Edinburgh Festival: Pick of the Day
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Your support makes all the difference.If You Go To See Anything Today, Then Choose From One Of These Five Must-See Shows
l Hoodwinked
Salvation Army HQ, Venue 198 (0131-226 5138) 3pm, pounds 6
A panto that features politics? Don't be put off: this anti-Third World debt show boasts imaginative, witty, unabashed slapstick. Robin Hood sets out to save the poor, but eventually sells out for a middle-class lifestyle in a glade. Watch the sheriff of Nottingham rapping and Tim Vine, stand- up comedian, narrating the proceedings in tights.
l Underground
Roman Eagle Lodge, Venue 21 (0131-226 7207) 8.30pm, pounds 6
Underground, the winner of the 1999 Cameron Mackintosh Award for New Writing, takes a cruise through the bleak backwater of 1960s gangland London. Meet Ron and Reg Kray, your hosts for the evening. Only don't annoy Ron - he's a little aggressive and sometimes a little too convincing. The script is fast and witty and the cast's snappy and polished.
l From Autobiography
to Confession
Spiegeltent, Charlotte Sq Gdns (0131-624 5050) 4pm, pounds 6
Confessional writing has become a recurring feature in modern literature, appearing everywhere from fiction to newspaper columns. It is an extension of the diary and the autobiography, that muses on an individual's failings. AL Kennedy, Kate Flint, Giles Gordon and Joan Birnie discuss the pros and cons of the genre.
l Thug Life in DC
Filmhouse, Lothian Road (0131-623 8030) 6pm
The opening statistics are brutal enough - one in two young black men in Washington DC are either in jail, on parole or wanted by the police - but they ill-prepare you for the scale of the tragedy Mark Levin's compelling documentary reveals. It's the powerful and unremitting story of a lost generation, resigned to violence as the only means of survival.
l Cirque Eloize
The Big Top, Venue 189 (0131-667 0202) 9.15pm (Thur, Sat, Sun 3pm) pounds 8- pounds 12.50
The contemporary Canadian circus group Cirque Eloize presents a fantastical theatrical voyage: a dynamic mix of acrobatics, clowning, live rock music and bicycle clips. The cast are street urchins, the ringmaster a bass player. Why of course... Sit and gaze open- mouthed at this high-energy (and animal-free) extravaganza.
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