Web Links Relating to Edinburgh and its Festivals

Here are some useful web links for those who are interested in Edinburgh and its Festivals. I will gladly receive any suggestions for additions to this page.

Good All-Round Sites
Festival Sites
Selected Performers and Performing Companies
Mailing list / Friends / Supporters of Festivals
Places to find Previews and Reviews
Blogs
Visual Arts & Museums
Refreshments
History
Accommodation

Street Map

If you do not have one try this - provided by Tourist Publications

Good All-round Sites

http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/  Portal to festival sites supplied by The Scotsman

Festival Sites

The International Festival
The Fringe
list of Fringe venues and associated web sites
Comedy "festival" (marketing device for comedy shows at Assembly, Pleasance, Underbelly and Gilded Balloon only)
Forest Fringe Forest Fringe (independent venue which is not part of the Fringe)
International
Book Festival  
Jazz and Blues Festival 
International Film Festival
The Military Tattoo
Art Festival

Selected Performers and Performing Companies

Some performers and performing companies, present and past. I will add more entries if and when I can find web sites for certain artists / companies.

Traverse Theatre
National Theatre of Scotland
Paines Plough
Druid Theatre Company
Volcano Theatre Co. (Canada)
Rough Magic
Red Shift
Arches Theatre Co.
Grid Iron
Toldbyanidiot Theatre Co.
Teatr Wierszalin
Peepolykus (comedy theatre)
Guy Masterson (actor, producer and director)
Tim Crouch (actor and playwright)
Steven Berkoff (actor, frequently one man shows)
Pip Utton (actor, one man shows)
Owen O'Neill (actor, writer and comedian)
Jerry Sadowitz (comedian and magician)
John Hegley (poet and comedian)
Daniel Kitson (comedian)
Bill Bailey Bill Bailey (comedian and musician)
Stewart Lee (comedian and writer)
Will Adamsdale (comedian / actor)
Rainer Hersch (classical music comedian)
Derevo (Dance and Physical Theatre)
DO Theatre (Dance and Physical Theatre)

Recently established and emerging companies (mostly identified by Lyn Gardner in her review of the 2007 festival) ...

Uninvited Guests
Filter
Third Angel
Vanishing Point
Graeme Miller
1927
Analogue
Present Attempt
Precarious
Les Enfants Terribles
The River People
Unpacked

Past companies / performers (unless of course they decide to revisit us) ...

Complicite
Communicado
7:84
National Theatre of Brent
The Right Size
Will Durst

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Mailing lists / Friends / Supporters of Festivals

Most festivals provide a mailing list which you can freely subscribe to you. Others allow you to become a friend or supporter for a fee; this will normally provide you with advanced information and advanced booking facilities.

Edinburgh International Festival mailing list and supporters
Edinburgh Fringe mailing list/message board and friends
Edinburgh International Book Festival mailing list and friends
Edinburgh Art Festival mailing list
Edinburgh International Film Festival membership

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Some Places to find Previews and Reviews

Scotsman
Guardian
Herald
Times
Telegraph
Independent
The Stage
British Theatre Guide
Festmag
Threeweeks
EdinburghGuide.com
The List
Fringe Review
Edinburgh Festival Magazine
BroadwayBaby
Total Theatre
One4review
Curio Festival
OnstageScotland

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Blogs

Lyn Gardner – Guardian arts critic and self-confessed festival enthusiast
Guardian Theatre Blogs - includes Michael Billington, Brian Logan, Mark Ravenhill and others
View from the Stalls – year-round blog from Scottish theatre-goers that includes thoughts on the Festival
Forest Fringe Blog - collaborative effort from Forest Fringe
Edinburghbookfestivalblog
Seaninthestalls – avid 25 year-old theatre-goer
Benjamin Yeoh – writer (includes coverage of the Festival)
Fourth Angel Theatre – commentary on the Scottish theatre scene (includes thoughts on the Festival)
The Scotsman’s Festival Blog
The Edinburgh Blog – general Edinburgh blogs but includes a festival section

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Visual Arts and Museums

National Galleries in Edinburgh
Fruitmarket gallery
Edinburgh gallery guide
City of Edinburgh museums and galleries
Museum of Scotland

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Refreshments

The emphasis here is simply on giving a range of sites that will provide a reasonable idea of the choice that is available.  However, I am not sure that I necessarily agree with some of the comments that I have seen. The Good Pub Guide, The Good Beer Guide, The Good Food Guide and Scotland The Best are preferred sources of reference.

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Old Edinburgh Club dedicated to local history
Old and New Edinburgh Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant was published as a periodical in the 1880s. Scanned version made available on the web by Hamish Horsburgh
Mary Queen of Scots Site devoted to Mary Queen of Scots
Wikipedia is the free, independent encyclopaedia – useful for history and other subjects
The Story of Leith by John Russell. The electricscotland web site which hosts it also contains a wealth of information on Scottish history.
Scottish History Online
rampantscotland.com another Scottish history site
James Craig’s original plan for the New Town (National Library of Scotland)
Map showing chronological expansion of the city (National Library of Scotland)

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Veronique Johnson is the daughter of Aurora and Jim Sibbet, the owners of Sibbet House, the B&B where we stayed for many happy years (see The Punter's Tale). She now runs the business, concentrating on apartments. See 26 Abercromby Place for details.

Penny Airey owns and runs the B&B at 38 Dublin Street. We have found her to be a gracious and excellent hostess.

Other useful links for accommodation include:

AboutScotland.com
Tourist Board
EdinburghGuide.com
EdinburghFirst.com
various links on Scotsman's festival web site

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