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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

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 people of Edinburgh and regular visitors to its festivals will find much has changed since the city last hosted its world-famous cultural celebration.

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

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

Festival chief pledges shake-up to support local culture
The director of the Edinburgh International Festival has pledged that the event will do more to support local arts and culture as he signalled that it was likely to scale back the number of visits from overseas performers in future.

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

31 great things to do in Edinburgh this May

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