Edinburgh Festivals, May Luck Be With You
Edinburgh in August is a kind of Mecca for theatergoers around the world. It is due to its...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Overview
There is a show at this year’s Fringe called Distant Memories of the Near Future written and...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: “Lucy and Friends,” Pleasance Courtyard
Lucy McCormick used to do music gigs and re-enactments, but she has now put her past and her...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: #Danish Ed Fringe
There is a little red brochure going around the Edinburgh Fringe titled #Danish. It represents the...
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Big In Belgium At The Edinburgh Fringe 2023
It was exactly ten years ago that Big in Belgium – a season of work from Flanders – was first...
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Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “FOOD” By Geoff Sobelle
You would not have been wrong to expect a feast in this show set at a giant dining table, fully...
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Poland at The Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Lubuski Teatr’s “Gusła” And The Song Of The Goat’s “Andronicus Synecdoche”
Thanks to the early 20th century ethnographic research of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, the word...
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Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “Trojan Women” By The National Theatre Of Korea
There are multiple ways to admire this production of a Greek classic, directed by Singaporean Ong...
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Mark Ravenhill’s “Angela” on The Sound Stage
Does a subjective theatre piece encourage a subjective critical response? I think it might,...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Gig Theatre
The official stats have it that in its 73rd year of existence, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019...
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Jo Clifford’s “Losing Venice” at The Orange Tree Theatre
English-born and Scottish-based playwright Jo Clifford has been an astonishingly energetic and...
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Glasgow’s Easterhouse To Stage Ancient “Trojan Women” Play With War-Scarred Syrian Refugees
A 2,400-year-old Greek tragedy is to be staged in one of Scotland’s most deprived communities to...
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Should Disabled-Led Organizations Take More Responsibility For Access Than Mainstream Ones?
A couple of weeks ago, I moderated an inclusion panel at the Edinburgh Film Festival where I...
Read MoreTranssexual Theatre: Two Brave New Edinburgh Plays Tell of Harrowing Journeys
The struggle for transgender people is a leading theme at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe thanks to two shows from the National Theatre of Scotland, Adam and Eve. The shows begin in different times and places, but both are about...
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Sexual Desires of People with Learning Disabilities are Taboo – It’s Why We Mishandle their Pregnancies
Mia: Daughters of Fortune is a play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe about a young woman who falls...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2017: The Comedy Shows You Should Book Now
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the best place to see comedy heavyweights perform alongside up...
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Listening, Balance and Why It’s Everything: Talking Dramaturgy With Rosie Kellagher
A conversation about dramaturgy and New Writing with Rosie Kellagher, Literary Manager for the...
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Hidden Door: The Festival Turning Edinburgh’s Forgotten Spaces Into Creative Hubs
For 28 years, Edinburgh’s Leith Theatre was left derelict and decaying. Now, it’s being brought...
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Storytelling and Catching Wild Birds – Talking Dramaturgy With Shilpa T-Hyland
A conversation about dramaturgy, storytelling and outside eyes with Shilpa T-Hyland, co-artistic...
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Political Origins of the Edinburgh International Festival
In 1947 Edinburgh was still in a post-war haze. The city was craving colour, culture, and above...
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