2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (573+ words) AN Edinburgh venue has accepted that it discriminated against a Jewish comedian when it cancelled his show at last year’s Fringe festival. Stand-up comic Philip Simon had been due to perform his "Shall I Compere Thee In A Funny Way…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (389+ words) GLASGOW'S Aye Write book festival will not go ahead in 2026 – but organisers insist the event is being “reimagined” rather than scrapped, with a revamped return planned for spring 2027. Glasgow Life, the charity which runs the festival, has confirmed that Aye…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (779+ words) "THERE's perhaps no more challenging baptism, but certainly no better baptism than Edinburgh for a new show,” I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! runner-up and Celebs Go Dating receptionist Tom Read Wilson tells me from his flat in…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (900+ words) SCOTTISH comedian Rosco McClelland has revealed how winning the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award gave him the confidence to stop worrying about making his comedy more “commercially viable.” The East Kilbride comic won the coveted award in 2025, and…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (817+ words) HER character may have been killed off towards the end of Scottish soap opera River City but actor Claire Dargo is very much alive and will be appearing in a new show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this month. However, the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (864+ words) IT is an important function of the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) that it brings to Scotland’s capital the kind of work that Scottish audiences would otherwise be unlikely to see. Festival director Nicola Benedetti’s 2026 programme certainly ticks that box…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (154+ words) EDINBURGH festival season is well underway, and The National's coverage will keep you well up-to-speed on best shows to check out this month. Throughout August, we'll be publishing regular reviews of the hottest-tipped performances, with special extended theatre coverage from…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (518+ words) CAMPAIGNERS have called on the Edinburgh International Festival to end its partnership with investment firm Baillie Gifford, accusing the organisation of benefiting from companies linked to Israel’s military and fossil fuel industry. The renewed calls came as the festival prepared…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (506+ words) AN Edinburgh Fringe venue is facing pressure to cancel a show by Amanda Knox – the American woman who was twice wrongfully convicted of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher – after the murdered woman’s sister objected to the performance. In late 2007 and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (910+ words) AN explosive new take on the gunpowder plot is aiming to blow audiences away when it comes to Scotland. The extremely camp and irreverent version of the Guy Fawkes story has already won awards for its comedy content if not…...