Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Three choreographers take Austin to the Scottish fest that's bigger than SXSW

"...When Ellen Bartel travels to Edinburgh, Scotland, to perform during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, she'll..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Edinburgh Festivals

If it's August, this must be Scotland, say three Austin arts groups

"...the pond to take part in the largest arts festival on the planet, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Its international..."

July 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Filmmakers Make International Festival Waves

Watch out Chicago (and Montreal, and Edinburgh, and London)

"...The autumn film festival season isn't quite with us yet. But as Austin..."

July 17, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

How Parallelogramophonograph survived Scotland and became a better improv troupe

"...the hundreds of other offerings at this ginormous arts festival you're performing in and instead come see your show,..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...to Seattle, snags a top honor at the renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and zooms briefly back to Austin before..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Arts Bullets

It's Edinburgh for 'Bolero,' the Big Apple for 'Flawed' and 'St. Enid,' and AMOA for PR guy David Wyatt

"..."Bolero" in the 26th International Choreographers' Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The work features live dancers..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rude Mechs: How great it was, how great

The Rude Mechs' Bush-whacking version of Get Your War On nets raves and a festival prize at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe

"...With 2,050 shows being offered at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, you'd pretty much expect just one to..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Endgame

Nigel O'Hearn terminates Palindrome Theatre after three years, just as planned

"...Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, which the company took to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011), and there's a commonality to..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Why Chamber Music?

For the folks who play it, it's the intimacy and democracy and unity and fun

"...From May through September, chamber-music festivals bloom all across the land, from the Grand Canyon..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shaken, Not Deterred

Despite the many upheavals in 2011, Austin's arts scene perseveres

"...spaces. The Hidden Room Theatre took part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe while staying at home via a Skype-based..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On His Mark

Richard Linklater explores the rich contradictions of artifice and reality, theatre and film, love and desire in Me and Orson Welles

"...Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles, performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in London, Toronto, and New York.)This..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Moscow Now, Here

The New Russian Drama Festival opens a hotline to the culture of Russia today

"...the featured playwright at the second New Russian Drama Festival...."

March 9, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

American Repertory Ensemble: Flight risk

American Repertory Ensemble had no trouble getting to Scotland for its recent weeklong gig at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival but had a devil of a time getting back home

"...to Scotland for its recent weeklong gig at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, but the dance-classical company had a devil..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

PostFest

Organizers of Three Recent Arts Festivals Pass on Lessons Learned

"...that arise during the first few installments of a festival may, like the reality of the Old West transmogrifying..."

March 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Suspendered Animation

The Umbilical Brothers are like cartoon characters come to life, like toons in living breathing 3-D, with pratfalls and spit-takes and near-impossible contortions -- all accompanied by sound effects that an entire army of foley artists might pull off on a lucky day.

"...and numerous awards -- the Critics Choice at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the United Slapstick Award from Germany's Koln..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

American Repertory Ensemble

Figuring dance and music to be great tastes that taste great together, American Repertory Ensemble aims to bring those art forms together in an organizational peanut butter cup

"...UT, and a summer tour to Amsterdam and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival are the Tosca String Quartet, pianist Michelle..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who the Hell Is This Kaci Beeler, Anyway?

Fact: Much more than just some woman on a pole.

"...Vermont for a painting residency and a month in Edinburgh performing at the Fringe Festival with PGraph. The residency..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Plays Well With Others

Why Michelle Schumann is meant to be running the Austin Chamber Music Center

"...with the American Repertory Ensemble (just back from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival), winning the 2006 Janice K. Hodges Competition..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...when an artist takes off in Europe. From the Edinburgh Fringe Festival award-winning performance piece The Terrorism of Everyday..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Not Just Some Clown from New York City

Mark Gindick brings his 'Wing-Man' to Austin

"...with David Letterman," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the Fringe Festival stages at Edinburgh, the big-top spotlights at Ringling..."

Jan. 1, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Duran Poster Signings

"...take part in the 1997 American High School Theatre Festival, a segment of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to be..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...comedic memoir style fiction panel for the Texas Book Festival and it was happening the next day — naturally,..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy: Your 2018 Lineup

March mirth blows in with Bloom, Offerman, Gaffigan, & Cavett

"...of today’s American politics" that he's performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival;..."

Feb. 27, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Victory

Local theatrical troupe wins big overseas.

"...who scooped a major award at this year's massive Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland for their play Get Your..."

Aug. 27, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

American Repertory Ensemble's Dialogues

With American Repertory Ensemble, a company of artists from both music and dance, choreographer David Justin and composer Rob Deemer hope to start a new dialogue between their two disciplines

"...Austin will be followed by five at the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival. That's a nifty gig for its premiere..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires