All eyes on Auld Reekie: Edinburgh festival 2024 begins – in pictures
Photographer Murdo MacLeod presents his view of the opening week’s shows at Scotland’s annual arts spectacular Continue reading…
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Risk, reward and trigger warnings: Edinburgh fringe chief on his ‘balancing act’
Anthony Alderson defends the high cost of tickets and says the big venues are sharing the risk with performers, as this year’s festival opensLondon’s West End has nothing like the joint creative impact of the annual Edinburgh arts festivals, argues Ant…
Continue ReadingThe best theatre to stream this month: comedians do Chekhov, Into the Woods and Dear Octopus
Get a taste of Edinburgh fringe, enjoy Shakespearean insights from illustrious actors and sing along with a handful of musicals in our pick of streaming showsLindsay Duncan shines in the National Theatre’s Lyttelton revival of Dodie Smith’s 1938 drama …
Continue Reading‘They’re dumb – but I want to win’: comedians tell of the highs and lows of the Edinburgh fringe awards
Awards generate a buzz and are motivating but the pressure to be nominated and the disappointment are intense“I have a very toxic relationship with awards,” says Natalie Palamides, who won best newcomer at the 2017 Edinburgh comedy awards. “Obviously, …
Continue ReadingPlease Right Back review – exquisitely crafted hybrid of animation and performance
Gulbenkian Arts Centre, CanterburyTheatre company 1927 pull off a high-wire act of graphic novel visuals, song, dance, comedy and psychedelic make-believe in this madcap odysseyThis “twisted little story” could be fiction or not, we are told at the sta…
Continue ReadingPlease Right Back review – exquisitely crafted hybrid of animation and performance
Gulbenkian Arts Centre, CanterburyTheatre company 1927 pull off a high-wire act of graphic novel visuals, song, dance, comedy and psychedelic make-believe in this madcap odysseyThis “twisted little story” could be fiction or not, we are told at the sta…
Continue ReadingEdinburgh festival 2024: six of the funniest comedians at the fringe
Looking for rising stars this summer? Try gossipy standup, an end-of-the-pier homage and a ‘gay witch sex cult’Frankie Monroe, the impish proprietor of a working men’s club who has made a Faustian pact to keep his establishment open, is bound to be a b…
Continue ReadingHannah Platt: ‘I’m a crotchety old man trapped in the body of a little girl’
The comic on her standup heroes, using depression as an inspiration for laughter and stereotypes about northernersHow did you get into comedy?I’d always wanted to do it but was way too self-conscious. Then when I was very depressed, staying on my frien…
Continue Reading‘Is it nostalgia or were the 90s just wicked?’: millennial artists revive ‘Cool Britannia’ era
Fashion and music from the 90s are with us again – not to mention a Labour landslide. Next month’s Edinburgh fringe will capture the moodAs Labour swept to a landslide win on 4 July to the sound of D:Ream and chants of “Football’s Coming Home” echoing …
Continue ReadingBaby Reindeer reveals the shame and wonder of performing at the Edinburgh fringe | Georgie Wyatt
As a veteran of the festival, Richard Gadd captures the mix of heady promise and bleak reality that awaits another influx of acts this summerNothing prepares you for performing at the Edinburgh festival fringe. It’s the largest arts festival in the wor…
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