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Adelaide Fringe battle underway between dominant large venues and smaller upstarts

The Garden of Unearthly Delights and Gluttony dominate ticket sales at the Adelaide Fringe, making it difficult for new venues and upcoming artists to get noticed.

ABC News

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023: First shows announced including Daniel Sloss and Rhod Gilbert

The first line-up of Edinburgh Fringe 2023 shows has been announced with tickets on sale from today and stars like Danny Bhoy and Rhod Gilbert confirmed alongside acts like the internationally renowned act The Black Blues Brothers.

Edinburgh Live

COVID-19 wave expected to peak during upcoming Adelaide Fringe and festival season

With a peak of about 6,000 COVID-19 cases predicted in South Australia by the middle of March, health experts say revellers can still enjoy Adelaide's annual festival season, but they should take steps to reduce the risk of infection.

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Anger as Travelodge charges £200 a night for Edinburgh Festival Fringe stay

Prices vary but most dates in August cost well over £200 a night for a basic room without Wi-Fi or breakfast

Wales Online

What’s in store at the 2023 Adelaide Fringe

International shows at Adelaide Fringe will return to pre-pandemic numbers in 2023, with a total line-up of more than 1200 events

The New Daily

Swansea Fringe Festival 2022: Where you can see live music, comedy and more over five days and when

The festival takes place from November 3-6

Wales Online

Leo Reich: ‘It’s f***ed, obviously, how many successful comedians are Cambridge grads’

In one of this year’s funniest Edinburgh Fringe shows, 24-year-old stand-up Leo Reich joked about Gen Z’s narcissism and his own privilege. He talks to Isobel Lewis about his onstage persona, the effectiveness of political satire, and the amount of Cambridge grads in the comedy world

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New Edinburgh theatre to be named in honour of Sir Ian McKellen

The actor performed an acclaimed season of Hamlet at the 2022 Fringe festival.

The Independent UK

The best Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows to see in London

Some of the top acts of the 2022 fringe are bringing their shows to London. Here’s our pick...

Evening Standard

‘We need an intervention’: five ways to fix the Edinburgh festival fringe

Too pricy, too elitist, just too big? After the criticisms of this year’s event, a panel of festival regulars consider the way forward for Edinburgh’s summer spectacular

The Guardian - UK

Prague Fringe set to get a taste of the Scottish independence movement

Edinburgh based singer songwriters, Kevin Gore and Bobby Nicholson, will be performing their show, Gone Edinburgh in the Czech capital in late…

The National (Scotland)

Rising accommodation costs endanger the future of the Fringe

THE Future of the Edinburgh Fringe is in “very real danger” due to the cost of accommodation in the capital, according to eight of the…

The National (Scotland)

How a toddler dancing on the streets created a Scottish centre of arts excellence

IT’S fortunate for Scotland that the talent of Morag Deyes was spotted when she used to dance in her Edinburgh street because there wasn’t…

The National (Scotland)

The Week on Stage at Edinburgh Fringe: Amy Gledhill, Colin Hoult, Vir Das, Age Is a Feeling

A guide to comedy and theatre from the final week of the Fringe

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Australian comic Sam Campbell wins top comedy award at Fringe festival

AUSTRALIAN comic Sam Campbell has won the top prize for his show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh Comedy Awards: Sam Campbell wins Best Show of the Fringe

This year’s top prize went to an absurdist comic with sharp observations and snappy one-liners

The Independent UK

Ukraine is about more than war, says Fringe Ballet Freedom performer

Performers in Ukraine’s Ballet Freedom say they want people to see the country is about more than the war.

The National (Scotland)

Unionist protesters linked to Holocaust-denier target Nicola Sturgeon Fringe event

PROTESTERS linked to a Holocaust denier demonstrated outside an Edinburgh Fringe Festival venue where the First Minister was appearing.

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Edinburgh Live

These 17 unearthed photos show the 1980 Edinburgh Fringe in full swing

Cache of recently unearthed press photographs capture all the fun, artistry and magic of the Edinburgh Fringe during what would turn out to be a record-breaking August.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Festival closing fireworks will not go ahead this year

Organisers of the Edinburgh International Festival have confirmed the traditional firework display to mark the end of the celebrations will not be going ahead for 2022.

Edinburgh Live

The Edinburgh Fringe flamenco show that transports you straight to Spain

Alba Flamenca dance studio is hosting extraordinary flamenco performances this festival season and is igniting the fire of the Spanish spirit in locals' hearts.

Edinburgh Live

The Edinburgh Fringe circus show that was like a ticket back to childhood

Our reporter went to see London's touring Cirque Berserk show and said it was a thrilling - and heart-stopping at times - experience that left her positively speechless.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh locals raise eyebrows at street performers 'disgusting' act

Viral Edinburgh street performance divides opinions of the public. The Human Fountains have been spewing water on the Royal Mile during Fringe. Some viewers love the novelty, while others are grossed out.

The Guardian - UK

Pasta one-liner wins best joke award at Edinburgh festival fringe

West Midlands comedian Masai Graham, who works as a part-time care worker, wins title for second time

Wales Online

Pasta pun named as best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Masai Graham has won the best joke award for a second time

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