5

	Underbelly, Cowgate (venue website) Comedy Until 29 Aug, 11:35pm (12:35am) Reviewed by Craig Thomson

The End Days have come – and not just because it's the last weekend of the Fringe, either.  The Beta Males Picnic face an unspecified but completely effective planetary cataclysm by locking themselves, and you along with them, in The Bunker.

4.5

	C (venue website) Childrens 4-30 Aug, 11:15am (12:05pm) Reviewed by Craig Thomson

The story of The Emperor's Quest is based on a Chinese folk tale, reimagined in a South Korean production featuring lyrics in Japanese... but which kids in Scotland will love.  A collaboration between talent from South Korea and the UK, there's a lot of promise in this delightful tale – miss it at your peril.

Edinburgh International Festival Run ended Reviewed by Susannah Radford

Tempest: Without a Body is a sparsely beautiful piece of theatre, that frustrates and challenges as it paints a bleak picture of reality.  It fits with MAU company founder Lemi Ponifasio’s description of theatre: “the theatre is not a place to escape your life; it is a place to confront yourself.”

3.5

	Zoo Southside (venue website) Comedy 6 - 30 Aug, 7:45pm (8:40pm) Reviewed by Craig Thomson

Carole Jahme is Biodiverse is a thought-provoking comedy seminar on the importance of conservation, delivered by a woman in a cocktail dress and set of monkey ears.  How's that for a hook?