Festivals

After the release last year of Standing in Another Man's Grave, Rebus fans were thrilled to see the curmudgeonly detective back on the trail of killers, gang... Read more »

Predictably, the newspaper coverage of Alasdair Gray's talk at Edinburgh International Book Festival focuses on just a single word in a far-reaching and... Read more »

I’m struggling with what just happened here, so, from the top - six very talented physical performers bound on to the stage and begin to mime & lip... Read more »

The Wee Man and Ro Campbell have invented one of the most exciting late-night formats since Set List with their Rap Battles, in which two comedians duke it o... Read more »

One of the most outrageous stunts of this Fringe is the relatively-unknown Yianni booking himself in for a night at the cavernous EICC. Most acts struggle to... Read more »

As the audience take their seats in the crescent shaped spectator area of the former vet school’s dissection room at Summerhall, gazing down at the per... Read more »

In the second of our live reports from Beacons, a riotous set from Gold Panda proves the stealth highlight of Saturday, while Bicep and Bondax bring the party, and Local Natives soothe frayed nerves with their calming brand of swoon-gaze Read more »

Our five intrepid reporters are broadcasting live – well, as live as you can get allowing time for sleep and gin – from this year's Beacons festival. Here's the lowdown on Friday's events, from a sputtering Ghostpoet to a spluttering Fucked Up Read more »

Fringe First Award-winning playwright Jonathan Holloway has not given himself an easy task. On top of adapting one of the most well-known and influential sto... Read more »