AS DAVE SMITH’s cartoon reminds us, if it’s August it must be the Edinburgh festival extravaganza again. Kicking off right at the end of July with the Jazz Festival and taking in the full razzmatazz of the International Festival, the Fringe and the Tattoo, it will be a month of colourful mayhem amid the uncollected rubbish in the capital.

Mull Theatre, Isle of Mull, 18 April 2009, and touring

Mull Theatre, Isle of Mull, 18 April 2009, and touring

Mallaig and Morar Community Centre, 17 September 2008, and touring

In summer 2008, ALASDAIR SATCHEL of Mull Theatre starred in Euan Martin and Dave Smith’s The Accidental Death of An Accordionist. We follow the production through rehearsals, Edinburgh Fringe residency, and tour of the Highlands and Islands.

MARCUS J WILSON reports on three Highlands and Islands shows at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Dogstar Theatre’s The Tailor of Inverness, The Sorren Maclean Band, and Mull Theatre’s production of Right Lines’ The Accidental Death of an Accordionist.

Acoustic Music Centre, St Bride’s Centre, Edinburgh, until 23 August 2008, and touring until 20 September 2008

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, and touring 2008

Various Venues, Inverness, 18-22 October 2007

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 15 June 2007, and touring