Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Grace O’Keefe in An A To Z Guide To Dating. Photo by Ian Bowkett.

Fringe bosses mull date change as artists compare final week to covid

Through The Shortbread Tin

Ad Feature Scottish creators take centre stage at world’s biggest arts festival

Exclusive 'Right call' to move dates to align with schools says festival boss

The cast of Clown Show in rehearsals ahead of their European debut at Edinburgh International Festival last month (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How tourist tax is helping Edinburgh festivals to continue to flourish Jane Meagher

Comedian Susie McCabe says the Fringe Society has 'not considered this Fringe resides in Scotland' (Picture: John Devlin)

Fringe should stop growing and become smaller and better instead Stephen Jardine

Arts diary: Should the Fringe be rescheduled to a week earlier?

Performers from 77 different countries, including Zambian acrobatic circus show Afronauts, appeared at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Brian Cox's dire warning about Edinburgh Fringe must be heeded Scotsman comment

Here are all of the 2026 winners of The Scotsman's Fringe First awards.

The full list of winners from The Scotsman Fringe First Awards 2026

The One Hundred Voices interactive installation is part of the National Theatre of Scotland's Caring Scotland project.

Why The Scotsman is proud to hand out its Fringe First awards Scotsman comment

Michael Lloyd created the documentary.

How world's biggest arts festival was created by eight 'gatecrashers'

Dolly Parton

'Dolly Parton would want our tribute show to go on'

Afronauts cast John Mputu and Hassan Gwai
with David Byrne, creative director of the Royal Court and Gift Chansa, artistic director of Circus Zambia.

Edinburgh Festival Diary: John Grisham struggle with Ian Rankin accent

Molly Taylor proposed to her partner Sam Thornber near the Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue where they first met

Is this Edinburgh Festival Fringe's greatest love story? Scotsman comment

Molly Taylor proposed to her partner near the venue where they first met.

Fringe play revived after 14 years to create elaborate poster proposal

Tweedbank Primary pupils on the Fringe Community Stage

Ad Feature Fringe community setting the stage for next generation of talent

Mateo Chavez Lewis flew from Canada to perform in Heated Rivalry The Unauthorized Parody.

Edinburgh Festival Diary: The actor learning emergency choreo on plane

Jason Byrne: If you do Edinburgh you come out a black belt comedian

A care home resident enjoys a performance.

'I wanted to bring Fringe to him': how performances came to care homes

Concerts of the Future

Watch: I 'played' with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Fringe show

I tried a lingering £35 lunch at a luxury Edinburgh hotel restaurant

Monday 17th August 2026 Tony Lankester, Chief Executive, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

Fringe Society in strategic review after 'bloated' role claims

Here is every show at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe with a five-star review from The Scotsman, so far.

Best Fringe Shows: Every 5-star show at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Michelle Wolf will perform her new stand-up show at this year’s Fringe for one night only.

How to get tickets to see Michelle Wolf's only Edinburgh Fringe show

Tony Lankester, Chief Executive, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

Edinburgh risks killing 'golden goose' of festivals

Troy Hawke will be at Edinburgh Playhouse on August 21.

How to get tickets for Troy Hawke's 2026 Edinburgh Fringe show

Palestinian playwright, performer and stand-up comedian Alaa Shehada in his Fringe First winning show The Bridge

Exclusive Palestinian artists' 'shock' as racist graffiti defaces Fringe posters

Count Binface is to appear at the Fringe.

Defeated Count Binface to perform comedy show at Edinburgh Fringe

Nicola Sturgeon

Sturgeon's ex-aide urges her to observe 'period of dignified silence'

Daniel Sloss has been performing at the Fringe for almost two decades.

Where to buy last minute tickets for Daniel Sloss at the Fringe

Salutation Hotel, Perth, which has operated since the 17th Century, is one of the hotels affected. PIC: CC/Aaron Bradley

Six Scottish hotels at risk as group plunged into administration

The panel was speaking at Shedinburgh.

Launching 'very splashy' London show 'cannot compete with the Fringe'

The Sumo Show by Japanese company Hirakuza is to perform at the Fringe for the first time.

My "challenge" against sumo wrestlers eating 10,000 calories a day

Here are the best shows our critics have seen at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026.

The best shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2026, according to The Scotsman

Here are some of the best theatre productions at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.

Best Edinburgh Fringe Theatre 2026: Every four and five star show

Glass Child

Fringe theatre reviews: Glass Child | The Spectacular Vermin Sisters

Emma Doran: Emmaculate

Fringe comedy reviews : Emma Doran | Absolute Bus Stops... + more

Will Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh...

Fringe comedy reviews: Will Adamsdale | Sofie Hagen | Paul Foot + more

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon urges SNP not to shift on North Sea oil and gas

Mission of Innocents will present Liberty at C Aurora at Lauriston Halls for one night only on August 21

How art can help you understand Ukraine's long fight for freedom Tetiana Hordiienko

Charly Clive, left, and Ellen Robertson, aka comedy duo Britney, are bringing two new shows to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2026, dividing their time between sketch comedy at the Pleasance and theatre at Summerhall.

Fringe! They did it again. Comedy duo Britney return to Edinburgh

Nicola Sturgeon with Peter Murrell in 2019

Sturgeon: I will not visit Peter Murrell in jail or speak to him again

Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon: 'My God, JK Rowling is obsessed with me'
The former first minister also took aim at former SNP MP Joanna Cherry, calling her book ‘sh*t’

Layla Warren in her show Long Way Home

Iranian tales: five Fringe shows that go beyond the headlines

Eilidh Loan, Morna Young and Zinnie Harris are among the writers showcased in the Traverse Theatre’s almost exclusively female 2026 Edinburgh Fringe programme.

A woman's place: playwrights on the Traverse's female-fronted Fringe

Elaine C Smith

Two Doors Down's Elaine C Smith is back on stage at the Fringe

Rachael Irvine (left) and Mick North (right) alongside The Second Best School Shooting playwright Alice Stanley Jr (centre) The play is performing at Pleasance Grand throughout the Edinburgh Fringe.

Fringe school shooting play is 'very sobering reminder of reality'

Already Geoffrey Asmus and Li Jin Hao are among this year's comedy standouts according to The Scotsman's critics.

The Best Edinburgh Fringe Comedy 2026: Every 4 and 5 star show so far

Here are a selection of the best rated shows from 2025, according to The Scotsman.

14 of the highest rated shows returning to the Fringe this year

Amanda Knox with her husband

Almost 10,000 people sign petition to axe Amanda Knox Fringe show

Li Jin Hao: Falling From a Moon

Fringe comedy reviews: Li Jin Hao | Simon Munnery + more

(L) Amanda Knox (Top) Knox with her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (Bottom) Meredith Kercher

Thousands call for Amanda Knox's Fringe comedy show to be axed

Fringe comedy reviews: Geoffrey Asmus | Kate Hammer + more

Hannah Byczkowski won The Traitors series one. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

The Traitors winner doing stand-up in Teviot's turret

Tongue Twister

Theatre-maker Greg Sinclair on 'unexpected magic' of tongue twisters

Whether you have shows booked or not, there is plenty to explore at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.

Can I just turn up to the Edinburgh Fringe? What to know about tickets

Four of the biggest podcasts coming to Edinburgh this August.

Edinburgh Fringe Hot Tickets 2026: 10 podcasts to see this August

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