Five things to do in Edinburgh this week
Here are another five recommendations of things to do in Edinburgh over the next week.
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00:00Hi folks, I'm Jamie Saunderson from the Edinburgh Evening News and I'm going to take you through
00:04five things to do in Edinburgh over the next week. So, as you all know, the Fringe Festival
00:09is now in full swing, so we're going to continue this week with a theme of some Fringe events
00:15that we think stick out. So first of all, on Thursday night, that's the 15th of August,
00:20we've got the premiere of Beowulf the Musical. Now that's going to be held at Greyfriars
00:24Kirkyard and the organisers have promised a night of music, drama and adventure. It's
00:31based of course on the 2007 fantasy film which was so successful at the time. Next up, we've
00:39got some shows that are going to be on throughout the week. So we have 16 Postcodes at the Pleasance,
00:45so that is a highly rated storytelling set by the Irish actress Jessica Reagan and she
00:52shares tales of loving landlords, mice and men and stories and experiences from her years
01:00of living in several different parts of London. And next up, we've got Five Mistakes That
01:06Change History which is going to be held at the Assembly George Square Studios. Now in
01:12this one, the comic and historian Paul Coulter pokes fun at five mistakes which have impacted
01:17our world in a really profound way. And another one which we thought was good to mention was
01:24Trainspotting Live which is going to be held at Pleasance at the Edinburgh International
01:29Conference Centre. So this of course, as we all know, it's a story that's very deeply rooted in
01:36Edinburgh and will forever be associated with the city, but this is an immersive adaptation of the
01:41novel which inspired the cult film. And it also has much to do with the film because there are
01:50recreations of some of the most iconic scenes which the audience are very much involved in.
01:56And lastly, on Friday the 16th, we've got the Swiftageddon. So this is one for true Swifties.
02:03It's a Taylor Swift club night at La Bellangelle nightclub and all the superstars, biggest hits
02:10and some fan favourites as well, some slightly more niche ones are going to play. So that's one
02:15that you don't want to miss if you're a Swifty. And as always you can find out more about these
02:20events online and we'll be back next week to tell you about some more events that are coming up.