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• 9 to 5: The Musical

  The Edinburgh Playhouse: Three office workers get their own back on their lying bigot of a boss and conspire to take over the company, all while singing along to 18 classic Dolly Parton numbers.

• Absolute Improv

  The Tron; Leith Dockers Club: Influenced by the like of Whose Line is it Anyway? and Fast and Loose, ToBeContinued take audience suggestions, no matter how silly, and transform myriad ideas into fast-paced improvised comedy.

• The 39 Steps

  King's Theatre: John Buchan's adventurous spy novel (or Hitchcock's classic film) is adapted into this stage version by Patrick Barlow and features only four actors playing 139 roles between them.

• 100 Years, 100 Prizes

  Edinburgh Zoo: The zoo is turning 100, and in a brilliant turn of events, its showering visitors with gifts instead of the other way around. There are 100 presents up for grabs on the day, including a panda experience, keeper experiences, memberships, adoptions and gift shop items.

• 101 Greenbank Crescent Open Day

  101 Greenbank Crescent: Garden opening.

• 101st Airbourne

  The Jazz Bar: Jazz and funk with a Hendrix twist from guitarist Aki Remally and his four-piece band.

• 15 Morningside Park Open Day

  15 Morningside Park: Garden opening.

• A 15th Century Artist Predicts 21st Century Radiology

  The Queen's Gallery: Peter Abrahams, Professor of Clinical Anatomy at Warwick University, explores the value of Leonardo’s anatomical drawings as a tool for understanding the human body, and how closely the artist anticipated the range of imagery used by the medical profession today.

• 20th Century Classics

  Usher Hall: An evening of thrilling 20th century classics from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under its chief guest conductor, Ilan Volkov, who is widely renowned for the passion and intensity of his music making. Sinfonia by Luciano Berio is a virtuoso work full of colour and humour that poses profound questions about what a symphony can be. Its famous third movement brings together the musical universe with quotations from Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Berlioz and others collected around the framework of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony (which can be heard in its original form on 12 August). Beforehand, Varèse’s Amériques is a gripping musical depiction of New York, complete with firetrucks, foghorns and police sirens. It is an unforgettable piece of enormous power written for a gargantuan orchestra. In his smaller Intégrales, which opens the concert, Varèse sends sounds whizzing about musical space. This concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a future date.

• 21 Revolutions: Two Decades of Changing Minds at Glasgow Women's Library

  Royal Scottish Academy: Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) is the sole resource of its kind in Scotland. Launched in 1991, the library has amassed a remarkable collection that charts women’s and equalities campaigns, showcasing and conserving the diversity of women’s history and creativity.

• 61 Fountainhall Road Open Day

  61 Fountainhall Road: Garden opening.

• A l'affiche

  Institut Français d'Ecosse: Exhibition of poster design work by Edinburgh Napier students, influenced by the work of the extremely hip French designer Philippe Apeloig and the designers of Galerie Anatome. This is part of a project initiated by the university in which design students have a chance to study at the ESAG Penninghen design school in Paris.

• Aaron Wright

  The Ale House: Rootsy local singer-songwriter hosting this songwriters session.

• Absolute Elvis

  Baron: Officially the world's greatest Elvis tribute act (at least in 2010), Memphis performs with the JLM Band. The Graceland Horns and the Memphis Belles.

• Absolute Improv: Stories

  The Granary: Kids can have a go too – shout out your funniest ideas for the comedians onstage to turn into wacky stories – completely on the spot!

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