An Edinburgh festival to dazzle
The Scotsman 27 July 2022 What was it theatregoers missed most during the months of lockdown? It is a question vexing arts promoters even now. Anecdotal evidence suggests audiences are…
Still game: Edinburgh’s 2021 fringe is a return to the festival’s roots
The Guardian 9 August 2021 On the wall in my kitchen is a calendar made by Edinburgh theatre critic Thom Dibdin. This time last year, he and his photographer brother…
Edinburgh Festival: “the biggest challenge will be to make the audience feel like an audience again”
Scotland on Sunday 26 July 2020 It was a family holiday somewhere in the Republic of Ireland. I don’t remember the name of the town, but it must have been…
Edinburgh festival’s cancellation will be felt not just around the city but the world
The Guardian 1 April 2020 The story used to be about how enormous the Edinburgh fringe had become. As long ago as 1961, theatre director Gerard Slevin argued it would…