ED2013

Coverage from Edinburgh Festival 2013

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Edinburgh Festival 2013 saw ThreeWeeks return for its eighteenth year, once again covering the International, Book, Art and Politics festivals and the awe inspiring Edinburgh Fringe, via our weekly magazine, daily updates, podcasts and website.

Our cover stars were East End Cabaret, Will Franken and John Hinton while columns came from Jack McNamara, Keith Farnan, David Morgan, Bryony Kimmings and Luke Wright, and we interviewed, amongst many others, Tomas Ford, Diane Spencer, The Real MacGuffins, Oliver Emanuel, The Grandees and The Magnets.

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Adam Kay, Amateur Transplant-er: Why doctors leave medicine for comedy Amy Gilmartin: Fearing at the Fringe Arielle Gray, Chris Isaacs and Tim Watts: From Alvin Sputnik to 'It's Dark Outside' Ben Van Der Velde: Why I'm saving the handwritten letter Benny Davis: A Playlist Birthday Girls: Happy Birthday to you… for in fifty years time Book Festival to celebrate thirty years by looking to next three decades Brendon Burns, Fringe Guru: Top five tips for what to do when your numbers are low Brett Goldstein: Contains themes of an adult nature Brian Mitchell & Joseph Nixon: Pitching Daddy and Haystacks at the Fringe Bridget Christie wins Edinburgh Comedy Award Bridget Christie: No bic for her Bryony Kimmings: Meet your Fringe role models… Carey Marx: Quick Quiz Cerrie Burnell: Creating magic Champagne Cabaret: Five Sparkling Wines You Have To Meet This Year At The Fringe Chris Stokes: Telling it like it possibly could potentially might be City Glimpses brings dance to the Festival streets Dan Cook: Beyond the Banjax, serving some Fringe time Dan Nightingale: Quick Quiz David Morgan: What makes someone beautiful? Dean Friedman & JD Henshaw: Musical fun that’s silly and smelly Diane Spencer: Hurricane warning Die Roten Punkte: Art rock cabaret EastEnd Cabaret: Slightly dirty talk Edinburgh Art Festival invites locals to complain, in song Edinburgh Comedy Award noms announced Edinburgh International Festival: A Playlist Edinburgh’s short-film strand returns EIF director discusses his 2013 season - where art absorbs technological shifts Entries still being accepted for the Amused Moose Laughter Awards Familia de la Noche: Very possibly the greatest liars of all the Festival Fine Chisel: Fine Fringe fusions First batch of Fringe Firsts and Herald Angels presented First ever tie at 'So You Think You're Funny?' Flurry of awards presented alongside last batch of Fringe Firsts Foster's confirm continued support for Fringe's big comedy prize Fringe concludes with record number of tickets issued Gambon and Egan to appear in EIF's Beckett season Haley McGee: Oh my, wild and absurd on the solo Fringe Here we go again – the ThreeWeeks mini-guide to the Edinburgh Festival 2013 Hungry Bitches: Hipsters beware I Am Bev: And this is my Edinburgh... Jack McNamara: Top Five films to never take to the stage Jacob Edwards: Quick Quiz James Acaster: Quick Quiz Jammy Voo: Quick Quiz Joey Page: Five tips for surviving the Fringe John Hinton: More than just a theory - Einstein in Edinburgh Keith Farnan: Top Five Fears Kuopio Town Theatre: A Mammoth Fringe Finnish Letter To Edinburgh: Asher Treleaven Letter to Edinburgh: The Axis Of Awesome's Lee Naimo Letter To Edinburgh: Tiernan Douieb Lili la Scala: Easy vintage at the Fringe? No such Thinge! Lior: Checking into the Fringe flow Lubel and Ward share Amused Moose Laughter Award prize Luke Wright: Fringe Poesy Luke Wright: Fringe Poesy 2 Luke Wright: Fringe Poesy 3 Lynn Ruth Miller is the TO&ST of the Fringe Malcolm Hardee Award nominations announced Marsha Shandur: Getting serious about writing funny Mary Bourke: Opening the Muffragette Hall Of Fame Mary Paulson-Ellis & Audrey Grant: Exploring artists and their materials Matt Okine: Toasting an Edinburgh newcomer Matthew Young: No pale imitation Miranda amongst Television Festival line-up MJ Hibbett: A Fringe guide for bands Monkey Poet: Spoken word, actually More gongs: Malcolm