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.
25. Making a scene
Members of Swamp Circus from Sheffield perform in the main hall in the famous Jenners store on Princes Street as part of the Edinburgh festival in 2000. Photo: Sandy Young
26. Welsh comedy wizard
Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert ahead of his 2009 Fringe show 'Rhod Gilbert and Cat Who Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst' at the Pleasance Courtyard. Photo: Jane Barlow
27. Puppet show
Story-teller Andy Lawrence, from the Theatre of Widdershins, is pictured alongside some of the characters from Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom which was performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre throughout the festival in 2009. Photo: Jane Barlow