Lifestyle | The Guardian USThe Crawl review – madcap swimming comedy performed by synchronised duo https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/aug/24/the-crawl-review-pleasance-edinburgh #Edinburghfestival2025 #Edinburghfestival #Lifeandstyle #Swimming #Swimming #Theatre #Culture #Fitness #Comedy #Comedy #Clowns #Stage #Sport
Digested week: new words, extrovert propaganda and a perfect train journey https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/22/digested-week-lucy-mangan-new-words-perfect-train-journey #Edinburghfestival2025 #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Railtravel #Monarchy #Culture #UKnews #Books
Swiping Right review – punchy questions about dating across the political divide https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/aug/15/swiping-right-review-punchy-questions-about-dating-across-the-political-divide #Edinburghfestival2025 #Edinburghfestival #Relationships #Lifeandstyle #Theatre #Culture #Dating #Stage
Culture | The Guardian US‘It felt like a scene from The Handmaid’s Tale’: US comics on the dangers of political satire https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/aug/12/it-felt-like-a-scene-from-the-handmaids-tale-us-comics-on-the-dangers-of-political-satire #Edinburghfestival2025 #Edinburghfestival #USpolitics #Culture #Comedy #Comedy #Stage
‘TikTok is like an old-school variety show’: what’s behind the surprising boom in ventriloquism? https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/aug/11/ventriloquism-surprising-boom-hip-edinburgh-festival-tiktok #Edinburghfestival2025 #Edinburghfestival #Ventriloquism #Festivals #Puppetry #Culture #Theatre #Comedy #Comedy #Stage
‘TikTok is like an old-school variety show’: what’s behind the surprising boom in ventriloquism?
The once musty old art of voice-throwing is back in vogue on stage and online. Its new hip practitioners – plus 1980s TV mainstay Roger De Courcey – explain why their vocal tricks and errant dummies are wowing audiences again
Edinburgh fringe with the family: five shows for kids https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/aug/09/edinburgh-fringe-with-the-family-five-shows-for-kids #Edinburghfestival2025 #Children'stheatre #Edinburghfestival #Lifeandstyle #Festivals #Theatre #Culture #Family #Stage
‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/06/fatma-hassouna-sepideh-farsi-put-your-soul-on-your-hand-and-walk-documentary-gaza-palestinian-photographer #Palestinianterritories #Edinburghfilmfestival #Edinburghfestival2025 #Documentaryfilms #Journalistsafety #Israel-Gazawar #Warreporting #Photography #Worldnews #Culture #Israel #Media #Film #Gaza
‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by Israeli missiles in Gaza
Fatma Hassona used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF? We speak to the director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, a film about the journalist
A new start after 60: I became a dancer at 68 – and will perform my first solo show at 82 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/04/a-new-start-after-60-i-became-a-dancer-at-68-and-will-perform-my-first-solo-show-at-82 #Edinburghfestival2025 #Edinburghfestival #Lifeandstyle #Festivals #Culture #Ageing #Dance #Stage
Opinion | The Guardian USThe best joke award has gone. Is the Edinburgh fringe taking all the pun out of comedy? | Anya Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/30/edinburgh-fringe-best-joke-award-standup #Edinburghfestival2025 #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Culture #Comedy #Comedy #UKnews
‘Our show fits in a duffel bag’: clowning duo Xhloe and Natasha on scoring a triple fringe whammy https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/mar/18/clowning-duo-xhloe-and-natasha-triple-fringe-whammy-edinburgh #Edinburghfestival2025 #Edinburghfestival #Artsfunding #Festivals #Theatre #Culture #NewYork #Clowns #Comedy #Comedy #Stage #Mime