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A host of Edinburgh festival events have been cancelled as organisers brace for the impact of Storm Floris. An amber weather warning is in place for the majority of Scotland between 10am and 10pm on ...
The award-winning play ‘The Hoop’, by the renowned Saudi Theater and Performing Arts Commission, has comes to the Edinburgh ...
‘In 2023, Mark Simmons and Danny Ward organised a show for the much-loved Gareth Richards, a comedian who had died in a car crash. They raised £20,000 for his family and, fittingly, won the first ...
Step right up to a world of wonder! The Pleasance Opening Gala 2025 is here, and it's an explosion of creativity, connection, ...
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s Meet the Media event at the weekend, The Scotsman’s team of myself and Roisin McMullan, our Fringe Young Writer’s Award recipient, who is reviewing festivals ...
COMMENT: I had to use my Weakest Link winnings to put on my Edinburgh play, writes Kat Brown. Twenty years on, I don't know ...
God won't give up on Cecilia Gentili. Unfortunately, neither will the devil. Follow a young trans girl as she navigates the ...
Scottish First Minister John Swinney has described the ongoing crisis in Gaza as a “genocide” after a Fringe show he appeared at was repeatedly disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters.
Sandy Grierson and Brian Cox in Make It Happen, © Marc Brenner. Playwright James Graham has so far largely made his name as ...
For over a decade BroadwayWorld has been covering the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a local team of dedicated reviewers who ...
Some picks from the more than 3,000 shows in the Scottish arts extravaganza, including comedy, dance, theater and some ...
What’s the point of the Edinburgh Fringe? As the festival gets underway today, with thousands of comics, theatre troupes, ...