But the forces of democratisation and outreach have been at work. In recent years the festival has kicked off with a large scale free “opening event,” aptly mirrored by the popular free fireworks ...

There’s a deep vein of melancholy running through Glasgow producing house Cryptic’s promenade installation Below the Blanket, which currently occupies several sites across Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic ...

We've noticed a bit of a trend in this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows. There's a lot of talk of the '90s. Now, we don't know if this is because it was the best decade of all time or the worst, ...

The full line-up for the 2019 Edinburgh International Festival has been revealed. Disability-led Scottish company Birds of Paradise will present Robert Softley Gale's Purposeless Movements, exploring ...

It’s that time of the year again, when trainloads of comedians, budding actors, and directors head north of the border for the Edinburgh Festival. For three weeks, the Scottish capital is taken over ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In a time when it's often hard to tell The Goodies from The Baddies, Ginger ...

Theatrical productions at the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe give the impression of a world coming apart at the seams. By Matt Wolf EDINBURGH — The Edinburgh International Festival comes ...

BroadwayWorld readers were invited to vote for their favourite comedy, theatre, musical, cabaret, circus/physical theatre and children's shows, as well as the best venue in Edinburgh and the ...

A joke about vegetables has been crowned Dave’s “Funniest Joke of The Fringe” at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel won the award with the gag: “I keep randomly shouting out ...