Fifty ways to make Edinburgh rock

From Eddie Izzard’s ‘Great Expectations’ to a Chinese ‘Rite of Spring’, Grayson Perry to ‘Gotterdammerung’ – our critics pick the best of the festival. Plus: the Fringe’s 10 funniest jokes

A promising-sounding new play set in 1975 and the Millgarth Incident Room, epicentre of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.

Pleasance (0131 556 6550),

Weds-Aug 26

Cora Bissett’s beautifully told memoir of her days as a teenage pop hopeful who nearly hit the big time, supporting Blur and Radiohead, but was dealt a cruel hand by the rock industry. Traverse Theatre (0131 228 1404), Thurs-Aug 25