Edinburgh Fringe

The biggest arts festival in the world.

There is a quote from Scottish writer Nan Shepherd that is carved in Makar’s Court in Edinburgh.
The air is filled with the drone of heavy aircraft engines, punctuated by radio comms chatter as bomber…
Between the air raid siren and the all-clear sounding the evening will be punctuated by three bombs falling.…
How to turn some 600 pages of print into a fast-paced piece of theatre? Answer; take two highly talented…
From the crucible that brought us last year’s ‘La Clique’, Smoke and Mirrors is another treat from the…
Elsa Jean returns to the Fringe with a wonderful collection of folk music to launch her new album, Lassie…
A feisty stride across Scotland’s history.
After her recent brush with fame as a finalist on The Voice, Sally Barker is back to her roots as lead…
It’s rare for one of the BBC’s "Plays for Today", a sadly defunct manifestation of public service…
Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen are known as The Pin. Once again, they have brought their interesting brand of…
There is a city where death is king, it stands on every street corner, it lives in every home and it is…
Heading in the right direction is ‘Towards the Moon’ a musical in development by Andrew McGregor. The plot…
Once again, I must admit to being drawn to a band largely on the strength of their name. Carolina Liar -…
CRASH! BAM! BOOM! WALLOP… BLAM! is a highly energetic, risk–taking and show-stopping experience.
Nikolai Gogol’s short story written in 1835 has been brilliantly interpreted by the well established Newbury…
The concept of "35MM: A Musical Exhibition" is to build on the visual impact of works in a gallery by…
A touching outpouring from a young girl drenched in grief.
I had never heard of James Sherwood until this year. Flicking through the Fringe brochure, with a title like…
There are times, as a reviewer, when I find myself making a mental note to check afterwards how much the…
On the D'Animate website they say "we offer pure escapism to the general public." And that is exactly…