Edinburgh Fringe

The biggest arts festival in the world.

Drummers are often in the background of great bands: less famous than their band mates while keeping the band…
Bette Davis, the legendary movie actress who famously commented ā€œI will never be below the title!ā€, was an…
It was a day of epic rain. I had actually ā€˜phoned the box office to check whether this outdoor…
Historical and cultural BBC documentaries have recently become so much more interesting, especially when you…
At the start of life you are presented with a box and it’s yours to fill up with memories and keep. But what…
Another potentially Famous Five but ā€˜Fresher’ is certainly not Enid Blyton. The show opens with five students…
ā€˜Greater Belfast’ is an evocation in sound, both musical and vocal, of the estrangement and affection a city…
This is a fairytale of globalisation, corporate greed and of coming to terms with reality in a world gone mad.
Once, when the world (or at least this reviewer) was younger, a Scottish play was presented, the ripples of…
Michael Legge has a Walter Raleigh complex. He can't abide bad manners in public. This obsession and how he…
"In the Spring of 1944 on my return from Africa, I went to London to find a job and was soon established at…
Serving classical theatre with a fearlessly fabulous twist are Out Cast Theatre with The Importance of Being…
Danish storyteller Svend Engh joins forces with Scottish musician Neil Sutcliffe to explore the connection…
It is a daunting task to review a show that has already been lauded, awarded, and been a previous Fringe…
Three theatrical trunks of a certain age dominate the space, from behind which Sian Williams emerges in quasi…
Jade Byrne has had a lot of pricks in her life. Over 70,000 to be more precise.
Powerful social history with a bang!
What would you do if you were sitting one day, minding your own business, eating your cereal in front of the…
Sitting in the belly of the great ship SS Triumphant on route to a brave new world, B would like to tell you…
First published in December 1890,  Hedda Gabler was immediately translated into English by the…