What's on at this year's Edinburgh?

The Wooster Group will present the UK premiere of La Didone at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre (August 18-22). It's an eyebrow-raising fusion of Francesco Cavalli's opera and Mario Bava's B-movie Planet of the Vampires. Photograph: PR

Frank Skinner made a name for himself when he beat Eddie Izzard and Jack Dee to the Fringe's Perrier award in 1991. Skinner returns to the city to kick off his national tour with a two-week residency at the Pleasance Courtyard, starting on August 13. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty

Rhona Cameron also found fame at the Edinburgh Fringe in the early 90s. This year she's back at the Gilded Balloon (August 2-27) for what she's calling her 'most intimate show to date'. Photograph: PR

Head over heels ... The Trisha Brown Dance Company will present a series of revivals at the Playhouse (August 24-26) including Set and Reset, Canto/Pianto and Present Tense. Photograph: Nan Melville /PR

Yang Li's devastating Blind Shaft was a hot ticket at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2003. The Chinese director returns this year with Blind Mountain, which stars Huang Lu as a student who is sold off as a bride. Photograph: PR

Control, Anton Corbijn's film about the life and death of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, was the talk of Cannes this year. The biopic, which also stars Samantha Morton, gets its UK premiere in the British Gala strand of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Photograph: PR

Picture this: Lively Liverpool trio Hot Club de Paris will be bringing their blend of twitchy punk and rococo guitar to Cabaret Voltaire on August 23. Photograph: PR

Tameka Empson's alter ego Marcia Brown was a standout in the BBC's 3 Non Blondes. Now, the Motown-crooning diva is hitting the Pleasance Dome (August 4-26) to belt out some soul standards. Photograph: Robert Workman/PR

Impressing the Czar, performed by the Royal Ballet of Flanders, won the award for achievement in dance, beating the Royal Ballet and Savion Glover Photograph: Feriet Tunc/PR

Kooky comedian Kristen Schaal, who supported David Cross on his recent UK tour, steps into the spotlight at Edinburgh this year. She'll be cracking dorky, darkly funny gags at the Assembly Rooms (August 2-27). Photograph: PR