There’s an unassuming air to Eric Rushton’s delivery. He’s not quite deadpan, but he is subdued enough to knock-off grade-A punchlines with a shrug, basking in a superlative gag rate to ...

Seeing local comedian Jay Lafferty own the familiar surroundings of The Stand at 5pm on an opening Fringe weekend is the grounding a mostly Scottish audience didn’t know they needed. Starting ...

We’re about six days into festival season at time of writing, and our reviewers have been busy slinging stars at shows like they were drunken gods of the cosmos. To help you discover the best ...

What started as one viral moment in 2021 has turned into an Edinburgh Fringe sensation. A simple ‘orite?’ begins proceedings and what follows is a down-right dazzling performance from writer ...

After the disappointment of previous big budget versions of The Fantastic Four (a pair of forgettable efforts from Tim Story released in 2005 and 2007, and Josh Trank’s 2015 box-office bomb ...

Communities can be forged out of many things; rebelling against a common enemy, sharing or upholding the same value systems or, on a lighter note, the mutual enjoyment of certain music, fashion ...

Claire Sawers enters the rehearsal rooms of Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet as it prepares to embark on its world premiere tour ...

The world's biggest arts festival gets underway in less than two months, and today marks the launch of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 programme. This year’s event is set to be one of the ...

Although it premiered at Cannes in 2023, it’s taken two full years for tempestuous French drama Along Came Love to wash up on our shores. The latest film from acclaimed director Katell ...

Talking Sopranos’ 2026 UK and Ireland tour dates: Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Sunday 15 February Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Monday 16 February Empire Theatre, Liverpool, Thursday 19 February Royal ...

No, ‘Breaking Thru The Interstellar’ is not another Katy Perry roasting (although give the internet enough time and it could be). Instead, it’s the majestic opening track on Andy Bell’s ...

Near the end of Michael Pedersen’s Boy Friends, a 2022 ‘memoir of joy, grief and male friendship’, he details first encountering the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse. The Portobello poet had ...