18 h. ago Edinburgh’s couple acts: the fringe duos starring together – and even getting married on stage

Love is in the air on the fringe as romantic partners put their private lives in the spotlight through daft sketches, acrobatics, folk songs – and a real weddingSome people blow their wedding budget in Las Vegas or on Venice’s Grand Canal. But the actors and writers Linus Karp and Joseph Martin will be tying the knot at the Edinburgh fringe, walking down the aisle of the Pleasance Grand on Saturday. Tickets to attend are £12 a pop – and they hope to avoid getting star ratings. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Edinburgh Oasis: Watch special moment couple get engaged at Oasis Edinburgh gig

A video shows the lovely moment Dundee couple Dwayne Yuill and Shell Hodge got engaged at one of Oasis’ Edinburgh shows.

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67 h. ago ‘Incredible’ $200,000 gift allows US actor to stage twin Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows

“It’s an astonishing act of generosity that made the dream of sharing my work on a global stage in a magical city like Edinburgh a reality” – Jason Woods

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4 d. ago My Festival – Kieran Hodgson: 'I end the day sitting bolt upright in bed screaming silently'

We caught up with British character comedian and actor Kieran Hodgson on what he’s looking forward to this Fringe, as well as how his cat’s morning wake-up call sets him up for a good day.

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4 d. ago 25 years on from its closure, a small piece of Edinburgh's Mercury Gallery is back on show

For a couple of decades, the gallery was a constant presence in Edinburgh

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7 d. ago Coronation Street stars hailed 'best duo' as Cait Fitton shares 'unbreakable bond'

The actress, who plays Lauren Bolton in the ITV soap, was flooded with messages over her comments about her co-star

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8 d. ago Pussy Riot on their raucous Fringe return: ‘In times of crisis, silence becomes complicity’

The world has become even more volatile since Pussy Riot first performed at the Fringe in 2018. But the Russian activist collective are still determined to make their protests heard with a raucous updated show. By Fiona Shepherd

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9 d. ago Sh!t Theatre: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The fringe theatre duo share their list of nostalgic internet delights, including a bat, a mouse and a misbehaving puppet dogGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWe are Becca and Louise AKA UK theatre duo Sh!t Theatre, and as fringe theatre makers we are blessed with a life that does not have to be lived Chronically Online. There is no expectation that experimental performance artists must first build an audience on TikTok; everyone else in the arts is worried about AI taking their jobs, but we don’t have to worry – they’re only making AI of things people actually want, and nobody wants fringe theatre. They’re not coming for our “job” any time soon.We live a happy life as luddites and we engage with the internet in the same way as we engage with MDMA: remembering it as something we did in our 20s that was fun but probably killed some of our brain cells. So, considering all of this – plus the fact we literally remember YouTube being invented and were there even before that when...

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1 week ago "I nearly died at the Fringe, but worse, my show was cut short" – actor Andy Linden on his Edinburgh nightmare

Actor/writer Andy Linden gives us the lowdown on nearly dying - literally - at the Fringe in 2022, and his triumphant return to Edinburgh this year

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1 week ago Magic, mime and a whole lot of eating cheese: in praise of the ‘spesh acts’ that are thriving on the Fringe

Comedy may always appear to dominate the Fringe but specialist acts are staging a spirited comeback. Kate Copstick salutes those single-minded performers who embrace the esoteric

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