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Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

A dominating figure in The Commons and on the stage, Jon Brittain and Matt Tedford have scrubbed the rust off the Iron Lady to bring her back for another year…

Interview: Footlights’ Elliott Gruzin

The Edinburgh University Footlights are bringing their adaptation of the stage musical American Idiot to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, following their sell-out run in 2017. The Student caught up…

Island Town

One hour and ten minute plays are rarely able to reduce entire audiences to tears, and yet Island Town achieves this rare feat wonderfully! Brought to the Fringe by Paines…

Celebrity Status: Commercialisation and the Spirit of the Fringe

Decades before two Wired editors famously coined the term crowdsourcing as the trend-setting buzzword of 2005 and beyond, offline peer production came to define contemporary theatre through the Edinburgh Festival…

Plastic cups and ticket stubs: could the Fringe be more sustainable?

The summer months see the quaint and quiet city of Edinburgh turn into Festival City; a vibrant canvas of culture teeming with artists, performers and theatre-lovers.It’s extraordinary to behold. As…

Interview – Minotaur Theatre Company

Minotaur Theatre Company (MTC) has brought their new show Loyalty to the Fringe this year, a play that wrestles with morality and allegiance in Stalin’s Russia. The Student got to…

10 student-friendly Fringe vacancies that are open now

Working at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is a brilliant opportunity for students to make money and experience the world’s largest arts festival. Getting a job at the festival can often…

Interview – Theatre unlocked

Catherine Cranfield is a writer/director working with the Manchester-based Theatre Unlocked. They are performing her two-woman play, Flushed, at this year’s Fringe Festival. The Student had the opportunity to ask…