ED2015

Coverage from Edinburgh Festival 2015

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Edinburgh Festival 2015 saw ThreeWeeks return for its twentieth 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 Adam Riches, Michael Legge and Sofie Hagen, while columns came from Stewart Francis, Puddles, Ria Lina, the Festival Of Spoken Nerd and an assortment of Fringe poets, and we interviewed, amongst many others, Luke Wright, Emma Hall, Stephen Tobolowsky, Doug Segal, Goose, Hannah Chutzpah, Ali McGregor, The Dead Secrets, Maddy Anhalt, Penny Ashton, Will Pickvance and Stuart Bowden.

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Tiger: The tasty Fringe Adam Forde: Storytellers face off on the family fringe Adam Riches: Rich pickings in Coach Coach’s Fringe team Ali McGregor: All That Jazzamatazz Ally Houston: Clowning with stand-up Amee Smith: Voyage around a father Amnesty International again puts the spotlight on human rights themed works Andrew Ryan: Former PI turned stand-up Angella Kwon: Showcasing Korea at the Fringe Another awards round up: Angels, Posters and more Art Festival to visualise 'The Improbable City' Barely Methodical Troupe: Bringing back Bromance Ben Norris: Talking love, loss and motorways Best boy gets branded in name a punchline Bryony Kimmings speaks to and for performers with Fringe Central address Chris Betts: Bar etiquette during the Fringe Chris Cooke: Speaking freely this Festival Chris Kent: No stalling Chuck Armstrong & Charlie Stockman: A guide to adapting the classics Comedy awards flow at the Edinburgh Fringe Doug Segal: Back reading minds and influencing people Eddie Nixon and Christina Elliot: Giving dance its place Edinburgh's comedy shortlists incoming EIF fireworks to also finale the Fringe this year Elf Lyons: What superheroes taught me about sexiness Elspeth Turner: Ballads of old inspire writing new Emma Hall: With 621 opinions, you have to choose Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Fringe Charts 1 Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Fringe Charts 2 Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Fringe Charts 3 Finalists announced for Amused Moose Comedy Awards First Fringe Firsts presented for 2015 Get off the mic and read: New book on the art of stand up to launch at the Fringe Gilded Balloon: Thirty years young Goose: Set loose with a one-man cartoon Hannah Chutzpah: Answering our questions so nicely Henry Maynard: Flabbergasting the Fringe House Of Blakewell: Happy, happy, happy Hundreds of Chinese school children to appear in Fringe extravaganza at the Playhouse Ian Smith: Here, there and whereabouts Idil Sukan: Awarding the comedy creatives It’s Puddles’ guide to the Fringe John Hinton: Why threes are (scientifically) magic Kally Lloyd-Jones: Moved by Nijinsky’s last jump Keith Farnan: The Fringe survival guide for children Kickstarting at the Fringe: the ins and outs of crowd-funding an Edinburgh show Latest venue innovations on the Fringe: C venues Latest venue innovations on the Fringe: Greenside Latest venue innovations on the Fringe: theSpaceUK Latest venue innovations on the Fringe: Underbelly's Circus Hub LetLuce: Setting sail for another Fringe Lieven Scheire: Revenge of the nerds Liftshare social enterprise encourages Fringe-goers to think green this Festival Linda Cattaneo: Cranking up the Discoteque Machine Lloyd Griffith: I love cathedrals Luke Wright: The stay-at-Fringe dandy Maddy Anholt: Best Fringe date Máire Clerkin: Confessions of a dodgy Irish dancer Michael J Dolan: Three Thousand Weeks Michael Legge: Telling it like it is New dates, new schemes, though the new International Festival director insists his artists are the real innovators Penny Ashton: With a little help from Ms Austen Phone gag tops Dave's list of Fringe one-liners Photo Shoot: From David’s camera Photo