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Simona Ray: Do we still know how to see ourselves?
Simona Ray returns to Times Square on 15 August with SEE YOU II, asking if we can see ourselves beneath the noise of constant visibility.
Talking to The Talking Drum: Voices from the Andover Estate
The Talking Drum transforms 50 years of Andover Estate testimonies into verbatim theatre challenging decades of negative media portrayals of council estates.
The Books That Motivated Me This Summer - available to purchase on Amazon.
Five books motivated personal transformation this summer, from Mel Robbins' The Let Them Theory to Lekan Alli-Balogun's mindset guide on turning trauma into growth.
The city break is getting a little more mysterious
Mystery Guides turns British cities into self-guided detective games, combining walking tours with puzzle-solving that makes visitors look closer at overlooked details.
Belvedere Mykonos Reimagines Breakfast Through Greek Art and Tradition
Belvedere Hotel Mykonos transforms breakfast into a cultural experience with artisanal bakery and sourdough sculpture by Nikos Chandolias.
The concert hall is no longer enough: why Britain's leading orchestras are breaking their own rules
London Symphony Orchestra unveils autumn season blending jazz, spoken word and dance with classical music as UK orchestras redefine the concert format.
Brick Lane Music Hall announces Autumn Season, including brand new Murder Mystery
Brick Lane Music Hall launches The Pleasures of Fanny, an immersive 1940s murder mystery, as part of its autumn 2026 season alongside Sunday shows for the first time.
Bali's next generation of luxury resorts is being shaped by culture, not imitation
Bali's The Order development reinterprets temple spatial sequences for luxury hospitality, prioritising cultural narrative over decorative imitation.
Lorna-Rose Treen ‘Now That’s What I Call Characters’ Interview
Lorna-Rose Treen brings her viral character comedy to Edinburgh Fringe, flipping underserved women in film into protagonists—from diner waitresses to surly secretaries.
Q&A: Talking all things Edinburgh Fringe with Only Bones creator and performer Daniel Nodder
Daniel Nodder brings his award-winning Only Bones show to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, performing the entire history of the universe in one square metre.
The Old Fire Station at Oxford announces A Christmas Carol Continues
Jonny Donahoe's A Christmas Carol Continues reimagines Scrooge as a landlord still exploiting tenants, opening 9 December at Oxford's Old Fire Station.
Tom Neenan answers our questions ahead of Tom Neenan: Portrait of a Tom as a Young Neenan heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Tom Neenan brings Portrait of a Tom as a Young Neenan to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, exploring art, identity and male shame through a disastrous portrait commission.
Caitlin McEwan answers our questions ahead of Two Little Pigs heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Caitlin McEwan brings Two Little Pigs to Edinburgh Fringe 2026—a dark comedy where a lonely man's feminist pig dismantles his alpha-male worldview.
Tobias Graham answers our questions ahead of Slugs heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Tobias Graham's Slugs uses taxidermy-inspired disruption and slug imagery to explore gay shame at Edinburgh Fringe 2026. The solo show questions confessional theatre's truth.
Why everyone should aspire to be a 40-year-old woman: Exclusive interview with performer Justin Elizabeth-Sayre
Justin Elizabeth Sayre reclaims '40-year-old woman' as a queer battle cry at Ed Fringe 2026. The New York performer celebrates ageing, visibility and joy.
Meet the artist turning trans history into cabaret. Introducing Fempath, AKA Mari Moriarty
Mari Moriarty brings Fempaths: Transistor Radio Hour to Edinburgh Fringe 2026—a trans-led cabaret transforming Marsha P Johnson and real trans voices into song.
Noah Seltzer answers our questions ahead of Here Comes Almost heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Noah Seltzer brings Here Comes Almost to Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, a solo clown show tackling the WHO's global loneliness epidemic through physical comedy.
Sam Went answers our questions ahead of The Wolf of Poyais heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Sam Went reimagines Gregor MacGregor's 19th-century Poyais fraud as a crypto-age parable for Edinburgh Fringe 2026, starring Thom Tuck as the charlatan.
Q&A: The Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis comes to Edinburgh Fringe
The Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis returns to Edinburgh Fringe in 2026 with a reworked horror musical exploring Hollywood ageism and survival.
Sasha Nezlobin answers our questions ahead of Sasha Nezlobin: I’m Fine heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Sasha Nezlobin fled Moscow in 2022 after opposing Ukraine's invasion. Now the Russian arena comedian performs his first English-language hour at Edinburgh Fringe.
