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Debuted in Scotland last year to honour late Glenn Gould’s 80th Anniversary, Canadian pianist offers a wonderful banquet: Gershwin, Chopin, Ginestera, Debussy, Bach and more... A most natural pianist, his repertoire is as varied as his interpretations.

Andy truly has no off switch. As a teenager he was promoting major rock gigs. He was Billy Bragg's driver and roadie one day and presenting Whistle Test and Live Aid the next.

Foodies Festival returns to Inverleith Park opposite the Botanic Gardens. Bringing you the best in fine food and drink. Sample tasty treats from artisan producers and watch Michelin-starred chefs cooking live. A fabulous and fun family day out.

Winner of eight South African theatre awards. ‘Exquisitely beautiful’ ***** (Krit). A man soaks in a bath, surveying his inheritance: mother's pearls, father's jacket, a worn suitcase, as he journeys to adulthood with breathtaking words and evocative physicality.

Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata and searing String Quartet No. 8 plus Schnittke and others. Rothko, Cavaleri Quartets, Yelian He, cello, Yasmin Rowe, piano. Different programmes each evening. Stiff musical nightcap for Fringe diehards. Includes glass of wine beforehand. www.roslarts.org.uk.

A dark, profane and vicious comedy about three struggling actors working as children’s entertainers in a mall. As the day wears on, they encounter a terrifying little boy hell-bent on their destruction. Best New South African Script 2012.

Podium dancer, oil rig worker, food addict, musical theatre enthusiast, posh, eco-hypocrite, ex-Goth, award-winning comedian and chief beverages operator at the Little Chef - screw politics! Let's talk about me.

Film night showing the cult movie. Directed by Bob Fosse. Starring Liza Minelli as Sally Bowles, an American singer in 1930s Berlin, who falls in love with bisexual Brian. Event also has a themed burlesque act.

Kidnapped in 18th-century Aberdeen, enslaved in America, then captured by Indians, Peter Williamson returns to tell his incredible story with music by Rona Wilkie and Morag Brown (fiddle).

From the toxic utopia of Our Day Will Come, to Horses wild equestrian spirit, it’s a show with a vicious little edge. Fusing cabaret, contemporary dance, fetish and theatre, In Flagrante is unique, provocative, sexy ... and wickedly funny!