I'm old enough to remember going to seven Edinburgh Fringe shows in one day at 50p per show. Some were rubbish but who cared at 50p a ticket. Nowadays, choosing a show is a more serious activity with tickets costing an average of £7.

Never fear, checkout www.festivalpreviews.com. This website hosts video preview clips of the shows so that you can see for yourself whether you might like it. The site also has festival clips from Brighton, Adelaide, Avignon, Tokyo, etc etc.

www.festivalpreviews.com

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If it’s culture you’re interested in, then it has to be the festival. Not the Edinburgh Festival. The Fringe. Originally a late night revue with Peter Cooke, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Millar and Dudley Moore, the Fringe has outstripped the original, certainly in content, and in many cases, quality, and is now, in the public imagination, the main festival. One thing that will be learnt, if you visit the city during the festival, is that the world has too many jugglers.

Venues all over the city;
tel: 0131 226 0000;
www.edfringe.com

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It’s worth booking for the theatre if you’re here. The Victorian splendour of the King’s Theatre is within walking distance of the city centre. Herself having taken a notion for a bit of culture, and it being the birthday, The King’s Theatre got the vote. Peter Bowles, of Irish RM fame, was in it and worthwhile it was.

2 Leven Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9LQ;
tel: 0131 529 6000;
www.eft.co.uk

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