Fringe

Perhaps befitting of the best-selling crime author, Val McDermid’s EIBF appearance on Monday 21st August opened with a long sponsorship video from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. The evening event…

Few of the guests at the Edinburgh International Book Festival have the creative freedom or the boldness of Carol Ann Duffy. However, as a former Poet Laureate and one of…

Ever feared a family reunion? How about a family reunion where you must face your second cousin who you hooked with at the last reunion? Oh yeah, and the last…

Holly Spillar makes her Fringe debut with the wondrous Hole, an unconventionally hilarious deep dive into vaginismus, a psychosomatic condition that prevents some, or all, types of vaginal penetration. Opening…

How should I describe this insane show? Well, imagine children being let loose on pieces of empty packaging and then using their imaginations to make a fort. Only in this…

Don Paterson’s appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Wednesday 16th August was met with rapturous applause in the ECA’s Sculpture Hall. Accompanying the award-winning Dundonian poet was the…

Flora Fraser’s talk at the Edinburgh Book Festival was less of a book event and more of a history lesson.  Fraser, who came across as a true and classy expert…

Simply named and confidently performed, it’s safe to say this cabaret double act does what it says on the tin. The pairing of the energetic singing, dancing, stripping performer Belle…