Counterpilot answer our questions ahead of Truthmachine heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Counterpilot brings Truthmachine to Edinburgh Fringe, where strangers take live lie detector tests while audiences vote on their honesty in real time.
Q&A: Xhloe and Natasha on Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It
Xhloe and Natasha discuss their first Soho Theatre co-production, a nine-foot Bigfoot puppet, and how three Fringe First Awards inform their new show.
Dom McGovern answers our questions ahead of Dom McGovern Prize Hog heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Dom McGovern makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with Prize Hog, unpacking Catholic guilt, eating disorder therapy and gay body image in the early 2000s.
Crybabies answer our questions ahead of Crybabies: The Scaring heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees Crybabies bring horror-comedy The Scaring to Fringe 2025 with Shakespearean zombies, serial killers and a haunted hotel.
Can comedy explain politics? Writer of upcoming Fringe show ‘The Painted Revolutionary’ Fionn Donnelly thinks so
Fionn Donnelly's Fringe show The Painted Revolutionary personifies Struggle, Order, Revolution and Class as arguing characters to decode 2,000 years of politics.
Jessica Aszkenasy answers our questions ahead of TITCLOWN: daddy’s litte girl heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Jessica Aszkenasy brings TITCLOWN: daddy's little girl to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, a clowning show about desire, heartbreak and the patriarchal gaze at Summerhall.
Shane Torres answers our questions ahead of Shane Torres: Skinned Knees heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Shane Torres makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with Skinned Knees, a show about family, grief and stepping up when everyone else is gone. At Assembly Roxy 5-30 August.
Linus Karp answers our questions ahead of Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Linus Karp brings his homophobic attack in Soho to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, turning unresolved hate crime into a show about queer joy and community.
Bellina Logan answers our questions ahead of Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Bellina Logan brings her acclaimed solo show about growing up biracial in the 1960s–70s to Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its international debut this August.
Ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe debut, Freddie Meredith tells us why the smoking area is comedy's perfect stage
Freddie Meredith debuts at Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with a character comedy set entirely in a nightclub smoking area. Need a Light? runs nightly at Pleasance Courtyard from 5–30 August.
Four centuries on, Jan Steen's paintings still reveal the best and worst of human nature
National Gallery of Ireland marks Jan Steen's 400th birthday with seven paintings exploring chaos, morality and human nature. Free exhibition opens 21 November 2026.
The conspiracy theory that became a musical - Interview with writer of theatre show The Shocking Truth About Flat Earth
The Shocking Truth About Flat Earth musical explores why a grieving woman becomes a conspiracy influencer. Writer Alex Moneypenny discusses loneliness and belonging.
Sibling rivalry has never sounded this good: Otto & Astrid return to the Edinburgh Fringe
Otto & Astrid bring their sold-out sibling rock duo to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with The Stages Tour, a Europop parody show where Taylor Swift meets family chaos.
David Lutken answers our questions ahead of Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
David Lutken brings Woody Sez back to Edinburgh Fringe after 18 years. The musical uses Guthrie's own letters and columns to trace the folk icon's life.
Jonno answers our questions ahead of Jonno: Here Comes Mr Funny heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Daran 'Jonno' Johnson brings his solo debut to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 after 16 years with Sheeps. The SNL UK head writer on missing your moment and starting fresh at 38.
The Pirelli Calendar is looking beyond fashion to tell a deeper story about India
Pirelli Calendar 2027 turns to India with photographers Sølve Sundsbø and Avani Rai, featuring Freida Pinto, Rupi Kaur and Anoushka Shankar in Rajasthan and Delhi.
Ralph Steadman's work reminds us that satire has always unsettled those in power
Ralph Steadman's first selling exhibition in 30 years opens in London this October, featuring 27 original works spanning 1950s to 2011.
Contemporary composers are proving classical music is still evolving
Christoph Schnell presents two world premieres at Cadogan Hall this September, performing new works alongside the London Metropolitan Orchestra.
Why supernatural horror is returning to stories of faith rather than jump scares
Holy Father places exorcist Eric Roberts at the centre of a criminal investigation where conventional policing fails. The supernatural crime thriller leads a resurgence in faith-based horror.
Henry Maynard answers our questions ahead of Flabbergast Theatre’s Endgame heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Flabbergast Theatre returns to Edinburgh Fringe with Beckett's Endgame, their first full-scale production since 2022's critically acclaimed Macbeth.
