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Ten Years of Spontaneity: The Budgeting and Brilliance of The Improv Musical
Learn More About the Show and Book Tickets | Follow the team on Facebook | Follow the team on Instagram | Follow the team on TikTok...
Aug 16, 20255 min read


Shadows Songs and Stories | The Quiet Earth Beneath | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Casey Jay Andrews & Jack Brett | Dissection Room @ Summerhall
There are shows at the Fringe that entertain, and then there are shows that burrow under your skin and stay there long after the lights fade. The Quiet Earth Beneath belongs firmly in the latter camp. Performed in the atmospheric Dissection Room of the Old Dick Veterinary School, this piece feels less like theatre and more like a ritual that makes an offering of words, sound, and silence.
Aug 15, 20254 min read


Making, Designing & Surviving Theatre | An Interview with Casey Jay Andrews | Summerhall Arts | Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Casey Jay Andrews is one of those rare artists who seems to live at the intersection of storytelling, design, and sheer creative resilience. Her latest work, The Quiet Earth Beneath—a poignant collaboration with musician Jack Brett—has found a new shape since its first iteration at the Adelaide Fringe, and now descends into Edinburgh with an simple, lyrical power. It’s haunting, earthy, and somehow manages to still feel like a campfire story with glitter in its flames.
Aug 14, 202514 min read


From T-Rexes to Tolkien: Recent Cutbacks Rule the Stage | Hold on to your Butts, Fly, You Fools
From New York to Edinburgh, comedy troupe Recent Cutbacks have stormed the Fringe with not one, but two epic parody productions: the...
Aug 13, 20257 min read


Choose Chaos. Choose Theatre, Choose Trainspotting Live | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Trainspotting Live | King's Head & In Your Face Theatre | Seabright Live | Pleasance EICC
Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting is already iconic. We were introduced us to a darkly comic, drug-fuelled underworld of Edinburgh through the book and film, cementing its cult following. But Trainspotting Live?
Aug 12, 20253 min read


Sweat, Shouting, and the Worst Toilet in Scotland: An Interview with Greg Esplin on Trainspotting Live
Few stories have burned themselves into Scotland’s artistic memory quite like Trainspotting. First unleashed in 1993 as Irvine Welsh’s gritty, darkly funny debut novel, it hurled readers into the chaotic lives of a group of young heroin users in Edinburgh.
Aug 11, 20259 min read


Casting Shadows, Bridging Oceans, Finding Light | Harley Walker | Eve at Gilded Balloon Appleton Tower
Learn more about Harley Walker here | Follow Harley on Instagram Some stories are too delicate for blunt delivery. They need to be told...
Aug 10, 20256 min read


A Clown For The Ages | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Scaramouche Jones | Thom Tuck | The Hoots Comedy Yurt
1st-25th August | Edinburgh Fringe Fringe Festival | Follow Thom on Instagram | Learn More and Buy Tickets From the fading footlights of...
Aug 9, 20254 min read


Meet Thom Tuck: The Master Juggler of Edinburgh Fringe Shows
Every August, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival bursts to life with an explosion of creativity, and few embody that spirit more than Fringe stalwart Thom Tuck. This year, Thom is involved in not one, but three distinct productions, each showcasing a different facet of his talent.
Aug 8, 202515 min read


Draw Me Like One of Your Fringe Shows | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Leo Still Dies in the End | Alice Fishbein | Dram @ Gilded Balloon Patter House
If you think you’ve seen every take on Titanic, think again. Alice Fishbein’s one-woman comedy Leo Still Dies in the End is a love letter to the Oscar-winning epic — albeit one wrapped in sheer, hilarious chaos.
Aug 7, 20254 min read


Navigating New Waters: Alice Fishbein Brings Titanic Parody to Edinburgh
Bringing a new show to a city as vibrant and unpredictable as Edinburgh is an adventure marked by both soaring highs and humbling lows. For New York comedian Alice Fishbein, making her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her one-woman show Leo Still Dies in the End has been a journey brimming with risk, reward, and the thrill of stepping into the unknown.
Aug 6, 202512 min read


A Musical of Beauty and Grace (like Miss United States) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Miss Congeniality: The Unauthorised Musical Concert | Jencapella | Annexe at theSpace @ Symposium Hall
With original songs and plenty of sparkle, Miss Congeniality: The Unauthorised Musical Concert brings the beloved 2000 comedy hit film to life in a fresh, fast-paced retelling. If you don’t know already, the story follows FBI agent Gracie Hart—brilliant, blunt, and hilariously out of her depth—going undercover at a beauty pageant. The cast dive headfirst into the chaos with musical numbers that are as iconic and playful as the film itself.
Aug 5, 20253 min read


Miss Congeniality: The Unauthorised Musical Concert | Interview with Jencapella
Hello, I'm Ruth and I'm the Arts Business. We're here with Jen, who has been putting on Miss Congeniality over at the Annex Hall, is it? At Space Venues. So start with, tell us as briefly as possible what your show's about and why everyone should come and see it.
Aug 4, 20259 min read


Fabric Fantastik | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | IKEA: Magical Patterns | Dovecot Gallery
Step into 60 years of bonkers bananas, bold broccoli and sophisticated Swedish style as Magical Patterns lands at Dovecot Studios. With 180 iconic fabrics and legendary designers like Zandra Rhodes and Marimekko, this exhibition is a riot of colour, creativity and IKEA furnishings.
Aug 3, 20253 min read


RACKS | Imperial College Dramatic Society (ICDS) | theSpace @Niddry St & theSpace on the Mile
The Imperial College Dramatic Society (ICDS) has been staging bold, inventive theatre for over 100 years—proving that STEM students from one of the UK’s top universities know how to bring serious drama to the stage. With a legacy rooted in experimentation and creativity, ICDS continues to surprise audiences with productions that are as clever as they are compelling.
Aug 2, 20255 min read


Sheepish | Lauren Talitha Ziebart | Olive Studio, Greenside @ George Street
Step into the surreal, soulful, and side-splitting world of Sheepish—a genre-defying theatrical romp through identity, purpose, and, most importantly, the legacy of Dolly the Sheep.
Aug 1, 20255 min read


The Psychology of Colour
We all know it’s incredibly difficult to stand out online and colour can play an incredible part in helping us emerge from the crowd.
Jul 1, 20252 min read


Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody | The Spontaneous Players
Get Tickets | Learn More about The Spontaneous Players For anyone who doesn’t know (or has spent their entire life with their head in a...
Jun 1, 20252 min read


31 Social Media Networks You’ve Probably Never Heard of: An A-Z
Find a niche social media network that fits you could be great marketing for your arts business.
May 1, 202510 min read


Mommy’s Dead and They Buried Her in Moscow | Nervous Theatre
A trio posed against a vibrant, colorful backdrop, showcasing unique hairstyles and outfits, exuding a contemporary and artistic vibe....
Apr 1, 20252 min read
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