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Female friendship that doesn’t beat around the bush
Fresh off the back of a five-star powerhouse Northern tour Is This Thing On? follows two flatmates, one a musician and the other a...
Hearts story is now on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
This Is Our Story takes you on a journey through the last 150 years of Heart of Midlothian FC, celebrating the legacy and triumphs...
Paines Plough announce show they are bringing to the Fringe in their 50th year
As the touring theatre company Paines Plough reach their half century they have announced the show which they will bring to Edinburgh Festival Fringe...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Havana Street Party
Havana Street Party, the spectacular summer dance show from Cuba featuring sexy salsa, sizzling rumba and thrilling street dance from the best dancers on the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Soldiers of Tomorrow ★★★★
There's little doubt which side of the political spectrum Itai Erdal is on and the strength of his bleak, anti-war play about the Arab-Israeli...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – The Death & Life of All of Us
A charming, funny and moving multimedia story of intergenerational shame, family secrets and history is set for a full run at Summerhall on this...
Fringe 2023 – Scottish actor will star in Looking for Giants
A young Scottish actor has landed the starring role in a new play to be presented at te Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Abby McCann will star...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits Music Walking Tour
If music rocks your socks then you might want to slip on your blue suede shoes and walk ‘n’ roll to Edinburgh’s Greatest Hits...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Québec@EdFests
The Québec Government Office in London will bring premier performing artists from ‘la belle province’ to Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a varied and exciting...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Tennessee, Rose
This debut play from Edinburgh born Clare Cockburn delves into the childhood of one of America’s greatest playwrights, Tennessee Williams and his sister Rose.
TENNESSEE,...
Fringe award remembers Tim Cornwell
Tim Cornwell was a journalist, latterly the arts correspondent with The Scotsman.
He died suddenly last year, and now The Mental Health Foundation Fringe...
Festivals call for more regular government help
Representatives from two of the major Edinburgh festivals, and the Tattoo were invited to give evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee who are studying...
Pleasance Theatre Trust supports emerging artists at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Pleasance Theatre Trust is working with partners in the UK to support "local exceptional artists" to bring work to the Fringe.
The Edinburgh...
Fringe tickets for 190 shows on sale now
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced that tickets for the first shows at this year's Fringe are now available to book.
The 2023...
Aussie Rowles loving life in Edinburgh
We may all have been shivvering lately in the snow and freezing temperatures, but one high-profile Aussie sporting import claims to be loving the experience. He did admit, however,...
A Syrian academic at the Fringe – why I put on a show to...
by Lina Fadel Heriot-Watt University
This summer I performed my own one-woman show at the 75th Edinburgh Fringe – a sentence I never thought I would...
Fringe Review Sad Book ★★★★★
A quite extraordinary experience where dance, animation and music take you on a journey of emotion that will make you weep.
Michael Rosen...
Last minute addition to the Fringe – Richard Demarco in conversation with Richard Pollock
Luath Press have announced a very special last minute addition to this year’s Fringe.
Edinburgh Festivals at 75: Richard Demarco and David Pollock in conversation....
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards – shortlist announced
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Director Nica Burns, announced the nominees for the biggest prizes in live comedy, Best Comedy Show and Best Newcomer Awards, celebrating...
Fringe recommendation – Stevensongs
The French duo FERGESSEN (indie electro-pop) performs their new show at the French Institute in Scotland.
STEVENSONGS is a musical creation based on Robert Louis Stevenson's most beautiful letters...
Fringe Review – Maternity ★★★★★
From 1948 until 1954 in Israel, several thousand babies and toddlers were taken from their parents and disappeared.
Two thirds of them were from...
Fringe review – Runners ★★★★★
The pace of modern life can often get a bit frantic and in "Runners" Cirk La Putyka, a contemporary circus company from Prague, mount a...
Fringe Review – Boys Who Punch Holes in Walls ★★★★
As part of the PBH Free Fringe where you don’t pay to get in, and the acts don’t pay for the venue, a shoestring...
Fringe review – Ten Men – The lives of John Bindon ★★★★★
John Bindon is one of those characters that appears as a Zelig like figure in various biographies through his acting career and gangsterism.
His...
Fringe review – Basil Brush Family Fun Show ★★★★
by Anoushka Stokes Wilson (10)
As we all know Basil Brush is a hilarious fox, especially in this show, where he’s celebrating his birthday of...
Fringe Review – Surfing the Holyland ★★★★
Converting to Judaism is a big undertaking, not least in terms of the impact on one's identity, and it forms the beating heart of...
Fringe review – Buffy: Revamped ★★★★
If you do decide to see Ben Lund-Conlon Lies, Damned Lies and Buffy the Vampire Slayer I’d suggest seeing it back to back with...
Fringe recommendation – Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us
This is a show which puts women’s experience at the forefront of war stories.
In their masks they take us back to the Trojan War,...
Fringe fundraiser – Give ‘n’ Laugh on Wednesday at The Counting House
Calling all comedy lovers.
The Give ‘N’ Laugh comedy show at Laughing Horse @ The Counting House (Venue no.170), will be raising money...
Fringe Review – I’m With Stupid ★★
JD Shapiro's life is so packed full of Hollywood names it is the stuff of a movie maven's dreams. A shame then that his...
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