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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Flyers for "Singin' I'm No a Billie, She's a Tim" stuck into windscreen wipers and also plastered over other performers poster. Unacceptable, the @edfringe.bsky.social has rules for flyers and promotion.

Flyers for Billy & Tim stuck under someone's windscreen. This is frowned on.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The more things change, etc. From 1776, but equally applies to modern AI theft of IP. Dare to discover.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Pickled Republic 1:15PM Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Summerhall 31 July - 25 August 2025, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. #Summerhall, #Edinburgh #EdinburghFringe

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Moonstone Theatre Company's award winning show ENOUGH comes to the @edfringe.bsky.social this year via @thespaceuk.bsky.social. Enough is a bold drama following a new police recruit as she battles systemic injustice within the Met. Aug 1-8 18:30 2025, at The Space on The Mile.

A moodily lit photo of a police issue protective vest.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Famous Spiegeltent is set to return to St Andrew Square for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Starting from 10 July to 31 August 2025. Celebrating 105 years of The Famous Spiegeltent and the 21st anniversary of house show, La Clique.

David Bates and Friend outside the Famous Spiegel Tent, an elaborate tent.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Coming to @edfringe.bsky.social for 2025, Chrome Productions presents 3 Little Wigs, a cabaret variety show in which three performers try to evade the whiles of the sly Big Bad Wolf. Aug 18-23 22:45 (45 mins), at The Surgeon's Hall.

Blue background, pink balloon text. Text reads "3 Little Wigs. "

Show description on the space website reads "Three little pigs move to the big city, dreaming of pop stardom. They enter a talent contest run by the sly Big Bad Wolf and hosted by a fabulous presenter. With live vocals, lip-syncing, dance, and comedy, this electrifying show reimagines the classic tale. As the pigs advance through the competition, they revel in the glitz and glamour, unaware of the Wolf’s true intentions. The stakes rise as they discover the chilling truth – they’re destined to be the main course at the Wolf’s annual Feast of Champions. Can they escape before it's too late?"

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Mal MacKenzie and The Blue Loop Group's show, Roadkill Bambi, is a surreal time-loop story about car accidents, talking deer, death and philosophy. It comes to the @edfringe.bsky.social in 2025 at the Surgeon's Hall, Aug 1-9, 18:05.

A deer in headlights - the image is mostly purple, the deer is in shadow. The words Roadkill Bambi dominate the image.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

theSpaceUK (who are still on X for some reason), have announced some of their @edfringe.bsky.social shows. More details via the link. www.thespaceuk.com/latest-news/...

Cartoon picture of Angela Lansbury, promo for -
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The cult hit returns to the Fringe! Don’t miss an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode, A Fashionable Way to Die, following last year’s riotous presentation of Paint Me a Murder. Jessica Fletcher is invited to Paris to visit a designer friend, but soon gets caught up in a murder mystery only she (or you!) can solve. See the show that has wowed audiences across the UK, Ireland, Australia and the Murder, She Wrote Festival 2025 in Mendocino.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe started in 1947 as a response to the Edinburgh International Festival. It wasn't until 1974 that the Fringe got bigger. These days the EIF is soundly outnumbered and the ability to see both Bertolt Brechta and then Basil Brush in one day is rather the point.

Basil Brush, in a green sequn jacket and ring master attire. He wears a small black 'top hat' with gold trim.

Basil Brus is a fox shaped puppet, more a cartoon idea of a fox than an actual fox. Boom, boom.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

One of the many, many artists who had their careers started by @edfringe.bsky.social is Tony Award winning Anna Quayle, who first appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Better Late back in 1956. Quayle is remembered for Casino Royale (in green paint), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Grange Hill.

Black and White photo of Anna Quayle. They are doing 'jazz hands' and their eye make up is exagerrated. The over all look is clownish.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

No one is moving the historic, world famous international arts showcase known as The Edinburgh Fringe just because it's a bit of a bother to travel up to Scotland from London. Though do recall that The Camden Fringe is a thing ( @camdenfringe.bsky.social ).

