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Edinburgh’s Old Town to be new Fringe Community Hub

Edinburgh’s Old Town to be new Fringe Community Hub

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society in official talks for community building in Edinburgh’s Old Town to be new Fringe Community Hub On Tuesday 25th April 2023, the City of Edinburgh Council’s Finance and Resource Committee will consider Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s request for approval to progress to formal discussions for a long-term lease of the South […]

Underbelly Listings release for 11 May

Underbelly Listings release for 11 May

    Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe   Underbelly’s full Edinburgh Fringe season of over 150 shows is now on sale, with over 40 shows announced 11 May including exciting theatre, comedy, circus, musicals and children’s shows. Part of a stellar line-up in comedy for 2017, Jason Manford performs 7 shows in the infamous upside […]

The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute Komische Oper Berlin | Barrie Kosky | 1927 27 – 30 August 2015 Festival Theatre Mozart’s masterful comedy is richly reimagined in a boundary-busting production created by director Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927, blending animated film and live action in a spectacular kaleidoscope of 1920s silent movies, Weimar cabaret, the […]

Soggy Santas

    HUNDREDS of festive fundraisers today turned Princes Street Gardens into a sea of red and white as they took part in the Great Edinburgh Santa Run.   In the rather dreich conditions Santas of all ages ran, walked and strolled around the two-kilometre circuit in aid of the children’s charity When You Wish […]

Steve Wozniak at the Turing festival Edinburgh

    In what seemed a fleeting interview at the Edinburgh Playhouse, during the Turing festival, Steve Wozniak discussed life at Apple, entrepreneurship, his autobiography iWoz and the future of computing and the web. Although hampered by what I though was some poor interviewing by Helen Arney Steve did shine through. I was hoping to hear more […]

Holmes Returns

    The statue of Sherlock Holmes, one of Edinburgh’s famous land marks, has returned after 3 years in storage. The bronze statue of the famous detective was put into storage because its site in Picardy Place, at the top of Edinburgh’s Leith Walk, was directly in the path of the tram project. The statue was erected in Picardy […]

The Gilded Balloon Festival Highlights

  The Gilded Balloon is one of Scotland’s leading entertainment venues with the best of live entertainment. As one of the four largest venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Gilded Balloon is respected internationally for presenting a stunning annual showcase of theatre, comedy and cabaret. Jarred Christmas, Gilded Balloon 2012 Fringe Venue: Gilded Balloon […]