Welcome to ZOO Venues' programme

The only place to find out all you need to know about ZOO Venues' mammoth 2011 Edinburgh Fringe programme.

Within these pages you'll find full details of all 90 shows on our Festival Fringe bill, plus the latest videos, images, reviews and news from all our companies.

ZOO Venues' theatre programme combines fresh new takes on classics with cutting edge new writing - and a huge amount of imagination

Our Theatre Programme

World-class international dance companies including Scottish Dance Theatre, 2Faced, Protein, Chickenshed and DOT504

Our Dance Programme

The most inventive genre on the Fringe, with beautiful, brilliant and bizarre work from the UK, Czech Republic, Belgium and beyond.

Our Physical Theatre Programme

Stand-up, sketches, songs, useful zombie-related advice feature in our award-winning comedy line-up.

Our Comedy Programme

Imaginative and interactive tales for children of all ages - and plenty of entertainment for their parents too

Our Children's Shows

New twists on classics plus powerful historical drama and the world's first bio-musical.

Our Musicals & Opera Programme

Not just gigs, but plenty of live music to accompany our theatre programme too

Our Music Programme

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ZOO Events

Comedy, music, anarchic talent contests, and arts and crafts showdowns...
Late night entertainment and cabaret in the ZOO Venues bars, free events every night

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ZOO Dance

Events and offers from ZOO's superb dance and physical theatre shows
Take class with the stars of ZOO's dance programme

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Shows of the day

With so much to see at ZOO Venues, you won't need to go anywhere else

To book tickets for ZOO Venues shows call 0131 662 6892, email box@zoovenues.co.uk or visit www.edfringe.com

ZOO Venues: Home of the unexpected

In nearly a decade at the Fringe, ZOO Venues has earned a reputation for hosting some of the most imaginative work seen at the Festival, and its 90-show 2011 line-up is no exception

We book shows on the quality and creativity of their ideas as much as the companies' reputations, and as ZOO shows racked up Herald Angels, Fringe Firsts, Total Theatre and Musical Theatre Matters Awards in recent years, the accolades were always evenly split between our major international companies and groups virtually unknown before they embarked on Fringe runs with us.

This year brings the same balance of exciting new talent and proven success. Our flagship dance and physical theatre programme sees the return of ZOO and Fringe favourites 2Faced Dance Company, Scottish Dance Theatre, Chickenshed, DOT504 and Isobel Cohen, plus ZOO debuts for companies including Luca Silvestrini's Protein, State of Flux and Smith Dance Theatre.

We're proud to welcome a large group of shows from the Escalator East to Edinburgh and British Council Showcase programmes. Among the latter is Idle Motion's returning Vanishing Horizon, a 2010 ZOO sell-out adored by both critics and audiences, and one of two shows from the company this year as they take their big ideas into a much bigger space with new creation The Seagull Effect.

Other highlights include a ZOO Roxy debut for Trestle co-founder Toby Wilsher's new company MetaMorpho, Spike Theatre getting Edinburgh in Olympic mood with The Games, Fine Chisel Theatre following up the success of Firing Blanks with new show 4.3 Miles from Nowhere at ZOO, SHOCK N AWE exploring all things male with the innovative Muscle, and Fool's Proof Theatre bringing a vision of the future in It's Uniformation Day.