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Summerhall

Xhloe and Natasha in What If They Ate The Baby?

Fringe First Awards: five new winners and an invitation to our awards ceremony

The Ice Hole: A Cardboard Comedy

Fringe theatre reviews: The Ice Hole: A Cardboard Comedy | Playing Latinx + more

Lady Dealer at Summerhall has been shortlisted for both the Holden Street Theatres Award and the Filipa Bragança Award

Fringe Firsts: Brighton Fringe, Adelaide Fringe & more award shortlists revealed

An Interrogation

Edinburgh Fringe theatre reviews: An Interrogation | Polko + more

Twenty People A Minute

Fringe theatre reviews: Twenty People A Minute | Nomad + more

Mass Effect is one of the dance shows given the full five stars by the Scotsman at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Four dance and circus shows awarded the full five stars by Scotsman critics

Pilot (PIC Alex Brenner)

Fringe theatre reviews: Pilot | Tea and Milk + more

Papillon (PIC Hoi DoPhan)

Fringe dance, physical theatre & circus reviews: Papillon | Baklâ + more

Gunter. Picture: Alex Brenner

Fringe theatre reviews: Gunter | Hello Kitty Must Die | Them | Pitch

Piece of Work: James Rowland

Edinburgh Fringe theatre reviews – Piece of Work | Abbey's Box + more

Growler

Edinburgh Fringe theatre reviews: Growler | MANikin + more

Land Under Wave

Fringe theatre reviews: Land Under Wave | Rewind | Everything Under the Sun

Growler (PIC Kyle Ferguson)

My Festival: Growler

Sensuous Governing (Photo Copyright Diana Lindhardt)

Fringe theatre reviews: Sensuous Governing | The Serpent's Tooth + more

Eliona Haines in HIGH STEAKS: Picture: Matjaž Rušt

Fringe theatre reviews: High Steaks | Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars + more

Klanghaus: InHaus (Photo copyright Gordon Woolcock)

Fringe theatre reviews: Klanghaus: InHaus | Is It Art? + more

Gusla. Picture: Kamil Derda

Fringe Theatre reviews: Gusla | Artist/Muse | Lost And Found + more...

Adam Scott-Rowley in YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. Picture: Ryan Buchanan

Fringe reviews: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE | Certain Death and Other Considerations

You an Me (Photo Copyright Lesley Martin)

Fringe dance & physical theatre reviews: You and Me | Exhale | A/lone + more

Looking For Giants

Edinburgh Fringe theatre reviews: Looking for Giants | Ramalama Ding Dong

Laura Murphy makes A Spectacle of Herself at Summerhall.

Edinburgh Fringe dance reviews: A Spectacle of Herself, Party Ghost and more

Fred Deakin's Club Life

Edinburgh Fringe: Lemon Jelly's Fred Deakin celebrates '90s club culture

Couple of Humans will be part of Summerhall's Fringe programme in August.

Dancing and club culture takes centre stage in Summerhall Fringe programme

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe celebrated its 75th annniversary last summer. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Fringe venues warn event will 'wither away' without short-term lets rethink

Arthropoda PIC: Kate George

Manipulate reviews: Birdie | Ferguson & Barton | Anthropoda | MOC

A still from Song Sparrow, screening as part of the Animated Womxn showcase at Manipulate PIC: Farzaneh Omidvarnia

Manipulate festival 'spreading its animated tentacles across Edinburgh’

Summerhall founder Robert McDowell has revealed he lodged a bid to take over the Filmhouse in Edinburgh. Picture: Neil Hanna

Edinburgh Filmhouse rescue bid by Summerhall founder rejected

Robert McDowell, director of Summerhall, said it was important to take a stand against "crass censorship" and show the film. PIC: Neil Hanna.

Banned film screened in Edinburgh despite 'crass censorship' attempt by Belarus

Pussy Riot PIC: Denis Lovrovic/AFP via Getty Images)

Music review: Pussy Riot, Summerhall, Edinburgh

Anthony Anaxagorou

Festival review: Push the Boat Out, Summerhall, Edinburgh

Emmanuelle Laborit and Ramesh Meyyappan in La Performance PIC: Mihaela Bodlovic

Theatre reviews: La Performance | Undertow Overflow

The all female and non-binary songwriting collective Hen Hoose will be appearing at Edinburgh's Push The Boat Out festival in November.

Push The Boat Out: Line-up for Edinburgh's poetry festival revealed

James Ley PIC: Roccio Chacon

James Ley on his new play Sally, and what happens when irony fails

Tune-Yards

Music review: Tune-Yards, Summerhall, Edinburgh

A Place that Belongs to Monsters. Pic: Tom Figgins

Fringe theatre reviews: A Place that Belongs to Monsters | Bluewater | Madame...

This is Not a Show about Hong Kong. Pic: Simon Adrians.

Edinburgh Fringe reviews: This Is Not A Show About Hong Kong | Nightlands

Cate Le Bon PIC: H Hawkline

Music review: Cate Le Bon, Summerhall, Edinburgh

Work.txt. PIC: Alex Brenner

Fringe theatre reviews: Work.txt | About Money | Appraisal + more

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

Fringe children's show reviews: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings + more

Stand-up comic and activisit Kate Smurthwaite is a former board member of the Fringe Society.

Fringe Society comes under fire from former board member

Mark Thomas (Pic: Tony Pletts)

My Festival: Mark Thomas

The Edinburgh International Festival staged its opening event at Murrayfield Stadium on Friday (Picture: Ryan Buchanan)

Demand to be part of Edinburgh's festivals will only increase – Brian Ferguson

Invisible Mending. PIC: Max Barton

Fringe theatre: Invisible Mending | Nympho | Kurt Vonnegut: My Lives’ Stories

Hannah Follows and Adam Gregory, who have brought the show Coming Out Of My Cage (And I've Been Doing Just Find) to the festival, were among the artists and performers to meet Fringe Society president and Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge at the Pleasance Courtyard this weekend.

Festival Diary: President Phoebe Waller-Bridge puts in a shift for the Fringe

Women's football play Sweet FA is back at Tynecastle Park for the Fringe. Picture: Simon Messer

Festival Diary: Demarco starts the festival season with a bang

Looking to book some comedy shows at Edinburgh fringe this August?

Ad Feature Edinburgh Fringe 2022: 8 comedy venues

Gabriel Byrne in Walking with Ghosts. Photographer: Ros Kavanagh.

National showcases at Edinburgh Fringe 2022

Catch Cat in the Hat at the Pleasance

Ad Feature Ten children's shows to see on the Fringe

Apphia Campbell in Black is the Color of My Voice PIC: Peter Dibdin

11 returning Fringe shows recommended by Scotsman critics

Sarah-Louise Young PIC: Steve Ullathorne

My Festival: Sarah-Louise Young

Lubna Kerr in Tickbox PIC: David Ho

10 Fringe performers on how to improve the world's biggest arts festival

The Choir of Man

Ad Feature Reviews and tickets on one Fringe platform

Gilded Balloon is one of the biggest venue operators on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Eight Fringe venue operators join forces to run their own box office

James Yorkston

Music review: Yorkston Thorne Ghatak, Summerhall, Edinburgh

Underbelly's purple cow venue is one of the most popular venues at the Fringe. Picture: David Scott

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Public funding help for leading venues revealed

Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder will be premiered as part of Summerhall's Fringe programme.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: More than 2000 shows confirmed for 2022

The Scotsman Top Stories

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries