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Dr Benji Waterhouse

Dr Benji Waterhouse comes to the Traverse

The Tinderbox Orchestra will be appearig at the Edinburgh Central Library during this year's Fringe. Picture: Colin Hattersley

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Stand-out shows in the global cultural celebration

Anton Du Beke is the latest big name to be confirmed for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Strictly favourite Anton Du Beke to star this year

Sam Heughan. Picture: John Devlin

Sam Heughan issues ‘call to action’ to young Scots on climate emergency

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel, by Isobel McArthur, will get its world premiere at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in August.

Theatre-maker Isobel McArthur on her new operatic comedy set in a haunted hotel

Edinburgh author Alexander McCall Smith has been honoured with a lifetime achiement award for his contribution to Scottish literature. Picture: Kirsty Anderson

Edinburgh author Alexander McCall Smith gets lifetime achievement award

Anna Russell-Martinand Sophie Steer play Tobi Tucker and Phoebe Bernays in Exodus at the Traverse. Picture: Tim Morozzo

Festival Diary: Move over Malcolm Tucker and make way for Phoebe Bernays

The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. Picture: Sally Jubb

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Traverse reveals 2022 programme

Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson (Jack Docherty) in Scot Squad

Nothing But the best comedy for Jack Docherty - Karen Koren

Jack Docherty as Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson in Scot Squad

Nothing But the best for black Jack Docherty - Karen Koren

Edinburgh's Greg McHugh

Traverse Theatre’s Class Act brings Greg McHugh full circle

An empty Princes Street in Edinburgh, as people are urged to avoid Hogmanay celebrations in the midst of tough coronavirus restrictions.

No ho, ho, ho, but do have a merry Christmas - Karen Koren

Traverse Theatre: Another Edinburgh theatre has cancelled its run of shows during the festive period due to Covid

Another Edinburgh theatre has cancelled its run of shows

Edinburgh Festival, FRINGE 2021 - The Assembly , McEwans Hall, Bristo Square, The Teviot, Underbelly,

A small Fringe but perfectly formed for fun - Karen Koren

Arthur Parsons and Adam Fullick from experimental acrobatic circus company Barely Methodical Troupe limber up at George Square Gardens. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Edinburgh Festival Fringe chief warns event may take five years to fully recover

Simon Callow will be appearing at the Traverse Theatre as part of its Shedinburgh strand this month.

Edinburgh festivals: Simon Callow to appear as part of 'Shedinburgh' showcase
Stage and screen star Simon Callow is to appear at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe - to discuss the highs and lows of his 50 years in the industry.
Brian Ferguson

A new outdoor venue is being created on the roof of the Castle Terrace car park and will be run jointly by Gilded Balloon, the Traverse, Dance Base and Zoo.

Edinburgh's festivals: The best new locations where events are being staged

The Burke and Hare lap dancing club will feature in the Fringe "walking play" Eavesdropping. Picture: Jon Savage

Fringe walking play to take audiences to city’s lap dancing quarter

The MultiStory performance venue at Castle Terrace

Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade! - Karen Koren

Queues outside the Pleasance on a normal year.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021: How to buy tickets and what’s on

Paul Brennan launched Dine with Stuart Muir in 2015.

Scottish restaurant hits out after losing £3000 in a night over no-shows

Scotland's own Alan Cumming will be bringing his new cabaret show to the Festival.

Edinburgh International Festival: When is it, what's on, and how to buy tickets?

The Traverse Theatre has been one of the mainstays of the Fringe since the early 1960s. Picture: Stuart Montgomery

Indoor and outdoor Fringe shows set to be staged by Traverse Theatre

Jim Haynes back at the Edinburgh Festival in 2016 after his counter-cultural pioneering in the 1960s, bringing radical literature to the city and co-founding the Traverse Theatre (Picture: Awakening/Getty Images)

RIP Jim Haynes, once the grooviest man in Scotland – Aidan Smith

Jim Haynes moved to Paris in 1969.