Shoot: From Kat's camera Photo Shoot: The Week One edition Poetry Corner #01: by Matthew Harvey (Auckland, New Zealand) Poetry Corner #02: by Jennie Benton Smith (Class 10B) Poetry Corner #03: by Clair Whitefield Poetry Corner #04: by Dan Simpson and Oli Forsyth from Stand Up & Slam! Poetry Corner #05: by Elvis McGonagall Poetry Corner #06: by James Bran Rebecca Perry: An ode to ginger (or the redheaded renaissance) Ria Lina: A punter’s guide to Fringe marketing and hype Richard Gadd takes Amused Moose award Samuel Brett Williams: Top Ten Theatre Walk-Outs Shelley Mitchell: Performing with angels Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrapped Stand-up encourages performers to donate unused fringe food to charity Stephen Tobolowsky: Opening his files for the Fringe Stewart Francis: Stew penned this Stuart Bowden: Reversing into the Fringe The Dead Secrets: Curiosities in the Underbelly vaults Three To See 2015: A bonus set from Meet The Media Three To See 2015: A Trio Of Dragon Shows Three To See 2015: Autobiographical Three To See 2015: Book Festival Three To See 2015: Circus Three To See 2015: Comedians Facing Adversity Three To See 2015: Comedy Acts With Books Out Three To See 2015: Comedy Show Titles Worth Repeating Three To See 2015: Comedy that's ThreeWeeks approved Three To See 2015: Dance Pieces Three To See 2015: Dance Shows for Kids Three To See 2015: Delectable Duos Three To See 2015: Exhibitions Three To See 2015: Late Night Lovelies Three To See 2015: New Musicals Three To See 2015: Opera Three To See 2015: Politics Festival Three To See 2015: Sketch Shows Worth Checking Three To See 2015: Something A Bit Classical Three To See 2015: Something a bit contemporary (and musical) Three To See 2015: Something A Little Different Three To See 2015: Spoken Word Group Efforts Three To See 2015: Spoken Word Solo Pieces Three To See 2015: Theatrical Comedy Three To See 2015: Theatrical Solo Shows Three To See 2015: ThreeWeeks Approved Theatre Three To See 2015: Verbatim Performances Three To See 2015: Youth Events Three To See on 11 Aug: Penny Ashton, Jethro Compton, Jonny And The Baptists Three To See on 12 Aug: Valiant, Jazzamatazz!, Jonny Awsum Three To See on 13 Aug: Adam Riches, Racing Minds, The History Of Music Three To See on 14 Aug: Fills Monkey, The School Of Night, Scaramouche Jones Three To See on 15 Aug: Jessie Cave, The Bookbinder, Splitfoot Three To See on 16 Aug: Ben Norris, The Last Kill, James Acaster Three To See on 17 Aug: Bathtime, Balletronic, Bucket Three To See on 18 Aug: Traces, Adam Riches, Richard Gadd Three To See on 19 Aug: Off The Mic, Simon Thacker, The Very Grey Matter Of Edward Blank Three To See on 20 Aug: Michael Legge, Nish Kumar, Tatterdemalion Three To See on 21 Aug: Women’s Hour, Roughs (For Radio), BARBU Electro Trad Cabaret Three To See on 22 Aug: Poetry Can F*ck Off, Blind Man’s Song, Da-Da-Darling Three To See on 23 Aug: Amused Moose, Vertical Influences, The Elephant In The Room Three To See on 24 Aug: Jimmy McGhie, Women's Hour, BEASTS Three To See on 25 Aug: Hitch, Japan Marvelous Drummers, Stuart Bowden Three To See on 26 Aug: Monkey Poet, Emma Hall, 1972 Three To See on 27 Aug: Confirmation, Sofie Hagen, Bromance Three To See on 28 Aug: Michael J Dolan, Soweto Afro Pop Opera, Abnormally Funny People Three To See on 29 Aug: Edmund The Learned Pig, The Remnants, Going Viral ThreeWeeks co-Editor to take to the Fringe stage with a free speech ThreeWeeks Editors' Awards presented for 2015 ThreeWeeks in Edinburgh 2015 - we're back for year 20! ThreeWeeks returns to help you navigate Edinburgh's big three weeks Total Theatre Awards presented for 2015 Total Theatre Awards shortlists announced Will Pickvance: Dissecting the piano Yianni: Transgressing the 'line' ‘A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing’ wins Amnesty prize