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Edinburgh Fringe 2017

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Monster opera is a labour of love

EIF director Fergus Linehan presents a Herald angel award to Valda Setterfield for Lear at Edinburgh Festival Theatre saturday.Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald26/8/17

Fringe Dance review: Lear, Dance Base

Wild Bore by David Monteith-Hodge

Fringe Theatre reviews: Wild Bore, Traverse Theatre; Power Ballad, Summerhall; The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Traverse Theatre

Don Gnu

Fringe Dance reviews: A Snowball’s Chance in Hell, C, Chambers Street; Mind-Goblin, Dance Base; TUTU:Dance in All its Glory, Pleasance Courtyard

Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy on traditional songs with a touch of rock'n'roll

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The Letter Room - No Miracles Here

Dealing with life's trials through gig theatre

Arturo Tappin

Fringe Music reviews: Arturo Tappin: Don’t Stop the Carnival, The Outhouse; Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris, Assembly Rooms; Fairich: Live, Scottish Storytelling Centre

19/08/2017 Picture: Duncan McGlynn +447771370263.........2017 Herald Angel awards......Pictured ....Â©Duncan McGlynn.

Scotland's Makar on the side of the Angels

Phosphoros Theatre

Fringe drama returns with update on refugees in the UK

How to Act - Robert Goodale + Jade Ogugua (by Tim Morozzo)

Fringe Theatre reviews: Party Game, Wee Red Bar; What Would Kanye Do?, The Space; How To Act, Summerhall

Larry Dean.

Fringe Comedy reviews: Larry Dean, Heroes @ Monkey Barrel; Hannah Gadsby, Assembly George Square; Tom Allen, Pleasance

The cast of Dr Carnesky's Incredible Bleeding Women on Calton Hill wednesday prior to their Fringe show run at Pleasance until 28th August. The Festival celebrates 70 years this year. FRINGE.Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald.2/8/17.

Fringe Physical Theatre: The Narrator, Zoo Southside; Dr Carnesky’s Incredible Bleeding Woman, Pleasance; Dollhouse, Dance Base

Dust by Milly Thomas at Underbelly Big BellyEdinburgh Festival 2017Photo Credit: The Other Richard

Milly Thomas: on the Fringe but just for now

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Gary McNair stands up for Morrissey

Keith Bruce.

A room with a view of Edinburgh at work

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Fringe Comedy reviews: Lauren Pattison, Pleasance; Kae Kurd, Pleasance; Twayna Mayne, Pleasance

2b Theatre Old Stock photo by Stoo Metz

Fringe Theatre reviews; Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, King's Hall; Lilith: The Jungle Queen, Traverse Theatre; Foley Explosion, Cameo Cinema

Fleabag at Soho Theatre

Film-world beckons but Phoebe still has time for Fleabag

Dominic Holland.

Fringe Comedy reviews: Phil Nicol, Heroes @ Monkey Barrel; Dominic Holland, The Voodoo ; Carmen Lynch, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

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Fringe Music and Cabaret: David Vernon & Dick Lee, Valvona & Crolla; Carla Lippis – Cast a Dark Shadow, The Boards @ Edinburgh Playhouse; A Touch of Mrs Robinson, Greenside @ Infirmary Street

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Fringe Physical Theatre reviews: Last Clown on Earth, Pleasance Courtyard; Eaten, Summerhall; Wereldband:Slapstick, Assembly George Square

Aurelian Trio Photo by Danielle Colvin

Fringe Music review: Beethoven for Breakfast, Royal Over-Seas League

The first of the 2017 Festival Herald Angel Awards in association with Edinburgh Festival Theatre saturday presented by Fringe director Shona McCarthy, left, with Archangel winner Sean Gandini..Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald.12/8/17.

Herald Angels in full flight

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Fringe Theatre reviews: History History History, Cameo Cinema; Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea, Underbelly; Dust, Underbelly

Rachel Tucker - Credit Darren Bell

Fringe Music reviews: Choir of Man, Assembly Rooms; Anya Anastasia: Rogue Romantic, Assembly Checkpoint; Rachel Tucker: Unplugged, Pleasance

Catherine Bohart, Jay Lafferty, Ingrid Oliver and Jo Caulfield

Passport to Humour: Ingrid Oliver, Jo Caulfield, Jay Lafferty and Catherine Bohart on the Fringe

