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Edinburgh Fringe Round Up - Week One

The 2025 Fringe sees comedians explore their bodies rather than their brains

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2025

Edinburgh Fringe’s funniest joke award scrapped for 2025

TV channel U&Dave said its annual competition was being put on hold

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2025

TransPennine Express to run up to 3 additional services during Edinburgh Fringe

TRANSPENNINE Express (TPE) is set to run up to three extra services a day for festivalgoers at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. 

The National (Scotland) · Jul 19, 2025

Edinburgh hotels most expensive in world over summer thanks to Fringe inflation

US officials receive a high allowance for hotels while staying in the Scottish capital during July and August

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2025

Fringe Society receives keys for permanent home in Edinburgh

The former Southbridge Community Resource Centre on the city’s Infirmary Street is set to become the society’s permanent base.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

The most talked about shows from this year’s Edinburgh festivals – including ruminations on Gaza, the climate and gender

The Edinburgh International and Fringe festivals 2024 have come to close. With more than 3,000 shows being performed, no one person could ever have seen them all, but as a maker and critic of political theatre I was most interested in finding performances that said something significant about our world…

The Conversation · Aug 27, 2024

Best jokes of this year's Edinburgh Fringe crowned – see the full list

COMEDIAN Mark Simmons has said he is “really chuffed” after one of his jokes was named the funniest of the Fringe – a decade on from his first…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 19, 2024

Comedy show exploring sibling's death and stalking ordeal hits Edinburgh Fringe

FOLLOWING a six-year hiatus after a horrific stalking ordeal, American comedian Anna Akana has returned to the stage ...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 11, 2024

Popular restaurant encourages Fringe visitors to Leith with tram discounts

A RESTAURANT is encouraging people attending the Edinburgh Fringe festival to venture outside of the city centre by reimbursing the cost of tram…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 8, 2024

Six of the best political shows you need to see at this year's Fringe

THE Edinburgh Festival Fringe has officially launched, with more than 3500 shows planned across the month.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 3, 2024