches its peak during the Festiv- al, when productions featuring everyone from established stars to hopeful students take place in a weird and wonderful variety of venues. The city operates at a frenetic pace that is impossible to sustain for any longer than a few weeks and things inevitably quieten down when the Festival and the Fringe are over. However, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t still plenty going on. You can see everything in Edinburgh from performances by international opera singers to plays by the hottest contemporary writers.

Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Pl, T 225 9893, http://www.eusa.ed. ac.uk/societies/bedlam/ Lower key productions take place at this neo-gothic church, home of the university’s Bedlam Theatre Company. Intellectual plays alternate with typic- ally studenty improvised comedy shows.

Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Pl, T 557 2590, http://www.edinburgh-playhouse.co.uk A huge barn of a theatre which can seat 3,000. The main venue for West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber-type musicals and the occasional ballet.

Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson St, T 529 6000, http://www.eft.co.uk">http://www.eft.co.uk You might see anything here from Polish Opera performing La Bohème to the Scottish Ballet putting on a perform- ance of The Nutcracker. It’s a theatre that lends a sense of occasion to productions, and has the biggest stage in Scotland. Good coffee shop and a lively bar.

King’s Theatre, 2 Leven St, T 529 6000, http://www.eft.co.uk">http://www.eft.co.uk Good, old-fashioned plays and pantos are performed here, often featuring TV stars in the cast.

Netherbow Centre, 43-45 High St, T 556 9579, http://www.storytelling centre.org.uk Specializes in children’s shows and storytelling, and also stages community shows and amateur plays. Every year around November it hosts a Storytelling Festival.

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay St, T 248 4848, http://www.lyceum. org.uk Stages its own quality productions of plays, pantos and musicals. You can see everything here from Shakespeare to Cinderella.

Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Pl, T 226 5425, T 225 7942 (admin). They stage four innovative productions each year including a community play, featuring local amateurs, and a hard-hitting issues-based production. They also run theatre workshops covering acting, stage management and marketing.

Traverse Theatre, Cambridge St, T 228 1404, http://www.traverse. co.uk The city’s most exciting venue, a new writing theatre which commissions works from contemporary playwrights, not only from Scotland but throughout the world. Special events are held as well, such as the monthly Monday Lizard in which short scripts by tomorrow’s writers are read by actors in the Traverse Bar. Both the bar and the bistro blue are essential hang-out places during the Festival Fringe.

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