Before electronic dance music became a global default, LouCii (Louay Kouncar), was working at the more difficult edge of the form: finding a way for Arabic melodies, rhythms and vocal textures to move through club speakers without losing the character that gave…
The festival sold more than 2.8 million tickets across a milestone anniversary run, even as organisers urged a fresh look at affordability.…
The actor says spiralling costs are pricing out artists and audiences, and calls for the Fringe and the official festival to work as one.…
The superhero film led the North American weekend chart again, pushing its domestic total near 900 million dollars as new releases trailed behind.…
Every Edinburgh Fringe produces a handful of shows that break out of the thousands on offer to become the ones people press on each other in bars and queues. The 2026 edition, its programme as vast as ever, has already begun sorting…
Theatre may lend the Edinburgh Fringe its prestige, but comedy is what fills its rooms. Year after year the festival serves as the most important proving ground in the English-speaking comedy world, the place where reputations are made, careers are launched, and…
Alongside the sprawling Fringe runs a quieter, more curated counterpart. The Edinburgh International Festival gathers some of the finest performers in classical music, opera, theatre, and dance, offering a programme built on selection rather than open access, and giving the city’s August…
Every Edinburgh Fringe produces a handful of shows that break out of the thousands on offer to become the ones people press on each other in bars and queues. The 2026 edition, its programme larger than ever, has already begun sorting its…
The latest Spider-Man film has done what only a rare blockbuster manages, turning a weekend into a milestone. The release cleared $927 million in its first three days and broke the North American opening record, a result that will reassure an industry…
Theatre may lend the Edinburgh Fringe its prestige, but comedy is what fills its rooms. Year after year the festival serves as the most important proving ground in the English-speaking comedy world, the place where reputations are made, careers are launched, and…
