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Decade long partnership has busiest Fringe on record
A historic city institution is set to host its biggest ever Edinburgh Festival Fringe as it celebrates a decade-long partnership with one of the...
Theatre preview – So, Rebus Positive
REBUS: LONG SHADOWS by Ian Rankin
Adapted by Rona Munro
King’s Theatre Edinburgh
Monday 8 to Saturday 13 October 2018
This new story exploding on to a home...
Review: Abandoman drives them wild *****
Abandoman
Underbelly
2130 hrs
IRISH comedy rapper Abandoman played to a packed audience at the Assembly Underbelly in George Square.
The audience was absolutely up for this act...
See the fireworks – from the sea
Toast the end of Edinburgh’s festival season in seafaring style and soak up the magnificent Fireworks Concert display with a difference – as Maid...
Princes Street Gardens – no place for exclusion
For the series of concerts at the Ross Bandstand, Summer Sessions, featuring big names such as Sir Tom Jones, Paloma Faith, Brian Wilson and...
Where to shop – The Dragonfly Gifts on Broughton Street
Louise Nichol who owns The Dragonfly Gifts on Broughton Street is a multitasker, although she just calls herself busy. She owns and runs the...
Councillor explains holiday time is not the best time for all children
by Councillor Scott Arthur, Labour councillor for Colinton/Fairmilehead.
The end of the school holidays means an end to hunger for some.
Edinburgh’s children will soon be...
Hidden Door begin a new fundraiser
Hidden Door is a name well known to those interested in arts or music in Edinburgh. In recent years they have grown from an...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – Our Boys****
This has some really funny moments, and some really funny lines. When we saw the really short preview last weekend, it sparked enough interest...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW Aye Elvis****
Don’t go to see Aye Elvis for the music, but do go along for the music. You might not be someone who hates Elvis,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – Simon Callow in De Profundis*****
Playing to the lunchtime crowd is probably not the easiest of gigs, but from the off Simon Callow has not given himself an easy...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW: Knowing more about Ken****
Ken
Pleasance Dome 1520 hrs
ALTHOUGH this play focuses on the life of enigmatic and eccentric writer, actor, producer, Ken Campbell, it was, firstly, a pleasure to...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – Review: Timeless comedy in “You Only Live Forever”*****
Review: You Only Live Forever
By Viscera Theatre Company Studio Four Assembly George Square 1335hrs
WE have said it before and we will say it again, Roxy Dunn...
Colin McGregor opened the Tattoo with a poem – and brother Ewan came too
Special guest and ex-RAF pilot Colin McGregor opened the show at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo last night with moving poem ‘High Flight’ –...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 Review : Marie : A Hidden Gem at the Festival*****
Marie
Assembly Front Room
1300 hrs
FOR this reviewer, the Edinburgh Fringe is all about hidden gems. Marie by the House of Mirth theatre company is exactly...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Archie Maddocks: Matchstick ***
Award-winning Archie Maddocks presents an hour of biting, provocative, unflinchingly funny comedy where he explores his deepest and darkest thoughts, exposes his flaws and...
Edinburgh man is finalist for spectacle wearer of the year
AN EDINBURGH man has been chosen from thousands of proud glasses wearers as a finalist for Specsavers’ Spectacle Wearer of the Year.
Emojefe Doghudje, aged...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Chiaroscuro: A Kindertransport Story***
Chiaroscuro: A Kindertransport Story
Central Hall Studio
Sir Nicholas Winton, who died in 2015 aged 106, organised the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from Prague on...
Knit or crochet a Trauma Teddy for Children First
We met PC Shaun Baker the other day on George Street and noticed that he had a wee passenger on board. This is a Trauma...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW- The Song of Lunch *****
The Song of Lunch starring Robert Bathurst and Rebecca Johnson, directed by Jason Morell, is a visual and auditory delight.
It is a lyrical verse...
Keeping the tram customer satisfied
Edinburgh Trams said today that the company topped a business benchmarking survey for customer satisfaction.
The Institute of Customer Service surveyed more than 500 customers...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW- Matt Forde Brexit Through the Gift Shop ****
Matt Forde’s Brexit through the Gift Shop is a necessary indulgence for those who are Brexit averse. Forde brilliantly caricatures dominant political figures on the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – get your play delivered to your door
During this year’s Fringe, your’ doorstep could be transformed into a stage.
Deliveroo orders will be manned in the Scottish capital by actors who will...
World’s best press pictures come to the Scottish Parliament
The World Press Photo Exhibition showcases more than 100 of the most compelling and powerful examples of photojournalism taken over the course of 2017. The free exhibition is...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – Death, Dating and I Do
Written and performed by Paige Jennifer Barr and directed by Kira Simring. Presented by Nancy Manocherian’s the cell
Cancer killed her husband, she had her first one-night stand & now she’s...
Pop ups at the Leith Walk Police Box
The Leith Walk Police Box is available for rent for pop up ventures. Here's their schedule for August and September.
Saturdays 1030 - 1 Edinburgh...
The Official Unofficial Edinburgh Dog Show
Unofficial Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Dog Show will take place on Sunday 12 August at 2pm on The Meadows (between Jawbone Walk and Middle Meadow Walk)
Dog owners, dog-walkers...
Royal Bank of Scotland’s 100 women event in Edinburgh
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s 100 Women event will be held on Wednesday, 5 September 2018 at The Principal Edinburgh George Street, 19-21 George St,...
Prime Minister visit to Edinburgh – it’s all about the deal, the City Region...
The Prime Minister Theresa May visited Edinburgh on Wednesday to discuss Brexit plans with the First Minister, to see a Fringe show at Assembly...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – Show Up, Kids!***
– Show Up, Kids!
If the main attraction doesn’t show
up, the kids still want to see a comedy show! So Pete’s gonna make
one up and...
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