Edinburgh festival
All the fret of the fringe: Annie Griffin’s cringe-filled trip to the Edinburgh festival
Our series on films about theatre continues with a boozy, darkly funny comedy that captures the event’s pick’n’mix quality
Chris Wiegand
09, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM
Edinburgh book festival to quit New Town for art school
Festival cites Covid and costs of staging event heavily dependent on live audiences as reason for move
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
27, Jan, 2021 @10:39 AM
Crammed with comedy: Shedinburgh packs the fun of the fringe into a hut
With the Edinburgh festival shelved by Covid, standups have turned a garden shed into a stage for an online extravaganza. Our writer enjoys flashes of brilliance amid a dislocating experience
Brian Logan
04, Sep, 2020 @1:05 PM
Edinburgh international festival to hold more online events after 1m views
There were 26 specially staged opera, classical and ballet performances after the cancellation of live concerts
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
01, Sep, 2020 @1:19 PM
Classical home listening: Jamie Barton sings Jake Heggie
The American mezzo-soprano and composer join forces to powerful effect
Fiona Maddocks
29, Aug, 2020 @11:00 AM
Lesbian love story wins Popcorn Writing award for new play Edinburgh never got to see
Jennifer Lunn wins £2,500 prize for drama Es and Flo, whose fringe premiere was sabotaged by the Covid pandemic
Chris Wiegand
27, Aug, 2020 @11:00 AM
House music: Tim Ashley's watching and listening highlights
Daisy Evans’s delightful update of The Telephone crowns engaging online treats from Edinburgh and Salzburg festivals, while our critic looks ahead to live, audience-free Proms
Tim Ashley
24, Aug, 2020 @3:00 PM
Edinburgh Unlocked review – a carnival of comedy from the festival that never was
Penguin’s fine pandemic audio festival delivers hours of laughs from comics including Jordan Brookes, Glamrou, Mo Amar, Michelle de Swarte and Sheeps
Brian Logan
23, Aug, 2020 @3:10 PM
Missing Edinburgh festival? Watch a week's worth of shows online
Hip-hop dance, optical illusions and pre-Tinder internet dating all feature in Zoo’s eclectic digital programme
Lyndsey Winship
21, Aug, 2020 @7:00 PM
Mieko Kawakami: 'Women are no longer content to shut up'
Traditionalists in Japan hated her feminist novel, but Breasts and Eggs was a huge bestseller. The author talks about taking on male privilege, orientalist cliches … and Haruki Murakami
David McNeill
18, Aug, 2020 @10:20 AM
Fiction readers have made best leaders in Covid-19 crisis, says Val McDermid
Crime author argues ministers who read only political biographies are limited in vision
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
16, Aug, 2020 @4:46 PM
Shows, suds, cider and a soaking: the Edinburgh fringe from my bathtub
The festival may be cancelled but our writer is determined to recreate the experience at home. So she pours a cider, steps into her bath – and logs on to the fringe’s freakiest shows
Kate Wyver
16, Aug, 2020 @2:00 PM
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