3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (194+ words) I am worrying for no reason. It soon turns out to be one of the smoothest music events I've ever been to. No set gets too crammed, every show starts at the advertised time, and it's straight-forward getting from one…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (37+ words) Dystopia 26: The Rock Opera The National Scot Find events in Scotland and the surrounding areas using the The National local events calendar today. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services....

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (443+ words) AT the fringe, comedy shows are often quite hit or miss. And with rising ticket prices, you often want to avoid it altogether just in case you go for one that leaves you disappointed. Take Dogberry and Verges Are Scared....

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (546+ words) EDINBURGH Fringe comedians have warned that shows are being cancelled as audiences appear to fall away during the final week of the festival. Scottish comic Susie McCabe said performers would leave the Fringe with “a bad taste in their mouths…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (977+ words) "WE shouldn't have to feel like we're visiting someone else's festival." Award-winning Glasgow comedian Amanda Dwyer, who is longlisted for a new prize celebrating Scottish talent at the Edinburgh Fringe, has warned that soaring costs are making the festival inaccessible…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (359+ words) IT'S rare that you walk out of an Edinburgh Fringe show feeling like you've just left someone's living room. But this is precisely what Paul Black's Cash Cow does, and well. The Glasgow comedian, who first rose to fame through…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (595+ words) WARNING! This column contains descriptions of audience participation. Those of a sensitive disposition may wish to brace themselves for accounts of extreme awkwardness, acute embarrassment and the floor of an Edinburgh Fringe venue opening up to reveal the fiery pits…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (356+ words) ALAN Cumming has rung the changes since he stunned the Scottish theatre community – and many other people besides – by taking up the post of artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre (PFT). No longer is “the theatre in the hills” the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (550+ words) AMNESTY International is bringing comedy and human rights together with two special shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. The charity is returning to the world-renowned festival on Friday and Saturday with the late-night Stand up for Freedom shows, where a host…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (290+ words) PARTS of the Pleasance Courtyard, one of Edinburgh's largest Fringe venues, had to be evacuated on Wednesday afternoon. The evacuation came after a fire alarm was triggered. Crowds were seen leaving the venue's main courtyard at around 3.40pm. The venue is…...