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Our review round-up from the Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – all you need to know

A montage of images from Edinburgh Festival Fringe show posters

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – our top ten most eye-catching show titles

A variety of shows featuring in the list of top musicals to see

Features

New musicals at the Edinburgh Fringe: what to watch

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Yolanda Mercy in Failure Project

Reviews

Failure Project at Summerhall – Edinburgh Fringe Review

A scene from Instructions (featuring Millicent Wong)

Reviews

Instructions at Summerhall – Edinburgh Fringe Review

A scene from How I Learned to Swim at Summerhall

Reviews

How I Learned to Swim at Summerhall – Edinburgh Fringe Review

The cast of The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return

Reviews

The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return at Summerhall – Edinburgh Fringe Review

Khawla Ibraheem in a scene from A Knock on the Roof

Reviews

A Knock on the Roof at the Traverse Theatre – Edinburgh Fringe Review

Natalie Palamides in a scene from Weer at the Traverse Theatre

Reviews

Natalie Palamides: Weer at the Traverse Theatre – Edinburgh Fringe Review

Josephine Lacey, © Harry Elletson

Reviews

Josephine Lacey: Autism Mama at Pleasance Courtyard – Edinburgh Fringe review

F**king Perfect, © Isabel Dixon

Reviews

F**king Legend at Pleasance Courtyard – Edinburgh Fringe review

Performers and audience members at the Edinburgh Fringe

Review Round-Ups

Our review round-up from the Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival

Hyper, © Simon Lazewski

Reviews

Hyper at Summerhall – Edinburgh Fringe review

B*tshit, © Cecilia Martin Photography

Reviews

Batsh*t at the Traverse Theatre – Edinburgh Fringe review

The cast of Same Team, © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Reviews

Same Team at the Traverse Theatre – Edinburgh Fringe review

The cast of So Young, © Aly Wight

Reviews

So Young at Traverse Theatre – Edinburgh Fringe review

#1 Son, © Jjill Petracek

Reviews

House of Life / #1 Son – Natasha Mercado at Underbelly Cowgate – Edinburgh Fringe reviews

Jobsworth, Photo: Pleasance Courtyard

Reviews

Jobsworth at Pleasance Courtyard – Edinburgh Fringe review

44 Sex Acts, © Philip Erbacher

Reviews

44 Sex Acts in One Week at Pleasance Dome – Edinburgh Fringe review

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here, © Alex Brenner

Reviews

A Little Inquest Into What We’re Doing Here at Zoo Southside – Edinburgh Fringe review

My English Persian Kitchen, © Ellie Kurttz

Reviews

My English Persian Kitchen at Traverse Theatre – Edinburgh Fringe review

Main Character Energy, © Tommy Ga Ken Wan

Reviews

Main Character Energy at Summerhall – Edinburgh Fringe review

A Jaffa Cake Musical © Ben Wilkin

Reviews

A Jaffa Cake Musical at Pleasance Courtyard – Edinburgh Fringe review

Drum, © Michael Aiden

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Drum at Underbelly Cowgate – Edinburgh Fringe review

Lash, © Craig Lomas

Reviews

Lash at Pleasance Courtyard – Edinburgh Fringe review

The cast of Come Dine With Me, © Mark Senior

Reviews

Come Dine With Me: The Musical review – a delicious offering

Julia McDermott in Weather Girl, © Mihaela Bodlovic

Reviews

Weather Girl at Summerhall – Edinburgh Fringe review

Podcasts and interviews

A scene from Weather Girl, currently playing at the Edinburgh Fringe, © Mihaela Bodlovic

Podcasts

The latest WhatsOnStage Podcast: Who wins at the Edinburgh Fringe?

Fringe sign at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Podcasts

From Edinburgh Fringe to world domination?

Jake Roche Neporrhoids, © Poppy Billinghurst

Blogs

Edinburgh Q&A: Jake Roche talks Neporrhoids

Guest blogs

Madeleine Potter and Eric Sirakian in The Sound Inside, image courtesy of Ian Smith

Blogs

Edinburgh blog: Adam Rapp on The Sound Inside

Janie Dee

Blogs

Edinburgh blog: Janie Dee on her Beautiful World Cabaret

Love is a Beach, © Jake Bush

Blogs

Edinburgh blog: Love’s a Beach writers on the horrors of fame

Duck (© Isha Shah), For the Love of Spam (© Barbara Dudek), Crying Shame (© Rona Bar and Ofek Avshalom)

Blogs

Edinburgh blog: Emerging artists on the importance of funding support

Latest news

Theatre News

Purple cow deflates as power cut causes Edinburgh Fringe chaos

The cast of Drop Dead Gorgeous – central image by Brandon Bishop, all others uncredited by the production

Theatre News

Drop Dead Gorgeous musical announces casting

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Theatre News

House of Cleopatra musical announces complete casting

Mark Oxtoby and Phoebe Panaretos, playing Lecter and Clarice in the Silence of the Lambs parody musical

Theatre News

Silence of the Lambs parody and Come Dine With Me musicals announce casts and London runs

The complete cast, all headshots supplied uncredited by the production

Theatre News

Full cast announced for Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash musical, choreographed by Arlene Phillips

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Theatre News

Cast set for official KC and The Sunshine Band musical – ATG Productions’ first show at the Edinburgh Fringe

Cyrano, © Mihaela Bodlovic

Theatre News

Initial round of 2024 Fringe First Award winners revealed

Julia McDermott in Weather Girl, © Mihaela Bodlovic

Theatre News

Second round of 2024 Fringe First award winners revealed

Nicole Sawyerr and Debra Baker, © Nicola Young

Theatre News

Shortlist announced for The List’s Festival Awards 2024

What’s on

Artwork for The Sound Inside, by the Traverse Theatre

Theatre News

Traverse Theatre announces 2024 Edinburgh Fringe programme including The Sound Inside and Cyrano

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Theatre News

Initial shows for Edinburgh Fringe revealed by Underbelly and Pleasance

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Theatre News

Rob Madge’s My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) to return to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer

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Theatre News

Dylan Mulvaney to bring solo musical to the Edinburgh Fringe

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Theatre News

Edinburgh International Festival unveils 2024 programme

Artwork for My Mother's Funeral – The Show, © David Monteith-Hodge

Theatre News

Paines Plough’s Roundabout announces Edinburgh Fringe programme

Latest Videos

Actors Frances Mayli McCann and Jamie Muscato with a WhatsOnStage-branded microphone

The cast of The Great Gatsby get the party started on West End opening night

The Broadway transfer is now officially open, old sport!