Edinburgh Fringe

The biggest arts festival in the world.

First written in 1997 by thirteen Brentwood students and their teacher, the play was brought to the Fringe…
Set in a swing park, adult actors from Grid Iron recreate one summer when most of them were nine, too wee for…
The Pleasance Courtyard is well set up for the arrival of small children. There is a fenced off eating area…
The Dovecot is an interesting conversion of the former Infirmary Street Public Baths to an exhibition and…
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the the Fringe is something of an institution and the format whilst copied has never…
The American dancer Isadora Duncan is perhaps remembered for her tragic early death aged 50 in 1927 in a…
Tim Crouch ought to be classed as one of England’s National Treasures.
This is a delightful short concert for lovers of the clarinet and French Horn. At 5.30 pm it is wonderfully…
Beneath the wing of his crashed aircraft, Bill Lancaster shelters from the Sahara sun and fills in his…
I must admit to being something of a fan of Bridget Christie.
Racial, class and sexual tensions come to the fore in Paris-set teacher-student drama
Under the magic pink glow of Salon Speculaire’s half circus, half nightclub atmosphere (Spiegeltent in…
Scotland has always felt more of an outsider in the political mire that is Westminster. Where we fit in is a…
 The desperate divas are back in town. Following last year’s successful “Cabaret Whore!” Sarah-Louise Young…
This is braw. As the eponymous character of Willy Russell’s ‘Educating Rita’ finds when she reduces her…
As a member of the Festival Critics team at Edinburgh Guide, I have been browsing through the 344 page Fringe…
Homer's Odyssey is a big story with so many twists and turns and endless analogies and metaphors the idea…
"There's nothing I would say, 'Don't bring your mum to!'" says Traverse artistic director, Dominic…
Kath Mainland, Chief Executive of the Festival Fringe Society, on a typical day at the Fringe.
The 31st of July is the last day for aspiring and professional photographers to showcase their special shots…