Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival on the planet.  From Nancy Sinatra to Christian Slater, St Andrews to South Africa, one woman shows to casts of hundreds: the Fringe is a hub where Hollywood stars mix with new talent.

It’s a place where people from all countries and cultures come together to perform in Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the original ‘Fringe’ festival. Over 1800 shows from the entire spectrum of the arts perform in almost 300 venues.

Theatre makes up 32% of the programme, followed by Comedy (27%) then Music (21%). Musicals, Children’s Shows, Dance & Physical Theatre, Exhibitions and Events each provide around 4% of the programme.

Some of the famous names who have graced the Fringe (many of whom started their careers at the festival) include:

• Dame Maggie Smith
• Dudley Moore
• Rowan Atkinson
• Michael Palin, John Cleese and Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame)
• Billy Connolly
• Tom Stoppard
• Tim Robbins
• Susan Sarandon
• Hugh Grant
• Nancy Sinatra
• Jude Law
• Ricky Gervais
• Eddie Izzard
• Dido
• Sir Ian McKellen
• Lee Evans
• Sir Anthony Hopkins
• Christian Slater
• Mike Myers
• Pierce Brosnan.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

6 - 30 August 2010