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Edinburgh Festival Fringe – The Importance of Being One Hundred and Twenty
In August 1894, exactly 120 years ago Oscar Wilde sat down to write his last and most enduringly popular play, ‘The Importance of Being...
Fringe comes to Kirkliston
”Quite a few of years ago I started writing a collection of songs that my friends and I then decided to record entirely outdoors....
Home improvement ideas
Time to Invest in a Veranda!
Installing a veranda in your garden allows you to enjoy the great outdoors all year round. Opt for an...
Edinburgh International Book Festival in Photos – Take 2
Another selection of authors from the Book Festival, this time from Friday's guests at Charlotte Square. The Book Festival runs for another week.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – Off The Top *****
The conceit of this midday free-Fringe show was a fusion of both scripted and improvised sketches, lap-top Rap-lab experimentation and geek heaven brain-pan fried...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh
Missing woman
Wifi on the buses
Great olive oil - from Edinburgh
Craft Fair
Today at AMC St Brides
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for information to help trace...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Jura Unbound
Simon Napier-Bell, Dan Willson and The Jellyman’s Daughter will appear At Born To Be Wide Talk Show at The Edinburgh International Book Festival. Veteran artist...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – Frank Sinatra the Final Curtain
Kingdom Theatre acknowledge and thanks Major Mark Aldridge, Director of Music in the band of the Royal Armour Corp for allowing Moray Innes to...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – The Rap Canterbury Tales Re-Mix *****
Although Canadian raconteur rap-on-tour, Baba Brinkman, first debuted his The Canterbury Tales Remixed, Fringe 2004, we were stoutly reassured this latest show was a...
The Festival of Politics: “To See Ourselves As Others See Us”
Two key things were immediately apparent as yesterday's Festival of Politics panel discussion got under way.
Firstly, Shetland was actually on the map—the day prior, at a...
Fringe actor runs theatre workshop at Craigmillar Community Arts
You may recall that The Edinburgh Reporter spoke to Vickie Tanner before she left New York to come to Edinburgh to stage her one...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – The Reluctant Dragon ****
The Reluctant Dragon, theSpace @ Surgeons Hall 2:05pm, until 23 August (except 17), £9/8 (£7/£6.50 concessions)
Written in 1898 by 'The Wind in the Willows'...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – First Class ****
First Class, Laughing Horse @ Espionage 12pm, until 24 August, Free
Arriving at the atmospheric 'Pravda' platform in Espionage is First Class, a combination of emotional journeys set on...
Man charged over indecent assaults in Livingston
Police Scotland can confirm that a 26 year old man has been arrested and charged with two indecent assaults which took place in Livingston...
New seats and bins for Figgate Park
Locals want picnic tables, extra seating and new litter bins to be placed in the Figgate Park on the south side of the city.
The...
Dovecot to recruit apprentices
Dovecot Studios will advertise the Apprentice Programme to recruit three new Apprentice Weavers over the course of the next three years, continuing a 100...
Film review – Wakolda (Lucía Puenzo, 2013)
In almost every scene of Lucía Puenzo's chilling Wakolda, the foreground is overshadowed by the looming Argentinian mountains in the distance. This overpowering vision...
Films at the Old Quad
A special charity screening of Good Will Hunting is to be shown as part of the University of Edinburgh's outdoor cinema series in the Old College...
Quick eats and tasty treats at Edinburgh’s Festivals
Festival season is well underway and it’s all rather hectic! With so many things to see and do you may find you don’t have...
EIFF Short film event today
EIFF is delighted to announce the screening of the first EIFF Short Film Challenge which will be held on Saturday 16th August at Filmhouse....
Film Review: Effie Gray (2014) at the Scottish National Gallery
Until late September, the impulsive, almost scintillating work of English artist and art critic John Ruskin, is being displayed the National Portrait Gallery in...
Five things you need to know today
Custom House Leith
Lily Allen to headline Hogmanay
Sheraton is very grand!
Craig Hill sweeps Edinburgh's streets
Your reviews
The council will ratify the decision to purchase Customs House...
The Festival of Politics kicks off with a fiscal focus
If "Balancing The Books" were a Fringe event, you'd walk in and find face-painted jesters gleefully and precariously posturing paperbacks on their noses, foreheads...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 REVIEW – FunBags a Go-Go! ****
FunBags a Go-Go!, St John’s (9 Victoria Street) 3:45pm, until 23 Aug (except 13, 20), Free
If it's a very likeable sketch comedy trio you're...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – Andrew Lawrence *****
This show is a must see without a doubt but if you are going to see it I recommend you turn up on time....more...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW — Party in the USA *****
Q: How many Manhattan financial professionals does it take to break the global economy?
A: You don’t know, man. You weren’t there.
When New York’s JV...
the Edinburgh International Book Festival – Ghost ships and Nature’s Power
Top author Rebecca Hunt’s gripping novel ‘Everland’ relates the story of two Antarctic Expeditions.
One is the tragic tale of a failed expedition of 1913,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW — Hiraeth ***
Each summer, youngsters of all ages descend on Edinburgh, crackling with creative intent. They make Auld Reekie feel young again. When twenty-five year old...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – Musical CID *****
This is a great concept for a show. It is hosted by Abi Roberts (who is appearing in the brilliant Twerk in Progress at The...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – The Curing Room *****
Theatre is often mistaken as a medium used for glittering grandiosity, but one significant production is counteracting almost everything you have grown familiar with....
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