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Olivier Award

Simply the Best(s)

With yet another set announced this week, Philip Fisher wonders whether so many awards are devaluing the best.
Figures in Extinction

EIF 2025 "seeks the truth"

The Edinburgh International Festival 2025 adopts the slogan "The Truth We Seek" and continues its partnership with Baillie Gifford.
Shona McCarthy

The Edinburgh Fringe may not be the Olympics but deserves to thrive

in a departing speech, Shona McCarthy suggests that the Edinburgh Festival Fringe should be treated like the Olympics.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Exciting Developments in Edinburgh

A bevy of recent news stories will bring smiles to the faces of those behind Edinburgh's festivals.
Nicola Benedetti

Edinburgh Festival Director Nicola Benedetti pulls few punches on arts funding

Extra funding is coming to the arts from the Scottish government, but Nicola Benedetti is still concerned about the state of the sector.
Jude Williams and Natasha Gilmore in Chunky Jewellery

Theatre in Scotland in 2024

Donald C Stewart reflects on the last year of theatre in Scotland.

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