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Edinburgh festival 2008

August 2009

  • The Edinburgh fringe's new chief executive, Kath Mainland

    Edinburgh fringe left £900,000 out of pocket by collapse of new box office

    Fringe festival was brought to the 'edge of the abyss' by system failure, accounts reveal

February 2009

  • Edinburgh festival: Report slams Fringe ticketing fiasco

    Box-office chaos at last year's arts festival caused by inadequate project control and insufficient resources, claims independent investigation

2 September 2008

  • Theatre blog
    Do the Lady Boys of Bangkok light your fire?

  • Edinburgh festival: Istanbul Music and Sema Group

1 September 2008

  • Ken Campbell

    Improv king Ken Campbell dies

    Actor, writer and man of experimental theatre Ken Campbell has died, just days after his Edinburgh festival performance

  • Gunnar Brandt and Viviane De Muynck in Wolpe!, The Hub, Edinburgh

    Edinburgh festival: Wolpe!

    The Hub, Edinburgh
    Ode to a minor master fails to strike a chord, says Andrew Clements

  • Edinburgh festival: Staatskapelle Dresden/Luisi

    Staatskapelle Dresden/Luisi, Usher Hall
    A luminous overture aside, this was a rather low-key affair, says Rowena Smith

31 August 2008

  • Dorian Gray

    Edinburgh festival: Picture of a 21st-century Dorian

    Matthew Bourne holds up a mirror to the modern metro-stud in his dance take on Oscar Wilde, says Luke Jennings

  • Edinburgh festival: When music is drawn into the political cesspool

    Classical: Valery Gergiev conducts Kròl Roger and The Enchanted Wanderer in Edinburgh

  • Devil's Ship, The Hub, Edinburgh

    Edinburgh festival: Raw voices of the dispossessed

    Fiery social comment from the National Theatre of Scotland and veiled mutterings from Iran in Susannah Clapp's Edinburgh roundup

30 August 2008

  • Questions, questions

    What went wrong at the fringe? Is it healthier to live in the city or the country? What is the best way to swat a fly?

  • I Went to the House But Did Not Enter, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh festival

    Edinburgh festival: I Went to the House But Did Not Enter

    Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
    Heiner Goebbels' new theatre piece is slender but immensely atmospheric, writes Andrew Clements

  • Edinburgh festival: Batsheva Dance Company

    Edinburgh Playhouse
    The Edinburgh Deca reconstruction includes distinctive walks, semaphoric arms, dance-hall moves and stretchy shapes of 'gaga', says Alice Bain

29 August 2008

  • Edinburgh festival: The Enchanted Wanderer

    Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
    Much of the material is unmemorable in Shchedrin's 'opera for the concert stage', says Tim Ashley

  • Mark Lawson

    Never before have I been so moved, or enraged, by a play

    Mark Lawson

    Mark Lawson: I came out of Deep Cut feeling rage and guilt. It points to a failure of journalism, and demands a government response

  • Edinburgh Fringe chief stuns arts world with resignation

    Further resignations expected after first decline in Fringe ticket sales for eight years

28 August 2008

  • Theatre blog
    Edinburgh festival: The first head to roll

  • Jon Morgan, director of the Edinburgh Fringe, who resigned on August 28 2008

    Edinburgh festival: Fringe director's shock departure

  • Edinburgh festival: BFO/Fischer

  • Devil's Ship, The Hub, Edinburgh

    Edinburgh festival: Devil's Ship

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