Un Poyo Rojo credit - Ishka Michocka

Fringe Dance reviews: Sigma, Assembly Hall, The Mound; Un Poyo Rojo, Dance Base; Djuki Mala, Assembly George Square

Louise Ludgate and Richard Conlon in Whip Hand. Photo by David Monteith-Hodge

Fringe Theatre reviews: The Whip Hand, Traverse Theatre; Cosmic Scallies, Northern Stage @ Summerhall; Jess and Joe Forever, Traverse Theatre

Photograph: Gordon Terris

Fiesta fever: Kevin McKenna gets into the spirit of the Edinburgh Festivals

Dominic Holland

What It Feels Like to be Spider-Man's Dad

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Fringe Comedy reviews: Sophie Willan, Pleasance; Tom Ward, Just The Tonic at The Tron; Scott Gibson, Gilded Balloon Teviot

Scotland's oldest concert hall St Cecilias in Edinburgh reopens to the public after a Â£6.5m revamp and now contains the historic instrument collection of Edinburgh University. The main hall..Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald.27/4/17.

The Festival and Fringe are all about finding the new

Donald Shaw

Scotland's Wild Heart feeds its Celtic Connections

What it feels like to... live in the Tower of London

What it feels like to... live in the Tower of London

Teamwork Majuli

Celebrating India's 70th birthday in Edinburgh

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Pauline Goldsmith can't stop dying on stage

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Classical jazz fusion on the Fringe

Sian Edwards

Kate Molleson's guide to a classical Fringe

Andrew Maxwell

Fringe Comedy reviews: Andrew Maxwell, Assembly George Square Theatre; Kinsey Sicks, Gilded Balloon at the Museum; Eshaan Akbar, Gilded Balloon Teviot

MISHA'S GANG

Fringe Music and Cabaret reviews: Misha’s Gang, Space Triplex; Chris Dugdale: Up Close!, Assembly Rooms; Alive: Music for Night of the Living Dead, Zoo Pleasance

Nassim Soleimanpour. Photo by David Monteith-Hodge

Fringe Theatre: Nassim, Traverse Theatre; The Believers Are But Brothers, Northern Stage @ Summerhall; Salt, Northern Stage @ Summerhall

Helen Sherman as Poppea with Pinchgut Opera

Fringe Music review: Mozart at Teatime, Royal Overseas League

Kevin-McMahon-Magician

Fringe Music and Cabaret: And for My Next Trick, Underbelly Cowgate; Caleidocello, C too; Jamie MacDowell & Tom Thum, Assembly George Square

RCS at the Fringe Atlantic America and the Great War (1). Pic Julie Howden.

Fringe Theatre review: Atlantic: A Scottish Story/America & The Great War, Assembly Hall

Thus Spoke photo Nadine Gomez

Fringe Theatre: Thus Spoke..., King's Hall; The North! The North!, Summerhall; Letters to Morrissey, Traverse Theatre

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Into the Woods at Assembly Hall, Edinburgh

Fringe Theatre: Into the Woods, Assembly Hall

Naked magicians, blood, sex, clowns and a cute baby — welcome to the freakiest fringe festival yet

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Naked magicians, blood, sex, clowns and a cute baby — welcome to the freakiest fringe festival yet

Fringe Q&A's: Gareth Waugh on being a stereotypical Scot, pop up venues and hangovers

Fringe Q&A;'s: Gareth Waugh on being a stereotypical Scot, pop up venues and hangovers

Fringe Q&A's: Carla Lippis on unleashing her inner freak, the romantic architecture of Edinburgh and haggis suppers

Fringe Q&A;'s: Carla Lippis on unleashing her inner freak, the romantic architecture of Edinburgh and haggis suppers

Photo credit: Chris Bowen

Fringe Q&A;'s: Jo Clifford on 37 years at the festival, fear of the critical cattle prod and the queerness of Edinburgh

Photo credit: Ben Hopper

Fringe Q&A;'s: Cie Ea Eo on turning a rain dance into a rave party, bagpipe music and first-time festival nerves

Fringe Q&A's: Rosie Wilby on how we behave in the aftermath of a separation, synchronised comedy swimming and the clean air of Scotland

Fringe Q&A;'s: Rosie Wilby on how we behave in the aftermath of a separation, synchronised comedy swimming and the clean air of Scotland

Sara Schaefer

Why Trump jokes aren't funny: American stand-up Sara Schaefer on making comedy in the age of the 45th US president

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