Hardee, Herald and Stage awards presented Mrs Moneypenny: SuperScrimping at the Fringe Musical Theatre Network Awards presented Oliver Emanuel: Children's theatre on the edge Orange Tree Productions: Cultures collide between the empires Patrick Monahan: Cakes and hugging Pierre Novellie takes Amused Moose prize Reaching out with a new identity: Just Festival Rhys Mathewson: The last £10 you have to spend Rio Bauer wins Chortle student comedy prize Rob Auton wins Fringe's best one-liner prize Rob Wilson, Impromptu Shakespeare: Quick Quiz Romesh Ranganathan: Rom Com and Rom Com Doms Scary Little Girls: Putting more Brontë in your cabaret Scroobius Pip: Words, words, words Second batch of Fringe First and Herald Angels presented Shane Shambu: Cultures combine for these reality power games Simon Evans: Being Leashed Snap Of The Day 01: The ThreeWeeks Team Snap Of The Day 02: Superhero Snail Boy Snap Of The Day 03: God Bless Liz Lochhead Snap Of The Day 04: Biding Time Snap Of The Day 05: Aurora Winterborn's Candid Cabaret Snap Of The Day 06: Grounded Snap Of The Day 07: The Improverts Snap Of The Day 08: Best Of Burlesque Snap Of The Day 09: Everything That Happened In The 20th Century, Seen Through The Eyes Of A Liar Snap Of The Day 10: Flown - The Pirates Of The Carabina Snap Of The Day 11: Poems To Order Snap Of The Day 12: Captain Morgan And The Sands Of Time Snap Of The Day 13: Teannaich Ceilidh Band Snap Of The Day 14: Titus Andronicus Snap Of The Day 15: The Real MacGuffins Snap Of The Day 16: Our Glass House Snap Of The Day 17: Mike Whellans Snap Of The Day 18: Pendulums Bargain Emporium Snap Of The Day 19: Fraser Millward Snap Of The Day 20: Ménage à Trois Snap Of The Day 21: Gecko’s ‘Missing’ Tamsin Fitzgerald: 2Faced Dance The Boy With Tape On His Face: Photo Interview The Dead Secrets: Top Five Edinburgh Secrets The Ginge, The Geordie & The Geek: Quick Quiz The Grandees: A Grandee return The Magnets: A Cappella n Rock n Roll The Maydays: The ten best (and worst) confessions The Paper Birds: Perspectives through the ages The Real MacGuffins: Big in Israel (allegedly) The Wrong Crowd: Folklore on the Fringe The Wrong Crowd: Quick Quiz Three To See 2013: Adaptations for children Three To See 2013: Because I felt like it Three To See 2013: Book Festival Three To See 2013: Christian comedy Three To See 2013: Classical music Three To See 2013: Comedy Kates Three To See 2013: Contemporary music Three To See 2013: Dance shows Three To See 2013: Dark comedy Three To See 2013: Deadly comedy Three To See 2013: Devils and demons Three To See 2013: Exhibitions Three To See 2013: Festival Of Politics Three To See 2013: Film adaptations Three To See 2013: Hairy comedy Three To See 2013: Hollywood types Three To See 2013: Marvellous men Three To See 2013: Musical classics Three To See 2013: Musical comedy Three To See 2013: New musicals Three To See 2013: Operas Three To See 2013: Physical shows Three To See 2013: Psychic comedy Three To See 2013: Reviewer recommended theatre Three To See 2013: Shows for children to participate in Three To See 2013: Spoken word Three To See 2013: Talks Three To See 2013: Tried and tested children's shows Three To See 2013: Wonderful women Three To See 2013: World and folk music ThreeWeeks Editor's Letter: All about the Editors' Awards ThreeWeeks Editor's Letter: Back for 2013 ThreeWeeks Editor's Letter: Preview edition is out! ThreeWeeks Editors' Awards presented ThreeWeeks Editor’s Letter: Introducing the ThreeWeeks review team ThreeWeeks Editor’s Letter: Preview Edition is underway ThreeWeeks Editor’s Letter: Week One edition is out! ThreeWeeks Editor’s Letter: Week Three edition is out! ThreeWeeks Editor’s Letter: Week Two edition is out! ThreeWeeks gets ready for the Editors’ Awards ThreeWeeks to return for its eighteenth Edinburgh Festival this August Tim FitzHigham: Three week challenges Tomás Ford: Electric Fringe cabaret… at midnight Total Theatre Awards presented Will Franken: Edinburgh benefits Worbey And Farrell: Deviating on the keys Yianni Agisilaou thinks big for Fringe finale Zoe Lyons: Quick Quiz