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EdinburghGuide.com, est 1998, is a guide to the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. EdinburghGuide.com is the long-running City Guide to Edinburgh Scotland.

Launched in 1998, the web site has daily coverage of events, reviews of the latest musicals and theatre, and places to go. We have coverage of all the main Edinburgh Festivals including Edinburgh's Christmas and Hogmanay in Winter, and the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe in the Summer. Come and visit us online at EdinburghGuide.com!

30/08/2026

"The visual world is extraordinary. Light slices through darkness, suddenly illuminating bodies before plunging them back into shadow, while video imagery transforms the stage into an ever-changing surreal landscape."

There is something tangibly ominous from the very beginning of Mere Mortals, as if humanity has stepped into a man-made machine that it no longer controls. In this dark, surreal reimagining of Pandora’s Box, choreographer Aszure Barton sets the ancient myth within a modernist AI-driven society whe...

16/08/2026

How's your Festival going? EdinburghGuide.com's reviews team has been busy posting new Fringe reviews daily and will be throughout August. You can find our reviews archive going all the way back to 2008.

Here's one from this year's Fringe that our reviewer rated 5/5: the site-specific "Mayflies" by Scotttish theatre company Grid Iron.

Two men reflect on their hedonistic past with the cool, sobering eye of the present.

https://edinburghguide.com/festival/2026/mayflies-browns-of-leith-rear-warehouse-review-22013

The warehouse at Brown’s of Leith ripples with reflections of a swimming pool as two young men re-enact a gunfight from a favourite film before plunging in. As the ripples settle, a middle-aged Jimmy “Noodles” Collins begins, with a slightly professorial air, to explain why he did what he did....

30/07/2026

A section of West Princes Street is to remain closed for at least 3 weeks while the front of the Debenhams building is reinforced. The cordon is expected to reduce later this week though.

West Princes Street is going to be closed to all vehicles until at least mid-August following a fire at the historic Debenhams building in the early hours of 9th July, City of Edinburgh Counci

29/07/2026

If you are in the Bruntsfield area Pianodrome, "the world's first" amphitheatre" made from upcycled pianos has free events at Fringe 2026.

The peripatetic upcycling project, the "world's first" amphitheatre made entirely from disused pianos, has found a home at St Oswald's Church (now a community centre). Pianodrome is an in-the-round sculpture, performance venue and community hub featuring free Fringe shows, evening events, hands on w...

26/07/2026

In the long run, the Edinburgh Visitor Levy will be good for everyone, residents and visitors alike, says Edinburgh City Council.

Edinburgh’s Visitor Levy, aka “the Tourist Tax”, has come into force today, Friday 24th July.

22/06/2026

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has always been a welcoming forum for civil debate, sharing of ideas. This year the Festival is leaning into that, as it proposes, in festival director Jenny Niven's words "how we might change each others' minds, or at least agree to disagree, more agreeably.”

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has always been a reliable and relaxed place in which to expand one’s mental horizon at festival time.

16/05/2026

Ai will not be replacing actors putting on live performance anytime soon, but the implications in the creative process are massive.

The Edinburgh Festivals recently put out a report pondering the big questions around how the festivals should meet AI.

The impact of AI on Edinburgh’s Festivals and the broader cultural sector, is the focus of a new publication released by Festivals Edinburgh, the body representing Edinburgh’s major festivals.

21/08/2025

It's the later stages of the Festival and Fringe - just a few days left. Check out what our festival reviewers recommend (or not) in EdinburghGuide.com's reviews archive at https://edinburghguide.com/festival

Edinburgh Guide is the long-running city guide to the capital of Scotland. Get the most out of Edinburgh's many festivals, events, and places to visit.

01/07/2025

Filmhouse reopened on Friday after an eventful last 3 years. Where there were 3 screens there will be four. 🤩🎉

After three years, Edinburgh’s Filmhouse cinema is reopening to the public tomorrow, Friday 27 June.

31/12/2024

After the Night Afore show was cancelled, Hot Dub Time Machine to play Hogmanay night at Assembly Hall on The Mound.

After extreme weather force the late cancellation of the Night Afore Disco Party, Hot Dub Time Machine will play an indoor gig on Hogmanay Night itself

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