Cheap and nasty clown shoes. These are made of knitted composite sponge, and the sole is made of EVA material, which is soft in texture and aren't as durable as you'd hope. The clown shoes are full of colorful dots, classic style and bright colors. They're mostly yellow, with yellow 'ribbon' laces that don't look at all durable.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

In this house we celebrate Burn's Night with Cranachan. That's Scottish Whipped Cream With Whisky, Raspberries, and Toasted Oats. *burp*

Image From the whiskyshop blog. A glass with Scottish Whipped Cream With Whisky, Raspberries, and Toasted Oats arranged in a delicious way.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Formby debuted at 2012's @edfringe.bsky.social , to great critical acclaim. Ewan Wardrop's powerful biographical story of George Formby, the iconic English actor, singer-songwriter / comedian from the 1930's and 40's. Wardrop also did a piece for YouTube as Formby performing 50 Cent's 'In Da Club'.

Poster for "Formby, an ordinary man with an extraordinary talent". One man show, features Ewan Wardrop as Formby on the flyer.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I Am Star Trek came to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2001. (It debuted at Wisconsin's Broom Street Theatre in 1995). A biography of sorts, it focused on the life of #StarTrek creator Gene Rodenberry, and featured nine actors playing over 50 characters.

Flyer for 2001's Edinburgh Fringe. "Skullduggery Presents the British Premiere of Rick Vorndran's "I Am Star Trek".

Show title is in red, venue details are in white. Background is a 'star theme'

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Advert from the 1984 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme for Radio Forth, which at the time, ran a split service so it could run Festival City Radio, specifically for the Festival. Not even sure how you'd do such a thing today. Radio Forth is still around, though it's now part of Bauer Media.

Black and White 'newspaper print' advert for Radio Forth. Features a silhouette of Edinburgh Castle, with 'Forth At The Festival' above, and Radio Forth - Close to You set into the shadow.

Rest of the blurb reads:

Radio Forth covers The Festival
DAILY on 1548 KHZand 96.8 FM Stereo
with FRINGE REVIEWS, Interviews with
Celebrities, GuidetoTicketSales, uptothe minute
FESTIVAL NEWS. Radio Forth will presentan
Award forthe BESTORIGINAL MUSIC SCOREand an
award forthe BEST MUSIC PERFORMANCE.
Application Formsfrom Carol Main, Radio Forth,
Forth House, Forth Street, Edinburgh. 031 -5569255.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Just a reminder that petting the nose of Greyfriar's Bobby isn't 'good luck'. The wee dog spent most of it's existence in mourning. Don't go out of your way to hurt the poor thing's monument. Curses aren't real, but damaging the statue of the embodiment of grief sounds like a way to get cursed.

Statue of Greyfriars bobby, his nose discoloured due to selfish, ignorant tourists getting themselves cursed.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

NINE, at the Hopemill in Manchester, looks good.

A Hope Mill Theatre Production

In celebration of our ninth birthday, we’re presenting NINE the Musical in Concert.

Starring Broadway and West End sensation Ramin Karimloo, our production of the Tony Award winning NINE at Lowry in Salford tells the story of movie director Guido Conti, who is staring down the barrel of a mid-life crisis and a bad case of creative block.

With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse and his mother.
As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands.

Nine the musical won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Original Score, with hits including ‘Be Italian’, ‘Unusual Way’, ‘Cinema Italiano’ and many more. It was released as a movie in 2009, featuring an all-star cast including Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Penelope Cruz and Sophia Loren.

Joining Ramin will be Ruthie Henshall (Chicago, Billy Elliot) as Liliane la Fleur. Also appearing will be Amber Davies (Pretty Woman, Back to the Future) as Stephanie, Josefina Gabrielle (Les Miserables, Oaklahoma!) as Guido’s Mother, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (HEX, Cinderella) as Luisa, Melissa James (Moulin Rouge, Gypsy) as Claudia, Danielle Steers (Just For One Day, Bat Out of Hell the Musical) as Sarraghina and Zizi Strallen (Mary Poppins, Strictly Ballroom) as Carla.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

ICYMI: @edfringe.bsky.social box office rebate and commission structures update. - Fringe booking fee rebate will reduce from 60% to 50% for Fringe 2025 - The Fringe Box Office commission rate increases from 4% (+VAT) to 5% (+VAT) for Fringe 2025. - Registration fees remain frozen til 2027.

