Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #edinburghfestival, aggregated by home.social.
‘Jelliness is my life motto’: jackpot theatre prize winner Jaha Koo on kimchi, K-pop and his robotic eel
By Chris Wiegand
Feted for cooking up shows that can be mouthwatering as well as thought-provoking, the artist discusses his fusion of South Korean and European culture
#Stage #Theatre #SouthKorea #Awardsandprizes #Kpop #Food #Edinburghfestival2026 #Culture #Edinburghfestival #AsiaPacific #Music #Worldnews #TheGuardian #ChrisWiegand
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1229979/ More than 120 artists announced for Edinburgh poetry festival #'PushTheBoatOut' #Britain #Edinburgh #EdinburghFestival #GreatBritain #poetry #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom
‘Finally, a victory for the middle-aged white man!’ Chris Cantrill on winning the Edinburgh comedy award
By Brian Logan
The ex-marketing manager’s win, for his spoof Sycamore Gap-inspired whodunnit Rewilding, arrives just as he’s gearing up for a new season of hit sketch show SNL UK – which he calls ‘the hardest job of my life’
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Katie Norris: Mother Succubus review – gothic comic enters a wickedly funny new era
By Brian Logan
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghNorris swaps her larger-than-life Farm Fatale persona for something more autobiographical in this easygoing musical comedy
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/31/katie-norris-mother-succubus-review
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Stage #Sohotheatre #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Dom McGovern: Prize Hog review – a sharp standup who is sure to go stellar
By Brian Logan
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Chicken Shop Date co-writer gives a gossipy, erudite account of his relationship with how he looks in this assured debut
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Stage #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Mere Mortals review – a dazzling, maddening ballet for the AI age
By Lyndsey Winship
Edinburgh PlayhouseSan Francisco Ballet brings a spectacular collision of dance, music and digital wizardry to the Edinburgh international festival in this bold reimagining of Pandora’s box
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Dance #Edinburghfestival #Stage #Culture #Festivals #FloatingPoints #SanFranciscoBallet #TheGuardian #LyndseyWinship
The Bridge review – a funny, furious odyssey through occupation
By Mark Fisher
Assembly George Square studios, EdinburghWriter and actor Alaa Shehada turns a simple bus trip from the West Bank into a vivid tale of bureaucracy, humiliation and resistance
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/30/the-bridge-review-alaa-shehada
#Edinburghfestival #Culture #Festivals #Edinburghfestival2026 #Stage #Theatre #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
When Prophecy Fails review – gripping dive into a doomsday cult
By Lyndsey Winship
Studio theatre, Edinburgh Groupwork’s physical theatre show captures the real story of a midwest mystic from the 50s and the followers she drew, in all their eerie ordinariness
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Theatre #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Stage #Dance #TheGuardian #LyndseyWinship
Omar Badawy: Guided Detour review – dizzying tales of decision paralysis
By Anya Ryan
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic’s unique tale of assimilation and romance-related limbo has a high joke rate and emotional intelligence
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Comedy #Culture #Stage #Edinburghfestival #TheGuardian #AnyaRyan
Underground Monk Show review – hysterical visions enrobed in mystery
By Chris Wiegand
Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghFour clowns stir up a strange stew of ideas about faith in this playful and highly physical comedy
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Clowns #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #TheGuardian #ChrisWiegand
Fourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/29/chris-cantrill-edinburgh-comedy-award-2026 #EdinburghFestival2026 #Stage #Culture #EdinburghFestival #Comedy #Comedy #AwardsAndPrizes #Festivals #UkNews #Scotland #NicaBurns
Fourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026
By Brian Logan
Nominated in three previous years, the rambunctious standup – one half of The Delightful Sausage – wins the prize for his show Rewilding while Marty Gleeson is named best newcomer
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/29/chris-cantrill-edinburgh-comedy-award-2026
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Stage #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Comedy #Comedy #Awardsandprizes #Festivals #UKnews #Scotland #NicaBurns #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey review – time stands still at 3.43am in fringe fairytale
By Mark Fisher
Summerhall, EdinburghAngele and Malcolm Galea’s two-hander cycles through grief and sorrow as a broken-hearted hero is trapped in purgatory
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Fairytales #Theatre #Books #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #Summerhall #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
Chris Cantrill: Rewilding review – a rural whodunnit told with midlife mirth
By Brian Logan
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghCantrill shares his struggles descending into middle age and his awkward interactions with fellow villagers in a fun show
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Roll up, tumble down! The show that imagines the US as a collapsing circus – in pictures
By Murdo MacLeod
