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Edinburgh Fringe shows cancelled as comedian says festival has ‘let us all down’

EDINBURGH Fringe comedians have warned that shows are being cancelled as audiences appear to fall away during the final week of the festival

The National (Scotland) · Aug 30

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews round-up: Harriet Richardson, Ele McKenzie, Imogen Andrews

Three newcomers perform their debut hour-long shows in 2026 and there’s a five-star review among them

Evening Standard · Aug 24

5 things we learned from John Curtice appearance at Edinburgh Fringe

ELECTIONS guru John Curtice took to the stage at the Edinburgh Fringe on Tuesday ...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 11

Reginald D Hunter says daughter cut him off over 'ugly' Israel joke

The US comedian, 57, claimed he is ‘estranged’ from his family over the incident at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024

Evening Standard · Jul 22

Fringe-goers can feel the heat during performances in pop-up sauna

A morning ‘sauna rave’ is among the events in the Sauna Theatre programme at Summerhall Arts.

Evening Standard · May 1

Voices: I went to the Edinburgh Fringe in disguise to avoid my exes

COMMENT: As the Edinburgh Festival winds down for another year, Victoria Richards relays the desperate measures she took to avoid bumping into people she knew on her first visit to the Fringe

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2025

The hell of staying in Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival

‘Hell is other people’: Writer Victoria Richards takes her first trip to the annual festival — and realises that the French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre was right

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2025

'Double-edged': Gianmarco Soresi on identity, Israel, and his sold-out Fringe run

“ALL my life I've been told, even if I haven't embraced Judaism, ‘you're a Jew, you're a Jew’. It was thrust upon me ..."

The National (Scotland) · Aug 8, 2025

Swinney brands Gaza crisis ‘genocide’ after Fringe show disrupted

An event with the First Minister was interrupted seven times by pro-Palestinian protesters.

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2025

If Edinburgh Fringe wants more hits like Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, it needs a complete overhaul

COMMENT: As the Scottish capital readies itself for the annual arts festival, Alice Saville asks whether profiteering landlords, sponsor dropouts and a general financial hellscape mean hits like ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ will be increasingly hard to come by

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025