11 photos celebrating the life and times of counter-culture icon Jim Haynes

Jim Haynes during a visit to the Edinburgh Festival in 2009. Picture: Neil Hanna

Tributes paid to Jim Haynes after death of Traverse Theatre founder

Uma Nada-Rajaha

Traverse ensures its Edinburgh Festival breakfast play tradition lives on
SNAP, crackle and pop on a podcast. Despite difficult times for theatres everywhere, Edinburgh’s Traverse is set to continue its mission to champion new writing this August with a series of audio breakfast plays.
Liam Rudden

Honeyblood on stage at Leith Theatre for this year's Edinburgh International Festival programme.

Festival chief pledges shake-up to support local culture

Lorn Macdonald as Declan

Festival hit Mouthpiece returns as a film set in Edinburgh

Richard Demarco has called for the erection of a permanent memorial in Edinburgh to the victims of the Arandora Star tragedy.

Richard Demarco calls for Edinburgh memorial to Arandora Star victims

Steve Avery, a convicted killer from Wisconsin, whose controversial case is the subject of Making A Murderer.

Love of true crime explored via real Scottish murder in Fringe show

Mind-reader and magicians will make Edinburgh a magical haven this festive seaso...

The Traverse Theatre will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2023.

Traverse Theatre unveils new leadership line-up for 'pivotal' era ahead of 60th ...

Lost at Sea

Epic fishing drama sails into Edinburgh

31 great things to do in Edinburgh this May

Matilda will be packing them in at the Playhouse for most of the month of April

30 great things to do in Edinburgh this April

Councillor Richard Lewis. Pic: Steven Scott Taylor.

Edinburgh tourist tax could fund new venues, says ex-culture chief

Mix your own Martini for 2019 at Dine Edinburgh

Winner of the Carol Tambor award at the Scotsman Fringe Awards, Pleasance Courtyard.

'˜Savage satire' about Hollywood actor wins New York Fringe prize

25 years on from indie-rock outfit Darling heart's tours with Blur, Radiohead and The Cranberries, their singer Cora Bissett is to turn her daily diaries from the era into a major show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Cora Bissett turns diaries into new stage event

Le Patin Libre from Canada promote their ice show on rollor skates on the Royal Mile; their show Vertival Influences at Murrayfield Ice Rink part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. credit steven scott taylor / J P License

The '˜open' Fringe is a leap of faith in arts

Fringe-goers will wear virtual reality headsets to experience the show Frogman at Codebase.

Codebase to become Edinburgh Fringe venue

Jim Haynes, second from left, watches as the elderly lady burns her copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover outside his shop. Picture: Demarco archives.

Book burnings and rhino heads in 1960s Edinburgh

Right Now directed by Michael Boyd

Review: Right Now

Gavin Jon Wright as William (L) Jimmy Chisholm as King James VI (R) in
Neither God Nor Angel Picture: Leslie Black.

At A Glance...

Orla OLouglin artistic director, Traverse Theatre

Karen Koren: Talent search

Clockwork Orange star Malcolm McDowell had faced protests. Picture: Creative Commons

Edinburgh film festival show pulled after protests

John Kielty as Florindo , Grant O' Rourke as Tonino and James Anthony Pearson as Lelio in The Venetian Twins

Lyceum Theatre in awards bid after funding cut

Barbara Rafferty in The Devis Masters. Pic: Comp

Barbara Rafferty breaks rules in The Devil Masters

Bondagers
By Sue Glover

Review: Bondagers

The Edinburgh Fringe Programme launched at the Botanic Gardens with help from acro balancers Jonathan Elders and Felicity Edmond. Picture: Esme Allen

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 programme launched

50 plays to be performed in one night to celebrate birthday of Traverse

Traverse Theatre at 50: Vision was to showcase works by Capital playwrights

Elementary Xmas for Peepolykus

Interview: Marc Almond, singer