Edinburgh Fringe
Renovated Assembly Rooms Providing New hub for Edinburgh’s Fringe
A cold, wet evening in May (aye, May) is not the best atmosphere for being at the wrong venue for a launch. My excuse? There was a hint somewhere in an email about seeing renovations and anyway, what do I know about building schedules? Answer: hee haw. We are so used in Edinburgh to the disruption of barriers closed streets and roads, that whether or not scaffolding has gone down is barely noted any more. Luckily, I was in the Guides so used my initiative and soon came across some likely folk on the way to the launch in St Andrew Square. (Note to self: always read the small print.)
Edinburgh’s Festivals Get Government Funding Boost
Edinburgh's Festivals have received a funding boost, it was announced on Thursday as an ambitious programm
Waverley Care: Comedy Gala 2012
In aid of Waverley Care, Edinburgh's biggest comedy night with an all-star lineup of comedians always sells out, and sells out quickly.
Jazz Festival Planning A 2012 "Festivals Carnival"
The Edinburgh Jazz Festival is planning a "Festivals Carnival", much like the Festivals' Cavalcad
Edinburgh Fringe 2012
The Edinburgh International Festival may have come first, but generally it's the Fringe that Edinburgh is best-known for. There's really nothing quite like it - "the largest show on Earth".
The stats bear that out: the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe saw 41,689 performances of 2,542 shows in 258 Fringe venues. It's a sprawling, anarchic, sleepless month of live performances. There were also 607 free shows at the 2011 Fringe.
EIF Announces Festival Fringe Prize Winner
New York City based the TEAM are this year's recipients of the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize, for their musical drama Mission Drift. The award supports up-and-coming talent at the Edinburgh Fringe by giving the winner the opportunity to develop their ideas or devise a new work for the official Festival.
SAC & EG Present Inaugural Scottish Fringe Theatre Award
The Scottish Arts Club lounge was full to overflowing last night for the presentation ceremony and party for the inaugural Fringe Award for Scottish Drama.
Winners of Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2011 Announced
Adam Riches is the winner of the prestigious Foster's Best Comedy Show 2011, it was announced at 2.30pm today in the packed Dovecot studios in Edinburgh.
Fringe Shows The Wheel and Sold Win Amnesty Award
The joint winners of the 2011 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award were announced yesterday. The winners of the award that honours productions fighting for human rights were Sold (view photos), directed by Catherine Alexander at the Pleasance Courtyard, and The Wheel, directed by Vicky Featherstone at the Traverse.
Traverse Theatre Announces New Artistic Director
The Traverse has just announced that Orla O’Loughlin of Pentabus Theatre will be its new Artistic Director. Orla will join the Traverse in January 2012.