At the newly reopened King’s theatre in Edinburgh, as part of the international festival, Geoff Sobelle’s Clown Show is a dizzying whirl through US history
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2026/aug/29/geoff-sobelle-clown-show-circus-in-pictures
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Stage #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Clowns #Theatre #Festivals #TheGuardian #MurdoMacLeod
Royal Lyceum Theatre on a summer evening, during the Festival
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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #architecture #batiment #RoyalLyceumTheatre #theatre #EdinburghFestival #BlackAndWhitePhotography
Spencer Jones: Dogs review – barking comic sniffs out community through canines
By Brian Logan
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghBehind this grab-bag of papier-mache heads and walkies banter lies a celebration of simply talking to one another
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/28/spencer-jones-dogs-review-pleasance-dome-edinburgh
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Tom Towelling Teaches You to Knit review – quirky yarns and a pop quiz in maths
By Brian Logan
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Hopping from a PowerPoint on hairlines to songs about favourite motorways, Towelling’s set is fun but drops a stitch or two
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Edinburghfestival #Comedy #Culture #Festivals #Stage #Schools #Education #Knitting #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Li Jin Hao: Falling from a Moon review – Mr Nostalgia is now the man of the moment
By Brian Logan
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn his award-nominated show, the standup ruminates on myth and memory with some lovely observations
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Festivals #Stage #Comedy #Comedy #Awardsandprizes #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Clown Show review – after 250 years, the American dream explodes over one anarchic night
By Mark Fisher
King’s theatre, Edinburgh The pranks and pratfalls in Geoff Sobelle’s show mark the US’s 250th anniversary with nihilistic excess
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/28/clown-show-review-kings-theatre-edinburgh
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Theatre #Comedy #Clowns #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #Circus #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
BBCSSO/Runnicles review – resplendent recounting of Mahler’s fratricidal fairytale
By Michael Downes
Usher Hall, EdinburghColliding complex and contrasting moods, Mahler’s Das Klagende Lied was rendered with clarity and conviction
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/28/bbcsso-runnicles-review-mahler-usher-hall-edinburgh
#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #GustavMahler #Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #TheGuardian #MichaelDownes
Fairytales pending: the fringe musicals hoping to live happily ever after
By Chris Wiegand
Edinburgh has given festival audiences a look at two long awaited musicals – Bliss and Disenchanted! – with both aiming to now scale up their spectacle
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Musicals #Stage #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Theatre #Fairytales #Books #Festivals #TheGuardian #ChrisWiegand
Marty Gleeson: Dog Ear review – hangdog standup with an unexpected request for Santa
By Brian Logan
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Even one of her own bugs takes the mic as the wild card comedian delivers these disconnected bits
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #Artanddesign #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Freddie Meredith: Need a Light? review – one hilarious hour of cringe
By Brian Logan
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWatching a man labouring to strike up conversations in the smoking area of a nightclub proves not just funny but also touching and uplifting
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Comedy #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Stage #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
Owl at Home review – this Edinburgh fringe hoot is a wise choice for children
By Chris Wiegand
Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghSongs, physical comedy and clever design come together in Theatr Iolo’s adaptation of Arnold Lobel’s offbeat story, aimed at over-fives
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/27/owl-at-home-review
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Theatre #Childrenstheatre #Stage #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Childrensbooks7andunder #Books #Childrenandteenagers #TheGuardian #ChrisWiegand
‘I am so tired’: Jill Edelstein’s devastating portraits of apartheid and more – in pictures
By Guardian Staff
The South African photographer documented her country’s harrowing Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These pictures form part of a new exhibition – alongside intimate images of actors, artists and friends
#Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #Exhibitions #Edinburghfestival #SouthAfrica #NelsonMandela #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Penelope review – Odysseus’s other half sings of her own twists and turns
By Mark Fisher
Underbelly, Cowgate, EdinburghGrace McLean brings vocal and emotional range in the central role of Alex Bechtel’s Homeric song cycle
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/27/penelope-review-homer-underbelly-cowgate-edinburgh
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Theatre #Homer #Books #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
Hot ticket: UK’s first sauna theatre draws swimwear-clad audiences
By Robyn Vinter
