The future of street theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Festival is at risk due to the soaring costs involved in accommodating crowds and performers.

The head of a major Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue has warned the event is in danger of becoming a “one monologue festival” due to the soaring costs of performing in the Scottish capital.

The Scotsman has been proud to cover the Edinburgh festivals since they began in 1947, and as the festivals have grown, our coverage has grown too. We are not aware of any other daily newspaper ...

Miriam Margoyles, Jenny Eclair and Bill Bailey are among the performers appearing in more than 3,000 shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe ...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme launched Topics at the event in August include the apocalypse, rave culture, disability and sexuality.

The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been launched, including more than 3,350 shows across 265 venues. Comedy, music, dance, children’s shows, magic and cabaret will all be part ...

So are things as black as they are painted? Yes and no, which is another Edinburgh Festival tradition – everything’s terrible until August rolls… ...

An eight-hour choral extravaganza of a universal prayer is to open the Edinburgh International Festival at the Usher Hall. John Tavener's The Veil of the Temple will be performed by Edinburgh ...

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 2025 Keep it Fringe fund. This is the third year of the fund, an initiative created to support Fringe artists to realise ...

The Edinburgh International Festival has announced new initiatives to attract diverse audiences, including affordable ticket options and innovative experiences, aiming to make the arts more ...