With this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe fast approaching, we’ve taken a look back in our archives for photos of the annual event during the 1990s.
Upcoming comedians performing at the Fringe in the 1990s included household names of today including Al Murray and Johnny Vegas. And throughout the decade local residents and visitors gathered in large numbers for the ever popular Festival Cavalcade through the city centre and Fringe Sunday at Holyrood Park.
1. In the shop window
A passerby stops to look in the window of Edinburgh department store Frasers, unsure about Daniel Casey and Susan Adams, who were appearing in 'September in the Rain' at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1991. Photo: Hamish Campbell
2. Traffic ticket
Traffic warden Audrey Banks threatens to book WHALE theatre's ticket office (half a car attached to their Broughton Street venue) during Edinburgh Festival 1993. Photo: Crauford Tait
3. Lily Savage
The late, great Paul O'Grady, in drag as his alter ego Lily Savage, mimics a cardboard cut-out of himself outside the Assembly Rooms, where he was appearing during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1992. Photo: Jack Crombie
4. Dragon fun
An inflatable dragon hides amongst the crowd at Holyrood Park Edinburgh on Fringe Sunday, August 1992. Photo: Crauford Tait