The 80-seat venue at Edinburgh fringe combines sauna rituals with theatre, music, storytelling … and sweat
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/27/sauna-theatre-edinburgh-fringe-art
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Fringetheatre #Theatre #Stage #Culture #Edinburgh #Scotland #UKnews #TheGuardian #RobynVinter
Hot ticket: UK’s first sauna theatre draws swimwear-clad audiences https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/27/sauna-theatre-edinburgh-fringe-art #EdinburghFestival2026 #EdinburghFestival #FringeTheatre #Theatre #Stage #Culture #Edinburgh #Scotland #UkNews
The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy! review – workplace meltdown borrows from classic sitcoms
By Chris Wiegand
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Well-tuned performances help along a familiar set of laughs as a rickety library gets a new manager and an inspection
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Theatre #Comedy #Libraries #Books #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #TheGuardian #ChrisWiegand
BBCSSO/Canellakis review – electrifying trio of women unleash the horror in Strauss’s Elektra
By Michael Downes
Usher Hall, EdinburghMaking the most of a huge orchestra, conductor Karina Canellakis treated the dissonant score with relish, but the evening belonged to the singers, with even the tiniest role superbly realised
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Culture #Classicalmusic #Music #BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra #TheGuardian #MichaelDownes
Now I’ve seen everything! A wild ride through the Edinburgh festival 2026 – in pictures
'A succubus, a cycling champ and Sir Elton Scone walk into a bar … and our photographer Murdo MacLeod was there to capture every moment'
#photography #entertainment #stage #EdinburghFestival
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2026/aug/23/edinburgh-festival-2026-in-pictures
‘We risked our lives for $250’: how pole dancing exploded out of strip clubs and became serious art https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/18/pole-dancing-strip-clubs-serious-art-edinburgh-fringe #Dance #EdinburghFestival2026 #Cabaret #Stage #FringeTheatre #Culture #EdinburghFestival #Theatre
The hill I will die on: Packing light is for cowards. Pack heavy | Max Olesker https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/18/hill-i-will-die-on-packing-light-cowards #EdinburghFestival2026 #EdinburghFestival #Theatre #Culture #Travel #LifeAndStyle #Festivals #Stage
Robot helpers and flying houses: Edinburgh fringe tips for families
By Mark Fisher
From wacky versions of The ABC Song to Quentin Blake’s eccentric Mrs Armitage, these five shows offer fun for young audiences
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Stage #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Children #Society #Theatre #Childrenstheatre #QuentinBlake #Puppetry #Comedy #Comedy #Books #Festivals #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
Tether 인연 review – romantic ceilidh skips from Scotland to South Korea
By Mark Fisher
Summerhall, EdinburghLove stories ring across the generations in this charming fusion of traditional dance and music from two cultures
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/17/tether-review-summerhall-edinburgh-festival
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Stage #Theatre #Folkdancing #Dance #Music #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
Skintown review – Northern Irish scamps rave their Troubles away
By Laurence Phelan
Catholics and Protestants find E-fuelled common ground at a hallowed Portrush club in Ciarán McMenamin’s adaptation of his own 2018 novel
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/17/skintown-review-northern-ireland-troubles-youth-rave
#Edinburghfilmfestival #Film #Culture #Dramafilms #Comedyfilms #Clubbing #Dancemusic #NorthernIreland #Comedy #Music #Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #TheGuardian #LaurencePhelan
The Singer review – come on feel the noise with KT Tunstall’s glowing gig theatre
By Mark Fisher
Traverse theatre, EdinburghIn Cora Bissett’s highly enjoyable and accessible show, a deaf man reintroduces a busker to the joy of music
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/16/the-singer-review-traverse-theatre-edinburgh
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Stage #Theatre #KTTunstall #Music #Deafnessandhearingloss #Disability #Society #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
Charlene Kaye: Diversity Shredder review – killer riffs slay toxic music industry
By Arusa Qureshi
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh This is a fun and feverish journey, with well-crafted comedy and screaming guitar, through the star’s career so far
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Stage #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Music #Musicals #TheGuardian #ArusaQureshi
Vile statues, writhing liquorice and kids marooned online: Edinburgh art festival review
By Eddy Frankel
Various venues, EdinburghFrom queer narratives to secret histories, this year celebrates the underground and the unheralded. Our writer uncovers so many stories, he feels like Columbo
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/14/edinburgh-art-festival-review
#Art #Edinburghfestival2026 #Artanddesign #Installation #Culture #Painting #Sculpture #Photography #Edinburghfestival #TheGuardian #EddyFrankel
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1147123/ Comedian to bring ‘wee taste’ of the Fringe to travellers at Glasgow station – The Irish News #Arts #Britain #EdinburghFestival #Glasgow #GlasgowQueenStreet #GreatBritain #RoscoMcLelland #Scotland #ScotRail #UK #UnitedKingdom
Inspired conversation about Edinburgh Festival and role of the arts in society. Bigger than ever.
