The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has opened bookings early to allow performers to promote their work.
Tickets will go on sale at noon for 276 shows across 31 venues, including comedy, dance, physical theatre and circus, musicals and opera.
Another four batches of ticket sales will follow in April, May and June.
Organisers encouraged punters to book shows as early as possible, due to the financial challenges involved in putting on shows.
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