Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 27 photos looking back at the Fringe in the noughties
With this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe now well underway, we’ve taken a look back in our archives for photos of the annual event during the 2000s.
There are some great Fringe memories in here, including young comedy acts who have gone onto better and bigger things since appearing in Edinburgh, such as Michael McIntyre, Rhod Gilbert and Flight of the Conchords. There are also the normal weird and wonderful sights from years gone by that hit Edinburgh every August.
5. Flaming heck!
The Luma artists who appeared at the Fringe in 2002 certainly got the eye with their performance that year. Photo: Ian Rutherford
6. Trapped
Open Mic Award 2000 judge Harry Hill jokes around at the Pleasance. Photo: SANDY YOUNG
7. Attack!
Members of Polish theatre company Biuro Podrozy rehearse their unique interpretation of Macbeth in 2007 at the Mound. Photo: Jane Barlow
8. By the sea
Orkestra Del Sol head for North Berwick , from Edinburgh Waverley, as part of the Fringe by the Sea Launch in 2008. Photo: Neil Hanna