The 7 Edinburgh Fringe shows cancelled at The Pleasence
The decsion comes after the Met Office said much of Scotland will be battered by heavy rain and winds of up to 85mph throughout Monday.
A yellow warning for wind for the whole of Scotland became active at 6am on Monday and will last until 6am on Tuesday, and warnings have been upgraded to amber from 10am to 10pm in northern and central areas.
READ MORE: Storm Floris Live: Latest warnings, transport cancellations and road closures
Some trains and ferry services have already been cancelled with more likely to be affected.
Seven shows have been cancelled at the venue, after the Fringe by the Sea also cancelled all shows for Monday, and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo cancelled its 9.30pm performance on Monday.
The venue said it was 'investigating exchanges' for any audience members who had shows booked at any Pleasance venues.
The cancelled Pleasance shows are:
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Always Win
Benny Shakes
Shame Show
Lunchbox
LEI – LDN
Body Count
The Edinburgh International Festival's Ceilidh Sessions event on Monday night is also cancelled as Princes Street Gardens is closed on Monday and Tuesday due to the storm.
A spokesperson for The Pleasance said: 'With Scotland on amber warning, the Pleasance Theatre Trust has cancelled shows in The Green in order to ensure the safety of our staff and audiences. The Pleasance has a robust wind management plan and if the wind reaches dangerous levels, we will close our sites or change how we manage our venues.
'We are pro-actively monitoring the situation and have several plans that can be deployed dynamically. If you have tickets booked for a show at Pleasance and can't get to us or we have to close, we still want to make sure you can enjoy our shows on other days and are investigating exchanges and other 2-4-1 moments.'
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A Fringe by the Sea spokesperson said on Sunday night: 'With Storm Floris incoming, we have taken the decision to close Fringe By The Sea tomorrow. We will reopen on Tuesday 10am.
'Ticket holders for events on Monday 4th August will be notified by email of cancellations or rescheduled events [where possible]. Cancelled events will be refunded automatically – please bear with us while we work with our ticketing agent to process these transactions.'
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