Festivals

Subversion? Experimentation? A simple lack of performance spaces? Whatever it was that inspired Dublin-based group Nod Nod, to bring Beckett’s classic ... Read more »

With funding streams drying up amid economic meltdown, this has been predicted to be one of the Fringe's toughest years. But are the prospects really as bleak as some have forecast? And does the new woman in charge have what it takes to weather the storm? Simon Mundy investigates Read more »

“Scottish hip-hop? They compare it to Australian jazz or something,” so says Ally Massaqui, who makes up one-third of the Edinburgh rap group You... Read more »

Exploring topics as varied as human soup, arming the elderly and the Pope’s views on gender identity, Zoe Lyons’ third solo show at the Fringe pr... Read more »

The line between stand-up and sketch comedy is often thought to be policed more strictly than the Berlin Wall. But like so many David Hasselhofs, this newly ... Read more »

There’s no shortage of big names unveiling new books at this year’s festival—William Boyd, Richard Dawkins and Douglas Coupland, to name bu... Read more »

A new production of Verdi’s great Shakespearean opera, conducted by David Robertson and backed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, premières at the f... Read more »

Helen and Danny keep themselves to themselves – until the day the outside world comes crashing into their lives when Helen’s brother turns up, co... Read more »

In a way, Megan Riordan has always been an actress. Brought up in a world of disguises, pseudonyms and over-the-top personas, she spent her early years on th... Read more »