Edinburgh Festival

NoFit State Circus returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with two new shows this summer, BIANCO in the Big Top and NOODLES at New Town Theatre.

Following two critically-acclaimed runs in London and a multi-city Canadian tour, SAPPHO ...in 9 fragments by Jane Montgomery Griffiths, plays for three nights only at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 8, 9, 10 at 19:15 at theSpace Venue 45.

There have been a number of changes and additions to the programme for Edinburgh Festival 2013 since the launch in March. The Festival has announced the casts for Gate Theatre Dublin's productions of Eh Joe and First Love.

Lynx Ensemble will co-produce Bill Bowers' phenomenal solo show IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING in the 2013 International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh next month! But before Bill heads off to this grand adventure, you can support him a bit closer to home at 59E59 Street's East to Edinburgh Festival.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Buonasera! will play the Edinburgh Fringe Fest, beginning 12 August and running through 24 at Space Cabaret (Venue 54.) The production will also preview at London's Proud Cabaret on 4 August.

BETWEEN EMPIRES, a new British musical with book and lyrics by Morgan Mackintosh and Orlando Simon and music by Michail Palaiologou, will receive its world premiere at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing in Symposium Hall from 12 to 24 August.

Hirsch previews at Berkeley Street Theatre, Upstairs July 19 at 8pm, and runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at The Pleasance from August 1-25 at 2:15pm daily (except for Aug. 14).

National Theatre Wales' award-winning political production, The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning, is to be staged at a school in Edinburgh this summer, as part of both the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the British Council Showcase. It will be staged simultaneously on stage, and in a live stream via an interactive website.

Marko Djordjevic and Sveti will appear tonight, July 4th at Bar Next Door, 129 Macdougal St, Manhattan, NY. Call (212) 529-5945 for more information. Sets at 8:30 to 9:45pm and 10:30 to 11:45pm. $12.00 cover-all night.

Pleasance Theatre, London presents an exciting programme of Theatre Preview Shows. A selection of companies trying out their work for a pocket pleasing £5, before taking it up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. These previews include award winning theatre, new writing, cabaret, and even a magical new story for children written by Michael Morpurgo.

After reviewing more than 3,000 plays over a dozen years, Dallas, Texas, theater critic Elaine Liner wrote one she wanted to see. Her one-woman comedy Sweater Curse: A Yarn about Love debuts at this summer's Edinburgh Festival Fringe at 1:15 p.m. daily, August 1-26, at Sweet/Grassmarket International 4 (Venue 18).

An Edinburgh Fringe double bill preview with Nick Hall and Hayley Jayne Standing is set for Shaker & Company (NW1 3EE) on July 10th at 8pm. Entrance: Free (Ticketless).

Soho Theatre announces a packed Edinburgh Festival Fringe season of exciting comedy debuts, experimental performances and long-awaited returns, as part of our commitment to nurturing new talent and continuing our long standing relationships with leading international performers.

£5000 could be yours if you and your Edinburgh Fringe show win Amused Moose Laughter Awards 2013, which is the senior strand of Amused Moose Comedy Awards. Whether you win or not, you can be certain that your show will be watched by more people who could make things happen for you, than would otherwise be the case.

Keith Jack, runner up on Any Dream Will Do, is to take on the leading role of Alastair in Sell A Door Theatre Company's brand new musical Sincerely, Mr Toad produced in association with Greenwich Theatre.

A dance on the edge of the abyss! The vanquished impresario of a ruined Berlin cabaret takes the stage, honouring his lost friends and singing the greatest cabaret songs ever written. '33 (A Kabarett), playing at the Hill Street Solo Theatre from 1-25 August as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is about the power of music and the courage to keep going.

Today the Edinburgh International Festival launched a new web-based application called 'Cauldron', the next stage in the development of Festival City, a new work commissioned from composer Tod Machover which will premiere at the Usher Hall in August.

It's that time of year! More shows have just been announced for Edinburgh Fringe 2013, including A Body to Die(t) For, Cinderella Lives!, The Road to Qatar, The Ghost Hunter, and Ladies and Gentleman, Buonasera! Scroll down for details.

Edinburgh Fringe 2013 has announced some of its upcoming shows, including theatre productions The Events, No Direction, Who Wants to Kill Yulia Tymoshenko, Robert Golding and The Inventor and the Escort, comedy acts New Art Club's Feel About Your Body and Katie Goodman's I Didn't F*ck It Up, and musicians The Magnets. Scroll down for details!

He's back (with a splash!) - following on from a hugely successful run in the West-End, Omid has announced a thirteen nights of Omid Djalili Live at the Edinburgh Festival this year at The Assembly Rooms, Music Hall. Tickets are on sale now.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has today unveiled plans to hold an event in New York City for artists and performing companies who might be interested in bringing their work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August for three weeks in Scotland's capital city.

Tonight's Virgin Money Fireworks Concert began in spectacular style with a volley of fireworks travelling at 200 miles per hour over Edinburgh Castle while around 250,000 people gathered across the city and beyond to watch the popular annual event.

Edinburgh International Festival 2012 closes with a bang tonight as Virgin Money Fireworks Concert brings the city together in celebration.

Touring theatre company Sell a Door Theatre have scooped the prestigious Scotsman Fringe First award for their co-production with Boxed Cat Theatre of Rainbow by Emily Jenkins.

Michael Elm reviews the real life David vs Goliath story that is Patrick Combs Man 1, Bank 0.