Old Town along Cockburn Street, connecting the Royal Mile to Waverley Station. Colour photo of a picturesque part of Ediburgh.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The folk at @edfringe.bsky.social are looking for people who caption live performance? If that's you, check out their online catch-up. 📆 Mon 16 Dec, 12:00 GMT RSVP: eu1.hubs.ly/H0f8hrG0

Counting Sheep (2016) Summerhall, Photo David Monteith-Hodge

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Teviot Row House is the world's oldest purpose built student union building (est: 1889). Formerly the site of 'The Fringe Club', it became a Gilded Balloon venue in 2001. It was closed this year for repairs and modernisation. It's looking like it'll be closed in 2025 as repairs continue.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Festival Fringe Club card from 1971. 30p back then is about £5 today.

Green paper with black ink. Reads: Festival Fringe Club, 54 Lothian Street, Membership Ticket 1971. Stamped in red ink. Cost a total of 30 pence.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

A winner of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Poster Design Competition. 15-year-old Derek Wilson from Portobello High School won with this iconic looking chap. @edfringe.bsky.social ran the competion in the 80's and 90s, and it resulted in some rather charming designs.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Back in 1984, Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller (right) took over from Andrew Cruickshank as chairman of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe . Best known as Dr Cameron on the BBC's Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Aberdeen born Cruickshank had been chair for 14 years. Miller's career also involved medicine and acting.

Photo: George Smith, for The Scotsman. Shown here for educational purposes. Black and white photo, two middle aged men having a cup of tea. Caption: Dr Jonathan Miller took over from Andrew Cruikshank (left) as chairman of Edinburgh Festival Fringe in March 1984.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

1984 Edinburgh Fringe advert for Alexi Sayle, who would have been 32 at the time and at the height of popularity. The pioneer of alternative comedy would have been well known thanks to TV shows like The Young Ones. The following year he'd appear on Doctor Who as a Disc Jockey on the planet Necros.

White on black text. A young Alexi Sayle lurks in the background, holding a duck like a microphone. The advert is for a two nights only gig. The words Alexi Sayle dominate the image, the rest of the picture is taken up with gig details.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Advert from #Edfringe 1984, for a Busking Competition sponsored by Archibald Arrol & Sons Ltd for their ale. There's a fine tradition of local brewery's sponsoring the fringe. The brand effectively ceased to exist by 1998. @edfringe.bsky.social street events are now handled very differently.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The World Wide Web didn't exist back in 1984, and home computing was quite different back then, so no booking your #EdFringe tickets online or via an app. If you wanted to book tickets ahead of time, this handy form in the back of the Fringe programme was very useful.

Black text on ageing white paper. It is a form for booking tickets. The header reads Ticket Postal Bookimg Form plus Fringe Club Membership

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The DeMarco Europen Art Foundation is a permanent exhibition of photos, programmes and other ephemera from both the The Edinburgh International Festival and #EdFringe. It is currently in Summerhall, and at time of writing, no one knows what happens to it after Summerhall closes. The owner is 94.

1972. Sean Connery and Wojciech Brusewski. Atelier '72, Edinburgh.

20 August - 9 September 1972. Sean Connery (right) with Wojciech Brusewski (filmmaker from Lodz Film School) with banner for the Happening Fire, in the basement of the RDG, 8 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh during Atelier '72 (contemporary Polish art) presented by the RDG in collaboration with the Lodz Museum of Art for the Edinburgh Festival. Atelier '72 was funded by the Scottish International Education Trust, established by Sean Connery in 1970.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

1984 and Alternative Comedy was the brave new thing; comedy that wasn't a rote set of gags and didn't punch down. Off the back of hit TV show The Young Ones, Nigel Planer toured as his character, Neil, and Alexi Sayle was at the peak of his deadpan, observation based, politically loaded humour.

