Edinburgh Fringe luvvies have been left furious by the so-called 'Oasis effect', which has driven up accommodation fees in the Scottish capital to 'catastrophic' levels. Performers at the showpiece ...

Gabrielle Leonore’s “My Life as an ‘Inspirational P*rn Star” and Emily Weitzman’s “Furniture Boys” both showed at Tampa and ...

Around 11 a.m. on a recent Saturday, the first of five work-in-progress comedy shows began to unfold onstage at the Elysian Theater. The audience was encouraged to provide feedback. And between the ...

It wasn't exactly a stellar year for comedy but there were plenty of shows that shone brightly and have stayed with me, even ...

This year, the stronger productions in the open-to-all event were on a par with many in the more prestigious, curated Edinburgh International Festival. By Houman Barekat The critic Houman Barekat saw ...

It’s a gray morning along Edinburgh’s cobbled Royal Mile, and a street sweeper is cleaning up the detritus of another raucous, chaotic night. A bronze statue of philosopher David Hume sits capped by a ...

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is brilliant for kids but you have to do some groundwork in advance. Turn up without a plan (and a packed lunch, waterproofs and plenty of steely determination) and ...

This is your maddest move yet,” my friend Hayley messaged me when I told her I was planning to go to the Edinburgh Fringe festival in disguise to avoid my exes. “What do you mean?” I frowned, studying ...

What is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe? Established in 1947, when eight theatre groups gatecrashed the official Edinburgh International Festival, the Fringe has grown into the largest arts festival in ...

It was not by design that Edinburgh came to be known as “Festival City”. During the second world war Sir Rudolf Bing, the general manager of Glyndebourne’s opera festival, conceived of an ...

Scotland's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the large summer event for stand-up comedy and other stage productions, is the latest victim of the new coronavirus pandemic. By Georg Szalai Global Business ...