Opera
The Magic Flute
Mozart transformed by the maverick imagination of the Aussie director Barrie Kosky and his Komische Oper Berlin company.
7.15pm, Festival Theatre (0131 473 2000), to Aug 30
Kids
Shakespeare Untold: Double Bill
The Globe adapts the Bard’s bloodiest play, Titus Andronicus, and twins it with The Party Planner’s Tale, based on Romeo and Juliet.
12.30pm, Pleasance Beyond (0131 556 6550), to Aug 31
Theatre
Swallow
In Stef Smith’s latest play, three characters teetering on the brink deliver a series of interlocking monologues that eventually come together.
Various times, Traverse, Cambridge Street (0131 228 1404), to Aug 30
Comedy
Lucie Pohl
From the New York-based creator of last year’s hit Hi, Hitler, comes Cry Me a Liver, a brilliant, fast-paced and completely hilarious character comedy joyride.
4pm, Gilded Balloon (0131 622 6552), to Aug 31
Food
Field
Barely two years old and already making an impression, this place does modern Scottish cuisine at its very best. Fabulous seasonal food and admirably affordable wines.
41 West Nicholson Street (0131 667 7010)
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Literature
A Love Torn Apart
Michel Faber, the bestselling author of The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin, discusses his new novel, about two lovers who find themselves a universe away from each other.
8.45pm today, Scottish Power Foundation Studio, Charlotte Square Gardens (0845 3735888)