Keep it Fringe 2026: Sixteen Artists Share £40k as the Fringe Society Sounds the Alarm on Sustainability There’s a rhythm to the build up of the Festival Fringe, usually picking up pace around Springtime: the clocks go forward, the posters get sent away for vetting, baked potatoes become more valuable than gold, and the Fringe … Continue reading Have A Gander at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 – Keep it Fringe 2026: Sixteen Artists Share £40k
There’s a particular sound that echoes across Edinburgh every year. It’s not the seagulls, nor the clatter of scaffolding as yet another venue sprouts from a car park. It’s the collective gasp of Fringe‑goers realising the programme has ballooned again — this time by 1,730 new shows, bringing the total to 2,083; so far. And … Continue reading Have A Gander at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 – 1,730 New Shows Confirmed as Edinburgh Braces for Impact
Imaginate’s 2026 Children’s Festival – Edinburgh’s Most Essential Festival Steps Into a New Era Edinburgh is never short on festivals, but only one of them quietly shapes the cultural future of the city. The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival has long been the place where imagination is taken seriously, where young audiences are treated as thinkers, … Continue reading Have a Gander at Edinburgh’s International Children’s: Imaginate
The Manipulate Festival has returned to Edinburgh for its 19th edition, with a glorious first time collaboration with The Filmhouse to house their film events. Part of the festival was a collection of animated horror shorts from around the globe. Each had their own styles, providing an eclectic and exciting mix of new works for … Continue reading Review: Animated Horror Shorts (Manipulate Festival) – The Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Auntie Empire storms into Manipulate with Disaster Plan’s trademark blend of bouffon clowning, dark satire, and political bite. Led by Julia Taudevin and Kieran Hurley, the show casts Taudevin as a decaying, delusional Britannia figure inviting her “family” to revel in imperial nostalgia while confronting a far grimmer truth. Evolving through earlier versions as live‑gore cabaret, … Continue reading Have a Gander at Auntie Empire – Manipulate 2026
https://youtu.be/4WkDHuGpStg Created, Directed and Performed by Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney - Ockham’s Razor Choreography by Nathan Johnston Review by Marina Funcasta The Lowry ★★★★★ “This piece is a culmination of everything we have learned in the twenty four years we have spent working together. Lets begin: Day One.” Quite an opening. Charlotte Mooney takes off her … Continue reading Review: Ockham’s Razor: Collaborator – The Place, London
https://youtu.be/P12_dHXCzuU Performed and Devised by Sadiq Ali, Phoebe Knight, Jonah Russell Artistic Direction by Sadiq Ali Review by Marina Funcasta The Studio (Edinburgh run) ★★★★ Sadiq Ali Company stuns with their new show, Tell Me. Taking an HIV diagnosis as a starting point, we follow Grace, played with delicacy by Phoebe Knight, as she contends … Continue reading Review: Tell Me – The Place, London
Photo Credit - Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Out In The Hills: a midwinter queer uprising with tartan edges There are January weekends that drag like wet tweed, and there are January weekends that feel like a defibrillator to Scotland’s cultural heart. Out In The Hills is decisively the latter: a concentrated blast of theatre, conversation, music, and gloriously … Continue reading Have a Gander at Out in the Hills: Scotland’s New Queer Beacon in the Highlands, Pitlochry Theatre
Running from January 20th - 24th, the Edinburgh Universe Savoy Opera Group’s production of Into The Woods brings Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s beloved fairy-tale musical to life at Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh this January. Featuring classic characters like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and Rapunzel, the show asks what happens after the … Continue reading Have a Gander at EUSOG’S Into The Woods with the Cast and Crew
Home For Christmas: Edinburgh Panto’s Past, Present And (The King’s Theatre) Future As Edinburgh prepares for the long‑awaited return of its panto to the King’s Theatre, Dominic Corr sat down with Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young to reflect on a tradition that has shaped their careers and captivated generations. From the Festival Theatre’s … Continue reading Have a Gander at Pantomime 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk with Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young
