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Fire Service and SEPA join forces
Lothian and Borders Fire & Rescue Service (LBFRS) is pleased to announce, in conjunction with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the start of...
Five things you need to know today
Well now we are really in the grip of Festival Fever as The Edinburgh International Book Festival got off the starting blocks on Saturday...
Free things to do at Edinburgh Festival on a Monday with a seven year...
One of our readers wants to know what they can do on Monday with a seven year old at the Festival and for free.....
So...
Community at the heart of Craigmillar
A brand new community hub for neighbourhood and library services in Craigmillar moved one step closer last week with a sod-cutting ceremony at the...
Mural to ward off graffiti
Children who helped create a spectacular mural in Roseburn Park were congratulated in a special ceremony at the park on Thursday 11 August 2011.
It...
Armed Robbery in Edinburgh
Lothian and Borders Police are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at an Edinburgh bookmaker.
The incident happened around 8.40pm on Friday 12 August...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Anton’s Uncles win Top Award!
Anton's Uncles as previously reviewed has won a top award from the fringereview.co.uk.
The Teapot is awarded up to a maximum of 3 times in...
Fringe Review: Scary Gorgeous (***)
Whilst Scary Gorgeous may not suit everyone - like the reviewer- the younger generation will love it. It is modern, with plenty of sex...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Circus of the Orient (**)
by Martin Belk
If you want a big, loud, expensive, haphazard day out of the rain and have absolutely nowhere else to go then this...
The Edinburgh International Book Festival 13-29 August 2011
17 days of homage to books and authors starts today in Charlotte Square.
We have to hope that the rain will not have turned the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: The Wheel (***)
Zinnie Harris’s epic drama crosses several centuries and brings up a host of themes – but it left me rather perplexed. Opening in 19th-century...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Belleville Rendez-vous (****)
Belleville Rendez-vous is an endearing piece of Art-house theatre. It is inspired by the animated film of the same name which follows the story...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – Caruso and the Monkey House Trial (****)
Reviewer: Martin Belk is editor of ONE Magazine, contributor to The Scotsman, and The Scottish Review of Books
Take an actual story from history about...
Forest Cafe’s Literary Opus
As we type, Edinburgh’s Inky Fingers writing group are holding a 36 hour writing marathon in The Forest Cafe as their mini literary festival...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Mr Kolpert (**)
Mr Kolpert is a play with some good acting, but the attention to detail lets it down. The premise behind the dark, anarchaic drama...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Mogic (****)
Mogic is comedy magic that has the audience laughing from start to finish. The mail order magic kit has arrived with only an instructional...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe review: Fe Fi Fo Fun, Go and see this ‘Canadiun’! (*****)
Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones.
Underbelly Pasture
August 15 @ 2.20pm/August 16 @ 6.30pm
All ages.
Wowing delighted audiences young and old with his esoteric shadow-puppet paraphernalia, the Canadian-born,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Man of Valour (****)
It’s the astonishing performance by Paul Reid that really carries this one-man show. White-faced and wide-eyed, he’s Farrell, a corporate drone contending with the...
Swamp Juice: No Shadow Of A Doubt (*****)
Swamp Juice. A Shadow Puppet Menagerie with a 3D FINALE.
Underbelly, Cowgate. All ages.
Sell your souls to Satan, pawn the Pekinese, put your kidneys up...
Edinburgh becomes Jungle City in August
And we are not talking about the Festival....
Jungle City Edinburgh will be staged from 16 August in Edinburgh to draw attention to the endangered...
Rullion Green – battlefield of national importance?
Historic Scotland has prepared the second of three tranches of Scotland’s most important battlefields to be considered for inclusion in ‘The Inventory of Historic...
Boyzone: Drenched!
Boyzone played at Hopetoun House on Saturday to a crowd drenched by rain. Their spirits were not dampened however, as they were entertained by...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Lili La Scala – Songs to make you Smile (****)
Lili is a talented singer who specialises in the songs of the first half of the Twentieth Century from the composers such as Irving...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Sharron Matthews Superstar: Jesus Thinks I’m Funny (***)
Sharron certainly comes out in her show as being a very confident Canadian lady with a slick act that follows a script. She has...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Anton’s Uncles (*****)
In this fresh and physical look at Chekhov’s ground-breaking play, Uncle Vanya, only the men remain, wrestling with their desires. The Los Angeles-based Theatre...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Lights! Camera! Improvise! (*****)
Lights! Camera! Improvise! by the Scat Pack is a rip-roaring laugh with fine acting from start to finish to a 170 seat audience.
All eight...
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Review – The Curse of the Devil’s Verse (*****)
The Curse of the Devil’s Verse.
Sheep Soup (in association with The Television Workshop)
Soco Venue 348, Chambers Street.
Beer monster Rob’s immature, ego-centric cod-philosophy on life...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Ten Plagues
Star rating: ****
The big question was always going to be whether the Traverse Theatre’s starry collaboration between playwright Marc Ravenhill and singer Marc Almond...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: The Hamiltons – High Jinks with the Hamiltons (****)
Christine and Neil Hamilton are back for their 4th appearance, after a 2 year break, at the Fringe. Their familiar chat show is filled...
Fringe Review : Beef (*****)
The prospect of having to climb numerous flights of stairs to be shuffled into a slightly sweaty shoe-box of a performance space by polite but...
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