ED2016

Coverage from Edinburgh Festival 2016

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Edinburgh Festival 2016 saw ThreeWeeks return for its twenty-first 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.

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ED2016 FEATURES

Afsaneh Gray: What is Britishness? Alison Thea-Skot: My all-time favourite Fringe characters Amée Smith: It's all about her Amelia Ryan: With love to Lady Liberty Andrea Walker: Back at the Fringe with Smother Andrew Bridge: For aartistic effect Ball-Zee: Gobsmacking the Fringe Bob Slayer: A Heroes perspective on the evolving comedy Fringe Brendon Burns: Wrestling vs Comedy Casting Call Woe: Audition nightmares relived Chris Cooke: The tricky task of defending free speech Chris Stokes: Five things you might think during the Fringe that you MUST do the opposite of Danielle Ward: A bad feminist’s Edinburgh Fringe survival guide Delia Olam: Finding Tahiri Frances M Lynch: Singing the praises of scientists Gideon Irving: From the living rooms of the world to the Edinburgh Fringe Goodbear: Sketching out your Fringe day Guy Masterson: The dos and the don’ts of going solo Helen Duff: Just go with her Henry Maynard: Darkness and puppets Holly&Ted: Girl power pond style Hui-Chen Tan: The secret language of NuShu Jarlath Regan: You'll never guess who was at the show last night... Jinx Yeo: Top five Asian comedians Joe DeRosa: Moving forward at the Fringe Jonny & The Baptists: A bit of politics and ping pong Juliette Burton: Decisions, decisions Kid Carpet: Building castles on the Fringe Laura London: Ten ways to cheat Liam O’Rafferty: Fringe survival tips from fiction Line up confirmed for TW:TALKS Live: Mark Thomas, Brendon Burns, Susan Calman, Lucy Porter, Mark Watson Lucy Garland: Making a path through the forest Luke Courtier: A guide to lunch on the hoof in Edinburgh Maddy Anholt: Three weeks later... Mark Watson: Who is, in fact, here Martha McBrier: Back at the Fringe with stories to share Mary Lynn Rajskub: 24 star Fringe Matt Winning: Space in the future Melanie Gall: Come meet the Opera Mouse Njambi McGrath: One-liners, big issues Orlando Baxter: Five life lessons from a US high school teacher Patrick Monahan: Quizzing the kids with Story Pocket Theatre Penny Ashton: A tale of two nuptials Phil Dunning: Meet the People's Prince Phil Jerrod: Hypocrite on the Fringe Photo Shoot: Editors' Awards 2016 Photo Shoot: Gideon Irving Photo Shoot: Goodbear Photo Shoot: Melanie Gall & Opera Mouse Photo Shoot: Njambi McGrath Photo Shoot: Patrick Monahan Photo Shoot: zazU Recipe Corner: A pick-me-up soup from Jojo Bellini Recipe Corner: Chopping up some chillies with Clair Whitefield Recipe Corner: Cooking with Yeti's - Scottish Edition Robert Shaw: Inside intelligence on the Fringe’s new play thriller Rory O'Keeffe: The post-Brexit grief of a monoglot Samantha Baines: Eight Mind-blowing Space facts you never knew Sarah Hehir: Zeroing in on zero hours contracts Sean Kempton: The horror of audience participation Shazia Mirza: Why teenagers are always more interested in sex than religion or politics Shôn Dale-Jones: Hoipolloi and The Duke Short And Curly: The FIVE places that Kevin Spacey would definitely (probably) be seen in Edinburgh Speedy News #01: Stats, speeches and possible offense Speedy News #02: Awards, books and podcasts Speedy News #03: Awards, controversies and strikes Speedy News #04: Chilcot readings, Fringe feuds, more awards Speedy News #05: Awards Round Up Stephen Greer: Your guide to Glasgow at the Fringe This Glorious Monster: Glorious wrong uns Three To See 2016: Anniversary celebrators Three To See 2016: Arty things Three To See 2016: Booky events Three To See 2016: Circus shows Three To See 2016: Concerts a bit more classical or traditional Three To See 2016: Dance shows Three To See 2016: Fringe shows for children Three To See 2016: Gigs of a contemporary kind Three To See 2016: Marvellous magic Three To See 2016: Musicians gone theatrical Three To See 2016: New musicals Three To See 2016: Non-Fringe treats for children Three To See 2016: Operas Three To See 2016: Political events Three To See 2016: Scottish Comedians Three To See 2016: Shows that are something unusual Three To See 2016: Shows with funny facts Three To See 2016: Shows with parental involvement Three To See 2016: Shows with twins Three To See 2016: Stand-up poetry Three To See 2016: Top cabaret shows Three To See 2016: Unlikely topics for comedy Three To See 2016: US comedy imports Three To See on 10 Aug: Sofie Hagen, Pierre Novellie, Ghost Quartet Three To See on 11 Aug: Poggle, Finding Joy, Tomorrow Maybe Three To See on 12 Aug: Mairi Campbell, This Is Not Culturally Significant, Trainspotting Three To See on 13 Aug: Baby Wants Candy, All Quiet On The Western Front, Mark Thomas Three To See on 14 Aug: Gideon Irving, The Glass Menagerie, Two Man Show Three To See on 15 Aug: Rose Matafeo, zazU, Alix In Wundergarten Three To See on 16 Aug: Mark Thomas, Glasgow Girls, Royal Vauxhall Three To See on 17 Aug: Brendon Burns, Barrowlandballet, AAA Batteries (Not Included) Three To See on 18 Aug: Susan Calman, Mercury Fur, John Robertson Three To See on 19 Aug: Lucy Porter, The Unknown Soldier, Lolly 2 Three To See on 20 Aug: Mark Watson, Sh!t Theatre, Margaret Thatcher Queen Of Game Shows Three To See on 21 Aug: Superwomen Of Science, Angel by Henry Naylor, The Blind Date Project Three To See on 22 Aug: Grimm An Untold Tale, The Lounge, Knightmare Live Three To See on 23 Aug: Jerry Finnegan’s Sister, Revolt, A Good Clean Heart Three To See on 24 Aug: The Marked, Lucy McCormick, Aunty Donna Three To See on 25 Aug: Hamlet In Bed, Annie Siddons, Guitar Multiverse Three To See on 26 Aug: Brush Theatre, I Who Have Hands More Innocent, Jayde Adams Three To See on 27 Aug: Adler & Gibb, E15, Doug Segal Three To See on 28 Aug: The Ruby In The Smoke, Bethany Black, We Are Ian ThreeWeeks Editors' Awards presented ThreeWeeks returns for its 21st year covering the Edinburgh Festival Tim Carlsen: Creating Moko Tim Renkow: A very brief history of him TW:TALKS at Edinburgh Festival 2016: Mark Thomas, Brendon Burns, Susan Calman, Lucy Porter, Mark Watson Yianni Agisilaou: The Simpsons is basically Esperanto… and here is why zazU: Punning in a parallel universe