The Edinburgh International Science Festival absolutely dominates the beginning of April (and a big chunk of the rest of it, too), so we fully recommend having a flick through its programme if you get a minute - there's loads to do for both kids and grown-ups. That aside, this week also holds some award-winning comedy, award-nominated hip hop/electronica and some yet-to-be-award-garlanded art (we're confident for the future though).
Erich Salomon & Barbara Klemm: A Leap in Time, Stills, until Sun Apr 5
This week presents your last chance to catch this exhibition by two German photojournalists whose work spans the 20th century: Salomon documented the politicians and celebrities of pre-WWII Germany before he died in Auschwitz in 1944; Klemm was born five years later and lived through the Cold War era.
Easter, Fri Apr 3-Mon Apr 6
There’s a whole lot going on across the capital during the Easter weekend, with family events, film releases and the odd activity for adults – navigate your way around it all (plus schedule in a couple of nice places to eat out) with our Easter in Edinburgh feature.
Edinburgh International Science Festival, various venues, Sat Apr 4-Sun Apr 19
The opening weekend of the EISF holds an adults-only opening party, an immersive 'Tron' screening and a whole gamut of hands-on activities for younger ones. Those are only the first things that come to mind, though - we highly recommend giving the rest of the fest’s programme a scan through yourself.
Aisling Bea at Gilded Balloon Comedy, The Studio at Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Sat Apr 4
One of the fastest rising stars of the Irish comedy scene, Queen Bea (pictured above) comes to the Gilded Balloon’s Saturday night residency with a So You Think You're Funny award to her name.
Ghostpoet, Electric Circus, Thu Apr 2
Exemplary Mercury Award-nominated rhyme-spitter whose third album, ‘Shedding Skin’, came out at the beginning of March.
Paws, Summerhall, Thu Apr 2
The rowdy Glasgow noisemakers pitch up at Summerhall as part of the venue’s ‘Nothing Ever Happens Here’ gig strand, with support from Algernon Doll and Le Thug.
While We’re Young, general release from Fri Apr 3
Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts play a middle-aged couple grappling with their lost youth in this touching dramedy from Noah Baumbach (‘The Squid and the Whale’).
Nightvision presents Loco Dice, Liquid Room, Fri Apr 4
The penultimate Nightvision session from their current season features the Edinburgh debut of German-born producer Loco Dice, performing a special three hour set.
RSA New Contemporaries, RSA, until Wed Apr 8
The Royal Scottish Academy showcases the cream of the recent graduate crop in this group exhibition, giving us a glimpse of the art stars of tomorrow who are only just making a name for themselves. Get along quick, it's not got long left.
Hedda Gabler, Royal Lyceum Theatre, until Sat Apr 11
Lyceum Associate Artist Amanda Gaughan helms Richard Eyre’s new Ibsen adaptation, in which the titular heroine sets out to make a name for herself, consequences be damned.