Five Things to do in Edinburgh Today: Tuesday May 15

• MUSIC: The Stagger Rats. Edinburgh five-piece The Stagger Rats found themselves in Budapest last year, having gone to the Hungarian capital to lay down tracks for their debut offering, Scorpio Leisure, which will be released later this year.

“The reason we made the album in Budapest is because we’re signed to a label over there,” explains Callum Easter, who sings and plays organ in The Stagger Rats.

“Our first single, See Through Spiders, was used as the title track in the film PIMP, starring Danny Dyer, Billy Boyd and Robert Cavanagh.

“The financial backers of the film, WP Ents, got to know us because of that. They felt we had a lot of talent and invited us to play gigs in Budapest. Then they sent us back over to make the album.”

Easter’s bandmates are Daniel Paylor (guitar, vocals), Kai Wallace (drums, vocals), Craig McMullen (guitar) and Shetlander Jack Sandison (bass). The Stagger Rats Open Mic Night, Assembly, Lothian Street, 7pm, free, 0131-220 4288, www.assemblybar.co.uk

• DANCE: Danza Contemporanea de Cuba Danza Contemporanea de Cuba return to the UK by overwhelming demand following their first outstanding visit in 2010, which resulted in Mambo 3XX1 by the Cuban, George Céspedes, being nominated for both an Olivier Award and an Achievement in Dance TMA Award. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Nicolson Street, 7.30pm, £12.50–£22.50 (£9.50–£19.50; Groups (8+) £7.50–£17.50), 0131-529 6000

• THEATRE: A Play, a Pie & a Pint - Damascus Alleppo A Damascene psychiatrist finds himself counselling the man he suspects of having a relationship with his missing son in this lunchtime play by an anonymous Syrian writer. Ticket price includes a pie and a drink. Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, £12, 1pm, £12, 0131-228 1404

• CLUB: Antics - Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches from Edinburgh’s alt.scene. The Hive, Niddry Street, 11pm, free, 0131-556 0444

• FOLK: The Coal Porters- A Leith Folk Club event. Victoria Park Hotel, Ferry Road, 7pm, £8, 0131-454 2060