Advert for multiple gigs at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1984, from the programme. Flyer includes details for acts such as Alexi Sayle, Nigel Planer and the Bad Karma Tour, New York Stand Up Comedy Rudner, Amoros and Schlock (sharp enough to draw blood), MacLean & MacLean and an act called Brave New Comedy which includes Red Dwarf actor Norman Lovett.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

1984's Edinburgh Festival Fringe Cover. Note that the singer is wearing a BP T-shirt. Support from BP was pretty common in the 80s and 90s. The British multinational oil and gas company stopped sponsoring the performing arts in 2016, though former BP CEO John Browne continues to support the arts.

Cover of the 1984 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme. White background. The word FRINGE is spelled out, two columns, two letters per column (so it could read FIGRNE I suppose). Each letter is also a cartoon of a performer, bent into the shape of a letter. So a high-kicking clown forms an F, acrobats form an R, a singer forms the I, three actors for the N, a puppeteer forms the G and a guitarist forms the E.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Cracking The Fringe came out in 2014. It's by Jon Gracey & Viv Egan, who are now better known for Werewolf Live!, Blood On The Clocktower and No Roll's Barred. Despite being a decade old, it's still filled with solid #Edfringe advice and is presented in an accessible, chatty style. Well worth it.

Book cover. Background is a pale blue, with a white banner on the top. Title reads Cracking The Fringe, Your Balls-out Guide to Taking On The Edinburgh Fringe. A white sillouette of a man in a top hat with raised arms, surrounded by white balls / a crowd, dominates the cover. Book by Jon Gracey and Viv Egan.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

From the 1975 #EdFrigne not to be confused with the 1985 movie or the Broadway show with the giant robot monkey. Described as "An old love meets a new love -- but what the hell is King Kong doing in a Glasgow tenement?". Byatt's other work includes "Why Does the Pope Not Come To Glasgow?"

Black text on old (cream) white paper. A programme listing for KONG LIVES, a new Scots play by George Byatt, starring Irene Sunters and Andrew Byatt, tickets are £1. From the 1975 Programme Guide.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Dune! The Musical is a one man show from @okdancollins.bsky.social . First debuted at @cymeraf.bsky.social , it has (so far) had two runs at the @edfringe.bsky.social and opened the SECC as part of @glasgow2024.bsky.social. It's a great show that covers Frank Herbert's epic in a fun way.

Flyer for Dune! The Muscial, A Gurney Halleck prodcution with art fron Nate Donnel. A bald man in a big jacket and a still suit thrusts a guitar forward in a dramatic way. In the background, a giant sandworm plays guitar. Other scenes from the novel, Dune are also depicted. Clearly a parody work.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Have seen confirmation that @edfringe.bsky.social is indeed the official Bsky of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Courtney Pauroso first came to the fringe in 2019 with their sell-out show Gutterplum, which was well received. She returned in 2023 with Vanessa 5000, another hit comedy show with staunchly feminist themes. A version can be found on Dropout.TV - channel owner Sam Reich is a Fringe regular.

Slightly worn flyer for Courtney Pauroso show, Gutterplum. Green background, with a distressed looking white, blonde haired woman as the central image. The woman has distressed hair and make-up. Show is described as a character clown show and feminist allegory. Venue is Underbelly.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is of course, the birthplace of hit TV show and global phenomena, Taskmaster. The 2010 stage show was a bit different; the assembled contestants sat on stage as Alex explained the tasks in a 'comedy slide show format'. Excerpts can be found on YouTube.

Screenshoot from page 23 of 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme. Highlighting two shows. 1) Alex Horne: Odds. Picture of Alex Horne's face. He is a brown bearded white man, and looks surprised. Text for Odds says Comedian Alex Horne discusses numbers, the universe, gambling, regrets and quantum physics. He'll also try to distract with his powerpoint skills. Entry 2) Alex Horne: The Taskmaster. Also features of picture of Alex, looking serious. Entry reads 'After twenty challenges including 'Gaining Weight' and 'Sun Headlin Prediction' Alex Horne declares either Dan Atkinson, Tom Basden, Jarred Christmas, James Dowdeswell, Rick Edwards, Tim Fitzhigham, Stuart Goldsmith, Steve Hall, Tim Key, Lloyd Langford, Josie Long, Guy Morgan, Al Pitcher, Mark Olver, Mark Watson, Henning Wehn, Joe Wilkinson, Lloyd Woolf, Mike Wozniak, and Tom Wrigglesworth 'The Taskmaster'.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Edinburgh International Festival has launched it's programme for August 2025. That's the festival that the Fringe sits on the outside of. It tends to be smaller, more expensive, less accessible and much 'Art' with a capital A. Shows include "Mary, Queen of Scots by Scottish Ballet".

