Edinburgh Fringe

The biggest arts festival in the world.

On 26 March 1858 Charles Dickens gave a reading of his Christmas Carol in the Music Hall, George Street. Now…
Bec Hill’s new show for this year’s Fringe festival is a hilarious study on the nature of adulthood and the…
The Irish comedy team Betrayal of Penguins are back in Edinburgh for their second year, with this enjoyable…
Some of the text for the opening concert of the International Festival, El Niño, w
Powerful seems an inadequate word to describe this performance of Assassins by the young cast of Sandbach…
Set in the plush surroundings of a room in the Merchants Hall, Ashes is like being a fly on the wall in a…
A Summer evening with the High Altar of the Cathedral as the backdrop set the scene for a very polished…
It is a daunting task to review a show that has already been lauded, awarded, and been a previous Fringe…
This play was billed as suitable for ages 7-77, so this review is a little different.
This was the first of ten breakfast concerts, with coffee and muffins at the end, held in the Princes Room on…
Welcome to Reykjavik, or as the sign at the airport reads “Velkomin Heim” (Welcome Home). It’s a city which…
This light-hearted show is billed as celebrating Hollywood’s leading ladies from Shirley Temple to Julie…
I met a friend at the bus stop on the way to see Shooglenifty on Friday night.
It was a day of epic rain. I had actually ‘phoned the box office to check whether this outdoor production of…
Thoughout his 35 year-long career, the elfin Emo Philips has only been to the Edinburgh Fringe a handful of…
Celia Pacquola's second year at the Fringe is a charming and conversational show, which manages to combine…
Frances Ruffelle is a sparkling, shimmering star in the world of Musical Theatre, winning a Tony Award for…
Alasdair Cameron’s first two sonatas, both by Scarlatti seemed to get off to an uncertain start and he never…
Be-Dom definitely have syncopation but occasionally for me they missed a beat. Be-Dom are a percussionist…
This is the first staging of the renowned poet Anna Akhmatova’s epic A Poem Without a Hero, Translated from…