The Culture Media and Sport (CMS) Committee claims the live comedy industry faces funding restrictions. MPs have called on the Government to recognise live comedy as its own distinct art form to ...

Today, Newscast joined forces with Americast for an episode live from the Edinburgh fringe recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in front of a live audience.

We’re proud to host much of the festival at our home on Albany Street in Edinburgh, within the headquarters of Deaf Action. Deaf Action is the charity behind the festival, and this year marks its ...

By the time August rolls around, most people who live in central Edinburgh have activated their personal survival strategy.

I thought I’d seen it all. But this year’s Edinburgh Fringe is shaping up to be one of the strangest in history.

Sadly, I’m not able to attend the Edinburgh Festivals this year due to family commitments and logistical hurdles. While not ...

One hour of pure mayhem, Comedians on Stage Auditioning for Musicals is the perfect junction between laugh out loud comedy ...

Lost Lear, Traverse Theatre ★★★★A rehearsal room; a tense preparation session for a production of King Lear, provocatively gender-swapped; a troublesome diva in the title role; and a near-silent ...

Alison Spittle, Monkey Barrel ★★★Alison Spittle is fat, she tells us at the top of the show. But not as fat as she used to be. And that’s the premise of BIG, in which she describes why she has been ...

Acclaimed stage and screen actress Dawn Steele will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer in the world premiere ...

Sadly, I’m not able to attend the Edinburgh Festivals this year due to family commitments and logistical hurdles. While not dishing out the stars (there’ll be some lovely WOS critics doing that very ...

Authorities in Scotland have canceled trains and closed parks as a rare summer storm brings destructive winds to northern Britain ...