Opportunity To See Sold-out 56th Tattoo

ickets for this year's eagerly anticipated Edinburgh Tattoo (5-27 August) have long since sold out, but at 10am on Monday, 25th July some 4,000 half-price tickets for the Thursday, 4th August preview performance of the 56th military showpiece go on sale from the Tattoo Ticket Sales Office on Edinburgh's Market Street.

With weeks to go before the 2005 Tattoo season opens, this occasion provides a final opportunity to obtain tickets for next month's sold-out show.

Seat prices for the preview range from £5.00 to £16.50 and, as well as box office counter sales, tickets may also be had by telephone on 08707 555 118 using a credit/debit card, which is subject to a £2.50 booking fee per transaction, or via the Internet at www.edintattoo.co.uk where the convenience fee also applies along with a limit of 4 tickets per sale.

"As March 31st saw the Tattoo notch-up its seventh successive sellout, this really is a marvellous opportunity to see the popular production and at half the normal admission charge," commented the Tattoo's Chief Executive & Producer, Brigadier Melville Jameson.

This year's 90-minute show includes over 1,000 performers from Australia, Norway, Russia and the United Kingdom while paying tribute to The Royal Navy and commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.