Tag: Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Screen Scotland teams up with world’s largest arts festival to secure new film and TV content

Screen Scotland has launched a new collaboration with the world’s largest arts festival – the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – to secure new film and TV content. Continue reading Screen Scotland teams up with world’s largest arts festival to secure new film and TV content

Circular Edinburgh is the best show in town

 Fringe Swap Shop demonstrates benefits of re-use

Everything from weird and wacky costumes to solid stage props are getting a new lease of life at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Swap Shop for performers, a great example of how the new ‘circular economy’ approach to the capital’s Festivals could work in the future, making one of the world’s leading cultural cities, one of its leading circular cities. Continue reading Circular Edinburgh is the best show in town

Fringe: the show’s over for 2018

Yesterday marked the end of another record-breaking year for the world’s greatest performing arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Shows took place in 317 venues across the city ranging from large theatres to a chicken coop with a capacity of three! Continue reading Fringe: the show’s over for 2018

The Fringe’s very own time-travelling doctor

Passionate Machine photo call, PICS John Preece

Dr Rosy Carrick’s Tardis-like Police Box time machine materialised on Leamington Terrace, near Bruntsfield Links yesterday. Slightly off course (the show’s at Zoo Charteris) but that’s the way of these things! Continue reading The Fringe’s very own time-travelling doctor

Barbados’ star saxophonist Arturo Tappin brings carnival fever to Fringe

The Caribbean’s smoothest saxophonist comes to Edinburgh this summer bringing a taste of carnival across the pond from Barbados. Tappin will once again take guests on a musical journey of the Caribbean islands, playing the smoothest in Jazz and reggae, thrilling the crowds at multiple venues across the country. Continue reading Barbados’ star saxophonist Arturo Tappin brings carnival fever to Fringe

Surgeons Quarter forecasts record-breaking Festival

A historic city institution is set to host its biggest ever Edinburgh Festival Fringe as it celebrates a decade-long partnership with one of the festival’s leading production companies. Breaking its own record this year, Surgeons Quarter expects to see an estimated 80,000 visitors walk through its doors by the end of the month. Continue reading Surgeons Quarter forecasts record-breaking Festival