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Fringe Theatre Round-up »

Beautiful Burnout

This year’s Edinburgh Fringe was a thoroughly eclectic and ever-extravagant festival. From celebrity producers (Emma Thompson, Fair Trade) to celebrity stars (Alan Cumming in I Bought a Blue Car Today or Clarke Peters with Five Guys Named Moe) an...

Tue 14 Sep 2010 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

Edinburgh University library to make showbiz debut at Fringe »

Main library 1 (03/10)

The University of Edinburgh has announced that the George Square Library is to be used as a venue during the Fringe festival this August. According to sources close to Principal Timothy O’Shea, the university will be renting out the library to a...

Thu 01 Apr 2010 by Crispin Thistlejohn | Read more »

A cure for the summertime blues »

A cure for the summertime blues

There are certain lessons quickly learned when beginning life as a student: tupperware is indispensable, second-hand clothing is ‘vintage’ and abandoned furniture is invariably worthy of the laborious journey back to the flat. Students have...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Rachael Cloughton | Read more »

Report criticises Fringe box office for Festival chaos »

Fringe

An independent report on the problem-plagued Festival Fringe box office system was published last week criticising the box office for its failure to cope with customer demands during last year’s festival. Malfunctioning of the new box office syst...

Wed 11 Feb 2009 by Lidija Liegis | Read more »

Fringe Sunday facing axe after £70,000 shortfall »

Fringe Sunday

Fringe Sunday, the largest event at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is facing cancellation in 2009 due to funding problems. Despite attracting over 250,000 in 2008, the free event looks set to be axed due to the lack of income. The event, which costs a...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Edinburgh graduate wins Fringe honours »

Scenes from Ella Hickson's production 'Eight'

Around 75 per cent of graduates at Scotland's top universities go straight into employment. But very few of them amass Edinburgh Fringe awards. University of Edinburgh graduate Ella Hickson has done just that, winning not only a Fringe First award, but...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

'Eight' exclusive extract »

Scenes from Ella Hickson's Production 'Eight'

Miles is an American man in his mid-twenties. He is dressed in a sharp suit and is attractive due to a corporate aesthetic. He should carry himself with ultimate bodily and vocal composure. The cracks in this composure should be perfectly synchronized ...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Ella Hickson | Read more »

Box-office breakdown sends Fringe revenue tumbling »

 By most accounts, a festival which crams 31,320 performances of 2,088 shows into 247 venues over the space of three weeks ought to be considered a success. But box-office problems which cost the Fringe more than £100,000 may have impacted t...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

Students on the Fringe »

Student theatre at the Fringe

It is exam time. Central area is eerily silent, as across Edinburgh thousands of students sit hunched over their files, books, laptops and kettles like worker bees in a city-wide hive. On the outside, however, strange things will soon begin to happen. ...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

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