Mary, Queen of Scots - Scottish Ballet, credit GavinSmart. EIF couldn't be bothered to do a description, so I will - cliche photo of a white woman with black hair in a black dress stepping out of the darkness. An older person with white hair is in the background, trying to reach out.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Map of Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues from the 1957 Programme. They are quite a lot more venues these days.

Red and blue ink on white paper. A simple map of Edinburgh city, with 23 venues marked out as well as landmarks. It has two simple adverts for local businesses, and a confusing illustration of actors, dancers and jesters.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is looking a Chief Executive Officer. They'll be replacing Shona McCarthy, who has been doing the job for nine years and their previous experience included Film Festivals and various bids for 'City of Culture' type things. Link: www.edfringe.com/learn/jobs/526

Shona McCarthy standing in front of an Edinburgh Fringe banner whilst smiling. A well-dressed middle-aged, white, red haired women. Photo taken in 2013.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

From the Programme of the 1990 Edinburgh Fringe. @bsfa.bsky.social Newsletter "Matrix" described Ageless Theatre as handling the Little Shop Of Horrors "with gusto" and lauds the production's version of Audrey II. The List also praised their Canterbury Tales for it's use of flatulence.

Black and white illustation / line art promoting four Edinburgh Fringe shows from 1990 - Little Shop of Horrors, Under Milk Wood, Getting There and Canterbury Tales. All shows are "At The Roxy" and performed by Ageless Theatre.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,036,066!

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 14/04/2024

From the Edinburgh Fringe Programme 1981. Lovely review of, uhm, beer.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

From the 1973 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, The Birkenhead Dada Manifesto.

Grumpy bearded man in a hat sits on the toilet with notice about the nature of art. Next to it is a rambling manifesto; the first paragraph is below:

BIR KIN HEAD DADA has no direct connections with anything or anyone.
Clearly our name evokes the memory of the original anti-art movement,
but ours is the anti-art of Merseyside where childhoods are spent
counting turds floating down the Mersey. However, labels are utterly
useless.

(It continues in this vein).

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Regular @ofalafel.bsky.social is at the Fringe this year. Firmly recommended.

Yellow background, blue text. Features a bearded white man with a bat on his head, 'hanging upside down'. Details for 'Olaf Falafels Super Stupid Show' is displayed.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

Johnny Vegas from 1999, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He hasn't aged a day.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

Succession star Brian Cox is the newest Patron of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We're sure they'll be a gin tie-in some time soon.

Photo Brian Cox looking very stoic. The actor Brian Cox, not the scientist. Photo by David Ho.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Ah, the Phoebe Waller-Bridge Limited Edition Edinburgh Gin. Bottled in the same factory they produce Smokehead Whisky, *just* outside Edinburgh. Came out in 2021 to support the Fringe's return, still available for sale.

Image of aristocrats daughter and comic actress Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge photo shopped onto a promo shot of a bottle of gin, standing on a table. A stylised 'city in blue' image is in the background.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

From 1999's Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme. By 1999, the programme was free and also packed with adverts for show. Here's one for TV legends Mel & Sue opposite a production of Fanny Hill.

Extract from the 1999 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, showing an advert for comedy duo Mel & Sue alongside an advert for Fanny Hill.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Arts funding has a proven, solid return on investment, not only in terms of cash but also quality of life. But that's been downplayed by decades by government for reasons that have nothing to do with common sense and everything to do with optics. So. Register to Vote & get the ID if needed.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Focus @edfringefocus.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

1999 saw the TV show Red Dwarf have a revival of sorts, with season 8 being a soft reboot with a larger cast. Obviously the stars of the show took to the Fringe to wow audiences. Red Dwarf continues to be enormously influential to the UK comedy show, as fans of the Better Than Life podcast know.

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