#EdinburghFestival #DemocracyNow #AmyGoodman
Sophie Garrad proves she’s more than just a viral sketch star in her latest hour at the Pleasance. Truly brilliant. #EdinburghFestival https://edinburgh-reviews.co.uk/review-sophie-garrad-a-period-drama-fringe-2026/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-ERBlogWave1
Mayflies review – Manchester’s Haçienda roars back to life in an Edinburgh warehouse
By Mark Fisher
Rear Warehouse, Brown’s of Leith, EdinburghTwo men look back on their hedonistic past from a sobering present in Grid Iron’s adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s novel
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Stage #Theatre #Culture #Books #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
Blowing his own trumpet
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Musician performing outside the Usher Hall, on a beautiful summer evening
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Musicians taking a break between peformances
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Usher Hall, summer evening
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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghFestival #StreetPhotography #photography #photographie #Music #Musique #UsherHall #BlackAndWhitePhotography
Music on a summer evening
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Classical ensemble playing on the steps of the Usher Hall
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #StreetPhotography #music #musique #UsherHall #EdinburghFestival #BlackAndWhitePhotography
Yeehaw! Bring on the tap-dancing cowgirls! How the Edinburgh Military Tattoo suddenly got cool
By Mark Fisher
With its marching bands, billowing flags and precision drills, the Tattoo has never exactly been cutting edge. But now an experimental theatre-maker has been let loose on it …
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/11/tap-dancing-cowgirls-edinburgh-military-tattoo-cool
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburgh #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Festivals #Scotland #Stage #UKnews #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
Time to kill between afternoon film & meeting chums for evening screening. So I took a walk with the camera, & there's a classical ensemble playing outside the concert hall in the evening sunlight, just because they can, & it's #Edinburgh in August.
Little magical moments you sometimes simply stumble across...
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#Edimbourg #photography #photographie #music #musique #EdinburghFestival
#DemocracyNow - #Edinburgh International Festival Director & Famed Violinist #NicolaBenedetti on the Power of Art
August 10, 2026
‘Comedy is my seed of hope’: UK Palestinian comic Sami Abu Wardeh on his Edinburgh show
By Aamna Mohdin
A growing wave of Palestinian performers are using comedy to tell their stories of occupation, exile and war
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/10/uk-palestinian-comic-sami-abu-wardeh-edinburgh-show
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Palestine #Comedy #Gaza #Comedy #UKnews #Stage #IsraelGazawar #Worldnews #Edinburghfestival #Culture #Festivals #TheGuardian #AamnaMohdin
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1136910/ Amanda Knox Responds To Petition Protesting Her Edinburgh Fringe Show #AmandaKnox #Britain #Edinburgh #EdinburghFringe #EdinburghFestival #GreatBritain #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom
Amanda Knox Responds To Petition Protesting Her Edinburgh Fringe Show, Says It “Honors Meredith Kercher’s Memory”
#Festivals #News #AmandaKnox #EdinburghFestival #EdinburghFringe
‘Not afraid of controversy’: Edinburgh fringe rejects calls to cancel Amanda Knox comedy
By Caroline Davies and Nadia Khomami
Festival organisers defend show after criticism from sister of Meredith Kercher, Knox’s murdered former flatmate
#Edinburghfestival2026 #AmandaKnox #MeredithKercher #Edinburghfestival #Fringetheatre #Culture #Festivals #Stage #Theatre #UKnews #Scotland #Edinburgh #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies #NadiaKhomami
‘Not afraid of controversy’: Edinburgh fringe rejects calls to cancel Amanda Knox comedy https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/07/edinburgh-fringe-rejects-calls-cancel-amanda-knox-comedy-cartwheel #EdinburghFestival2026 #AmandaKnox #MeredithKercher #EdinburghFestival #FringeTheatre #Culture #Festivals #Stage #Theatre #UkNews #Scotland #Edinburgh
August 1947 was the first instance of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Apart from during the pandemic, it's run ever since, bringing laughter, joy and awe to unconventional venues across the city every year. #edinburghfestival #reasonstobegrateful #positivity
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1125612/ Edinburgh Fringe 2026: Critic picks of the best comedy shows to see at the festival #Britain #ComedyClubs #Edinburgh #EdinburghComedyAward #EdinburghFringe #EdinburghFestival #GreatBritain #JordanBrookes #SaturdayNightLive #Scotland #SNL #StandUp #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1124426/ Liam Rudden’s 20 Must See Shows at Edinburgh’s 79th Festival and Fringe #Britain #Edinburgh #EdinburghFringe #EdinburghFestival #GreatBritain #MustSeeTheatre #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom
