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New Fringe Hub puts adult learning classes ‘at risk’

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Edinburgh to lose its only dedicated adult learning centre as Fringe move approvedThe future of Edinburgh’s adult learning and education services is 'at risk', the council has been warned, as dozens of classes are...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Patrick Spicer: Yes…haha. what? ★★★

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After initial microphone issues, Spicer quickly built a nice rapport with the audience and made it clear to them that they were in safe hands.His initial interactions with some of the audience members...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – A Fringe Affair ★★★

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The show is something of a love letter to the Fringe and Edinburgh as a place of cultural adventure. Edward W. Feery has greatly enjoyed the Fringe  'as a performer' for the last few...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – A Show for Gareth Richards ★★★★★

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This show, prompted by tragedy, is one of the 'underground' highlights of this year's Fringe. Arriving 45 mins before kick-off, it was clear that this show had built up a real buzz.Already, at...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Sam’s Scriptz! ★★★

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Arriving 15 minutes early, I was faced with a slightly concerning prospect that I might be the only person turning up for this show. I still have vivid memories of reviewing a show in...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – A Political Breakfast ★★★

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This engaging show manifested many aspects of the PBH Free Fringe.Taking place every morning (at 9.30am), this show features a panel of Fringe performers discussing politics and is chaired by either Harun Musho'd or...

Attila the Stockbroker urges everyone to “Reclaim the Fringe!”

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The veteran Fringe performer Attila the Stockbroker (John Baine)  has launched a broadside against the contemporary Fringe.The punk poet and multi-instrumentalist musician believes that it's time to 'reclaim the Fringe'.In a...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard’s Tale ★★★★

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The Fringe is often criticised for the dominance of stand-up comedy and a sense that much of it is trivial. In contrast, Marlon Solomon's updated Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard's Tale deals with one of...

Babbling since a baby, Gyles just won’t stop talking ★★★★

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Gyles Brandreth is that annoying geezer on in the background of my mother’s telly when I go visit her.And queuing for his Gyles Brandreth Can’t Stop Talking! show (he really can’t) at Assembly George...

Assembly Festival surviving on short term loan – outstanding debt puts 2024 shows at...

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The boss of the Edinburgh Fringe’s longest running and largest venue operator has suggested that Assembly Festival may not be around for the 2024 Festival.William Burdett-Coutts, Assembly Festival’s founder and artistic director, revealed the...

18 new Scottish shows to be showcased in the Fringe through the ‘Made in...

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The world class shows will take place across nine venues, with funding from the Scottish Government's Festivals Expo FundThe 'Made in Scotland' programme was launched today, with 18 shows chosen from a range of...

New Fringe app announced for this year’s festival

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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has published details of a new app, which will be available just before this year's festival.Last year there was a great deal of outcry when the Fringe eventually admitted it was...

Formal talks begin about new Fringe Festival hub

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Plans for a new Edinburgh Fringe ‘hub’ have taken a step forward as the council enters formal discussions with festival bosses about leasing out a city centre building.The Old Town’s South Bridge Resource Centre...

Fringe action at The Brunton in Musselburgh

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Brunton Theatre Trust has programmed the Fringe experience with live performances to choose from, audiences can enjoy family friendly theatre, Scottish and Irish trad, jazz, pop and classical concerts at The Brunton (pictured) as...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – When Judas Met John ★★★

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This is an enjoyable 45 minutes absorbing the musical relationship between John Lennon and Bob Dylan.Hugh and Tom Adams are competent musicians performing harmonies and telling stories with ease. The brothers from Carrickfergus in...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Basil Brush Family Show ★★★★★

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If I were a Culture Tsar, I’d lobby for it to be mandatory to take your children to see live shows.Children have the innocent ability to give themselves over to the excitement of...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Jeremy Sassoon’s Mojo ★★★

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Playing music of Jewish origin, this is a wonderful concept for a show and a good fit for the Edinburgh Fringe’s return in 2021.Singer/pianist Jeremy Sassoon opens with George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue,...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Dean Owens and Joey Burns

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At short notice Dean Owens Celtic Connections show with Joey Burns - with Calexico trumpeter Martin Wenk and Kevin McGuire, is being squeezed into this year's Fringe. The show will run from 16 to...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Sweet FA ★★★★

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A War of Two Halves was one of the most talked-about shows at the Fringe in 2018 and 2019 and rightly so.The producers have returned in 2021 with Sweet F.A a football narrative that...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Run ★★

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Stephen Laughton's semi-autobiographical monologue play about growing up as a gay Jewish teenager is given an energetic but strangely uncomfortable rendition by Jonathan Smeed on his Fringe debut.Amid the New York-based playwright's attempts...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Leo Kearse – Cancel Culture ★★★★

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"Enough snowflakes can create an avalanche!" comes the rallying cry of the disparate "Communities" drawn together under the Sun-averse parasol of Identity Politics/Social Justice Warriors (have keyboard will tantrum).Problem with avalanches is that...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – A Weekend Away at the Hotel Decevoir ★★★★

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It's hard not to think of Fawlty Towers, Torquay's most famous hotel, when entering the farcical world of Hotel Decevoir,  lovingly created by Kimberley Taylor, given that its manager is an arrogant, deranged exemplar of...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Old Jewish Jokes ★★★

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"Sanitiser on the left as you go in; make sure you've got your masks on."Comedy on the Fringe in the time of Covid-19 has taken on a new, non-comic, dimension and scrabbling around for...

Festival collaboration

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The book shop, Rare Birds Books, has collaborated with Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society to launch book bundles for sale, and the proceeds will help support Fringe artists.The Stockbridge shop has bundled up three books...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

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For just three special shows, newly created for 2021, Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson come together at the Fringe.Carol Ann is one of the most respected poets in the English language. John...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – shows can register soon

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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society will open show registration for Fringe 2021 on Wednesday 5 May 2021. Artists and venues will be able to register Fringe shows right up until the end of the festival. The Fringe’s...

Fringe on Friday – look out for the first broadcast this week

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The new Fringe cabaret takes to the virtual world this Friday.The hour long show will be livestreamed and tickets for the broadcast are available now.The line up includes AJ Bell Fringe on...

Army@TheFringe regroups for three weeks of online arts events

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Army@TheFringe has been transformed for 2020.It will offer a richly varied three-week programme of online workshops, readings, performances and discussions for the arts community and the public.Rebadged as Army@TheVirtualFringe its focus will shift from...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 – PASSENGERS

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Max wants to tell you a story. He’s not entirely sure why or even who he is. Is he savage, peacekeeper or critic… or all of these? He’s hoping you’ll be able to help....

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 – Kill the Princess

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Can you be feminine and still be a feminist? What does acting like a man really mean? Where does our identity come from? Bait Theatre’s Michelle Madsen and Lizzy Shakespeare are looking for some answers.Kill...