3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (340+ words) Twin staircases, shimmering gowns, a gleaming swimming pool and a live band poised for action: Rachel Kavanaugh’s lavish production of High Society sweeps onto the Playhouse stage dressed to dazzle. With Cole Porter’s irresistible music and lyrics, the classic, classy…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (601+ words) As the curtain fell on the 2026 Edinburgh International Festival on Sunday, festival director Nicola Benedetti reflected on the potency and importance of the annual cultural infusion into the city’s blood-stream. “This year’s Festival theme, All Rise, was a rallying cry…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (305+ words) If you think you know the Scottish play, think again. In ‘Mrs Macbeth,’ Shakespeare’s tale of treason and treachery is retold through the eyes and ears of Lady Macbeth’s loyal Gentlewoman, a minor character in the sleepwalking scene, Act V,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (389+ words) There is something tangibly ominous from the very beginning of Mere Mortals, as if humanity has stepped into a man-made machine that it no longer controls. In this dark, surreal reimagining of Pandora’s Box, choreographer Aszure Barton sets the ancient…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (905+ words) Chris Cantrill and Marty Gleeson were announced as winners of this year's prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards tonight. The Audible Best Comedy Show went to Chris Cantrill for Rewilding, a ‘twisted tale’ about how life in Cantrill’s peaceful countryside community was…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (648+ words) Princes Street will remain closed until at least late August, as work continues on securing the fire-ravaged Debenhams building. Five weeks after fire tore through the historic building, Council Leader Jane Meagher provided an update at City Chambers to business…...