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Stage

  • Maleah Rendon as Ophelia in Hamlet by New York Circus Project.

    Hamlet by New York Circus Project review – a flashy, dreamy spin on Shakespeare

    There’s a hint of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet in the cocksure, poppy aesthetic of this charismatic display of acrobatics, tumbling and clowning
  • Faustus Operated by two puppeteers.

    Faustus in Africa! review – William Kentridge’s devilishly clever twist on damnation

  • Comedian Jamali Maddix.

    Jamali Maddix: Aston review – bursts of brilliance and a wicked sense of humour

  • Cliff Cardinal in As You Like It: A Radical Retelling.

    As You Like It: A Radical Retelling review – an unbridled howl of rage and resistance

  • Sam Nicoresti, Sam Jay and John Tothill.

    Jokers in the pack: eclectic shortlist revealed for Edinburgh comedy awards 2025

  • Raygun at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. competes during the B-Girls Round Robin - Group B on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

    Australian breakdancer Raygun is lampooned in a new musical but the Olympics fiasco was no comedy

    Lyndsey Winship
  • Liam Gallagher at the opening concert of Oasis’s reunion tour. They played three nights in Edinburgh this month.

    ‘Liam Gallagher is funnier than most standups!’: Is comedy the new rock’n’roll – or vice versa?

Reviews

  • Gloria Obianyo (left) and Amber James in As You Like it at Theatre Royal Bath.

    As You Like It review – Ralph Fiennes’ sombre, stately directorial stage debut

  • Kiell Smith-Bynoe in Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Friends: Kool Story Bro at the Edinburgh fringe 2025

    Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Friends: Kool Story Bro review – eccentric improv antics

  • Dan Tiernan.

    Dan Tiernan: All In review – crude comedy with a big payoff is standup’s best yet

  • The actor Olisa Odele in Fat Ham, a production Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

    Fat Ham review – Hamlet becomes a booty-shaking barbecue in glittery Pulitzer winner

  • Elouise Eftos: Australia's First Attractive Comedian.

    Elouise Eftos: Australia’s First Attractive Comedian review – fabulously provocative jokes

  • Rebranded … Ivo Graham.

    Ivo Graham: Orange Crush review – comic riffs on his favourite colour, from Irn-Bru to Wotsits

  • Twelfth Night Or What You Will at the Globe theatre.

    Twelfth Night Or What You Will review – knockabout comedy eliminates the anguish

  • Betty Grumble’s Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t

    Betty Grumble’s Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t review – nude, lewd and confused

Dance

  • Einstein on the Beach

    ‘I’d never seen anything like it’: Lucinda Childs on the extraordinary worlds of Robert Wilson

    The dancer and choreographer recalls five decades of collaboration with the visionary stage director, including Einstein on the Beach
  • Go! by Corps In Situ.

    Prime movers, Scottish masculinity and hip-hop in a Hong Kong cafe: dance at Edinburgh fringe

  • Scottish Ballet principal Roseanna Leney posing as Mary, Queen of Scots on the roof of Saltire Court overlooking Edinburgh Castle.

    ‘She was a badass!’ – Mary, Queen of Scots becomes a feisty rock star and daring dancer

  • Dance People at Old College Quad, Edinburgh.

    Dance People review – join Edinburgh festival’s promenade of protest and play

  • Missed chances for connection … Jorga Follina and Alex Henderson in Solitude Without Loneliness.

    Solitude Without Loneliness review – bad dates, frenzied flyering and the spirit of the fringe

Comedy

  1. People walk past posters in Bristo Square, Edinburgh.

    The Edinburgh fringe has almost 4,000 shows – what does it take for a standup to stand out?

  2. Simple Town.

    Simple Town review – these Pythonesque jokers could be your new best friends

  3. Comedian Suzi Ruffell performing in Montreal in 2022.

    A moment that changed me: I slipped in the shower, realised I was exhausted – and transformed my life

    Suzi Ruffell
  4. Sam Jay sitting on a rock at Edinburgh castle, with fringe crowd in the background

    ‘It felt like a scene from The Handmaid’s Tale’: US comics on the dangers of political satire

Theatre

  • Actor Michael Sheen after taking part in a Q&A session at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

    Michael Sheen says prospects for actors from poorer backgrounds ‘quite scary’

  • Playwright Jack Holden with his arms crossed over his body

    The Lost Boys get loose: Jack Holden on rebooting Peter Pan and The Line of Beauty

  • Goofy and sultry … Sponsored By the Void.

    How scary can theatre really be? My horror marathon in search of stage frights

  • Swiping Right Sophie Anna Veelenturf

    Swiping Right review – punchy questions about dating across the political divide

Pictures & video

  • Two people in colourful drag-style costumes and headdresses Image Type

    Edinburgh festival 2025
    Creeps, legends, witches and wonders: Edinburgh fringe – in pictures

    From a Polish prince of Denmark to pickled vegetables and tributes to Billy Connolly and Marilyn Monroe, our photographer explores the many worlds of the festival
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    Mballet dance academy in Thembisa, South Africa – in pictures

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  • Ayano Akai with dancers of The National Ballet of Japan backstage during Etudes as part of a performance of Ballet Coffret in Tokyo

    ‘Beautiful form isn’t enough’: National Ballet of Japan – picture essay

  • A scene from Into the Wild by Murmuration, part of Gala de Danza

    All the right moves: the London premiere of Gala de Danza

    Gallery15
  • Susannah Fielding (Titania/Hippolyta) in A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Re-met by moonlight: A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to the Bridge

    Gallery19

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    Edinburgh’s couple acts: the fringe duos starring together – and even getting married on stage

  3. She smirks at the camera with her hands on her head

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