The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience Indoor and outdoor entertainment is back and that’s good news for fans of the Edinburgh Festival, writes JULENA DRUMI It will be different, and smaller, but at least it’s back. The Edinburgh Fringe is preparing to put on a show that will feature performances inside, outside and and online as it […]
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Delicious mini-dramas are a delightful start to the day
Review: Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show (rating 5/5) This Show is back for its 14th year at the Fringe, and it has moved venue, upsized its audience capacity and enrolled a new member of the cast. It also presents 15 new short plays, five of which can be seen every morning on a rotating basis. There […]
A new contraption with a fresh take on all that jazz
Pleasance preview One of the great pleasures of the Edinburgh Festivals is coming across something fresh and exciting and it may have emerged this year in the shape of a nine-piece progressive brass band. The oddly-named Perhaps Contraption premiere their new show Nearly Human, or what the band bills as a “curious audio-theatrical journey, replete […]
Merton, Porter and Byrne head big names heading to the Fringe
Returning favourites and big names dominate the programme for EdFest.com as Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance and Underbelly announce their line up for this year’s Fringe.
‘Unaffordable’ Fringe needs help from business
As the hotels, pubs, cafes and landlords reflected on another profitable Edinburgh Fringe, the last of the trains were leaving town packed with performers nursing their losses and wondering whether they could afford to do it again next year.