Ros Watt answers our questions ahead of Trans People Are Awful heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Ros Watt brings Trans People Are Awful to Edinburgh Fringe 2026—a pitch-black comedy thriller challenging why trans characters are only allowed to be sympathetic.
Reimagining Francis Bacon: Inside the turbulent relationship that inspired new Fringe show Buggers
Buggers explores Francis Bacon and George Dyer's volatile love affair in new Edinburgh Fringe play. Writer Alistair Hall accessed Bacon Estate archives.
Martin Murphy answers our questions ahead of The Ghost of White Hart Lane returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Martin Murphy's one-man play about footballer John White, killed by lightning at 27, returns to Edinburgh after sell-out runs at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Stina Otterström and Arttu Lahtinen answer our questions ahead of Soft Spot heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Stina Otterström and Arttu Lahtinen bring Soft Spot to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, a contemporary circus duet built around 300 wine glasses and precarious trust.
'Listening With Your Eyes': Kook Ensemble’s Sean Kempton on Bringing Sand to the Fringe
Sand uses circus and dementia research to tell a wordless story of memory loss. Kook Ensemble's Sean Kempton explains how community work shaped the show.
Q&A: August Kiss Fegley chats The Body I Left in Susquehanna National Forest
Award-winning UR MEAN KATHLEEN returns to Edinburgh Fringe with The Body I Left in Susquehanna National Forest, a darkly comic thriller turning a honeymoon into a psychological nightmare.
Hong Kong Soul's Sky Sum on showcasing the breadth of Hong Kong theatre at the Fringe
Hong Kong Soul returns to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with four productions spanning dance, comedy and music, showcasing the breadth of contemporary Hong Kong theatre.
The unexpected love story at the heart of Good Girl; the new Edinburgh Fringe show exploring BDSM by Mimi Collins
Mimi Collins' Edinburgh Fringe show Good Girl explores how a BDSM relationship becomes safer than marriage after infidelity shatters a woman's world.
Huge Davies answers our questions ahead of Huge Davies: Sleep Paralysis Princess heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Huge Davies brings his first fully autobiographical show to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, tackling a decade of chronic insomnia with his signature deadpan musical comedy.
Shelby Bond answers our questions ahead of Dungeons and Shakespeare heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Shelby Bond brings Dungeons and Shakespeare to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, combining dice rolls, improv and the Bard in 700+ shows of chaotic interactive comedy.
Max Fulham answers our questions ahead of Max Fulham: Memory Foam heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Max Fulham brings two shows to Edinburgh Fringe 2026: adult hour Memory Foam and family show Monkey Business, both featuring his award-longlisted ventriloquism.
Jason Weiss answers our questions ahead of An Echo in the Void heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Jason Weiss brings An Echo in the Void to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, a real-time thriller exploring grief, AI and what happens when technology recreates the dead.
Q&A: Vivienne Franzmann and Frauke Requardt on Anatomy of Survival
Vivienne Franzmann and Frauke Requardt explain how a coffee-order meltdown became Anatomy of Survival, fusing neuroscience, dance and theatre at Ed Fringe 2026.
'Language is everything': Paul Shearman on The Last Audition and portraying dementia on stage
Paul Shearman brings The Last Audition to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 after touring Beijing, Adelaide, New York and Montreal with his solo show about a Shakespearean actor losing language to dementia.
Inside Megasquirt: Fully Loaded, the queer rave-comedy taking over Fringe
Megasquirt: Fully Loaded debuts at Edinburgh Fringe with rave-comedy hybrid. Second City duo explain audience bread-eating, gay brain rot and late-night slots.
Mime without limits: Broken Box Mime Theatre brings Double Take back to Edinburgh
Broken Box Mime Theatre returns to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with Double Take, creating worlds from bodies and movement alone—no screens required.
Q&A: Ben Standish on Nesting's Surreal Story of Love, Loss and Hope
Ben Standish directs Nesting at Edinburgh Fringe 2026, using a talking seagull to explore MND through surrealism informed by real patient stories.
Women of Will: Bringing Tina Packer's Legacy to a New Generation
Tina Packer's Women of Will comes to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, reimagining Shakespeare's heroines as catalysts for the playwright's own evolution.
DUST: Bringing Yorkshire's Mining Heritage to the Fringe
DUST playwright Charlaina Thompson traces how a funeral in Yorkshire unearthed her great-grandfather's George Cross and sparked a Fringe play about mining heritage.