

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 28 photos looking back at the Fringe in the 2010s

With this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe coming to an end on Monday, we’ve taken a look back in our archives at photos of the world’s largest arts festival taken in the 2010s.
With us already looking back at the Fringe in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, we finish our round-up in the 2010s. The usual sights of the Fringe were captured by our photographers in the 2010s, including young comedians who went onto bigger and better things after appearing in Edinburgh, including Kevin Bridges, Josie Long and James Acaster. While, top talent including Succession actor Brian Cox and children’s author Julia Donaldson were also in town.

5. Jumping for joy
The UK's hottest circus company Barely Methodical Troupe (BMT), who performed their show SHIFT as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 at Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows, perform some of their acrobatics on the top of Calton Hill with Edinburgh Castle and the Balmoral clock in the background. Guys on the ground left to right - Louis Gift, Elihu Vazquez, Charlie Wheeler and in the air is Esmeralda Nikolajeff Photo: Greg Macvean

6. Knockout show
National Theatre of Scotland production Beautiful Burnout was performed at the Pleasance throughout the Fringe Festival in 2010. Pictured on stage (left to right) is Eddie Kay, Ryan Fletcher and Taqi Nazeer. Photo: Jane Barlow

7. One to watch
English actress, screenwriter and producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge won a Scotsman Edinburgh Fringe First Awards at the Assembly Bar in 2013 for her show Fleabag. The show of course went on to be a smash hit on the BBC, winning her three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes and a British Academy Television Award. Photo: esme allen

8. Top children's author
Popular children's author Julia Donaldson performing songs from her books with her husband Malcolm at the Fringe in 2018. Photo: STEVE ULLATHORNE