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Playbill Goes Fringe is halfway through this year’s coverage of the world’s largest arts festival.

The survival of the Edinburgh International Festival, and others like it around the world, is testament to ingenuity of organisers and performers. But there’s no substitute for the live experience.

Looking for a safe bet? Check out these shows that already hit the mark at the Fringe in recent years

The Fringe is back for 2023. Here, organisers and performers reflect on what the festival means for the Scottish capital.

'We lose sight of what's important if awards become the goal'

From the writer and director of critically acclaimed Us/Them (Fringe First winner 2016) comes an extraordinary true story exploring gender, identity and abuse of power.

As president of the Edinburgh Fringe, the Fleabag star says it will be more inclusive and accessible.

This August will mark 75 years since Edinburgh began its remarkable festival journey, and The Scotsman has been there right from the start. Here, Susan Mansfield looks at how the festivals have evolved over the last three-quarters of a century, debunking some common myths and misconceptions along the way

“I’M WITH STUPID” stops at the Hollywood on its worldwide tour that started in Madrid and culminates at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It opens on June 18, 2022, at Asylum@Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre, 5636 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

In 2002, UK comedian and 3-time Edinburgh Fringe First winner Henry Naylor (2018 Hollywood Fringe Best International nominee for “Echoes”) went to the Afghan War Zone with photographer Sam Maynard to conduct research for Naylor's Edinburgh Fringe play “Finding Bin Laden.”