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Voices: I won a game show, but even that wasn’t enough to cover performing at the Edinburgh Fringe

COMMENT: I had to use my Weakest Link winnings to put on my Edinburgh play, writes Kat Brown. Twenty years on, I don't know how today’s performers can afford to do it

The New York Times · 1d

What to Watch at the Edinburgh Fringe

Some picks from the more than 3,000 shows in the Scottish arts extravaganza, including comedy, dance, theater and some gloriously weird spectacles.

BBC · 1d

What is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe?

During August, Edinburgh's population nearly doubles to around one million, as people come to perform or watch comedy and shows.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe: The full scale revealed as 501 new acts sign up for 2025 spectacle

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society said this year’s event will feature 54,474 performances from 3,853 shows. Since the ...

Onstage orgasms, live tattooing, ‘embracing our mucky parts’ … Edinburgh fringe artists take it to the limit

The month-long festival can be an endurance test for many its performers, as they confront their emotional and physical ...

The Arts Desk2d

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Alright Sunshine / K Mak at the Planetarium / PAINKILLERS

Cowan’s expertly paced script is a slow, drip-drip reveal, not only of the dark underside of Edinburgh – all too easy to ...

Edinburgh Fringe Can Bring Artists Fame, but Money’s Another Matter

The venue that hosted “Baby Reindeer” is back from the financial brink, but many performers still say the risk of taking part ...

The Advocate1d

Dispatches from the Fringe Festival: Read about the BRIDGES Project's Scotland adventures

The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge's BRIDGES Project, a statewide theater group of high school students, are ...

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Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt FM's Fringe event

Pro-Palestinian protesters have disrupted an Edinburgh Fringe Festival event featuring First Minister John Swinney. He was ...

The funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025

August is the most exciting month on the comedy calendar. Over the coming weeks, comedians from around the world are making ...

Edinburgh News on MSN2d

Tory MSP shares concerns over Edinburgh city centre police station closure on opening day of Fringe

A Tory MSP has shared concerns over an Edinburgh police station's closures during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, despite a major police operation in the city centre.

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