What's On

Comedy:

Jongleurs Comedy Club
Jongleurs
18 September 20:00, 19 September 18:30 and 22:00 from £11 .
A merry line-up including Sarah Millican, Joe Heenan, Martin Davis and Jeff Innocent.
www.jongleurs.com 0844 844 0044

Billy Connolly
Usher Hall
17-23 September (not 21) £30 and £27.50
Scotland's most famous comedy export returns to his routes.

Red Raw
The Stand
14 September 20:30, £2 (£1)
A collection of new acts eager to try our their stuff, presented by Bruce Fummey and Ron Vaudrey.

Theatre:

Freshers' Week: Bedlam Theatre
14 September- 20 September (times and prices vary)

Bedlams shows what it's capable of, welcoming new and old students back to Edinburgh with a week packed with performances, workshops and events.

The Steamie
Kings Theatre
28 September – 3 October
19:30 (Wed and Sat: 14:30 and 19:30)
£12.50 – £25 (£9.50 – £22)
Tony Roper's comedy about a group of women hurrying to finish their work before the New Year rings in.
0131 529 6000

Disney's Beauty and The Beast (Touring)
Edinburgh Playhouse
23 September – 3 October (Various times)
The love story extraordinaire comes to life in Disney's award-winning musical.
www.edinburghplayhouse.org.uk 0844 847 1660

Opera:
The Beggar's Opera
Royal Lyceum Theatre
12 September – 14 December (not Sunday) 19:45, £5
John Gay's comic opera in new clothing.
0131 248 4848
www.lyceum.org.uk

Music:

The Debuts and The 48
Heriott Watt University Union
24 September 21:00 Free
Indie-rock from two promising local bands

Brook Pridemore
The Bowery
15 September 19:30, £4
Post-punk musician from New York playing anti-folk tunes.

Teatime Acoustic
The Jazz Bar, Wed-Fri 17:00, Free
Unplugged session
(No Wheelchair access

Michael Ball
Usher's Hall 30 September 19:30
£30 – £32.50
Show tunes and covers from the former West End stars new album.
www.usherhall.co.uk
0131 228 1155

Becc Sanderson and Graeme Stephen
Cafe Grande
20 September 19:00 Free
Blues and rhythms from this Australian-born vocalist.
www.cafegrande.co.uk

Galleries:

Alive With Innovations: Paolozzi's beginnings.
Dean Gallery
10:00-17:00 (until 27. September) Free
Showing machine-like sculptures, kaleidoscopic mosaics and paintings of this famous postwar avant-garde artist, born in Edinburgh.

Ballast: Bringing the Stones Home
National Museum of Scotland
10:00-17:00, 5 August – 8 November, Free
New Zealand artist John Edgar presents sculptures carved of stones from historic Scottish quarries to create this exhibition exploring emigration.

Eva Hesse: Studiowork
Fruitmarket Gallery
11:00-18:00 (Sun: 12:00-17:00)
5 August- 25 October, Free
German-born American artist Hesse brings her solo presentation to Edinburgh.

Books:

Cherie Blair Book Signing
30 September 12:30
Blackwells South Bridge, Free
The high-profiled barrister, judge and former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife signs copies of her book 'Speaking for Myself'
edinburgh@blackwell.co.uk
www.blackwell.co.uk
0131 622 8222

Dance:
Bollywood Dance Workshop
Meadowbank Sports Centre
Thursdays 20:00, £56 for eight weeks, (£32 for four weeks)
Dance class inspired by sizzling Bollywood moves, two choreographies (four weeks each).
www.edinburghleisure.co.uk
For tickets: j.e.weintritt@gmail.com