Cabaret
The LipSinkers
Four men and a woman lip-synch to vintage and obscure show tunes and pop songs. Positively euphoric. Part of the Free Fringe. 10.20pm, Liquid Room, Victoria Street (0131 225 2564), to Aug 29
Comedy
Seymour Mace
British stand-up with the curveball spirit of Reeves and Mortimer, who mocks the conventions of comedy with a light sense of mischief. 2.30pm, Stand 2, North St Andrew Street (0131 5587272), to Aug 30
Theatre
Tonight with Donny Stixx
Sean Michael Verey plays a teenage boy with an unedifying hunger for fame in the theatrical equivalent of a slow-motion car crash. Pleasance Courtyard (0131 556 6550), to Aug 31
Books
What Five Children and It Did Next with Kate Saunders
Hear how Kate Saunders, the award-winning author and The Times fiction critic, gave E Nesbit’s Five Children and It a revival, set on the eve of the First World War. For ages 10-14. 5pm, Writers’ Retreat (0845 3735888), today
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Food
Café Saint Honoré
French bistro food using the best fresh local ingredients, with good value set menus at both lunch and dinner. 34, North West Thistle Street Lane (0131 226 2211)